Patents by Inventor Tim Beissbarth

Tim Beissbarth 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).

  • CIRCULATING miRNAs AS NON-INVASIVE MARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING IN PROSTATE CANCER
    Publication number: 20120264638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for staging prostate cancer in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, said method comprises (a) determining the amount of at least one miRNA selected from the group consisting of miRNA-375, miRNA-141, miRNA-200b, miRNA-516a-3p and miRNA9*, or the amount of a precursor molecule in a sample from said patient and (b) comparing the, thus, determined amount with a reference amount. Moreover, the present invention is concerned with a method for identifying a subject susceptible to prostate cancer therapy and to a method for diagnosing prostate cancer. Further envisaged by the present invention are a kit and a device adapted to carry out the method of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Jan Christoph Brase, Holger Sültmann, Ruprecht Kuner, Marc Johannes, Tim Beissbarth, Maria Fälth, Thorsten Schlomm, Alexander Haese, Thomas Steuber