Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Pollard

Steven Michael Pollard 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).

  • Neural stem cells
    Patent number: 9309495
    Abstract: A homogenous, symmetrically dividing population of adherent neural stem cells is obtained from ES cells or foetal or adult brain isolates, using an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of a receptor of the EGF receptor family, optionally in combination with an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of an FGF receptor. The neural stem cell population is highly pure and retains the ability to differentiate into neurons after in excess of 100 passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The University Court of The University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Luciano Conti, Steven Michael Pollard, Austin Gerard Smith
  • Neural Stem Cells
    Publication number: 20140370596
    Abstract: A homogenous, symmetrically dividing population of adherent neural stem cells is obtained from ES cells or foetal or adult brain isolates, using an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of a receptor of the EGF receptor family, optionally in combination with an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of an FGF receptor. The neural stem cell population is highly pure and retains the ability to differentiate into neurons after in excess of 100 passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Luciano Conti, Steven Michael Pollard, Austin Gerard Smith
  • Neural stem cells
    Patent number: 8785187
    Abstract: A homogenous, symmetrically dividing population of adherent neural stem cells is obtained from ES cells or foetal or adult brain isolates, using an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of a receptor of the EGF receptor family, optionally in combination with an activator of a signalling pathway downstream of an FGF receptor. The neural stem cell population is highly pure and retains the ability to differentiate into neurons after in excess of 100 passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Luciano Conti, Steven Michael Pollard, Austin Gerard Smith