Patents by Inventor Pragna I. Patel

Pragna I. Patel 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).

  • Molecular diagnosis of autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
    Patent number: 5780223
    Abstract: A description of an isolated CMTIA-REP sequence and DNA probes to the sequence. Methods for the use of such sequences and probes to detect peripheral neuropathies. A method for detecting Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 by measuring the presence or absence of a DNA duplication in a gene locus associated with the CMTIA-REP sequence. A method for detecting Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies by measuring the presence or absence of a DNA deletion in a gene locus associated with the CMTIA-REP sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: James R. Lupski, Liu Pentao, Benjamin B. Roa, Nacer E. Abbas, Pragna I. Patel
  • Peripheral myelin protein coding sequence and method
    Patent number: 5599920
    Abstract: The disclosed invention includes a a peripheral myelin protein, PMP-22, which is present predominantly in the peripheral nervous system and purified nucleic acids which encode the protein. Also included are oligonucleotide probes and primers derived from such sequences, and methods for the use of such sequences, probes and primers in detecting peripheral neuropathies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Pragna I. Patel, Ueli Suter, G. Jackson Snipes, Andrew Welcher, Marino DeLeon, James R. Lupski, Eric M. Shooter
  • Molecular diagnosis of autosomal dominant charcot-marie-tooth disease
    Patent number: 5306616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: James R. Lupski, Pragna I. Patel, Roberto M. de Oca-Luna, Odila S. Cardenas