Patents by Inventor Stanley Szefler

Stanley Szefler 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).

  • Genetic predictor of efficacy of anti-asthmatic agents for improving pulmonary function
    Publication number: 20060069074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining and predicting the efficacy of therapeutics for the treatment of an individual with asthma based on that individual's ?2-adrenergic receptor. The invention finds particular applicability to the treatment of an individual with asthma with an inhaled corticosteroid or a leukotriene receptor antagonist who is homozygous for arginine at position 16 of the ?2-adrenergic receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Lemanske, Christine Sorkness, Vernon Chinchilli, Wenlei Liu, Brenda Phillips, Robert Zeiger, Gregory Heldt, Fernando Martinez, Walter Klimecki, Theresa Guilbert, Wayne Morgan, Stanley Szefler, Gary Larsen, Lynn Taussig, Joseph Spahn, Robert Strunk, Leonard Bacharier, Gordon Bloomberg
  • Method for treating a steroid resistant condition via administration of gamma interferon
    Patent number: 5266312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a steroid resistant condition via administration of gamma interferon to a subject, such as a human, afflicted with the condition. The gamma interferon is administered in an amount sufficient to alleviate at least one parameter associated with the steroid resistant condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: National Jewis Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine
    Inventors: Donald Leung, Stanley Szefler