Patents by Inventor Nicole O'Brien

Nicole O'Brien 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).

  • Treatment of cancer using antibodies to polypeptides differentially expressed in human lung tumors
    Publication number: 20060204503
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods of treating, indentifying or diagnosing a hyperproliferative disorder in a patient in need thereof. The methods of the invention include administering to a patient a composition comprising a binding molecule which binds to a cell surface expressed glycoprotein expressed predominantly in tumor or tumor-associated cells. In particular, the therapeutic and diagnostic methods of the present invention include the use of a binding molecule, for example an antibody or immunospecific fragment thereof, which specifically binds to a lung tumor-associated polypeptide, variant polypeptide or fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathon Fitchett, Mark Daniels, Michael Labarre, Karen McLachlan, Tony Rowe, Nicole O'Brien, Samuel Cho, Melissa Heller