Patents by Inventor Mehran Sam

Mehran Sam 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).

  • Method of Predicting the Responsiveness of a Tumour to Erbb Receptor Drugs
    Publication number: 20080286771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting a mammal having or suspected of having a tumour for treatment with an erbB receptor drug which comprises testing a biological sample from the mammal for expression of anyone of the genes listed in Table 1 or 2 as defined herein whereby to predict an increased likelihood of response to the erbB receptor drug. Preferred genes include anyone of NES, GSPT2, ETR101, TAZ, CHST7, DNAJC3, NPAS2, PIN1, TCEA2, VAMP4, DAPK1, DAPK2, MLLT3, TNNC1, KIAA0931, ACOX2, EMP1, SLC20A1, SPRY2 or PGM1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Hudson, Marie Caroline South, Gayle Marshall, Mehran Sam