Patents Assigned to Genentech
  • Patent number: 7982015
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders characterized by the overexpression of an LIV-1. More specifically, the compositions include DNA and amino acid sequences of an LIV-1, antibodies to an LIV-1, and methods for the treatment of a mammal susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer wherein an LIV-1 is overexpressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred de Sauvage, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Jo-Anne Hongo, Victoria Smith
  • Patent number: 7981418
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110172216
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Jennafer Dotson, Tim Heffron, Alan Olivero, Daniel P. Sutherlin, Shumei Wang, Bing-Yan Zhu, Irina Chuckowree, Adrian Folkes, Nan Chi Wan
  • Publication number: 20110171238
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to Stra6, a murine retinoic acid responsive protein, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Diane Pennica, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7977064
    Abstract: The invention provides modulators of Dvl PDZ-ligand interaction, and methods of identifying and using these modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingnan Zhang, Mike Costa, Sachdev S. Sidhu
  • Patent number: 7976838
    Abstract: The present application describes therapy with antagonists which bind to B cell surface markers, such as CD20. In particular, the application describes the use of such antagonists to treat autoimmune disease in a mammal who experiences an inadequate response to a TNF?-inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark C. Benyunes
  • Publication number: 20110165155
    Abstract: Methods of treating patients having metastatic or unresectable locally advanced HER2 positive cancer, e.g., breast cancer, with the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab-MCC-DM1 are provided, wherein the patients have received extensive prior treatment, e.g., with an anthracycline, a taxane, capecitabine, lapatinib, and trastuzumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Agresta, Barbara Klencke
  • Publication number: 20110165157
    Abstract: The present application describes extending time to disease progression or survival in a cancer patient, where the patient's cancer displays HER activation, by treating the patient with a HER dimerization inhibitor, such as pertuzumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: MIKA K. DERYNCK, Stephen M. Kelsey
  • Patent number: 7973138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of VEGF antagonists and a novel anti-?5?1 antibody for treating cancer and inhibiting angiogenesis and/or vascular permability, including inhibiting abnormal angiogenesis in diseases. The present invention also relates to compositions and kits comprising novel anti-?5?1 antibodies and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Ching Liang, Gregory D. Plowman, Yan Wu, Weilan Ye
  • Publication number: 20110158990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a hyperproliferative disorder in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an imidazopyridine of formula I with anti-hyperproliferative activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Price, Robert Heald, Wendy Lee, Mark E. Zak, Joanne Frances Mary Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20110155605
    Abstract: A novel cytokine, designated Apo-2 ligand, which induces mammalian cell apoptosis is provided. The Apo-2 ligand is believed to be a member of the TNF cytokine family. Compositions including Apo-2 ligand chimeras, nucleic acid encoding Apo-2 ligand, and antibodies to Apo-2 ligand are also provided. Methods of using Apo-2 ligand to induce apoptosis and to treat pathological conditions such as cancer, are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi J. Ashkenazi
  • Publication number: 20110159608
    Abstract: The application relates to methods for determining whether a patient is at increased risk of developing wet AMD or whether a patient has an increased likelihood of benefiting from treatment with a high-affinity anti-VEGF antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Graham
  • Publication number: 20110159009
    Abstract: The invention herein provides isolated antibodies that bind to VEGF. The invention further provides methods of making anti-VEGF antibodies, and polynucleotides encoding anti-VEGF antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Germaine Fuh, Chingwei V. Lee
  • Patent number: 7968094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing or treating thrombosis in a mammal such as a primate and particularly a human patient. A preferred method includes administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one humanized antibody, chimeric antibody, or fragment thereof that binds specifically to human tissue factor (TF). Additional methods and kits are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin-An Jiao, Hing C. Wong, Esperanza Liliana Nieves, Luis A. Mosquera
  • Publication number: 20110150865
    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: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Camellia W. Adams, Jane L. Grogan, Austin L. Gurney, Krista McCutcheon
  • Publication number: 20110142852
    Abstract: The invention provides multispecific antibodies and methods of making and using such antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny M. Bostrom, Germaine Fuh
  • Publication number: 20110142859
    Abstract: Anti-CD22 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided. Methods of using anti-CD22 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: ALLEN J. EBENS, JR., ALANE M. GRAY, WEI-CHING LIANG, YAN WU, SHANG-FAN YU
  • Patent number: 7960118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutations in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and methods of detecting such mutations as well as prognostic methods method for identifying a tumors that are susceptible to anticancer therapy such as chemotherapy and/or kinase inhibitor treatment. The methods involve determining the presence of a mutated EGFR gene or mutated EGFR protein in a tumor sample whereby the presence of a mutated EGFR gene or protein indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Somasekar Seshagiri
  • Publication number: 20110135667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of hematopoietic tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: YVONNE CHEN, MARK DENNIS, DAVID DORNAN, KRISTI ELKINS, JAGATH REDDY JUNUTULA, ANDREW POLSON, BING ZHENG
  • Patent number: 7956237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO196, PRO217, PRO231, PRO236, PRO245, PRO246, PRO258, PRO287, PRO328, PRO344, PRO357, PRO526, PRO724, PRO731, PRO732, PRO1003, PRO1104, PRO1151, PRO1244, PRO1298, PRO1313, PRO1570, PRO1886, PRO1891, PRO4409, PRO5725, PRO5994, PRO6097, PRO7425, PRO10102, PRO10282, PRO61709 or PRO779 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Montgomery, Zheng-Zheng Shi, Mary Jean Sparks