Patents by Inventor William Melvin

William Melvin 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).

  • Publication number: 20090023160
    Abstract: Antibodies that can specially bind to cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 and methods of making them are disclosed, in particular antibodies that bind to amino acid sequence VNQWSVNHDPVKWPN or PExFDPARFLDKDGy, where x is D or N and y is L or F, or an antigenic fragment thereof. The antibodies can be used in the diagnosis or treatment of cancers linked to enhanced CYP1B1 expression, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer and ovarian cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: William Melvin, Graeme Ian Murray
  • Patent number: 7419794
    Abstract: Antibodies that can specially bind to cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 and methods of making them are disclosed, in particular antibodies that bind to amino acid sequence VNQWSVNHDPVKWPN or PExFDPARFLDKDGy, where x is D or N and y is L or F, or an antigenic fragment thereof. The antibodies can be used in the diagnosis or treatment of cancers linked to enhanced CYP1B1 expression, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer and ovarian cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: William Melvin, Graeme Ian Murray
  • Publication number: 20060188883
    Abstract: Provided are previously uncharacterised markers of cancers, for example colorectal cancers, and uses of these as diagnostic and prognostic markers of cancers, and in particular colorectal cancers. The markers are SEQ ID NO: 1—hnRNP-K; SEQ ID NO:2—HMG-1; SEQ ID NO:3—proteasome subunit alpha type 1; SEQ ID NO:4—bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein; SEQ ID NO:5—ST11; SEQ ID NO:6—annex in IV; SEQ ID NO:7—60 kDa heat shock protein; SEQ ID NO:8—T complex protein 1 beta subunit; SEQ ID NO:9—T complex protein 1 epsilon subunit; SEQ ID NO: 10—mortalin; and SEQ ID NO: 11—TER-ATPase. The invention further provides related methods and materials for the use of the markers in therapeutic intervention in colorectal and other cancers e.g. to specifically target neoplastic cells without causing significant toxicity in healthy tissues, and to provide methods for the evaluation of the ability of candidate therapeutic compounds to modulate the biological activity of cancerous cells from the colon, rectum and other tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Graeme Murray, Colin Telfer, William Melvin