Patents by Inventor Robert D. Mayer

Robert D. Mayer 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).

  • Methods for diagnosing interstitial cystitis via nuclear localization of beta-catenin
    Patent number: 8415108
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing a pelvic pain disorder that include analyzing samples for increased levels and/or nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin, which indicates presence of the pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis. Therapeutic treatment of a pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis, includes the administration to a patient of an effective amount of an inhibitor of beta-catenin activity. This can be carried out by direct administration of the therapeutic agent or via gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Jay E. Reeder, Robert D. Mayer, Mary O'Connell
  • METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING PELVIC PAIN DISORDERS VIA BETA-CATENIN
    Publication number: 20100292170
    Abstract: Methods for diagnosing a pelvic pain disorder that include analyzing samples for increased levels and/or nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin, which indicates presence of the pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis. Therapeutic treatment of a pelvic pain disorder, particularly interstitial cystitis, includes the administration to a patient of an effective amount of an inhibitor of beta-catenin activity. This can be carried out by direct administration of the therapeutic agent or via gene therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Jay E. Reeder, Robert D. Mayer, Mary O'Connell