Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Barry S. Wilson
  • Epithelial cell targeting agent
    Patent number: 6440419
    Abstract: Targeting molecules for use in delivering biological agents to non-polarized epithelial cells are disclosed. Upon delivery, the biological agent(s) are lethal to the epithelial cell. The targeting molecules may be used, for example, for the eradication of metastatic epithelial cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Epicyte Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mich B. Hein, Andrew C. Hiatt, John H. Fitchen
  • Transgenic plants expressing assembled secretory antibodies
    Patent number: 6417429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to expression and assembly of foreign multimeric proteins—e.g., antibodies—in plants, as well as to transgenic plants that express such proteins. In one of several preferred embodiments, the generation and assembly of functional secretory antibodies in plants is disclosed. The invention also discloses compositions produced by the transgenic plants of the present invention and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Mich B. Hein, Andrew Hiatt