Patents by Inventor Min-Xin Fu

Min-Xin Fu 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 the quantitation of oxidized glutathione
    Patent number: 6235495
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for determining the level of oxidized glutathione, or the ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione, in a biological sample utilizing the thiol scavenging reagent 1-methyl-2-vinylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate or another salt thereof at a level which rapidly scavenges reduced glutathione but does not interfere with the measurement of oxidized glutathione.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Oxis International, Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Xin Fu, Dennis M. Murray