U.S. Patents Assigned to UT Board of Regents
Naming UT Southwestern Investigators as Inventors
Updated August 4, 2009

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U.S. Patent Number: 7,569,683
Patent Title: USPA2 Nucleic Acid of Moraxella Catarrhalis.
Inventors:  Hansen, Eric J.; Aebi, Christoph; Cope, Leslie D.; Maciver, Isobel; Fiske, Michael J.; Fredenburg, Ross A.
Issued: 08/04/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,556,942
Patent Title: A Tumor Suppressor Designated Hippo.
Inventors:  Pan, Duojia
Issued: 07/07/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,550,617
Patent Title: Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Renal and Cardiovascular Disease.
Inventors:  Falck, John R.; Imig, John D.
Issued: 06/23/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,550,141
Patent Title: Methods for Imaging Tumor Vasculature Using Conjugates that Bind to Aminophospholipids.
Inventors:  Thorpe, Phillip E.; Ran, Sophia; Brekken, Rolf A.
Issued: 06/23/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,544,466
Patent Title: Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase (GOAT) Biochemical Assay.
Inventors:  Brown, Michael S.; Goldstein, Joseph L.; Grishin, Nick V.; Yang, Jing
Issued: 06/09/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,537,903
Patent Title: FGF21 Upregulates Expression of GLUT-1 in a βKlotho-Dependent Manner.
Inventors:  Kuro-o, Makoto; Ogawa, Yasushi; Kurosu, Hiroshi; Rosenblatt, Kevin
Issued: 05/26/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,531,318
Patent Title: Screening of Agents for Activity Against Ischemic Myocardial Insults.
Inventors:  Srivastava, Deepak; Bock-Marquette, Ildiko; Saxena, Ankur
Issued: 05/12/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,511,124
Patent Title: Compositions Comprising Phosphatidylethanolamine-Binding Peptides Linked to Anti-Viral Agents.
Inventors:  Thorpe, Philip E.; Soares, M. Melina; He, Jin
Issued: 03/31/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,498,811
Patent Title: Apparatus and Method for Patient Movement Tracking.
Inventors:  MacFarlane, Duncan L.; Briggs, Richard; Zaremba, Andrei A.; White Keith D.
Issued: 03/03/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,491,866
Patent Title: Transgenic Rats and Spermatogonial Stem Cells.
Inventors:  Hammer, Robert E.; Hamra, Franklin K.; Cronkhite, Jennifer T.
Issued: 02/17/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,479,550
Patent Title: Amyloid β Gene Vaccines.
Inventors:  Rosenberg, Roger N.; Johnston, Stephen A.; Qu, Bao-Xi
Issued: 01/20/09

U.S. Patent Number: 7,455,978
Patent Title: Protein/Solubility Folding Assessed by Structural Complementation.
Inventors:  Thomas, Philip J.; Hunt, John F.; Wigley, William C.; Stidham, Rhesa D.
Issued: 11/25/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,455,833
Patent Title: Methods and Compositions for Treating Viral Infections Using Antibodies and Immunoconjugates to Aminophospholipids.
Inventors:  Thorpe, Philip E.; Soares, M. Melina; Ran, Sophia
Issued: 11/25/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,455,666
Patent Title: Methods and Apparatuses for Navigating the Subarachnoid Space.
Inventors:  Purdy, Phillip D.
Issued: 11/25/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,452,971
Patent Title: Compositions and Methods for Modifying Toxic Effects of Proteinaceous Compounds.
Inventors:  Vitetta, Ellen S.; Ghetie, Victor F.; Smallshaw, Joan E.; Baluna, Roxana G.
Issued: 11/18/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,445,904
Patent Title: Cystine String Protein and its Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Inventors:  Sudhof, Thomas C.; Stahl, Bernd; Tobaben, Soenke
Issued: 11/04/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,445,886
Patent Title: Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor as a Marker for Cardiovascular Risk.
Inventors:  Giroir, Brett P.; Willis, Monty S.; Church, Timothy S.
Issued: 11/04/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,429,616
Patent Title: Synthesis and Complete Stereochemical Assignment of Psymberin/Irciniastatin for Use as Antitumor Compounds.
Inventors:  De Brabander; Jiang, Xin
Issued: 09/30/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,429,259
Patent Title: Surgical Anchor and System.
Inventors:  Cadeddu, Jeffrey A.; Bergs, Richard A.; Fernandez, Raul; Baker, Linda A..
Issued: 09/30/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,422,856
Patent Title: Methods for Modulating Transcriptional Activation Using Mint Proteins.
Inventors:  Sudhof, Thomas C.; Biederer, Thomas; Ho, Angela; Liu, Xinran
Issued: 09/09/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,422,738
Patent Title: Combined Cancer Treatment Methods Using Antibodies to Aminophospholipids.
Inventors:  Thorpe, Philip E.; Ran, Sophia
Issued: 09/09/08

U.S. Patent Number: 7,420,100
Patent Title: Methods and Compositions Relating to HDAC 4 and 5 Regulation of Cardiac Gene Expression.
Inventors:  Olson, Eric N.; Lu, Jianrong; McKinsey, Timothy
Issued: 09/02/08