Patents by Inventor Jau-Hong Lee

Jau-Hong Lee 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: 5783605
    Abstract: Cancer cells are blocked from entering differentiation pathways because of abnormal methylation enzymes, which are responsible for keeping cancer cells in cycling state. Effective differentiation inducers are those capable of acting directly or indirectly to convert abnormal methylation enzymes into normal enzymes, thereby enabling cancer cells to undergo terminal differentiation. Differentiation employing inducer alone often can not reach completion because of the damage created by the inducer. Such damage can be prevented if differentiation is induced in the presence of helper inducers, which are basically inhibitors of the component enzymes of methylation. Thus, differentiation induced in the presence of helper inducers is more likely to reach completion. Therefore, helper inducers are essential components of differentiation therapy, not just merely to potentiate the activity of differentiation inducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventors: Sheng-Chu Kuo, Jau-Hong Lee