Patents by Inventor Yi-Chao Lee

Yi-Chao 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 for identification, assessment, prevention, and therapy of cancer
    Publication number: 20070207511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the newly identified cancer therapeutic targets and biomarkers. These targets/biomarkers are overexpressed in carcinomas generally, and more specifically to adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The invention provides methods of diagnosis, characterization, and therapy of carcinoma based on the degree of overexpression of the targets/biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Yi-Chao Lee, Pui-Yee Yuen, Yi-Huei Huang, Hui-Chuan Wu
  • Methods for identification, assessment, prevention, and therapy of cancer
    Patent number: 7192709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the newly identified cancer therapeutic targets and biomarkers. These targets/biomarkers are overexpressed in carcinomas generally, and more specifically to adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The invention provides methods of diagnosis, characterization, and therapy of carcinoma based on the degree of overexpression of the targets/biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: DigiGenomics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chao Lee, Pui-Yee Yuen, Yi-Huei Huang, Hui-Chuan Wu
  • Methods for identification, assessment, prevention, and therapy of cancer
    Publication number: 20050202448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the newly identified cancer therapeutic targets and biomarkers. These targets/biomarkers are overexpressed in carcinomas generally, and more specifically to adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The invention provides methods of diagnosis, characterization, and therapy of carcinoma based on the degree of overexpression of the targets/biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Yi-Chao Lee, Pui-Yee Yuen, Yi-Huei Huang, Hui-Chuan Wu
  • Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
    Publication number: 20040229837
    Abstract: A method of increasing the number of activated astrocytes in a subject. The method involves identifying a subject suffering from or being at risk for developing a neurodegenerative disease and administering to the subject an effective amount of an agonist of the A2A-adenosine receptor. Also disclosed are a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease, a packaged product for treating a subject suffering from or being at risk for developing a neurodegenerative disease, and a method of identifying an agonist of the A2A-adenosine receptor for treating a neurodegenerative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Yijuang Chern, Yi-Chao Lee