Patents by Inventor Phil Ronald Ellis

Phil Ronald Ellis 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).

  • Method for Cancer Prognosis Using Cellular Folate Vitamin Receptor Quantification
    Publication number: 20090081710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a prognosis for a cancer by quantifying vitamin receptor expression on the cancer cells. The method comprises the steps of quantifying vitamin receptor expression on the cancer cells, and determining a prognosis for the cancer. The invention also relates to methods and kits for determining the presence of vitamin receptors on cancer cells to select patients that should be treated with a therapy that utilizes vitamin receptor targeting and to develop a treatment regimen for such patients. The invention further relates to kits for performing the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Low, Lynn C. Hartmann, Christopher Paul Leamon, Phil Ronald Ellis