Patents by Inventor Karen Jane Barnes

Karen Jane Barnes 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).

  • Labelled elastase inhibitors
    Patent number: 6375926
    Abstract: A human leucocyte elastase (HLE) inhibitor labelled with a detector moiety where the inhibitor is synthetic and has a molecular weight of less than 2000, is useful for the diagnostic imaging of sites of inflammation of infection in vivo, for labelling leucocytes in vitro, or for radiotherapy of rthritis. The HLE inhibitor is preferably a &bgr;-lactam or an azetidinone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Amersham International PLC
    Inventors: Karen Jane Barnes, Gary Robert Bower, Alan Michael Forster, Peter Knox, Marivi Mendizabal, Anthony Eamon Storey