Patents by Inventor Patrick Cossette

Patrick Cossette 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).

  • SCN3A locus for idiopathic generalized epilepsy, mutations thereof and method using same
    Patent number: 7528093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to epilepsy. More particularly, the present invention relates to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and to the identification of three genes mapping to chromosome 2, which show mutations in patients with epilepsy. The invention further relates to nucleic acid sequences, and protein sequences of these loci (SCNA) and to the use thereof to assess, diagnose, prognose or treat epilepsy, to predict an epileptic individual's response to medication and to identify agents which modulate the function of the SCNA. The invention also provides screening assays using SCN1A, SCN2A and/or SCN3A which can identify compounds which have therapeutic benefit for epilepsy and related neurological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventors: Guy A Rouleau, Ronald G. Lafreniere, Daniel Rochefort, Patrick Cossette, David Ragsdale