Patents by Inventor Victoria Louise Bills

Victoria Louise Bills 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 risk of pre-eclampsia
    Patent number: 8530150
    Abstract: A method of detecting a risk of a pregnant female mammal developing pre-eclampsia or a complication linked thereto, or of a fetus of the pregnant female mammal developing a fetal or neonatal deficiency linked to maternal pre-eclampsia, comprises detecting the level of a VEGFxxxb in a sample from the pregnant female mammal at less than about 24 weeks of gestation and comparing the detected level with a reference level. A reduced level in the sample from the pregnant female mammal is indicative of a risk of the pregnant female mammal developing pre-eclampsia or a complication linked thereto or of the fetus developing the fetal or neonatal deficiency linked to maternal pre-eclampsia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Bristol
    Inventors: David Owen Bates, Victoria Louise Bills, Steven James Harper, Yan Qiu
  • DETECTION OF RISK OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA
    Publication number: 20110076259
    Abstract: A method of detecting a risk of a pregnant female mammal developing pre-eclampsia or a complication linked thereto, or of a fetus of the pregnant female mammal developing a fetal or neonatal deficiency linked to maternal pre-eclampsia, comprises detecting the level of a VEGFxxxb in a sample from the pregnant female mammal at less than about 24 weeks of gestation and comparing the detected level with a reference level. A reduced level in the sample from the pregnant female mammal is indicative of a risk of the pregnant female mammal developing pre-eclampsia or a complication linked thereto or of the fetus developing the fetal or neonatal deficiency linked to maternal pre-eclampsia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: David Owen Bates, Victoria Louise Bills, Steven James Harper, Yan Qiu