Patents by Inventor Wen-Luan Wendy Hsiao

Wen-Luan Wendy Hsiao 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).

  • Use of herbal saponins to regulate gut microflora
    Patent number: 10456436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for regulating and balancing gut microflora in a subject. The present invention also relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for exerting anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects by regulating and balancing the gut microbial ecosystem and providing a healthy epithelial microenvironment in the gut for a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Wen Luan Wendy Hsiao
  • Melanogenesis effect of saponins of gynostemma pentaphyllum
    Patent number: 9539275
    Abstract: The present invention provides composition and method for inducing melanogenesis. The composition comprising an effective amount of saponins extracted from herbal plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Wen Luan Wendy Hsiao, Ting Fung Tsang
  • USE OF HERBAL SAPONINS TO REGULATE GUT MICROFLORA
    Publication number: 20160339070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for regulating and balancing gut microflora in a subject. The present invention also relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for exerting anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects by regulating and balancing the gut microbial ecosystem and providing a healthy epithelial microenvironment in the gut for a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Wen Luan Wendy Hsiao
  • MELANOGENESIS EFFECT OF SAPONINS OF GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM
    Publication number: 20150209376
    Abstract: The present invention provides composition and method for inducing melanogenesis. The composition comprising an effective amount of saponins extracted from herbal plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Wen Luan Wendy HSIAO, Ting Fung TSANG
  • USE OF HERBAL SAPONINS TO REGULATE GUT MICROFLORA
    Publication number: 20150126463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for regulating and balancing gut microflora in a subject. The present invention also relates to the use of a compound comprising plant based saponins for exerting anti-cancer effects by regulating and balancing the gut microbial ecosystem for a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Wen Luan Wendy Hsiao, Lei Chen
  • Plasma or serum marker and process for detection of cancer
    Patent number: 7811752
    Abstract: This disclosures provides, in one aspect, a method for detecting non-clinically diagnosed cancer in a patient. In one embodiment, the method includes extracting blood serum or plasma from the patient, and then detecting beta-catenin RNA in the blood serum or plasma. In addition, in this embodiment, the method includes determining the presence of the cancer based on the detected beta-catenin RNA. In another aspect, this disclosure provides another embodiment of a method for detecting non-clinically diagnosed cancer in a patient. In this embodiment, the method includes extracting blood serum or plasma from the patient, and then detecting beta-catenin DNA in the blood serum or plasma. In addition, in this embodiment, the method includes determining the presence of the cancer based on the detected beta-catenin DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Wen-Luan Wendy Hsiao, Sze-Chuen Cesar Wong