Patents by Inventor Martin Fusek

Martin Fusek 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).

  • Patent number: 8852870
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing a cancer in a subject are provided that include determining an amount of autoantibodies immunoreactive to procathepsin D (pCD) in a sample obtained from the subject. Further provided are systems for diagnosing a cancer in a subject that include an autoantibody immunoreactive pCD antigen and a means for detecting binding of an autoantibody to the antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaclav Vetvicka, Martin Fusek, Jarmila Zidkova
  • Publication number: 20110081669
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing a cancer in a subject are provided that include determining an amount of autoantibodies immunoreactive to procathepsin D (pCD) in a sample obtained from the subject. Further provided are systems for diagnosing a cancer in a subject that include an autoantibody immunoreactive pCD antigen and a means for detecting binding of an autoantibody to the antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Vaclav Vetvicka, Martin Fusek, Jarmila Zidkova
  • Patent number: 5800814
    Abstract: Human procathepsin D was demonstrated to be mitogenic for breast cancer cells but not normal cells. The activation peptide of the procathepsin D appears to be responsible, since inhibition of enhancement of proliferation of breast cancer cells can be obtained by inhibition of the activation peptide through the use of an agent such as an antibody immunoreactive with the activation peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Inventors: Martin Fusek, Vaclav Vetvicka