Patents by Inventor Pieter Hendrick Reitsma

Pieter Hendrick Reitsma 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 determining a risk factor for thrombosis
    Patent number: 6043035
    Abstract: A method for determining whether an individual is at increased risk for thrombosis, comprising detecting the presence or absence of a genetic mutation located in the 3' untanslated region of the prothrombin gene (G to A mutation at position 20210) that is correlated with elevated prothrombin levels in individuals with the mutation, wherein the elevated prothrombin levels are associated with increased risk for thrombosis. Also provided are kits and primers that specifically hybridize adjacent to the region of the prothrombin gene that contains the G to A mutation at position 20210.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Rijks University Leiden
    Inventors: Rogier Maria Bertina, Pieter Hendrick Reitsma, Swibertus Rudolfus Poort, Frits Richard Rosendaal