Patents by Inventor Richard Willam Farndale

Richard Willam Farndale 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).

  • Diagnosis of abnormal blood conditions based on polymorphisms in the glycoprotein VI gene
    Patent number: 7855050
    Abstract: Methods of diagnosis of abnormal blood conditions associated with an increased risk of bleeding are described. Subjects homozygous or heterozygous for the GPVIb allele are at considered to be at increased risk of bleeding. Kits for carrying out the methods of diagnosis, and use of the methods and kits for determining the GPVI allelotype of subjects in need of surgery, with a low platelet count, with an acquired bleeding disorder, on blood thinning drugs, or of blood donors is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: Willem Ouwehand, Peter Alexander Smethurst, Richard Willam Farndale