Patents by Inventor Max Dufford

Max Dufford 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).

  • Nucleic acid encoding a phosphatase 2C that interacts with Fe 65
    Patent number: 6653102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of protein—protein interactions that are involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, the present invention is directed to complexes of these proteins and/or their fragments, antibodies to the complexes, diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders (including diagnosis of a predisposition to and diagnosis of the existence of the disorder), drug screening for agents which modulate the interaction of proteins described herein, and identification of additional proteins in the pathway common to the proteins described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Myriad Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Roch, Paul L. Bartel, Karen Heichman, Kimberly Mauck, Max Dufford