Patents by Inventor Hovsep Melkonyan

Hovsep Melkonyan 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).

  • Family of genes encoding apoptosis-related peptides, peptides encoded thereby and methods of use thereof
    Publication number: 20030023061
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide at least 60% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5 or 18 encoding a SARP polypeptide; vectors comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding at least 11 consecutive amino acids of &agr;SARP polypeptide; a host cell transformed with an isolated polynucleotide or vector; antibodies specific for SARP and use of such polynucleotides and antibodies in diagnostic and therapeutic method. Therapeutic uses of antibodies and polynucleotides of sarp. Methods for treating diseases related to the regulation of SARP expression in tissue and bodily fluid samples, including cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Tanox, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuil Umansky, Hovsep Melkonyan
  • Family of genes encoding apoptosis-related peptides, peptides encoded thereby and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 6433155
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide at least 60% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5 or 18 encoding a SARP polypeptide; vectors comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding at least 11 consecutive amino acids of &agr;SARP polypeptide; a host cell transformed with an isolated polynucleotide or vector; antibodies specific for SARP and use of such polynucleotides and antibodies in diagnostic and therapeutic method. Therapeutic uses of antibodies and polynucleotides of sarp. Methods for treating diseases related to the regulation of SARP expression in tissue and bodily fluid samples, including cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Tanox, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuil Umansky, Hovsep Melkonyan