Patents by Inventor Guy Benian

Guy Benian 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).

  • Dual oxidases as mitogenic and endocrine regulators
    Patent number: 7226769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates and in peroxidative reactions that affect biological functions including cell division, thyroid hormone biosynthesis and tissue fibrosis. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with these vectors, antibodies raised against these novel proteins, kits for detection, localization and measurement of these genes and proteins, and methods to determine the activity of drugs to affect the activity of the proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: J. David Lambeth, Bernard P. Lassegue, Kathy K. Griendling, Rebecca S. Arnold, Guangjie Cheng, Lisa Sharling, Guy Benian, William A. Edens
  • Novel dual oxidases as mitogenic and endocrine regulators
    Publication number: 20050089844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates and in peroxidative reactions that affect biological functions including cell division, thyroid hormone biosynthesis and tissue fibrosis. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with these vectors, antibodies raised against these novel proteins, kits (or detection, localization and measurement of these genes and proteins, and methods to determine the activity of drugs to affect the activity of the proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: J. Lambeth, Bernard Lassegue, Kathy Griendling, Rebecca Arnold, Guangjie Cheng, Lisa Sharling, Guy Benian, William Edens