Patents by Inventor Leanne Dibbens

Leanne Dibbens 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).

  • Mutation associated with epilepsy
    Publication number: 20060088913
    Abstract: An isolated mammalian DNA molecule encoding a mutant ?-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor subunit, wherein a mutation event selected from the group consisting of point mutations, deletions, insertions and rearrangements has occurred and said mutation event disrupts the functioning of an assembled GABAA receptor, or an otherwise functional fragment or homologue thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Robyn Wallace, John Mulley, Samuel Berkovic, Louise Harkin, Leanne Dibbens
  • Mutations in ion channels
    Publication number: 20050074764
    Abstract: A method of identifying a subject predisposed to a disorder associated with ion channel dysfunction, comprising ascertaining whether at least one of the genes encoding ion channel subunits in said subject has undergone a mutation event such that a cDNA derived from said subject has the sequence set forth in one of SEQ ID NOS: 1-134.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: John Mulley, Louise Harkin, Leanne Dibbens, Robyn Wallace, Hilary Phillips, Sarah Heron, Samuel Berkovic, Ingrid Scheffer