Patents by Inventor Henry De Aizpurua

Henry De Aizpurua 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).

  • Method for the diagnosis and treatment of glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantigen associated diseases
    Patent number: 6211352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification, cloning and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules encoding an isoform of the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase and further relates to the use of these molecules and/or peptides and polypeptides encoded thereby in diagnostic tests for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and other diseases in which glutamic acid decarboxylase is an autoantigen and in the treatment of patients suffering from these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Amrad Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Leonard Harrison, Margot Honeyman, David Cram, Henry De Aizpurua
  • Human islet, human brain and mouse brain glutamic acid decarboxylase GAD polypeptides
    Patent number: 5837812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification, cloning and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules encoding an isoform of the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase and further relates to the use of these molecules and/or peptides and polypeptides encoded thereby in diagnostic tests for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and other diseases in which glutamic acid decarboxylase is an autoantigen and in the treatment of patients suffering from these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Amrad Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Leonard Harrison, Margot Honeyman, David Cram, Henry De Aizpurua