Patents by Inventor John J. Sauk

John J. Sauk 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).

  • Surface localized colligin/Hsp47 in carcinoma cells
    Patent number: 7361730
    Abstract: This invention relates, e.g., to colligin/Hsp47 molecules which are expressed on the surface of carcinoma cells and to the use of such expressed molecules as targets for, e.g., therapeutic agents or imaging agents. The invention also relates to peptides which bind specifically to external domains of such surface-localized Hsp47 molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventor: John J. Sauk
  • Physically stable composition and method of use thereof for osseous repair
    Patent number: 4780450
    Abstract: A composition for osseous repair which is prepared by a process comprising mixing a particulate polycrystalline calcium phosphate ceramic, a phosphophoryn calcium salt and type I collagen, preferably in a weight ratio of ceramic:calcium salt:collagen of about 775-15:3-0.1:1, to yield a solid porous composition which is effective to promote new bone formation upon introduction of the composition into osseous defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignees: The University of Maryland at Baltimore, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
    Inventors: John J. Sauk, Craig L. Van Kampen
  • Composition and method for osseous repair
    Patent number: 4698326
    Abstract: A composition and method for the repair of an osseous defect comprising introducing into said defect a phosphophoryn calcium salt, preferably in combination with a matrix material such as type I collagen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John J. Sauk, Craig L. Van Kampen