Patents by Inventor Yu-Hua Tseng

Yu-Hua Tseng 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 and compositions for modulating adipocyte function
    Patent number: 8178492
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignees: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Children's Hospital Boston
    Inventors: C. Ronald Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng, Atul Butte
  • Methods and Compositions for Modulating Adipocyte Function
    Publication number: 20110117049
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Children's Hospital Boston
    Inventors: C. Ronald Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng, Atul Butte
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING BROWN ADIPOGENESIS
    Publication number: 20110104133
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of Sca-1+ progenitor cells treated with BMP-2, -4, -5, -6, and/or -7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Tseng, Tim Julius Schulz
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins for Appetite Control
    Publication number: 20110046047
    Abstract: Methods of decreasing appetite for food intake by administering bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), e.g., BMP7, or agonists/peptidomimetics thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Tseng, Efthymia Kokkotou
  • Methods and compositions for modulating Necdin function
    Patent number: 7825098
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for identifying and using inhibitors of Necdin function to promote brown adipose tissue (BAT) differentiation, thereby treating obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Ronald Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING BROWN ADIPOGENESIS
    Publication number: 20100150885
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of stem cells treated with BMP-2, -4, -5, -6 and/or -7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Tseng, C. Ronald Kahn
  • Methods and compositions for modulating adipocyte function
    Patent number: 7576052
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignees: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Children's Hospital Boston
    Inventors: C. Ronald Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng, Atul Butte
  • Methods and compositions for modulating necdin function
    Publication number: 20060223104
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for identifying and using inhibitors of Necdin function to promote brown adipose tissue (BAT) differentiation, thereby treating obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: C. Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng
  • Methods and compositions for modulating adipocyte function
    Publication number: 20050187154
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating obesity and related disorders. The methods include the use of BMP-2, -4, -6 and -7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicants: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Children's Hospital Boston
    Inventors: C. Ronald Kahn, Yu-Hua Tseng, Atul Butte