Patents by Inventor L. Brannon Thomas

L. Brannon Thomas 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).

  • Isolated mammalian neural stem cells, methods of making such cells
    Patent number: 6638763
    Abstract: Using a novel culture approach, previously unknown populations of neural progenitor cells have been found within an adult mammalian brain. By limiting cell-cell contact, dissociated adult brain yields at least two types of cell aggregates. These aggregates or clones of stem/precursor cells can be generated from adult brain tissue with significantly long postmortem intervals. Both neurons and glia arise from stem/precursor cells of these cultures, and the cells can survive transplantation to the adult mammalian brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis A. Steindler, Eric D. Laywell, Valery G. Kukekou, L. Brannon Thomas