Patents by Inventor Guoren Deng

Guoren Deng 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).

  • Prognostic methods for prediction of progression of normal and hyperplastic mammary cells to carcinoma
    Patent number: 6686146
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods for determining the likelihood that benign hyperplastic breast tissue or normal breast tissue adjacent to carcinoma tissue will become malignant. The methods comprise substantially isolating the tissue; and determining loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome 3p24 in the tissue. LOH at chromosome 3p24 is a prognostic indicator that the tissue may become malignant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: California Pacific Medical Center
    Inventors: Guoren Deng, You Lu, Helene S. Smith
  • PROGNOSTIC METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF PROGRESSION OF NORMAL AND HYPERPLASTIC MAMMARY CELLS TO CARCINOMA
    Publication number: 20020055096
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods for determining the likelihood that benign hyperplastic breast tissue or normal breast tissue adjacent to carcinoma tissue will become malignant. The methods comprise substantially isolating the tissue; and determining loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome 3p24 in the tissue. LOH at chromosome 3p24 is a prognostic indicator that the tissue may become malignant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: GUOREN DENG, YOU LU, HELENE S. SMITH