Patents by Inventor Joost Schymkowitz

Joost Schymkowitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20140082769
    Abstract: The present application belongs to the field of functional peptides and more particularly to the field of controlled protein aggregation. The invention discloses molecules of a peptide structure as defined in the claims and methods of using such molecules for therapeutic applications and for diagnostic uses, as well as in other applications such as in the agbio field and in industrial biotechnology. The molecules can be used for curing and/or stabilizing infections such as bacterial, fungal and viral diseases, but are also useful in non-infectious human and veterinary diseases. The molecules can also be used for the detection of protein biomarkers and for the prognosis and diagnosis of a variety of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau
  • Patent number: 8669418
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of functional proteomics and more particularly to the field of protein aggregation. The invention discloses a method for interfering with the function of a target protein and uses a non-naturally, user-designed molecule, designated as interferor, that has a specificity for a target protein and which induces aggregation upon contact with said target protein. The present invention also discloses such interferor molecules and their use in agrobiotech applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20120094864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracellular binding domain for an allosteric inhibitor, whereby said binding domain is derived from a single membrane span tyrosine kinase receptor. More specifically, the invention relates to an extracellular domain derived from a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR). It further relates to the use of this domain for the identification of similar domains in the extracellular part of other tyrosine kinase receptors, and to a screening method for identification of a small compound allosteric inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: SANOFI, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH PARTNERS VZW, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Peter Carmeliet, Frederik De Smet, Joost Schymkowitz, Frédéric Rousseau, Corentin Herbert
  • Publication number: 20120023624
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of functional proteomics and more particularly to the field of protein aggregation. The invention discloses a method for interfering with the function of a target protein and uses a non-naturally, user-designed molecule, designated as interferor, that has a specificity for a target protein and which induces aggregation upon contact with said target protein. The present invention also discloses such interferor molecules and their use in agrobiotech applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20100256069
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of protein aggregation. The invention discloses a method for interfering with the function of a target protein and uses a non-naturally, user-designed molecule, designated as aggregator, that has a specificity for a target protein and which induces aggregation upon contact with said target protein. The present invention also discloses such aggregator molecules and their use in therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20100093001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of amyloid disorders, more particularly to the field of diseases where protein misfolding leads to the generation of insoluble amyloid fibers in tissues and organs. The invention provides methods for the production of soluble, toxic amyloid oligomers. The invention further provides assays using the amyloid oligomers to screen for molecules that interfere with the toxicity of the oligomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Ivo da Rocha Martins, Bart De Strooper
  • Publication number: 20090012275
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the field of functional proteomics and, more particularly, to the field of protein aggregation. Described are methods for interfering with the function of a target protein and uses a non-naturally, user-designed molecule, designated as interferor, that has a specificity for a target protein and that induces aggregation upon contact with the target protein. The invention also discloses such interferer molecules and their use in therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: VIB VZW
    Inventors: Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau