Patents by Inventor Josette Fran.cedilla.oise Carnahan

Josette Fran.cedilla.oise Carnahan 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 for treating Schwann and colon cells in vitro
    Patent number: 5929032
    Abstract: The survival and proliferation of Schwann cells can be promoted by culturing such cells in the presence of peptides derived from the EGF-like domain of proteins from the NDF/heregulin family. Colon epithelial cells can be stimulated to multiply and differentiate by culturing such cells in the presence of the same peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Josette Fran.cedilla.oise Carnahan, Shinichi Hara, Hsieng Sen Lu, John Philip Mayer, Steven Kiyoshi Yoshinaga
  • Method of treating epilepsy
    Patent number: 5830857
    Abstract: A method is described for the therapeutic use of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to treat epilepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Josette Fran.cedilla.oise Carnahan, Antoine Depaulis, Paul Feltz, Yves Larmet, Christian Marescaux, Hiroyuki Nawa
  • Method for the treatment of colon epithelial cells in vivo
    Patent number: 5686415
    Abstract: Colon epithelial cells are stimulated to multiply, grow and mature by contacting them in vivo with peptides derived from the EGF-like domain of proteins of the NDF/heregulin family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Josette Fran.cedilla.oise Carnahan, Shinichi Hara, Hsieng Sen Lu, John Philip Mayer, Steven Kiyoshi Yoshinaga