Patents by Inventor Hernan Acevedo

Hernan Acevedo 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).

  • Anti-human luteinizing hormone-related antibodies and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7232891
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a method for detecting the presence of human malignant cells in a sample of tumor cells, which comprises contacting the sample with an antibody directed to an epitope present on the ? subunit of human luteinizing hormone or on intact human luteinizing hormone under conditions such that the antibody forms a complex with cells present in the sample if the epitope is present on the surface of the cells, and determining whether the antibody forms such a complex. The subject invention also provides a method for determining whether a tumor present in a human subject is malignant which comprises obtaining a sample of cells from the tumor and detecting the presence of malignant cells in the sample according to the method of the subject invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
    Inventors: Hernan Acevedo, Alexander Krichevsky
  • Anti-human luteinizing hormone-related antibodies and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20030092082
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a method for detecting the presence of human malignant cells in a sample of tumor cells, which comprises contacting the sample with an antibody directed to an epitope present on the &bgr; subunit of human luteinizing hormone or on intact human luteinizing hormone under conditions such that the antibody forms a complex with cells present in the sample if the epitope is present on the surface of the cells, and determining whether the antibody forms such a complex. The subject invention also provides a method for determining whether a tumor present in a human subject is malignant which comprises obtaining a sample of cells from the tumor and detecting the presence of malignant cells in the sample according to the method of the subject invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hernan Acevedo, Alexander Krichevsky
  • Methods of using antibodies against human luteinizing hormone-related determinants to detect and enrich human malignant cells
    Patent number: 6403326
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a method for detecting the presence of human malignant cells in a sample of tumor cells, which comprises contacting the sample with an antibody directed to an epitope present on the &bgr; subunit of human luteinizing hormone or on intact human luteinizing hormone under conditions such that the antibody forms a complex with cells present in the sample if the epitope is present on the surface of the cells, and determining whether the antibody forms such a complex. The subject invention also provides a method for determining whether a tumor present in a human subject is malignant which comprises obtaining a sample of cells from the tumor and detecting the presence of malignant cells in the sample according to the method of the subject invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Hernan Acevedo, Alexander Krichevsky