Patents by Inventor Jin-Wu Tsai

Jin-Wu Tsai 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).

  • Inhibitors of dynein or lissencephaly 1, and methods of using same for treatment of neuronal disorders
    Publication number: 20070213286
    Abstract: The invention provides antagonists and agonists of dynein mediated activity, for example specific inhibitory RNAs and dominant negative cDNAs which function as antagonists of LIS1 and dynein, and compositions comprising such antagonist and agonists. Provided are also methods for treating unwanted cell proliferation of neural progenitor cells such as cancers of the CNS, including gliomas, by administering the antagonists of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Richard Vallee, Peter Canoll, Jin-Wu Tsai, James Goldman
  • Cell observing method and the system thereof
    Publication number: 20020076807
    Abstract: A method for observing the living cell has the steps of erecting a substrate for the living cell; cultivating the living cell on the erected substrate; and observing the living cell with an optical microscope. The system used to incorporate the method has a microscope; and a culture dish having a body with an opening defined in a bottom of the body and a coverslip provided to cover the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Lin, Jin-Wu Tsai, Yung-Hsing Yi