Patents by Inventor Zakera Shums

Zakera Shums 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).

  • METHOED FOR DETECTING CIRCULATING CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF CIRRHOSIS
    Publication number: 20120183981
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of diagnostics, and in particular to the early diagnosis of liver cirrhosis in a patient not known to have liver cancer by detecting and measuring circulating cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) alone or in conjunction with one or more additional liver cirrhosis biomarkers in the biological fluid of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Inova Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Norman, Zakera Shums
  • Methods and assays for detecting GP73-specific autoantibodies
    Patent number: 7622268
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting autoantibodies in a subject which reacts with a GP73 antigen. Increased levels of GP73-specific autoantibodies in a sample from the subject which bind to GP73 antigen are indicative of liver disease in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: INOVA Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Norman, Zakera Shums
  • Methods and assays for detecting GP73-specific autoantibodies
    Publication number: 20080166738
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting autoantibodies in a subject which reacts with a GP73 antigen. Increased levels of GP73-specific autoantibodies in a sample from the subject which bind to GP73 antigen are indicative of liver disease in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Gary L. Norman, Zakera Shums