Patents by Inventor Terry Braun

Terry Braun 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).

  • SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS AND GENES ASSOCIATED WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
    Publication number: 20110104154
    Abstract: The invention provides genes and polymorphisms associated with AMD, and methods for diagnosing an increased risk of AMD in a patient who has at least one of the AMD-associated polymorphisms as provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD., IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF
    Inventors: Abbot F. Clark, Edwin M. Stone, Val C. Sheffield, John Fingert, Thomas L. Casavant, Todd Scheetz, Terry Braun, A. Jason Grundstad
  • Bardet-Biedl susceptibility gene and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7332591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the designation of ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 as the BBS3 gene, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Val C. Sheffield, Edwin Stone, Thomas Casavant, Terry Braun, Darryl Nishimura
  • Bardet-Biedl susceptibility gene and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060134649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the designation of ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 as the BBS3 gene, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Val Sheffield, Edwin Stone, Thomas Casavant, Terry Braun, Darryl Nishimura