Patents by Inventor Simon Santa Cruz

Simon Santa Cruz 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).

  • In vitro method to detect bladder transitional cell carcinoma
    Patent number: 8124331
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an in vitro method to detect a bladder transitional cell carcinoma, in an individual, to determine the stage or severity of this cancer in an individual or to monitor the effect of therapy administered to an individual with this cancer; to screen for, identify, develop and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic compounds against this cancer in order to develop new medicinal products, and also agents that inhibit the expression and/or activity of the FGFR3 protein and/or the effects of this expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Progenika Biopharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Martínez Martínez, Laureano Simón Buela, Simon Santa Cruz, María Pilar Sáenz Jiménez, Corina Junquera Sánchez-Vallejo, José Javier Gómez Román, Jorge Cuevas González, Miguel Molina Vila
  • Method for the in Vitro Diagnosis and Prognosis of Demyelinating Diseases, and for the Development of Drugs Against Demyelinating Diseases
    Publication number: 20080113347
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an in vitro method for detecting the presence of demyelinating diseases in an individual, for determining the stage or severity of said diseases in the individual, or for monitoring the effect of the therapy administered to an individual suffering said diseases; to the search, identification, development and evaluation of efficacy of compounds for therapy of said diseases for the purpose of developing new drugs; as well as to agents inhibiting DUSP6 protein expression and/or activity, and/or the effects of this expression. The methods and agents of the invention are preferably applied to multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Ainara Vallejo Illarramendi, Antonio Martinez Martinez, Usue Ariz Lopez de Castro, Lourdes Osaba Ortiz de Mendibil, Corina Junquera Sanchez-Vallejo, Simon Santa Cruz, Pedro Escudero Garcia de Galdeano, Jorge Ochoa Garay, Laureano Simon Buela, Carlos Matute Almau, Elena Alberdi Alfonso, Maria Victoria Sanchez Gomez, Gaskon Ibarretxe Bilbao, Estibaliz Etxebarria Galnares
  • Expression of foreign genes from plant virus vectors
    Publication number: 20030049228
    Abstract: The invention provides an expression system for foreign peptides by using a polynucleotide which encodes a promoter which transcribes a mRNA containing at least two open reading frames, from which an internal ribosome entry site directs the translation of one of the open reading frames. In addition, the invention provides a method of expressing a foreign peptide in a host using the expression system of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Simon Santa-Cruz, Gregory P. Pogue, Rachel L. Toth, Sean Chapman, Fiona Carr