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Patent Set for Heart Tissue Regeneration Drug

A drug developed by MDI Biological Laboratory that stimulates growth of heart tissue to fix damage from heart attacks is scheduled to receive a U.S. patent. . . . → Read More: Patent Set for Heart Tissue Regeneration Drug

Patent Advances for Gut Damage Treatment Delivery

A developer of therapies for damage to an intestinal barrier received a notice that the U.S. intends to issue a patent protecting the technology to deliver the treatments. . . . → Read More: Patent Advances for Gut Damage Treatment Delivery

Patent Given for Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation Technology

(Michael Dorausch, Flickr)

2 June 2016. A New York neuroscientist who invented a device for stimulating the spinal cord from outside the body to relieve muscle spasticity and paralysis, received a patent for his technology. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded patent number 9,283,391 to physical therapy professor Zaghloul Ahmed at College of Staten . . . → Read More: Patent Given for Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation Technology

Patent Awarded for Skin Stem Cell Regeneration Methods

Human fibroblasts undergoing cell division (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

24 May 2016. Two faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts received a patent for techniques that make regeneration of human tissue with adult stem cells more direct and productive. Patent number 9,290,740 was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in March . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Skin Stem Cell Regeneration Methods

Patent Granted for RNA Transcription Technology

Jeannie Lee (RaNA Therapeutics)

3 May 2016. A technology that blocks RNA molecules from activating chemicals in the body suppressing the working of genes to treat or prevent disease received a U.S. patent. The Patent and Trademark Office awarded patent number 9,328,346 to five inventors and assigned the patent to the parent company . . . → Read More: Patent Granted for RNA Transcription Technology

Patent Awarded for Liquid Biopsy Technology

(Public Domain Pictures/Pixabay)

4 January 2016. A new U.S. patent was awarded for a technology that detects a broad range of cancers in blood, rather than taking tissue samples for analysis, usually requiring surgery. Jacob Micallef, chief scientist at VolitionRx, a developer of cancer diagnostics in Namur, Belgium, received patent number 9,222,937 on . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Liquid Biopsy Technology

Patent Awarded for Slower Digested Wheat

Shree Krishna Dhital (Wikimedia Commons)

12 October 2015. A type of wheat digested more slowly than regular wheat, and thus releases glucose more slowly into the blood stream, received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent number 9,150,839, titled “Wheat with increased resistant starch levels ,” was awarded on 2 . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Slower Digested Wheat

Patent Awarded for Cancer-Detecting Blood Test

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Alexandria, Virginia (A. Kotok)

10 September 2015. VolitionRx, a developer of blood tests to screen for cancer, received a U.S. patent for its underlying technology that detects changes in basic cell proteins found in blood. Patent number 9,128,086 was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Cancer-Detecting Blood Test

Patent Awarded for Fractal Connections in Implants

Richard Taylor (University of Oregon)

28 July 2015. Electronic microcircuits designed to resemble fractals in nature used in implanted medical devices received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent number 9,079,017 was awarded on 14 July 2015 to physicist and materials scientist Richard Taylor at University of Oregon and Simon . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Fractal Connections in Implants

Patents Awarded to Women Rise, Particularly in Academia

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia (A. Kotok)

8 July 2015. Patents issued to women are still a minority at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but their percentages increased over the past 4 decades, notably among recipients at academic institutions. A team of information technology and library science researchers from . . . → Read More: Patents Awarded to Women Rise, Particularly in Academia