Patents by Inventor Wen Yee Lee

Wen Yee Lee 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 related to volatile compounds in genitourinary cancers
    Patent number: 10908162
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods of identifying a subject having prostate cancer or renal cell carcinoma; or prostate cancer risk assessment of a subject by determining level of at least one volatile organic compound from a sample from the subject where a significantly different level of the at least one volatile organic compound in the sample as compared to the level of the compound in a control sample is indicative of the presence of prostate cancer or renal cell carcinoma or low-risk prostate cancer or high-low prostate cancer in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Xiaogang Su
  • METHODS RELATED TO VOLATILE COMPOUNDS IN GENITOURINARY CANCERS
    Publication number: 20190128890
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods of identifying a subject having prostate cancer or renal cell carcinoma; or prostate cancer risk assessment of a subject by determining level of at least one volatile organic compound from a sample from the subject where a significantly different level of the at least one volatile organic compound in the sample as compared to the level of the compound in a control sample is indicative of the presence of prostate cancer or renal cell carcinoma or low-risk prostate cancer or high-low prostate cancer in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Xiaogang Su
  • Analytical technique for measuring bound glycerides in a biodiesel composition
    Patent number: 8476075
    Abstract: A method of estimating the amount of unreacted starting materials (glycerides, methyl esters, etc.) and the composition of a biodiesel using TLC in conjunction with a lipophilic dye, Nile Red is described herein. The dye based TLC method of the present invention is convenient and provides significant advantages over existing methods for estimating the purity of a biodiesel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eva Deemer, Wen Yee Lee, Xiomara Carolina Chianelli
  • ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING BOUND GLYCERIDES IN A BIODIESEL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100261281
    Abstract: A method of estimating the amount of unreacted starting materials (glycerides, methyl esters, etc.) and the composition of a biodiesel using TLC in conjunction with a lipophilic dye, Nile Red is described herein. The dye based TLC method of the present invention is convenient and provides significant advantages over existing methods for estimating the purity of a biodiesel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Eva Deemer, Wen Yee Lee, Carolina Kretschmer