Patents by Inventor Ann Marie Fernandez

Ann Marie Fernandez 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).

  • Enzyme-cleavable prodrug compounds
    Patent number: 8034787
    Abstract: The prodrug of the invention is a modified form of a therapeutic agent and comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by the enzyme Thimet oligopeptidase, or TOP. Also disclosed are methods of designing prodrugs by utilizing TOP-cleavable sequences within the conjugate and methods of treating patients with prodrugs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Medarex, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Dubois, Ann Marie Fernandez, Sanjeev Gangwar, Evan Lewis, Thomas J. Lobl, Matthew H. Nieder, Lesley B. Pickford, Andre Trouet, Geoffrey T. Yarranton
  • Enzyme-cleavable prodrug compounds
    Patent number: 7425541
    Abstract: The prodrug of the invention is a modified form of a therapeutic agent and comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by the enzyme Thimet oligopeptidase, or TOP. Also disclosed are methods of designing prodrugs by utilizing TOP-cleavable sequences within the conjugate and methods of treating patients with prodrugs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Medarex, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Dubois, Ann Marie Fernandez, Sanjeev Gangwar, Evan Lewis, Thomas J. Lobl, Matthew H. Nieder, Lesley B. Pickford, Andre Trouet, Geoffrey Yarranton