Patents by Inventor Karen Smith-McCune

Karen Smith-McCune 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).

  • Biochemical methods for detecting cervical dysplasia and cancer
    Patent number: 6221623
    Abstract: Primary screening for cervical dysplasia is effected by measuring a biochemical marker of apoptosis and/or angiogenesis in each of a population of cells derived from convenient, superficial swabbing, sponging, scraping or lavage of superficial epithelial cells from the cervix, wherein the marker indicates the presence of cervical dysplasia in the sample, and scoring the results of the measuring step for cervical dysplasia (i.e. ascertaining whether or not the marker is present) in the patient in the absence of any cytological examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karen Smith-McCune, Ellen Beth Grossnickle, Nooshin Razani