Patents by Inventor Frederik Fierens

Frederik Fierens 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).

  • GENES WHOSE EXPRESSION IS INCREASED IN RESPONSE TO STIMULATION BY CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE
    Publication number: 20090239765
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to therapy and diagnosis of depression. In particular this invention relates to the polypeptides as well as to the polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, wherein said polypeptides are shown to play a central role in mediating the endocrine response to corticotropin releasing hormone. These polypeptides and polynucleotides are useful in the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Pieter Johan Peeters, Helmut Wilhelm Hinrich Gohlmann, Alice Maria Sigrid Swagemakers, Pieter Lucien Frederik Fierens
  • Crh responsive genes in cns
    Publication number: 20060188879
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to therapy and diagnosis of depression. In particular this invention relates to the polypeptides as well as to the polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, wherein said polypeptides are shown to play a central role in mediating the endocrine response to corticotropin releasing hormone. These polypeptides and polynucleotides are useful in the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Peeters, Hinrich Wilhelm Gohlmann, Sigrid Swagemakers, Stefan Kass, Thomas Horst Steckler, Frederik Fierens