Patents by Inventor Trent Alan Watkins

Trent Alan Watkins 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).

  • Blockade of gamma-secretase activity to promote myelination by oligodendrocytes
    Patent number: 8481499
    Abstract: Methods are provided for enhancing myelination. Myelination is enhanced by administration of agents that are inhibitors of ?-secretase. Methods of screening for pharmaceutically active compounds that enhance myelination, and for genes involved in myelination are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Trent Alan Watkins, Ben A. Barres
  • Blockade of gamma-secretase activity to promote myelination by oligodendrocytes
    Publication number: 20110251133
    Abstract: Methods are provided for enhancing myelination. Myelination is enhanced by administration of agents that are inhibitors of ?-secretase. Methods of screening for pharmaceutically active compounds that enhance myelination, and for genes involved in myelination are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Trent Alan Watkins, Ben A. Barres
  • Blockade of gamma-secretase activity to promote myelination by oligodendrocytes
    Patent number: 7973011
    Abstract: Methods are provided for enhancing myelination. Myelination is enhanced by administration of agents that are inhibitors of ?-secretase. Methods of screening for pharmaceutically active compounds that enhance myelination, and for genes involved in myelination are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Trent Alan Watkins, Ben A. Barres