Patents by Inventor Shu Pei Wang

Shu Pei Wang 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).

  • Hormone-sensitive lipase mediated male infertility
    Patent number: 7049092
    Abstract: In various aspects, the invention provides pharmacologic and genomic methods of inhibiting fertility in a male animal, such as human male contraception, involving the manipulation of the activity of hormone-sensitive lipase, including inhibiting the activity of a hormone-sensitive lipase in the animal. In another aspect, the invention discloses the use of hormone-sensitive lipase as a target in screening assays that may be used to identify compounds that modulate male fertility. In another aspect, the present invention identifies a condition of male infertility caused by hormone-sensitive lipase deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Canadian Gene Cure Foundation
    Inventors: Grant A. Mitchell, Shu Pei Wang, Jacquetta Trasler, Louis Hermo