Patents by Inventor Sze-Chuen Cesar Wong

Sze-Chuen Cesar Wong 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).

  • Plasma or serum marker and process for detection of cancer
    Patent number: 7811752
    Abstract: This disclosures provides, in one aspect, a method for detecting non-clinically diagnosed cancer in a patient. In one embodiment, the method includes extracting blood serum or plasma from the patient, and then detecting beta-catenin RNA in the blood serum or plasma. In addition, in this embodiment, the method includes determining the presence of the cancer based on the detected beta-catenin RNA. In another aspect, this disclosure provides another embodiment of a method for detecting non-clinically diagnosed cancer in a patient. In this embodiment, the method includes extracting blood serum or plasma from the patient, and then detecting beta-catenin DNA in the blood serum or plasma. In addition, in this embodiment, the method includes determining the presence of the cancer based on the detected beta-catenin DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Wen-Luan Wendy Hsiao, Sze-Chuen Cesar Wong