Patents by Inventor Rebecca A. Cox

Rebecca A. Cox 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).

  • Stabilization of Retromer for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders
    Publication number: 20230021959
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for elevating and stabilizing retromer for treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Additionally, the disclosure relates to adenoviral based therapy for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's Disease (PD), neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs or prion disease), multiple system atrophy (MSA), Down's syndrome, and hereditary spastic paraplegia, as well as tauopathies such as progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), frontotemporal lobar dementia linked to chromosome 17q21-22 and its subtypes (FTLD-17/FTLD-Tau), Lewy Body Disease (LBD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontal-temporal degeneration (FTD), ALS-FTD, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Cornell University, Meiragtx UK II Limited
    Inventors: Scott A. SMALL, Gregory PETSKO, Rebecca COX, Samuel D. WAKSAL, Alexandria FORBES, Yasir H. QURESHI
  • Compositions and methods comprising a protective antigen of
    Patent number: 7342101
    Abstract: Disclosed are protein and peptide antigen and DNA compositions effective in generating immune responses against the pathogenic fungi Coccidioides spp., the causative agents of coccidioidomycosis and Valley Fever. The invention thus provides protein and peptide antigens, DNA constructs, combinations and related biological compositions, and prophylactic and therapeutic methods of using such components and combinations to generate effective and protective immune responses against Coccidioides spp., including C. immitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Texas System Board of Regents
    Inventors: Rebecca A. Cox, D. Mitchell Magee, F. Douglas Ivey, Melanie D. Woitaske
  • Peptide and DNA immunization against Coccidioides immitis infections
    Patent number: 6923973
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptide and DNA compositions surprisingly found to be effective in generating immune responses against the pathogenic fungi Coccidioides spp., the causative agents of coccidioidomycosis and Valley Fever. The invention thus provides peptides and DNA constructs, combinations and related biological compositions, and prophylactic and therapeutic methods of using such components to generate effective immune responses against Coccidioides spp., including C. immitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Rebecca A. Cox, D. Mitchell Magee, Chengyong Jiang