Patents by Inventor Philip W. Ingham

Philip W. Ingham 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).

  • Vertebrate embryonic pattern-inducing proteins and uses related thereto
    Patent number: 5789543
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning centers, and are involved in the formation of ordered spatial arrangements of differentiated tissues in vertebrates. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Philip W. Ingham, Andrew P. McMahon, Clifford J. Tabin