Patents by Inventor Thaddeus Smith Stappenbeck

Thaddeus Smith Stappenbeck 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).

  • Method for studying the effects of commensal microflora on mammalian intestine and treatments of gastrointestinal-associated disease based thereon
    Publication number: 20040091893
    Abstract: a method of investigating chemical changes resulting from commensal microflora colonisation of mammalian intestine which comprises: a) measuring gene expression in commensal bacterium-colonized and germ-free intestine of at least one gene; and b) identifying a gene from a) that has at least a 2-fold difference in expression level between commensal bacterium-colonized and germ-free intestine. The method selects genes for further evaluation, and gives rise to the development of prophylactic treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gordon, Lora Virginia Hooper, Thaddeus Smith Stappenbeck, Per Falk, Lennart Hansson