Patents by Inventor Marcel Ferrer-Alcon

Marcel Ferrer-Alcon 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).

  • STXBP1 overexpressing mouse and its uses in screening of treatments for neuropsychiatric illness
    Patent number: 9267151
    Abstract: A non-human transgenic animal having a polynucleotide encoding an STXBP1 polypeptide, which polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter, wherein said transgenic animal has greater than wild-type expression of the STXBP1 polypeptide in at least one brain region, as well as related vectors, methods of producing transgenic animals, in vitro and in vivo screening methods for potential therapeutic agents, and methods for treating and diagnosing neuropsychiatric illness are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Brainco Biopharma, S.L., Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
    Inventors: Maria Jose Guerrero Martinez, Laureano Simon Buela, Marcel Ferrer-Alcon, Antonio Martinez Martinez, Jose Javier Meana, Luis Felipe Callado, Leyre Uriguen
  • STXBP1 AS PSYCHIATRIC BIOMARKER IN MURINE MODEL SYSTEM AND THEIR USES
    Publication number: 20110268747
    Abstract: A non-human transgenic animal having a polynucleotide encoding an STXBP1 polypeptide, which polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter, wherein said transgenic animal has greater than wild-type expression of the STXBP1 polypeptide in at least one brain region, as well as related vectors, methods of producing transgenic animals, in vitro and in vivo screening methods for potential therapeutic agents, and methods for treating and diagnosing neuropsychiatric illness are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Maria Jose Guerrero Martinez, Laureano Simon Buela, Marcel Ferrer-Alcon, Antonio Martinez Martinez, Jose Javier Meana, Luis Felipe Callado, Leyre Uriguen