Patents by Inventor Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young 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).
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Patent number: 11090310Abstract: This application describes novel therapeutic strategies for treating patients with hypertriglyceridemia and/or chylomicronemia based on the presence of GPIHBP1 autoantibodies. It was unexpectedly found that autoantibodies to GPIHBP1, a GPI anchored protein of capillary endothelial cells that shuttles lipoprotein lipase to its site of action in the capillary lumen, were found to be present in patients with hypertriglyceridemia, and that the autoantibodies blocked the binding of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) to GPIHBP1. Patients having hypertriglyceridemia and/or chylomicronemia and also having GPIHBP1 autoantibodies may be treated with a therapeutically effective amount of an immunosuppressive treatment and/or GPIHBP1 activator.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Kazuya Miyashita, Stephen G. Young, Anne P. Beigneux, Loren G. Fong, Katsuyuki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20190160076Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a novel therapeutic strategy for patients with hypertriglyceridemia and/or chylomicronemia, wherein the patient is determined to have autoantibodies to GPIHBP1. It was unexpectedly found that autoantibodies to GPIHBP1, a GPI anchored protein of capillary endothelial cells that shuttles lipoprotein lipase to its site of action in the capillary lumen, were found to be present in patients with hypertriglyceridemia, and that the autoantibodies blocked the binding of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) to GPIHBP1. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for treating hypertriglyceridemia and/or chylomicronemia in a patient comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunosuppressive treatment and/or GPIHBP1 activator to the patient; wherein the patient has been determined to have GPIHBP1 autoantibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Kazuya MIYASHITA, Stephen G. YOUNG, Anne P. BEIGNEUX, Loren G. FONG, Katsuyuki NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 9170255Abstract: Devices and methods that measure one or more properties of a living cell culture that is contained in liquid media within a vessel, and typically analyzes plural cell cultures contained in plural vessels such as the wells of a multiwell microplate substantially in parallel. The devices incorporate a sensor that remains in equilibrium with, e.g., remains submerged within, the liquid cell media during the performance of a measurement and during addition of one or more cell affecting fluids such as solutions of potential drug compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Seahorse BioscienceInventors: Jay S. Teich, Andy C. Neilson, Stephen G. Young, Jim Orrell
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Publication number: 20140186876Abstract: Devices and methods that measure one or more properties of a living cell culture that is contained in liquid media within a vessel, and typically analyzes plural cell cultures contained in plural vessels such as the wells of a multiwell microplate substantially in parallel. The devices incorporate a sensor that remains in equilibrium with, e.g., remains submerged within, the liquid cell media during the performance of a measurement and during addition of one or more cell affecting fluids such as solutions of potential drug compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Seahorse BioscienceInventors: Jay S. Teich, Andy C. Neilson, Stephen G. Young, Jim Orrell
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Patent number: 6896144Abstract: A filtration apparatus having a plurality of sample wells comprises an upper plate comprising a plurality of upper wells, a lower plate comprising a plurality of lower wells disposed in flexible communication with each other, and a ratcheting mechanism disposed at interfaces of the upper wells and the lower wells. A method for assembling the filtration apparatus comprises supporting the lower plate, disposing a filter medium in the lower well, disposing the upper plate at the lower plate such that the lower wells substantially register with the upper wells, and compressing the upper plate onto the lower plate to form an interference fit between the lower well and the upper well.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Innovative MicroplateInventors: Stephen G. Young, Yevgeniy Margolin
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Publication number: 20020195386Abstract: A filtration apparatus having a plurality of sample wells comprises an upper plate comprising a plurality of upper wells, a lower plate comprising a plurality of lower wells disposed in flexible communication with each other, and a ratcheting mechanism disposed at interfaces of the upper wells and the lower wells. A method for assembling the filtration apparatus comprises supporting the lower plate, disposing a filter medium in the lower well, disposing the upper plate at the lower plate such that the lower wells substantially register with the upper wells, and compressing the upper plate onto the lower plate to form an interference fit between the lower well and the upper well.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Stephen G. Young, Yevgeniy Margolin
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Patent number: 5786206Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for determining the level of low density lipoproteins (LDL) in plasma. Native apoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) present in LDL particles is immunologically mimicked by a polypeptide of the invention. A polypeptide includes an amino acid residue sequence corresponding to a pan epitope region of the target apoprotein. A preferred polypeptide is a fusion protein that simultaneously mimics native apo B-100 and native apo A-I. Improved assay systems and methods for determining HDL and LDL levels in a body fluid sample are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1994Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: The Scripps Research InstituteInventors: Richard S. Smith, Linda K. Curtiss, Kanaka Raju Koduri, Joseph L. Witztum, Stephen G. Young
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Patent number: 5641969Abstract: Ion implantation apparatus has an implant wheel in a vacuum chamber. The implant wheel has a number of circumferentially distributed wafer holding positions and is arranged to spin so that the wafers successively intercept an ion beam. The implant wheel is mounted at the free end of a scanning arm which itself is mounted for reciprocating movement on a wall of the vacuum chamber by means of a rotary vacuum seal. A wheel drive motor is mounted in the vacuum chamber on the rotational axis of the implant wheel and the wheel and drive motor combination can be tilted at the end of the scanning arm to adjust the angle of implantation. The tilt actuator is inside the vacuum chamber mounted on the scanning arm and the tilt axis is such that the axis of rotation of the implant wheel remains always in the same plane as the axis of scan of the scanning arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1996Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Cooke, John J. Perrins, Stephen G. Young
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Nonnatural apolipoprotein B-100 peptides and apolipoprotein B-100-apolipoprotein A-I fusion peptides
Patent number: 5408038Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for determining the level of low density lipoproteins (LDL) in plasma. Native apoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) present in LDL particles is immunologically mimicked by a polypeptide of the invention. A polypeptide includes an amino acid residue sequence corresponding to a pan epitope region of the target apoprotein. A preferred polypeptide is a fusion protein that simultaneously mimics native apo B-100 and native apo A-I. Improved assay systems and methods for determining HDL and LDL levels in a body fluid sample are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1992Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Assignee: The Scripps Research InstituteInventors: Richard S. Smith, Linda K. Curtiss, Kanaka R. Koduri, Joseph L. Witztum, Stephen G. Young -
Patent number: D623300Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Edge BiosystemsInventors: Oscar Zimerman, Stephen G. Young