Patents by Inventor Kees Weijer

Kees Weijer 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).

  • Means and methods for producing a stabilized cell of interest
    Patent number: 7964406
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a stabilized cell of interest, said method comprising providing a stem cell and/or a precursor cell of said cell of interest with a nucleic acid sequence which, when present in said cell of interest, is capable of stabilizing said cell of interest, providing a non-human animal with said stem cell and/or precursor cell, allowing generation of said cell of interest in said animal, and obtaining said cell of interest. Said animal is preferably provided with a human stem cell and/or human precursor cell, allowing production of a human cell line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Academisch Medisch Centrum Bij De Universiteit Van Amsterdam
    Inventors: Hergen Spits, Benjamin Berkhout, Jurgen E. Seppen, David M. Markusic, Kees Weijer
  • Xenogenic immune system in a non-human mammal
    Publication number: 20100115642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a xenogenic immune system in an immunodeficient non-human mammal, to the obtained animal and to several uses of this animal, among other for producing xenogenic T cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Kees Weijer, Nicolas Legrand
  • Means and Methods for Producing a Stabilized Cell of Interest
    Publication number: 20070289029
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a stabilized cell of interest, the method comprising providing a stem cell and/or a precursor cell of the cell of interest with a nucleic acid sequence which, when present in the cell of interest, is capable of stabilizing the cell of interest, providing a non-human animal with the stem cell and/or precursor cell, allowing generation of the cell of interest in said animal, and obtaining said cell of interest. The animal is preferably provided with a human stem cell and/or human precursor cell, allowing production of a human cell line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Hergen Spits, Benjamin Berkhout, Jurgen Seppen, David Markusic, Kees Weijer