Patents Assigned to Amgen Fremont
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Publication number: 20100098694Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to CD40, preferably human CD40, and that function as CD40 agonists. The invention also relates to human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Vahe Bedian, Ronald P. Gladue, Jose Corvalan, Xiao-Chi Jia, Xiao Feng
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Patent number: 7700742Abstract: 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: April 20, 2010Assignees: Amgen Fremont, 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: 20100028906Abstract: The present embodiments relate to methods of identifying and creating human or humanized antibodies that possess a reduced risk of inducing a Human Anti-Human Antibody (HAHA) response when they are applied to a human host. Other methods are directed to predicting the likelihood of a HAHA response occurring. Methods for screening for anti-HAHA compounds are also included. Methods for determining if various conditions for administering an antibody to a subject enhance or suppress a HAHA response are also included.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: AMGEN FREMONT INC.Inventors: Sirid-Aimee Kellermann, Larry L. Green, Wouter Korver
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Patent number: 7628986Abstract: 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: December 8, 2009Assignee: 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: 7625549Abstract: The present embodiments relate to methods of identifying and creating human or humanized antibodies that possess a reduced risk of inducing a Human Anti-Human Antibody (HAHA) response when they are applied to a human host. Other methods are directed to predicting the likelihood of a HAHA response occurring. Methods for screening for anti-HAHA compounds are also included. Methods for determining if various conditions for administering an antibody to a subject enhance or suppress a HAHA response are also included.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Sirid-Aimée Kellermann, Larry L. Green, Wouter Korver
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Patent number: 7626012Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to CD40, preferably human CD40, and that function as CD40 agonists. The invention also relates to human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Vahe Bedian, Ronald P. Gladue, Jose Corvalan, Xiao-Chi Jia, Xiao Feng
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Patent number: 7618633Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to CD40, preferably human CD40, and that function as CD40 agonists. The invention also relates to human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-CD40 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-CD40 antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Vahe Bedian, Ronald P. Gladue, Jose Corvalan, Xiao-Chi Jia, Xiao Feng
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Publication number: 20090240038Abstract: 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: March 2, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: 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: 7592430Abstract: 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: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont, 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: 7579186Abstract: Various human monoclonal antibodies that bind to human TGF-? type II receptor to inhibit the signal transduction of human TGF-? signal into cells are produced by immunizing human antibody-producing transgenic mice generated by genetic engineering techniques with the soluble human TGF-? type II receptor. Further, these human monoclonal antibodies were demonstrated to be effective for preventing and treating various diseases induced by human TGF-? in various organs (for example, tissue fibrosis).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Shinji Sakamoto, Masafumi Kamada
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Patent number: 7572444Abstract: Binding proteins, such as fully human monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof, directed to the antigen Matriptase and uses of such binding proteins are disclosed. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules capable of binding to Matriptase are also disclosed. The invention also discloses cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies to Matriptase. The antibodies can be used to detect, prevent, and treat diseases such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Dendreon CorporationInventors: Ian Foltz, Chadwick King, Peter Koon Bong Ling, Jaspal Singh Kang, Kathy Manchulenko, Francine Chen, Caroline Darne Scatena, Bruce A. Keyt, Edwin Madison, Wayne R. Godfrey, Stanislaw K. Morkowski, Jennifer H. Richardson
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Patent number: 7566772Abstract: 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: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Larry Green, Raffaella Faggioni, Orit Foord, Scott L. Klakamp, Giorgio Senaldi, Amy K. Schneider
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Publication number: 20090175887Abstract: 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: March 2, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20090155282Abstract: 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: November 10, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20090156790Abstract: 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: November 10, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: 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: 7547817Abstract: The present invention provides fully human antibodies in a transgenic animal of a desired isotype in response to immunization with any virtually any desired antigen. The human immunoglobulin heavy chain transgene in the foregoing animals comprises a human constant region gene segment comprising exons encoding the desired heavy chain isotype, operably linked to switch segments from a constant region of a different heavy chain isotype, i.e., a non-cognate switch region. Said additional constant region segment comprises a switch region and human constant region coding segment, wherein the constant region coding segment is operably linked to a switch region that it is not normally associated with, i.e., a non-cognate switch region. In the transgenes of the invention, the non-cognate switch region may be a switch region from a different species than the constant region coding segment.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Larry L Green, Vladimir E Ivanov, Geoffrey C Davis
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Patent number: 7537762Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont, Inc., Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Michael Aidan North, Karin Kristina Amundson, Vahe Bedian, Shelley Sims Belouski, Dana Dan Hu-Lowe, Xin Jiang, Shannon Marie Karlicek, Sirid Aimee Kellerman, James Arthur Thomson, Jianying Wang, Grant Raymond Wickman, Jingchuan Zhang
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Patent number: 7498420Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to c-Met, preferably human c-Met, and that function to inhibit c-Met. The invention also relates to human anti-c-Met 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-c-Met antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-c-Met 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-c-Met antibodies.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc,Inventors: Neil R. Michaud, Shama Kajiji, Gary Borzillo, Vahe Bedian, Kevin Coleman, Larry L. Green, Xiao-Chi Jia
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Publication number: 20080286284Abstract: The invention includes antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof which bind specifically to conformational epitopes on the extracellular domain of PSMA, compositions containing one or a combination of such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, hybridoma cell lines that produce the antibodies, and methods of using the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The invention also includes oligomeric forms of PSMA proteins, compositions comprising the multimers, and antibodies that selectively bind to the multimers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicants: PSMA Development Company, LLC, Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Maddon, Gerald P. Donovan, William C. Olson, Norbert Schuelke, Jason Gardner, Dangshe Ma, Jaspal S. Kang, Larry Green
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Patent number: 7435871Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic animals bearing one or more human ? light chain loci. The invention also relates to methods and compositions for making transgenic animals that have incorporated human ? light chain loci. The invention further relates to methods of using and compositions derived from the transgenic animals that have incorporated human ? light chain loci.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Amgen Fremont Inc.Inventors: Larry L. Green, Vladimir Ivanov