Patents by Inventor Joseph Abecassis

Joseph Abecassis 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).

  • CTIP2 expression in squamous cell carcinoma
    Patent number: 8071815
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of diagnosing and staging squamous cell carcinomas, for instance head and neck (HNSCC), by detecting chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) expression. For example, it is demonstrated herein that expression of CTIP2 is increased in SCC relative to a corresponding normal sample. Also included are kits for detecting SCC, as well as methods for identifying CTIP2 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventors: Arup Kumar Indra, Gitali Indra, Joseph Abecassis, Mark Leid
  • DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE CANCER
    Publication number: 20110165178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to vitro diagnosis methods of prostate cancer from a test biological sample, comprising measuring the expression level of KIAA0153 in said test biological sample, as well as to methods for screening compounds inhibiting KIAA0153 gene expression or biological activity and uses of such KIAA0153 inhibiting compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Bohdan Wasylyk, Alberto Zambrano, Joseph Abecassis, Helmut Klocker, Jack A. Schalken
  • CTIP2 EXPRESSION IN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
    Publication number: 20100015625
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of diagnosing and staging squamous cell carcinomas, for instance head and neck (HNSCC), by detecting chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) expression. For example, it is demonstrated herein that expression of CTIP2 is increased in SCC relative to a corresponding normal sample. Also included are kits for detecting SCC, as well as methods for identifying CTIP2 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Arup Kumar Indra, Gitali Indra, Joseph Abecassis, Mark Leid