Patents by Inventor Giovanni Levi

Giovanni Levi 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).

  • Use of a nucleic acid/PEI complex
    Patent number: 7795031
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a nucleic acid/cationic polymer complex, preferably polyethyleneimine (PEI) for preparing a composition for intraventricular stereotactic screening of stem cells of the brain for preparing a medicine for treating neurodegenerative and/or demyelinating disease. The invention further concerns a method for obtaining an animal whereof the genome of stem cells of the brain are modified by using said complex. The invention also concerns a method for obtaining an animal for screening compounds designed to modify the disposition of stem cells of the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Barbara Demeneix, Grégory Lemkine, Giovanni Levi
  • Use of a nucleic acid/pei complex
    Publication number: 20050101552
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a nucleic acid/cationic polymer complex, preferably polyethyleneimine (PEI for preparing a composition for intraventricular stereotactic screening of stem cells of the brain for preparing a medicine for treating neurodegenerative and/or demyelinating disease. The invention further concerns a method for obtaining an animal whereof the genome of stem cells of the brain are modified by using said complex. The invention also concerns a method for obtaining an animal for screening compounds designed to modify the disposition of stem cells of the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Barbara Demeneix, Gregory Lemkine, Giovanni Levi