Patents by Inventor Richard G. Boles

Richard G. Boles 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).

  • Diagnostic methods and kits for functional disorders
    Publication number: 20090269758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of functional disorders in humans. A method of the invention, in certain embodiments, comprises the detection of one or more polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA of a human. The current invention further provides kits for use in a method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Richard G. Boles, Essam A. Zaki
  • Method of detecting mitochondrial dysfunction
    Patent number: 6759196
    Abstract: A method of screening a subject for mitochondrial dysfunction comprises detecting the presence or absence of single nucleotide changes in a hypervariable region of the mitochondrial DNA of said subject, the presence of such changes indicating that said subject is afflicted with or at risk of developing mitochondrial dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
    Inventors: Richard G. Boles, Masamichi Ito
  • Method of detecting mitochondrial dysfunction
    Publication number: 20030165827
    Abstract: A method of screening a subject for mitochondrial dysfunction comprises detecting the presence or absence of single nucleotide changes in a hypervariable region of the mitochondrial DNA of said subject, the presence of such changes indicating that said subject is afflicted with or at risk of developing mitochondrial dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Richard G. Boles, Masamichi Ito