Patents Represented by Attorney Robert T. Ramos
  • Patent number: 7399833
    Abstract: MGDF analogs having one or more changed glycosylation sites as compared to a naturally occurring MGDF sequence of a corresponding number of amino acids are disclosed. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding said MGDF analogs, recombinant plasmids and host cells for analog expression, and therapeutic compositions including such analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventor: Steven G. Elliott
  • Patent number: 7332474
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel peptides and related compounds that have thrombopoietic activity. The compounds of the invention may be used to increase production of platelets or platelet precursors (e.g. megakaryocytes) in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Hosung Min, Karen C. Sitney, Cynthia Hartley