Patents by Inventor Carlotta Vinals y de Bassols

Carlotta Vinals y de Bassols 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).

  • Epitopes or mimotopes derived from the C-epsilon-3 or C-epsilon-4 domains of lgE, antagonists thereof, and their therapeutic uses
    Publication number: 20030147906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of novel medicaments for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of allergic disease. In particular, the novel medicaments are epitopes or mimotopes derived from the C&egr;3 or C&egr;4 domains of IgE. These novel regions may be the target for both passive and active immunoprophylaxis or immunotherapy. The invention further relates to methods for production of the medicaments, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine. Also forming an aspect of the present invention are ligands, especially monoclonal antibodies, which are capable of binding the IgE regions of the present invention, and their use in medicine as passive immunotherapy or immunoprophylaxis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Biologicals, s.a.
    Inventors: Martin Friede, Sean Mason, WIlliam Gordon Turnell, Marcelle Paulette Van Mechelen, Carlotta Vinals y de Bassols