Patents by Inventor Niels Erik Skakkebaek

Niels Erik Skakkebaek 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).

  • DETECTION OF CARCINOMA IN SITU IN SEMEN SPECIMENS
    Publication number: 20120021937
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the detection of testicular cancer and/or precursors hereof by screening a sample for the presence of at least two markers in the same cell, wherein the sample is a semen sample and/or an ejaculate from a male human being.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: Kobenhavns Universitet, Rigshospitalet
    Inventors: Kristian Almstrup, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, David Mobjerg Kristensen, Niels Erik Skakkebaek, Si Brask Sonne, John Erik Nielsen
  • Use of novel biomarkers for detection of testicular carcinoma in situ and derived cancers in human samples
    Publication number: 20090298053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for identification of testicular carcinoma in situ (CIS), gonadoblastoma (a CIS-like pre-cancerous lesion found in dysgenetic gonads) and CIS-derived cancers based on at least one of the biomarkers included in the invention. It also relates to diagnosis of a subject's status of the testicular carcinoma in situ and the derived cancers based on the measurement of a relative abundance of one of the biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: University of Copenhagen
    Inventors: Kristian Almstrup, Christina E. Høi-Hansen, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, Ute Wirkner, Wilhelm Ansorge, Henrik Leffers, Niels Erik Skakkebæk, Christian Schwager, Jonathon Blake