Patents by Inventor Alan Zhong

Alan Zhong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8648174
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptide, designated in the present application as “UCP4” (SEQ ID NO: 1), having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) 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 methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Adams, James Pan, Alan Zhong
  • Patent number: 8313927
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel polypeptide, designated in the present application as “UCP4” (SEQ ID NO: 1), having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) 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 methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Adams, James Pan, Alan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120041176
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) 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 methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Adams, James Pan, Alan Zhong
  • Patent number: 8067229
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) 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 methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Adams, James Pan, Alan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20060068439
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) 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 methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Sean Adams, James Pan, Alan Zhong