Patents by Inventor Hou-Chang Chiu

Hou-Chang Chiu 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).

  • Patent number: 7807378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing myasthenia gravis in a subject, by determining an amount of at least one autoantibody that specifically binds one or more autoantigens selected from heat-shock protein 60 (hsp60), heat-shock protein 90, alpha isoform (hsp90?), and heat-shock protein 90, beta isoform (hsp90?). The invention also provides diagnostic kits for identifying a subject having myasthenia gravis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
    Inventors: Tzu-Ling Tseng, Pei-Hsiu Liao, Ping-Fu Cheng, Shih-Feng Tsai, Hou-Chang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20070154968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing myasthenia gravis in a subject, by determining an amount of at least one autoantibody that specifically binds one or more autoantigens selected from heat-shock protein 60 (hsp60), heat-shock protein 90, alpha isoform (hsp90?), and heat-shock protein 90, beta isoform (hsp90?). The invention also provides diagnostic kits for identifying a subject having myasthenia gravis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Tzu-Ling Tseng, Pei-Hsiu Liao, Ping-Fu Cheng, Shih-Feng Tsai, Hou-Chang Chiu