Patents by Inventor Peter Robert Schofield

Peter Robert Schofield 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).

  • Detecting disease association with aberrant glycogen synthase kinase 3beta expression
    Publication number: 20090041862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant GSK-3? expression and/or activity or for determining the predisposition of a subject to the disease or disorder. In particular, the methods of the present invention comprise detecting a marker that comprises one or more polymorphisms and/or one or more allelic variants of a glycogen synthase kinase 3? gene. The present invention also relates to a method for identifying new markers that are diagnostic of a disease or disorder associated with aberrant GSK-3? expression and/or activity. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of identifying and producing candidate compounds for the treatment of a disease or disorder associated with aberrant GSK-3? expression and/or activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Robert Schofield, John Bing Jee Kwok
  • Methods for diagnosing and assessing a predisposition to bipolar affective disorder
    Patent number: 6274352
    Abstract: A method of assessing an individual's predisposition to bipolar affective disorder comprises determining the presence of one or more bipolar affective disorder-linked markers on chromosome 4 or analyzing allelic variation in relation to a bipolar affective disorder susceptibility gene on chromosome 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Garvan Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Peter Robert Schofield, Philip Bowden Mitchell, Linda Jacqueline Adams