Patents by Inventor Stephen De Wall

Stephen De Wall 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).

  • Noble metal complex-mediated immunosuppression
    Publication number: 20080044405
    Abstract: Certain noble metal complexes are able to strip peptides from class II MHC proteins, resulting in class II MHC peptides in a peptide-empty conformation that do not support T-cell activation. Methods for identifying additional compounds are provided. Also provided are methods for use of this class of compounds to inhibit an immune response and to treat subjects having an unwanted immune response such as autoimmunity, allograft rejection, allergy, asthma, and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Brian DeDecker, Stephen De Wall