Patents by Inventor Hendrik Schulze-Koops

Hendrik Schulze-Koops 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS TO TREATMENT WITH TNF-ALPHA INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20120014956
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of determining or predicting the responsiveness of a subject to treatment with a TNF? inhibitor, such as a TNF? antibody by determining genetic factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Hartmut Kupper, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Alla Skapenko
  • Means and Methods for the Prediction of Joint Destruction
    Publication number: 20090148843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing and/or predicting joint destruction, early joint destruction and/or accelerated joint destruction in particular, in rheumatoid arthritis, comprising determining in a sample obtained from an individual the presence of at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding an IL-4 receptor (IL-4R) which contains a mutation in position 465 of the nucleotide sequence of the wild-type IL4R as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, whereby at said position the nucleotide A is replaced or a nucleic acid sequence encoding an IL-4 receptor (IL-4R), said IL-4R comprising at position 75 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 a valine instead of an isoleucine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Alla Skapenko, Peter E. Lipsky