Patents by Inventor Walter De Smet

Walter De Smet 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).

  • Human foam cells and methods for preparing them, monoclonal antibodies to said foam cells and their pharmaceutical and diagnostic use
    Patent number: 6027922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to human foam cells generated in vitro from monocyte/macrophage related cell lines which give rise to an average intracellular cholesterol amount of at least 139+36 ug/mg cell protein as determined by HPLC, with said cholesterol being characterized by a degree of 46+6% of esterification as determined by HPLC. The invention also relates to monoclonal antibodies selected via said foam cells and which can be used for pharmaceutical and diagnostic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Innogenetics N.V.
    Inventors: Walter De Smet, Ann Union