Patents by Inventor Peter Terpstra

Peter Terpstra 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).

  • Non-squamous epithelium-specific transcription
    Patent number: 7417137
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of cancer therapy and diagnosis, in particular of carcinomas. The invention provides an isolated and/or recombinant nucleic acid comprising a tissue specific promoter or functional fragment thereof allowing for expression of a nucleic acid of interest operably linked to said promoter or functional fragment thereof in a cancer cell wherein said expression in said cancer cell is essentially carcinoma selective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Synvolux IP B.V.
    Inventors: Lou Franciscus M. H. de Leij, Marcel Herman J. Ruiters, Pamela Marijke J. McLaughlin, Martin Conrad Harmsen, Henk van der Molen, Peter Terpstra, Willem Hendrik A. Dokter
  • Non-squamous epithelium-specific transcription
    Publication number: 20020156041
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of cancer therapy and diagnosis in particular of carcinomas. The invention provides an isolated and/or recombinant nucleic acid comprising a tissue specific promoter or functional fragment thereof allowing for expression of a nucleic acid of interest operably linked to said promoter or functional fragment thereof in a cancer cell wherein said expression in said cancer cell is essentially carcinoma selective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Lou Franciscus M. H. De Leij, Marcel Herman J. Ruiters, Pamela Marijke J. McLaughlin, Martin Conrad Harmsen, Henk Van Der Molen, Peter Terpstra, Willem Hendrik A. Dokter