Patents by Inventor Michel Schummer

Michel Schummer 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).

  • Diagnosis of carcinomas
    Publication number: 20090104684
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions and methods for the detection of a malignant condition, and relates to the discovery of soluble and cell surface forms of HE4a polypeptides, including HE4a that is overexpressed in ovarian carcinomas. In particular the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding HE4a, and also provides a method of screening for the presence of a malignant condition in a subject by detecting reactivity of an antibody specific for a HE4a polypeptide with a molecule naturally occurring in soluble and/or cell surface form in a sample from such a subject, and by hybridization screening using an HE4a nucleotide sequence, as well as other related advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicants: Pacific Northwest Research Institute, University of Washington
    Inventors: Michel Schummer, INGEGERD HELLSTROM, Karl Erik Hellstrom, JEFFREY A. LEDBETTER, MARTHA HAYDEN-LEDBETTER
  • Diagnosis of carcinomas
    Publication number: 20030108965
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions and methods for the detection of a malignant condition, and relates to the discovery of soluble and cell surface forms of HE4a polypeptides, including HE4a that is overexpressed in ovarian carcinomas. In particular the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding HE4a, and also provides a method of screening for the presence of a malignant condition in a subject by detecting reactivity of an antibody specific for a HE4a polypeptide with a molecule naturally occurring in soluble and/or cell surface form in a sample from such a subject, and by hybridization screening using an HE4a nucleotide sequence, as well as other related advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Pacific Northwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Michel Schummer, Ingegerd Hellstrom, Karl Erik Hellstrom, Jeffrey A. Ledbetter, Martha Hayden-Ledbetter