Patents by Inventor Laura DeForge
Laura DeForge 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).
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Publication number: 20180037667Abstract: The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of complement-associated eye conditions, such as choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by administration of factor B antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Laura Deforge
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Publication number: 20160024224Abstract: The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of complement-associated eye conditions, such as choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by administration of factor B antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Laura Deforge
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Publication number: 20120230997Abstract: The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of complement-associated eye conditions, such as choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by administration of factor B antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Laura Deforge
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Patent number: 8158762Abstract: The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of complement-associated eye conditions, such as choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by administration of factor B antagonists.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Laura Deforge
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Publication number: 20100280227Abstract: The present invention relates to novel BR3 binding antibodies and polypeptides, including antagonist and agonist polypeptides. The present invention also relates to the use of the BR3 binding antibodies and polypeptides in, e.g., methods of treatment, screening methods, diagnostic methods, assays and protein purification methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: CHRISTINE M. AMBROSE, MERCEDESZ BALAZS, LAURA DEFORGE, MARK S. DENNIS, GERMAINE FUH, STEPHEN D. HURST, CHINGWEI V. LEE, HENRY B. LOWMAN, FLAVIUS MARTIN, GERALD R. NAKAMURA, DHAYA SESHASAYEE, MELISSA A. STAROVASNIK, JEFFREY S. THOMPSON
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Patent number: 7700736Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 15, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Genetech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20090209732Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20090142786Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2009Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: KEVIN P. BAKER, MAUREEN BERESINI, LAURA DEFORGE, LUC DESNOYERS, ELLEN FILVAROFF, WEI-QIANG GAO, MARY E. GERRITSEN, AUDREY GODDARD, PAUL J. GODOWSKI, AUSTIN L. GURNEY, STEVEN SHERWOOD, VICTORIA SMITH, TIMOTHY A. STEWART, DANIEL TUMAS, COLIN K. WATANABE, WILLIAM I. WOOD, ZEMIN ZHANG
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Publication number: 20090123469Abstract: The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of complement-associated eye conditions, such as choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by administration of factor B antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Laura Deforge
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Patent number: 7432345Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel PRO1475 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 PRO1475 polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the PRO1475 polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the PRO1475 polypeptides of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Patent number: 7408042Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20080181888Abstract: The present invention relates to novel BR3 binding antibodies and polypeptides, including antagonist and agonist polypeptides. The present invention also relates to the use of the BR3 binding antibodies and polypeptides in, e.g., methods of treatment, screening methods, diagnostic methods, assays and protein purification methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Christine M. Ambrose, Mercedesz Balazs, Laura DeForge, Mark S. Dennis, Germaine Fuh, Stephen D. Hurst, Chingwei V. Lee, Henry B. Lowman, Flavius Martin, Gerald R. Nakamura, Dhaya Seshasayee, Melissa Starovasnik, Jeffrey S. Thompson
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Patent number: 7385031Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20080050758Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20080032332Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2002Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Patent number: 7309778Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Publication number: 20070264686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Patent number: 7294693Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Patent number: 7285644Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
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Patent number: 7279552Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang