Patents by Inventor Piotr Kuna

Piotr Kuna 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 of inhibiting pro-inflammatory mediator release from basophils and mast cells
    Patent number: 5474983
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting pro-inflammatory mediator release from basophils or mast cells to treat an inflammatory disease in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the following proteins, MIP-1.alpha., MIP-1.beta., CTAP-III, or IP-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Piotr Kuna, Allen P. Kaplan
  • Use of platelet factor 4 to treat inflammatory diseases
    Patent number: 5436222
    Abstract: A method of treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal, e.g., a human, by inhibiting pro-inflammatory mediator release from basophils or mast cells in the human, by administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of purified or recombinant platelet factor 4 (PF4), a PF4 analog, or a peptide fragment of PF4 or the analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Piotr Kuna, Allen P. Kaplan