Patents by Inventor Jeff Swensen

Jeff Swensen 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).

  • 14 Kilobase deletion in the promoter region of BRCA1 in a breast cancer family
    Patent number: 6150514
    Abstract: A 14 kb deletion in the promoter region of a BRCA1 gene has been found in a kindred which had earlier been linked to BRCA1. This deletion is apparently the result of unequal crossing over between two Alu repeats, one of which is 5' upstream of the start of the coding region and the second which is within intron 2. The deletion results in exons 1a, 1b and 2 being deleted from the gene with the result that the gene cannot be transcribed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jeff Swensen