Patents by Inventor U. Thomas Meier

U. Thomas Meier 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).

  • Detection of the nucleolar channel system of human endometrium and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7846680
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for assaying at the light microscopic level for the presence or absence of nucleolar channel systems (NCSs) in an endometrial tissue sample, as are methods for determining whether or not a postovulatory human endometrium is in a state that is receptive for implantation of a human embryo, where the presence of NCSs indicates that the endometrium is in a state that is receptive for implantation of an embryo and the absence of NCSs indicates that the endometrium is not in a state that is receptive for implantation of the embryo, and methods for determining the effectiveness of a contraceptive in a woman, comprising assaying an endometrial tissue sample for the presence or absence of NCSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventor: U. Thomas Meier
  • Detection of the nucleolar channel system of human endometrium and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090215074
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for assaying at the light microscopic level for the presence or absence of nucleolar channel systems (NCSs) in an endometrial tissue sample, as are methods for determining whether or not a postovulatory human endometrium is in a state that is receptive for implantation of a human embryo, where the presence of NCSs indicates that the endometrium is in a state that is receptive for implantation of an embryo and the absence of NCSs indicates that the endometrium is not in a state that is receptive for implantation of the embryo, and methods for determining the effectiveness of a contraceptive in a woman, comprising assaying an endometrial tissue sample for the presence or absence of NCSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: U. Thomas Meier