Patents by Inventor Johannes Hendrick Van Heerden

Johannes Hendrick Van Heerden 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).

  • METHOD OF DIAGNOSING A MENTAL STATE
    Publication number: 20120046183
    Abstract: A method of assessing a psychiatric disorder, behavioural problem or mental state following exposure to stress is described. Expression levels of mRNA transcripts for a plurality of genes linked to a stress-related neural state in the peripheral blood of a subject are measured. The expression levels of the genes, relative to a reference set of expression levels for the same genes in a healthy subject, are used to predict or assess a psychiatric disorder following exposure to a stressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: University of Cape Town
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrick Van Heerden, Dan Joseph Stein, Nicola Illing