Patents by Inventor Vladimir Botchkarev

Vladimir Botchkarev 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).

  • Methods for lightening skin and hair
    Publication number: 20090053707
    Abstract: Methods are described wherein the skin of a vertebrate, or the skin or hair of a mammal can be lightened by administration of an agent, e.g., protein, peptide, active fusion protein, active fragment, or molecular mimic, that binds to BMP-4 transmembrane receptors on melanocytes and decreases the level of melanin synthesis. Also described are methods to identify molecules that mimic the function of BMP-4 in causing a decrease in melanin in melanocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Mina Yaar, Hee-Young Park, Vladimir Botchkarev, Barbara A. Gilchrest
  • Methods for lightening skin and hair
    Publication number: 20050152860
    Abstract: Methods are described wherein the skin of a vertebrate, or the skin or hair of a mammal can be lightened by administration of an agent, e.g., protein, peptide, active fusion protein, active fragment, or molecular mimic, that binds to BMP-4 transmembrane receptors on melanocytes and decreases the level of melanin synthesis. Also described are methods to identify molecules that mimic the function of BMP-4 in causing a decrease in melanin in melanocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Mina Yaar, Hee-Young Park, Vladimir Botchkarev, Barbara Gilchrest