Patents by Inventor Audrey Goddard

Audrey Goddard 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).

  • METHOD FOR USING GENE EXPRESSION TO DETERMINE PROGNOSIS OF PROSTATE CANCER
    Publication number: 20120028264
    Abstract: Molecular assays that involve measurement of expression levels of prognostic biomarkers, or co-expressed biomarkers, from a biological sample obtained from a prostate cancer patient, and analysis of the measured expression levels to provide information concerning the likely prognosis for said patient, and likelihood that said patient will have a recurrence of prostate cancer, or to classify the tumor by likelihood of clinical outcome or TMPRSS2 fusion status, are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Shak, Frederick L. Baehner, Tara Maddala, Mark Lee, Robert J. Pelham, Wayne Cowens, Diana Cherbavaz, Michael C. Kiefer, Michael Crager, Audrey Goddard, Joffre B. Baker
  • PRO1120 polypeptides
    Patent number: 8106156
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J Godowski, Austin L Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I Wood
  • TAT294 polypeptides
    Patent number: 8097700
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Dan L. Eaton, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood, Thomas D. Wu
  • Treatment of complement-associated disorders
    Patent number: 8088386
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a recently discovered macrophage specific receptor, CRIg, and its use in the treatment of complement-associated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Karim Yussef Helmy, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth James Katschke, Jr., Menno Van Lookeren, William I. Wood
  • Compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor
    Patent number: 8084200
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Gretchen Frantz, Audrey Goddard, Lino Gonzalez, Austin L. Gurney, Paul Polakis, Andrew Polson, William I. Wood, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Methods of treatment using antibodies to IL-17 homologous polypeptides
    Patent number: 8075888
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17 and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, William I. Wood
  • Antibodies to PRO7436 polypeptides
    Patent number: 8063186
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and therapeutic uses of antagonist antibodies to IL-17E
    Patent number: 8034342
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Dorothy French, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Hanzhong Li, James Pan, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Daniel Tumas, Menno Van Lookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel G. Yansura
  • Treatment of complement-associated disorders
    Patent number: 8007798
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a recently discovered macrophage specific receptor, CRIg, and its use in the prevention and treatment of complement-associated disorders, including complement-associated eye conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Karim Yussef Helmy, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth James Katschke, Jr., Menno Van Lookeren, William I. Wood
  • FGF-19 NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20110207912
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to the PRO533 protein and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. The invention concerns compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic cell growth and proliferation in mammals, including humans. The invention is based on the identification of genes that are amplified in the genome of tumor cells. Such gene amplification is expected to be associated with the overexpression of the gene product and contribute to tumorigenesis and/or autocrine signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: David Botstein, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, David A. Lawrence, Margaret Ann Roy
  • Compositions and methods for treatment of cancer
    Patent number: 7982015
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders characterized by the overexpression of an LIV-1. More specifically, the compositions include DNA and amino acid sequences of an LIV-1, antibodies to an LIV-1, and methods for the treatment of a mammal susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer wherein an LIV-1 is overexpressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred de Sauvage, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Jo-Anne Hongo, Victoria Smith
  • METHOD TO USE GENE EXPRESSION TO DETERMINE LIKELIHOOD OF CLINICAL OUTCOME OF RENAL CANCER
    Publication number: 20110171633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides gene and gene sets, the expression of which is important in the classification and/or prognosis of cancer, in particular of renal cell carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Wayne Cowens, Steven Shak, Audrey Goddard, Dejan Knezevic, Joffre B. Baker, Michael C. Kiefer, Tara Maddala, Frederick L. Baehner
  • Il-1 related polypeptides
    Patent number: 7951916
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to the IL-1-like family of proteins and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Guohua James Pan
  • Interleukin-22 Polypeptides, Nucleic Acids Encoding The Same And Methods For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Disorders
    Publication number: 20110091417
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • IL-17 Homologous Polypeptides and Therapeutic Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20110064728
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gumey, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Daniel Tumas, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110038868
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17 and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20100261217
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Luc Desnoyers, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean-Philippe F. Stephan, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Method of detecting PRO9917
    Patent number: 7807385
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • HUMAN TOLL HOMOLOGUES
    Publication number: 20100234576
    Abstract: The invention relates to the identification and isolation of novel DNAs encoding the human Toll proteins PRO285, PRO286, and PRO358, and to methods and means for the recombinant production of these proteins. The invention also concerns antibodies specifically binding the PRO285, or PRO286, or PRO358 Toll protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Melanie R. Mark, Ruey-Bing Yang
  • Polynucleotide overexpressed in tumors
    Patent number: RE41888
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood