Patents by Inventor Mary D. Sammel

Mary D. Sammel 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: 8338111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining a risk or identifying a condition associated with the presence of endometriosis in a subject as well as testing a candidate compound for a therapeutic activity for the treatment of endometriosis and sorting patients based on the risk of having endometriosis. Specifically, the methods utilize novel markers for assessing the risk of the patient having endometriosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Kurt T. Barnhart, Beata Seeber, George L. Gerton, Mary D. Sammel
  • Patent number: 8133687
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of predicting or detecting labor in a female subject and methods of testing a compound for an ability to delay the onset of labor. The present invention also provides methods of testing a labor marker useful in the diagnostic methods, isolated peptides identified in the present invention, methods for inhibiting labor, utilizing the peptides, and kits comprising methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jerome F. Strauss, Mary D. Sammel, Rita Leite, Amy Brown
  • Publication number: 20110201036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining a risk or identifying a condition associated with the presence of endometriosis in a subject as well as testing a candidate compound for a therapeutic activity for the treatment of endometriosis and sorting patients based on the risk of having endometriosis. Specifically, the methods utilize novel markers for assessing the risk of the patient having endometriosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Kurt T. Barnhart, Beata Seeber, George L. Gerton, Mary D. Sammel
  • Patent number: 7943324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining a risk or identifying a condition associated with the presence of endometriosis in a subject as well as testing a candidate compound for a therapeutic activity for the treatment of endometriosis and sorting patients based on the risk of having endometriosis. Specifically, the methods utilize novel markers for assessing the risk of the patient having endometriosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Kurt T. Barnhart, Beata Seeber, George L. Gerton, Mary D. Sammel
  • Publication number: 20100080803
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of predicting or detecting labor in a female subject and methods of testing a compound for an ability to delay the onset of labor. The present invention also provides methods of testing a labor marker useful in the diagnostic methods, isolated peptides identified in the present invention, methods for inhibiting labor, utilizing the peptides, and kits comprising methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jerome F. STRAUSS, Mary D. Sammel, Rita Leite, Amy Brown
  • Patent number: 7662570
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of predicting or detecting labor in a female subject and methods of testing a compound for an ability to delay the onset of labor. The present invention also provides methods of testing a labor marker useful in the diagnostic methods, isolated peptides identified in the present invention, methods for inhibiting labor, utilizing the peptides, and kits comprising methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jerome F. Strauss, Mary D. Sammel, Rita Leite, Amy Brown