Patents by Inventor Sarah Heron

Sarah Heron 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 method for neonatal or infantile epilepsy syndromes
    Publication number: 20070117095
    Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of a neonatal or infantile epilepsy syndrome as BFNIS in a patient comprising testing for the presence of an alteration in the SCN2A gene, including in a regulatory region of the gene, in a patient sample, and establishing a diagnosis which will indicate a high probability of BFNIS when an SCN2A alteration is detected or establishing a diagnosis which will indicate a low probability of BFNIS when an SCN2A alteration is not detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Ingrid Eileen Scheffer, Samuel Berkovic, Sarah Heron, John Mulley
  • Mutations in ion channels
    Publication number: 20050074764
    Abstract: A method of identifying a subject predisposed to a disorder associated with ion channel dysfunction, comprising ascertaining whether at least one of the genes encoding ion channel subunits in said subject has undergone a mutation event such that a cDNA derived from said subject has the sequence set forth in one of SEQ ID NOS: 1-134.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: John Mulley, Louise Harkin, Leanne Dibbens, Robyn Wallace, Hilary Phillips, Sarah Heron, Samuel Berkovic, Ingrid Scheffer