Patents by Inventor J. Timothy Westwood

J. Timothy Westwood 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).

  • Cell stress transcriptional factors
    Patent number: 5756343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA sequence coding for part or all of the heat shock transcription factor or heat shock factor (HSF) proteins derived from humans and Drosophila, and the proteins encoded by these sequences.The present invention also includes methods for detecting HSF in a biological sample. The presence of HSF in the nucleus of a cell can be detected with specific anti-HSF antibody reagents. The presence of such HSF proteins in the nucleus indicates a stressed condition including diseases. Furthermore, the presence of multimeric HSF in the crude or fractionated cell extract is indicative of a stressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Carl Wu, Joachim Clos, J. Timothy Westwood, Sridhar Rabindran