Patents by Inventor Marie E. Beckner

Marie E. Beckner 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).

  • Human cell adhesion protein AAMP-1 and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6274134
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to AAMP-1, and to a peptide derived from the amino-terminal region of AAMP, P189. In particular, the present invention relates to a DNA segment encoding AAMP-1, P189 or fragments thereof; polypeptides encoded by said DNA segment; recombinant DNA molecules containing the DNA segment; cells containing the recombinant DNA molecule; a method of producing a AAMP-1, and P189 polypeptide or fragments thereof; antibodies specific to AAMP-1; and a method of measuring the amount of AAMP-1 in a sample. The present invention further relates to methods of using AAMP, P189 or fragments thereof in promoting cell-cell or cell-substrate adhesion, wound healing in patients, prosthetic acceptance, concentrating heparin in tissues, and inhibiting metastases and invasion of malignant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Marie E. Beckner, Henry C. Krutzsch, Lance A. Liotta