Patents by Inventor Austin Gurney

Austin Gurney 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).

  • SECRETED AND TRANSMEMBRANE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070264686
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20070260045
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Jian Chen, Luc Desnoyers, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, James Pan, Victoria Smith, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR
    Publication number: 20070254302
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Paul Polakis, Victoria Smith, William Wood, Thomas Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Human toll homologues
    Publication number: 20070254360
    Abstract: The invention relates to the identification and isolation of novel DNAs encoding the human Toll proteins PR0285, PR0286, and PR0358, and to methods and means for the recombinant production of these proteins. The invention also concerns antibodies specifically binding the PR0285, or PR0286, or PR0358 Toll protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Melanie Mark, Ruey-Bing Yang
  • PRO4356 POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20070238150
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Jian Chen, Luc Desnoyers, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, James Pan, Victoria Smith, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • PRO9925 POLYPEPTIDES
    Publication number: 20070238859
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Luc Desnoyers, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean-Philippe Stephan, Colin Watanabe, William Wood
  • Secreted and Transmembrane Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same
    Publication number: 20070224185
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • SECRETED AND TRANSMEMBRANE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070207147
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Luc Desnoyers, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean-Philippe Stephan, Colin Watanabe, William Wood
  • Use of A33 antigens and JAM-IT
    Publication number: 20070190049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Mary Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Lookeren, William Wood
  • Prevention and treatment of complement-associated disorders
    Publication number: 20070190054
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a recently discovered macrophage specific receptor, CRIg, and its use in the prevention and treatment of complement-associated disorders, including complement-associated eye conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Karim Helmy, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Kenneth Katschke, Menno Lookeren, William Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20070191270
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, Dan Eaton, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean Stephan, Colin Watanabe, William Wood, Zemin Zhang, Sherman Fong
  • Receptor for IL-17 homologous polypeptides and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7256264
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, William I. Wood
  • Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases
    Publication number: 20070185017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing novel proteins and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeepta Aggarwal, Hilary Clark, Austin Gurney, Jill Schoenfeld, P. Williams, William Wood, Thomas Wu
  • Novel Cytokine Receptors and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same
    Publication number: 20070178539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel cytokine receptors having sequence similarity to AF18497_1 and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those cytokine receptors. 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: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Colin Watanabe, William Wood
  • Compositions and Methods for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumor
    Publication number: 20070178486
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Dan Eaton, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, William Wood, Thomas Wu
  • NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING NOVEL TYPE-1 CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GLM-R
    Publication number: 20070174922
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to Interleukin 6 receptor 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: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Nico Ghilardi, Frederic de Sauvage, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, William Wood
  • IL-17A/F heterologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Publication number: 20070160576
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel naturally occurring human cytokine that is comprised of a heterodimer of interleukin-17 and interleukin-17F designated herein as interleukin 17A/F (IL-17A/F). 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, specific antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arnott, Mercedesz Balazs, Nico Ghilardi, Austin Gurney, Philip Hass, Sarah Hymowitz, James Lee, Wenjun Ouyang, Melissa Starovasnik, Yan Wu
  • INTERLEUKIN-22 POLYPEPTIDES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20070160612
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen Maruoka, Jessica Foster, Audrey Goddard, William Wood
  • NOVEL COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF IMMUNE RELATED DISEASES
    Publication number: 20070161061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Hilary Clark, Daniel Eaton, Austin Gurney, Bernd Wranik
  • NOVEL TYPE-1 CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GLM-R
    Publication number: 20070136829
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and variants thereof of GLM-R polypeptides 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. Also provided are methods for detecting agents that modulate the activity of GLM-R. Also provided are methods for diagnosing and for treating disorders characterized by the over or under abundance of monocytes or macrophages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Nico Ghilardi, Frederic De Sauvage, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, William Wood