Patents by Inventor Eugene Kern

Eugene Kern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Eosinophil degranulating conditions
    Patent number: 6416955
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and materials related to the diagnosis of eosinophil degranulating conditions. Specifically, the invention provides methods and materials that involve visual types of analysis (e.g., microscopic analysis) that are used to determine the presence or absence of a horseshoe-shaped eosinophil granule structure within a mucus sample collected from a mammal. The presence of a horseshoe-shaped eosinophil granule structure within a patient's mucus indicates that the patient has an eosinophil degranulating condition. In addition, the invention provides methods and materials that involve immunological types of analysis (e.g., immunoassays) that are used to determine if a patient's mucus contains a tissue-damaging amount of eosinophil granule content that is outside the eosinophil granule and within the mucus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: David Sherris, Eugene Kern, Jens Ponikau, Hirohito Kita