Patents by Inventor Joel A. Cummings

Joel A. Cummings 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).

  • Antibody PTI-HS7 for treatment of alzheimer's disease and other amyloidoses and parkinson's disease
    Publication number: 20020150948
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing an amyloid disease, or a susceptibility to an amyloid disease, in a patient, where the disease is related to the levels of a PTI-HS7 antigen in a sample from the patient. The method includes testing with a PTI-HS7 antibody for elevated levels of PTI-HS7 antigen in the patient, whereby any elevated levels of PTI-HS7 antigen are indicative of the presence, susceptibility to, or progression of, the amyloid disease in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Gerardo Castillo, Paula Y. Choi, Joel A. Cummings, Alan D. Snow
  • Catechins for the treatment of fibrillogenesis in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, systemic AA amyloidosis, and other amyloid disorders
    Publication number: 20020151506
    Abstract: A method of treating an amyloid disease, or a disease characterized by alpha-synuclein or NAC fibrillogenesis, in a mammalian subject. The method includes administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a various disclosed catechins or green tea extract. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a catechin and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The therapeutic amount of the catechin or green tea extract is selected for efficacy in treating amyloid, alpha-synuclein or NAC fibrillogenesis in a mammalian subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Gerardo M. Castillo, Paula Y. Choi, Joel A. Cummings, Beth P. Nguyen, Alan D. Snow