Patents by Inventor Steven M. Offer

Steven M. Offer 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: 20150168370
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computer system, cellular data from a real time cell analyzer; selecting one or more samples from the cellular data; identifying, for each of the one or more samples or for the cellular data as a whole, waypoints that define an analysis window; determining, by the computer system using cellular data from the analysis window, results for each of the one or more samples based on one or more metrics; and providing, by the computer system, information that identifies at least a portion of the results for the one or more samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Steven M. Offer, Robert B. Diasio, Natalie J. Wegner
  • Publication number: 20130171647
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for identifying prostate cancer patients likely to respond to an androgen deprivation therapy. For example, methods and materials for identifying a prostate cancer patient likely to respond to an androgen deprivation therapy based at least in part on the presence of a genetic variation in a TMRT11 nucleic acid are provided. This document also provides methods and materials for identifying prostate cancer patients likely to survive prostate cancer related death for a short or long period of time. For example, methods and materials for identifying a prostate cancer patient likely to survive prostate cancer related death for a short or long period of time based at least in part on the presence of a genetic variation in a UGT1A3 nucleic acid, a UGT1A7 nucleic acid, and/or a UGT1A10 nucleic acid are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Douglas W. Mahoney, Manish Kohli, James R. Cerhan, Steven M. Offer