Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Eberlein

Timothy J. Eberlein 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).

  • Patent number: 5550214
    Abstract: An isolated antigenic peptide fragment that is an isolated oncogene protein fragment is disclosed. The isolated peptide fragment of the invention is a peptide either 9 or 10 amino acid residues in length that includes at least a leucine residue at the C- terminus (i.e., position 9 or position 10). The peptide fragment is capable of binding in an HLA-A2 binding cleft and is capable of stimulating proliferation of at least one tumor-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte. Preferred peptides further include an isoleucine residue at position 2 and a valine residue at position 6. The most preferred isolated peptides can stimulate proliferation of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes obtainable from peripheral blood lymphocytes, ovarian tumors, breast tumors, gastric tumors, non-small cell lung tumors, pancreatic tumors, colon tumors, gliomas, bladder tumors, endometrial tumors and neuroblastomas. The preferred isolated peptide of the invention is a mutant peptide defined by SEQ ID NO.:2 or its functional equivalents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Inventors: Timothy J. Eberlein, George E. Peoples, Ichiro Yoshino, Peter Goedegebuure