Patents by Inventor William E. Munger

William E. Munger 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).

  • Identifying drugs for and diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia using gene expression profiles
    Patent number: 7321830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer system comprising a database for elucidating changes in gene expression in prostate tissue isolated from patients exhibiting different clinical states of prostate hyperplasia as compared to normal prostate tissue, as well as the identification of individual genes that are differentially expressed in diseased prostate tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignees: Gene Logic, Inc., University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: William E. Munger, Prakash Kulkarni, Robert H. Getzenberg, Iwao Waga, Jun Yamamoto
  • Identifying drugs for and diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia using gene expression profiles
    Publication number: 20030134324
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression in prostate tissue isolated from patients exhibiting different clinical states of prostate hyperplasia as compared to normal prostate tissue as well as the identification of individual genes that are differentially expressed in diseased prostate tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: William E. Munger, Prakash Kulkarni, Robert H. Getzenberg, Iwao Waga, Jun Yamamoto
  • Identifying drugs for and diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia using gene expression profiles
    Publication number: 20030134280
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the elucidation of the global changes in gene expression in prostate tissue isolated from patients exhibiting different clinical states of prostate hyperplasia as compared to normal prostate tissue as well as the identification of individual genes that are differentially expressed in diseased prostate tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: William E. Munger, Prakash Kulkarni, Robert H. Getzenberg, Iwao Waga, Jun Yamamoto