Patents by Inventor Janet Weigel

Janet Weigel 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).

  • Nucleic acids encoding rat hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Patent number: 7507556
    Abstract: A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis (HARE) or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Paul H. Weigel, Janet Weigel, Bin Zhou
  • Hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Publication number: 20060141535
    Abstract: A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis (HARE) or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Weigel, Janet Weigel, Bin Zhou
  • Hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis, variants thereof, and methods of making and using same
    Publication number: 20050287638
    Abstract: A purified recombinant mammalian HARE comprising a polypeptide which is able to specifically bind at least one of HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate is disclosed, as well as methods of expressing and using same. Also disclosed are functionally active variants of HARE which are able to specifically bind at least one of HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate, as well as methods of expressing and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Weigel, Janet Weigel
  • Hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Patent number: 6979555
    Abstract: A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Paul H. Weigel, Janet Weigel, Bin Zhou
  • Hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Publication number: 20050059118
    Abstract: A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis (HARE) or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Weigel, Janet Weigel, Bin Zhou
  • Methods of using the hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Publication number: 20030104987
    Abstract: Methods of using HARE protein or peptide fragments containing at least one of a HA-, a chondroitin- and a chondroitin sulfate-binding domain and monoclonal antibodies raised against HARE that block binding of at least one of HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate thereto. Methods include targeting a compound to a cell expressing HARE or a cell that does not express a functionally active HARE, preventing interaction between a cell expressing HARE and a cell having at least one of a HA coat, a chondroitin coat and a chondroitin sulfate coat, and detecting at least one of HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Paul H. Weigel, Janet A. Weigel
  • Identification and uses of a hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis
    Publication number: 20020197681
    Abstract: A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Paul H. Weigel, Janet Weigel, Bin Zhou