Patents Represented by Attorney Karen A. Lacourse
  • Patent number: 8299221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, and a polynucleotide encoding the binding molecule. The invention also provides an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule, as well as an isolated host cell comprising the expression system for producing the binding molecule. The invention also provides for compositions comprising the LINGO binding molecules and the use of binding molecule compositions as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity. The invention further provides for a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Adrian Walmsley, William Leonard Wishart, Marta Cortes-Cros, Josef Prassler, Ingo Klagge
  • Patent number: 8106163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to the BAFF receptor (BAFFR). The invention more specifically relates to specific antibodies that are BAFFR antagonists with in vivo B cell depleting activity and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by killing or depleting B cells, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases or lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christoph Heusser, Julia Neugebauer, Eveline Schaadt, Stefanie Urlinger, Maximilian Woisetschlaeger
  • Patent number: 8101182
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are antibodies that specifically recognize and antagonize human TSLP receptor, and methods of employing these antibodies to treat or ameliorate diseases or disorder mediated by TSLP signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Liqun Dong, Marc Nasoff
  • Patent number: 7910708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to human anti-IL-13 binding molecules, particularly antibodies, and to methods for using anti-IL-13 antibody molecules in diagnosis or treatment of IL-13 related disorders, such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Emma Campbell, Sofia Parveen, Joe Buechler, Gunars Valkirs
  • Patent number: 7740843
    Abstract: Antibodies which are specific for human interleukin-4 and their use in the treatment of IL-4 and/or IgE mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: José M. Carballido Herrera, Jan E. De Vries, Christoph Schwaerzler