Patents by Inventor Herman Yee

Herman Yee 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 using cap43 proteins and nucleic acids to diagnose and treat cancer and other disorders
    Publication number: 20020182621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene, known as CAP43, and its gene product. In particular, the application demonstrates that the CAP43 gene and its gene product are expressed at elevated in certain diseased cells and tissues, such as cancer cells and tissues. The invention therefore provides novel uses for the CAP43 gene and gene product, including novel diagnostic methods for diagnosing diseases, such as cancer, by detected elevated levels of CAP43 expression. Methods are also provided for identifying diseased cells and tissue, particularly cancer cells and tissue, by identifying cells and tissues that express elevated levels of CAP43. Moreover, the invention also provides novel therapeutic methods for treating diseases, such as cancer, by targeting therapeutic compounds to cells expressing CAP43. Pharmaceutical compositions which may be used in such methods of treatment are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Max Costa, Konstantin Salnikow, Herman Yee
  • Transfer process using ultraviolet curable, non-prolonged tack toning materials
    Patent number: 5250387
    Abstract: A process for transferring non-electroscopic, non-prolonged tack, UV curable toned images to an image receptor wherein said process produces images having substantially reduced back transfer is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Held, Herman A. Yee