Patents by Inventor Myrna Rosenfeld

Myrna Rosenfeld 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).

  • Methods for diagnosis of encephalitis
    Patent number: 7972796
    Abstract: This invention provides methods of diagnosing or determining a cause of an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy in a subject and of diagnosing a tumor in a subject, comprising the step of testing a biological sample of the subject for an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. This invention further provides methods of treating an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy, comprising the steps of detecting an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor and treating a tumor associated with the disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Josep Dalmau, Myrna Rosenfeld, David R. Lynch
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF ENCEPHALITIS OR EPILEPSY
    Publication number: 20090155261
    Abstract: This invention provides methods of diagnosing or determining a cause of an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy in a subject and of diagnosing a tumor in a subject, comprising the step of testing a biological sample of the subject for an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. This invention further provides methods of treating an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy, comprising the steps of detecting an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor and treating a tumor associated with the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Josep Dalmau, Myrna Rosenfeld, David R. Lynch