Patents by Inventor Simon S. Gregory

Simon S. Gregory 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 identifying an individual at increased risk of developing coronary artery disease
    Patent number: 7807465
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of identifying a subject having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, comprising: a) correlating the presence of one or more genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31 with an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease; and b) detecting the one or more genetic markers of step (a) in the subject, thereby identifying the subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Also provided are methods of identifying subjects with cardiovascular disease as having a good or poor prognosis, as well as methods of identifying effective treatment regimens for cardiovascular disease, based on correlation with genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Jeffery M. Vance, Pascal J. Goldschmidt, Simon S. Gregory, William E. Kraus, Elizabeth R. Hauser