Patents by Inventor Miriam Fleur Moffatt

Miriam Fleur Moffatt 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).

  • Genetic determinants for dermal inflammation and immunity
    Publication number: 20040067871
    Abstract: The invention relates to the localisation of genetic factors associated with dermal inflammation and immunity to particular regions of the human genome. In particular, there are described methods of determining the genetic susceptibility of an individual to disease conditions involving dermal inflammation and immunity, especially but not exclusively atopic dermatitis, methods for the identification of polymorphic alleles which confer susceptibility to conditions involving dermal inflammation and immunity and methods for the identification of a human genes which contribute to or are responsible for the manifestation of disease conditions involving dermal inflammation and immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: William Osmond Charles Cookson, John Harper, Miriam Fleur Moffatt, Goncalo Rocha Abecasis
  • Methods and materials for the diagnosis or prognosis of asthma
    Patent number: 6387615
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for diagnosing an individual as being asthmatic, or of having a predisposition to asthma, and a kit therefor, which method comprises demonstrating in the individual the presence or absence of an unusual variant form of a polynucleotide sequence in the MHC region of chromosome 6p, said unusual variant form being associated with an increased secretion of TNF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: ISIS Innovation Limited
    Inventors: William Osmond Charles Michael Cookson, Miriam Fleur Moffatt
  • ASTHMA
    Publication number: 20010007741
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for diagnosing an individual as being asthmatic, or of having a predisposition to asthma, and a kit therefor, which method comprises demonstrating in the individual the presence or absence of an unusual variant form of a polynucleotide sequence in the MHC region of chromosome 6p, said unusual variant form being associated with an increased secretion of TNF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: WILLIAM O.C.M. COOKSON, MIRIAM FLEUR MOFFATT