Patents by Inventor Patricia Carol Edwards

Patricia Carol Edwards 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).

  • Inhibition of tau-tau-association
    Patent number: 8278298
    Abstract: A composition and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, motor neurone disease, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy. The composition includes an agent which modulates or inhibits tau-tau association and which does not inhibit tau-tubulin binding. In the method the agent is administered to an individual in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Preferably the agent which is administered is a phenothiazine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Wista Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron Klug
  • Inhibition of tau-tau association
    Patent number: 7534786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Wista Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron King
  • Materials and methods relating to protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease
    Publication number: 20080207604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheiemer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron King
  • Inhibition of tau-tau association
    Patent number: 6953794
    Abstract: A composition and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, motor neurone disease, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy. The composition includes an agent which modulates or inhibits tau-tau association and which does not inhibit tau-tubulin binding. In the method the agent is administered to an individual in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Preferably the agent which is administered is a phenothiazine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron Klug
  • Inhibition of tau-tau-association
    Publication number: 20020168687
    Abstract: A composition and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, motor neurone disease, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy. The composition includes an agent which modulates or inhibits tau-tau association and which does not inhibit tau-tubulin binding. In the method the agent is administered to an individual in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Preferably the agent which is administered is a phenothiazine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron Klug
  • Screening methods for agents that modulate or inhibit tau association with tau or map2
    Patent number: 6376205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheiemer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: Claude Michel Wischik, Patricia Carol Edwards, Charles Robert Harrington, Martin Roth, Aaron Klug