Patents Assigned to Amgen Fremont
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Patent number: 7982024Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), which is preferably human IGF-IR. The invention also relates to human anti-IGF-IR antibodies, including chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules derived from anti-IGF-IR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such molecules. The present invention also relates to methods of making anti-IGF-IR antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions thereof for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-IGF-IR antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Bruce D. Cohen, Jean Beebe, Penelope E. Miller, James D. Moyer, Jose Ramon Corvalan, Michael Gallo
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Patent number: 7964193Abstract: Antibodies directed to the antigen IL-1? and uses of such antibodies are described. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen IL-1?. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Larry Green, Raffaella Faggioni, Orit Foord, Scott L. Klakamp, Giorgio Senaldi, Amy K. Schneider
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Patent number: 7932372Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to MAdCAM, preferably human MAdCAM and that function to inhibit MAdCAM. The invention also relates to human anti-MAdCAM antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-MAdCAM antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-MAdCAM antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-MAdCAM antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Pullen, Elizabeth Molloy, Sirid-Aimée Kellermann, Larry L. Green, Mary Haak-Frendscho
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Publication number: 20110091455Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to myostatin, and that function to inhibit myostatin. The invention also relates to human anti-myostatin antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-myostatin antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-myostatin antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-myostatin antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicants: AMGEN FREMONT INC., AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Eva Rose Chin, Larry L. Green, Chikwendu Ibebunjo, Philip Albert Krasney, Junming Yie, Joseph Zachwieja
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Publication number: 20110064726Abstract: The present invention relates to novel human antibodies specifically directed against human immunoglobulin E (anti-IgE). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating asthma, in particular allergic asthma, as well as other IgE-mediated disorders including allergic rhinitis and food allergies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicants: PFIZER INC., AMGEN FREMONT INC.Inventors: Wai Liu, Mike Yeadon, Isabelle de Mendez, Alison Logan, Gerald F. Casperson, Arvind Rajpal, Mark A. Moffat, Wei Liao, Caroline Brown, Nurten Beyaz-Kavuncu, Judith Diaz-Collier, Sirid-Aimee Kellermann
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Patent number: 7867494Abstract: The present invention relates to novel human antibodies specifically directed against human immunoglobulin E (anti-IgE). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating asthma, in particular allergic asthma, as well as other IgE-mediated disorders including allergic rhinitis and food allergies.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Wai Liu, Mike Yeadon, Isabelle de Mendez, Alison Logan, Gerald F. Casperson, Arvind Rajpal, Mark A. Moffat, Wei Liao, Caroline Brown, Nurten Beyaz-Kavuncu, Judith Diaz-Collier, Sirid-Aimee Kellermann
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Patent number: 7824679Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies against human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4). Nucelotide sequences encoding and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the complementarity determining regions (CDRs), specifically from within FR1 and/or CDR1 through CDR3 and/or within FR4, are provided. Further provided are antibodies having similar binding properties and antibodies (or other antagonists) having similar functionality as antibodies disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Douglas Charles Hanson, Mark Joseph Neveu, Eileen Elliott Mueller, Jeffrey Herbert Hanke, Steven Christopher Gilman, C. Geoffrey Davis, Jose Ramon Corvalan
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Patent number: 7820877Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic non-human animals that are engineered to contain human immunoglobulin gene loci. In particular, animals in accordance with the invention possess human Ig loci that include plural variable (VH and V?) gene regions. Advantageously, the inclusion of plural variable region genes enhances the specificity and diversity of human antibodies produced by the animal. Further, the inclusion of such regions enhances and reconstitutes B-cell development to the animals, such that the animals possess abundant mature B-cells secreting extremely high affinity antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Aya Jakobovits, Raju Kucherlapati, Sue Klapholz, Michael J. Mendez, Larry Green
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Patent number: 7815907Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), which is preferably human IGF-IR. The invention also relates to human anti-IGF-IR antibodies, including chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules derived from anti-IGF-IR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such molecules. The present invention also relates to methods of making anti-IGF-IR antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions thereof for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-IGF-IR antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Bruce D Cohen, Jean Beebe, Penelope E Miller, James D Moyer, Jose R Corvalan, Michael Gallo
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Publication number: 20100255538Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), which is preferably human IGF-IR. The invention also relates to human anti-IGF-IR antibodies, including chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules derived from anti-IGF-IR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such molecules. The present invention also relates to methods of making anti-IGF-IR antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions thereof for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-IGF-IR antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: AMGEN FREMONT INC., PFIZER INC.Inventors: Bruce D. Cohen, Jean Beebe, Penelope E. Miller, James D. Moyer, Jose R. Corvalan, Michael Gallo
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Patent number: 7807798Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies against human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-r). Nucelotide sequences encoding and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences from CDR1 through CDR3, are provided. Hybridomas expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Aya Jakobovits, Xiao-Dong Yang, Michael Gallo, Xiao-Chi Jia
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Patent number: 7807797Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies against human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4). Nucleotide sequences encoding and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the complementarity determining regions (CDRs), specifically from within FR1 and/or CDR1 through CDR3 and/or within FR4, are provided. Further provided are antibodies having similar binding properties and antibodies (or other antagonists) having similar functionality as antibodies disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Douglas Charles Hanson, Mark Joseph Neveu, Eileen Elliott Mueller, Jeffrey Herbert Hanke, Steven Christopher Gilman, C. Geoffrey Davis, Jose Ramon Corvalan
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Patent number: 7807159Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to myostatin, and that function to inhibit myostatin. The invention also relates to human anti-myostatin antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-myostatin antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-myostatin antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-myostatin antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Eva Rose Chin, Larry L. Green, Chikwendu Ibebunjo, Philip Albert Krasney, Junming Yie, Joseph Zachweija
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Publication number: 20100247545Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to a M-CSF, preferably human M-CSF, and that function to inhibit a M-CSF. The invention also relates to human anti-M-CSF antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-M-CSF antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-M-CSF antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-M-CSF antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: AMGEN FREMONT INC., WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLCInventors: Vahe Bedian, Madhav Narasimha Devalaraja, Ian Foltz, Mary Haak-Frendscho, Sirid-Aimée Kellermann, Joseph Edwin Low, James Leslie Mobley
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Patent number: 7771951Abstract: Methods for categorizing antibodies based on their epitope binding characteristics are described. Methods and systems for determining the epitope recognition properties of different antibodies are provided. Also provided are data analysis processes for clustering antibodies on the basis of their epitope recognition properties and for identifying antibodies having distinct epitope binding characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Wynn L. Walker, Michael L. Gallo, Xiao-Chi Jia, Keith Joho, Jaspal Singh Kang
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Publication number: 20100197005Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to the extracellular domain (ECD) of activin receptor-like kinase-1 (ALK-1) and that function to abrogate the ALK-1/TGF-beta-1/Smad1 signaling pathway. The invention also relates to heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-ALK-1 antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-ALK-1 antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions. The invention also relates to transgenic animals or plants comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicants: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Shelley Sims Belouski, Sirid-Aimee Kellermann, Michael Aidan North, Karin Kristina Amundson, Vahe Bedian, Dana Dan Hu-Lowe, Xin Jiang, Shannon Marie Karlicek, James Arthur Thomson, Jianying Wang, Grant Raymond Wickman, Jingchuan Zhang
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Patent number: 7754433Abstract: Methods are disclosed for determining the relative binding affinities of molecules for their binding partner. One type of molecule is an antibody, which has an antigen binding partner. Antibodies are tested for binding against limited dilutions of antigen. Antibodies that bind to the most dilute antigen concentrations are determined to have a higher relative binding affinity for the antigen than antibodies that only bind to more concentrated antigen preparations.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: John Babcook, Xiao-Chi Jia, Jaspal Singh Kang, Li Zhang
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Patent number: 7736644Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antibodies, particularly antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to the type III deletion mutant, EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to human monoclonal antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to EGFRvIII. Diagnostic and therapeutic formulations of such antibodies, and immunoconjugates thereof, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Richard Weber, Xiao Feng, Orit Foord, Larry Green, Jean M. Gudas, Bruce Keyt, Ying Liu, Palaniswami Rathanaswami, Robert Raya, Xiao Dong Yang, Jose Corvalan, Ian Foltz, Xiao-Chi Jia, Jaspal S. Kang, Chadwick T. King, Scott L. Klakamp, Qiaojuan Jane Su
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Patent number: 7728113Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to a M-CSF, preferably human M-CSF, and that function to inhibit a M-CSF. The invention also relates to human anti-M-CSF antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-M-CSF antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-M-CSF antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-M-CSF antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Warner-Lambert Company LLCInventors: Vahe Bedian, Madhav Narasimha Devalaraja, Ian Foltz, Mary Haak-Frendscho, Sirid-Aimée Kellermann, Joseph Edwin Low, James Leslie Mobley
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Publication number: 20100111979Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antibodies, particularly antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to the type III deletion mutant, EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to human monoclonal antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to EGFRvIII. Diagnostic and therapeutic formulations of such antibodies, and immunoconjugates thereof, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: AMGEN FREMONT INC.Inventors: RICHARD WEBER, XIAO FENG, ORIT FOORD, LARRY GREEN, JEAN M. GUDAS, BRUCE KEYT, YING LIU, PALANISWAMI RATHANASWAMI, ROBERT RAYA, XIAO DONG YANG, JOSE CORVALAN, IAN FOLTZ, XIAO-CHI JIA, JASPAL S. KANG, CHADWICK T. KING, SCOTT L. KLAKAMP, QIAOJUAN JANE SU