Patents Assigned to Genentech
  • Publication number: 20130028911
    Abstract: The present invention provides human vascular endothelial cell growth factor (hVEGF) antagonists, including monoclonal antibodies, hVEGF receptors, and hVEGF variants that are useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, and other diseases and disorders characterized by undesirable or excessive neovascularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Napoleone Ferrara, Kyung Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8362213
    Abstract: Anti-FcRH5 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided. Methods of using anti-FcRH5 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristi Elkins, Andrew Polson, Allen Ebens, Camelia Adams, Bing Zheng, Jagath R. Junutula, Jo-Anne Hongo, Yan Wu
  • Patent number: 8361744
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and protein technology. More specifically, the invention concerns signal sequences for the secretion of heterologous polypeptide from bacteria. The invention also concerns recombinant polypeptides and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Marrichi, Dorothea E. Reilly
  • Publication number: 20130022611
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating hepsin activity and the uPA/plasmin pathway, in particular by regulating pro-uPA activation by hepsin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel K. Kirchhofer, Paul M. Moran
  • Publication number: 20130023047
    Abstract: Provided are humanized anti-CD40 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments and methods for treating disease characterized by expression of CD40 antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc. A member of the Roche Group, SEATTLE GENETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Seattle Genetics, Inc., Genentech, Inc. A member of the Roche Group
  • Patent number: 8357513
    Abstract: Isolated mpl ligand, isolated DNA encoding mpl ligand, and recombinant methods of preparing mpl ligand are disclosed. These mpl ligands are shown to influence the replication, differentiation or maturation of blood cells, especially megakaryocyte progenitor cells. Accordingly, these compounds are used for treatment of thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan L. Eaton, Frederic J. De Sauvage
  • Publication number: 20130017598
    Abstract: The invention concerns methods and means for preventing the reduction of disulfide bonds during the recombinant production of disulfide-containing polypeptides. In particular, the invention concerns the prevention of disulfide bond reduction during harvesting of disulfide-containing polypeptides, including antibodies, from recombinant host cell cultures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Kao, Michael W. Laird, Melody Trexler Schmidt, Rita L. Wong, Daniel P. Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20130017200
    Abstract: Multispecific antibodies that specifically bind at least two different epitopes are provided. Structural variants of native antibodies (antibody analogs) are also provided. Also provided are multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs having a range of biological activities. Agonist and antagonist multispecific antibodies and agonist and antagonist antibody analogs are provided. Multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs conjugated with therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents are also provided, as are multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs conjugated with agents to increase in vivo half-life compared to multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs lacking such agents. In addition, methods of making multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs and compositions comprising multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs are provided. Therapeutic, research, and diagnostic uses of multispecific antibodies and antibody analogs are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Scheer, Richard L. Vandlen
  • Patent number: 8354528
    Abstract: The invention provides processes of preparing, separating, and purifying PI3K inhibitor, Formula (I) and (II) compounds, and novel intermediates for preparing Formula (I) and (II) compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Babu, Zhigang Cheng, Mark E. Reynolds, Scott J. Savage, Qingping Tian, Herbert Yajima
  • Patent number: 8354420
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n. X, R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 receptor, such as Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Baker-Glenn, Daniel Jon Burdick, Mark Chambers, Bryan K. Chan, Huifen Chen, Anthony Estrada, Janet Gunzner-Toste, Daniel Shore, Zachary Sweeney, Shumei Wang, Guiling Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130011412
    Abstract: The invention provides various antibodies that bind to lymphotoxin-?, methods for making such antibodies, compositions and articles incorporating such antibodies, and their uses in treating, for example, an autoimmune disorder. The antibodies include murine, chimeric, and humanized antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Camellia W. Adams, Jane L. Grogan, Austin L. Gurney, Krista McCutcheon
  • Publication number: 20130011853
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-hedgehog antibodies, their use in the detection of hedgehog expression in tissue, and to the use of such detection in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Suzanna J. Scales
  • Patent number: 8349331
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the generation and characterization of neutralizing anti-IFN-? monoclonal antibodies with broad reactivity against various IFN-? subtypes. The invention further relates to the use of such anti-IFN-? antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with increased expression of IFN-?, in particular, autoimmune disorders such as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Anan Chuntharapai, Jin K. Kim, Leonard G. Presta, Timothy Stewart
  • Patent number: 8350008
    Abstract: Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, and methods for producing the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: David Botstein, Robert L. Cohen, Audrey D. Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, David A. Lawrence, Arnold J. Levine, Diane Pennica, Margaret Ann Roy, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 8350010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of VEGF antagonists and alpha5beta1 antagonists for treating cancer and inhibiting angiogenesis and/or vascular permeability, including inhibiting abnormal angiogenesis in diseases. The present invention also relates to use of a VEGFR agonists and alpha5beta1 agonists to promote angiogenesis and vascular permeability. The present invention also relates to new anti-alpha5beta1 antibodies, compositions and kits comprising them and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Anan Chuntharapai, Gregory D. Plowman, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Yan Wu, Weilan Ye
  • Publication number: 20130004486
    Abstract: Methods for treating vascularized pigment epithelial detachment using anti-VEGF agents are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Clement K. Chan, Prema Abraham
  • Publication number: 20130004498
    Abstract: The present invention concerns dosing of anti-EGFL7 antibodies for cancer therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuang Bai, Daniel S. Chen, Roel Funke, Priti Hegde, Louie Naumovski
  • Publication number: 20130004484
    Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations comprising a one-armed, anti-c-met antibody and uses of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Barthelemy Demeule, Bruce Kabakoff, Jun Liu, Nicole Piros, Qing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130004495
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of using anti-NGF antibodies in the treatment of various NGF-related disorders, including pain, asthma, arthritis and psoriasis. The methods are effective in treating these disorders in a patient without having a significant adverse effect on the immune system of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Shelton
  • Patent number: 8343955
    Abstract: Benzoxazepin compounds of Formula I, including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and B is a pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, or triazolyl ring fused to the benzoxepin ring, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Steven Do, Danette Dudley, Adrian Folkes, Robert Heald, Timothy Heffron, Mark Jones, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Stephen Price, Steven Staben, Lan Wang