Patents by Inventor Stéphane Blot

Stéphane Blot 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).

  • Method for diagnosing and predicting cerebellar ataxia
    Patent number: 8445203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing and/or predicting hereditary cerebellar ataxia in a dog, and/or identifying a dog which is healthy carrier of hereditary cerebellar ataxia, comprising determining the presence or absence of an homozygous or heterozygous genetic variation in the arylsulfatase G gene sequence in a biological sample from said dog, as compared with the arylsulfatase G gene sequence of a healthy non-carrier dog, wherein the presence of said homozygous genetic variation indicates that said dog is or will be affected by hereditary cerebellar ataxia, and the presence of said heterozygous genetic variation indicates that said dog is healthy carrier of hereditary cerebellar ataxia, said dog being of a breed selected in the group consisting of American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier and Pit Bull type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Maisons Alfort
    Inventors: Marie Abitbol, Stéphane Blot
  • METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND PREDICTING CEREBELLAR ATAXIA
    Publication number: 20110281264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing and/or predicting hereditary cerebellar ataxia in a dog, and/or identifying a dog which is healthy carrier of hereditary cerebellar ataxia, comprising determining the presence or absence of an homozygous or heterozygous genetic variation in the arylsulfatase G gene sequence in a biological sample from said dog, as compared with the arylsulfatase G gene sequence of a healthy non-carrier dog, wherein the presence of said homozygous genetic variation indicates that said dog is or will be affected by hereditary cerebellar ataxia, and the presence of said heterozygous genetic variation indicates that said dog is healthy carrier of hereditary cerebellar ataxia, said dog being of a breed selected in the group consisting of American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier and Pit Bull type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Marie Abitbol, Stéphane Blot