Patents by Inventor Shobha A. Varde

Shobha A. Varde 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).

  • Detection of GSTP1 hypermethylation in prostate cancer
    Publication number: 20090186360
    Abstract: An assay for detecting prostate cancer includes reagents for detecting multiple methylation markers from within one gene such as GSTP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Abhijit Mazumder, Shobha A. Varde, Janet M. Vargo, Jonathan F. Baden
  • METHOD OF MODIFYING A MACROMOLECULE WITHOUT PRIOR EXTRACTION FROM A SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20090042290
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method of modifying a macromolecule without prior extraction from a sample by converting the macromolecule in the sample with a chemical, removing or converting chemical intermediates, if necessary; and purifying the resulting modified macromolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Steele, Darin Oppenheimer, Sean Wuxiong Cao, Carrie A. Trust, George A. Green, IV, Jyoti Mehrotra, Tatiana I. Vener, Shobha A. Varde, Abhijit Mazumder
  • Methods of detecting methylation patterns within a CpG island
    Publication number: 20080213781
    Abstract: A method of increasing sensitivity of a DNA methylation assay by determining complementation within a CpG island of the methylated DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Baden, Jennifer Painter, Shobha A. Varde, Jyoti Mehrotra, Tatiana I. Vener, Abhijit Mazumder