Patents by Inventor Steffan Vartanian

Steffan Vartanian 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).

  • Publication number: 20060078913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions containing the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating breast, intestine and colon, lung, ovarian or prostate cancer and non-cancerous disease states in breast, intestine and colon, lung, ovarian or prostate, identifying breast, intestine and colon, lung, ovarian or prostate tissue, monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Roberto Macina, Leah Turner, Steffan Vartanian, Shu-Hui Liu, Maria Rodriguez, Huei-Mei Chen
  • Publication number: 20050048534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic colon cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions containing the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating colon cancer and non-cancerous disease states in colon, identifying colon tissue, monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered colon tissue for treatment and research.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Roberto Macina, Shu-Hui Liu, Steffan Vartanian, Leah Turner, Albert Tam