Patents by Inventor Rita Weiss

Rita Weiss 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).

  • Use Of Umbilical Cord Matrix Cells
    Publication number: 20080299090
    Abstract: The invention relates to the isolation and use of stem cells from amniote species (potentially any animal with an umbilical cord, including humans). More particularly the invention relates to obtaining stem cells that are at least multipotent and may be totipotent or nearly totipotent and are envisaged to have a variety of end uses. The cells of the present invention are immunosuppressive and may be used to inhibit the immune response in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicants: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Cognate BioServices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Weiss, Rita Weiss, Cameron Anderson, Satish Medicetty, Irene Vanderwerff, Kevin R. McIntosh