Patents by Inventor Barbara Jennifer Gitlitz

Barbara Jennifer Gitlitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20250029251
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a set of samples, receiving data input that includes dimensions of a sample area, a percentage of the sample area being viable cells, and a percentage of the sample area exhibiting necrosis. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing a percentage of the sample area being stroma. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing weighting factors. The method includes computing a weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells based on the computed weighting factor and percentage of the sample area being viable cells for each of the set of samples. The method includes determining that a specified condition is detected in the set of samples based on the computed weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells satisfying a threshold correlating with an indication of the specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Anjali SAQI, Shawn Wen Sun, Kosei Tajima, Barbara Jennifer Gitlitz
  • Publication number: 20240424092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, uses, and compositions for the treatment of cancer (e.g., a lung cancer; a cervical cancer; a breast cancer; a head and neck cancer; a liver cancer; a bladder cancer; a gastric cancer; an esophageal cancer; a pancreatic cancer; a kidney or renal cancer; a melanoma; an ovarian cancer; or a colorectal cancer). More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of patients having cancer with an anti-TIGIT antagonist antibody, including treatment with an anti-TIGIT antagonist antibody in a combination therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Catherine LAI, Janet LAU, Anthony Jongha LEE, Shi LI, Yvonne Gail LIN-LIU, Christina Jeanne MATHENY, Diana MENDUS, Raymond D. MENG, Anh NGUYEN DUC, Jilpa Bhupendra PATEL, Thinh Quang PHAM, Isabelle Anne ROONEY, Heather Blythe STEVENS, Sarah Marie TROUTMAN, Lijia WANG, Yulei WANG, Patrick Georges Robert WILLIAMS, Benjamin WU, Yibing YAN, Aijing ZHANG, Xiaosong ZHANG, Marcus Dale BALLINGER, Hila BARAK, Elizabeth Alexandra BENNETT, Marcela Lucia CASTRO, Edward Namserk CHA, Hui Min Phyllis CHAN, Stephen CHUI, Christopher Roland COTTER, Viraj Vinay DEGAONKAR, Barbara Jennifer GITLITZ, Tien HOANG, Kimberly Mayumi KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 12141968
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a set of samples, receiving data input that includes dimensions of a sample area, a percentage of the sample area being viable cells, and a percentage of the sample area exhibiting necrosis. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing a percentage of the sample area being stroma. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing weighting factors. The method includes computing a weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells based on the computed weighting factor and percentage of the sample area being viable cells for each of the set of samples. The method includes determining that a specified condition is detected in the set of samples based on the computed weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells satisfying a threshold correlating with an indication of the specified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Anjali Saqi, Shawn Wen Sun, Kosei Tajima, Barbara Jennifer Gitlitz
  • Publication number: 20240062368
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a set of samples, receiving data input that includes dimensions of a sample area, a percentage of the sample area being viable cells, and a percentage of the sample area exhibiting necrosis. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing a percentage of the sample area being stroma. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing weighting factors. The method includes computing a weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells based on the computed weighting factor and percentage of the sample area being viable cells for each of the set of samples. The method includes determining that a specified condition is detected in the set of samples based on the computed weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells satisfying a threshold correlating with an indication of the specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Anjali SAQI, Shawn Wen SUN, Kosei TAJIMA, Barbara Jennifer GITLITZ
  • Publication number: 20220237778
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a set of samples, receiving data input that includes dimensions of a sample area, a percentage of the sample area being viable cells, and a percentage of the sample area exhibiting necrosis. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing a percentage of the sample area being stroma. The method includes, for each of the set of samples, computing weighting factors. The method includes computing a weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells based on the computed weighting factor and percentage of the sample area being viable cells for each of the set of samples. The method includes determining that a specified condition is detected in the set of samples based on the computed weighted percentage of the set of samples being viable cells satisfying a threshold correlating with an indication of the specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Anjali SAQI, Shawn Wen SUN, Kosei TAJIMA, Barbara Jennifer GITLITZ
  • Publication number: 20220016243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, uses, and compositions for the treatment of cancer (e.g., a lung cancer; a cervical cancer; a breast cancer; a head and neck cancer; a liver cancer; a bladder cancer; a gastric cancer; an esophageal cancer; a pancreatic cancer; a kidney or renal cancer; a melanoma; an ovarian cancer; or a colorectal cancer). More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of patients having cancer with an anti-TIGIT antagonist antibody, including treatment with an anti-TIGIT antagonist antibody in a combination therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine LAI, Janet LAU, Anthony Jongha LEE, Shi LI, Yvonne Gail LIN-LIU, Christina Jeanne MATHENY, Diana MENDUS, Raymond D. MENG, Anh NGUYEN DUC, Jilpa Bhupendra PATEL, Thinh Quang PHAM, Isabelle Anne ROONEY, Heather Blythe STEVENS, Sarah Marie TROUTMAN, Lijia WANG, Yulei WANG, Patrick Georges Robert WILLIAMS, Benjamin WU, Yibing YAN, Aijing ZHANG, Xiaosong ZHANG, Marcus Dale BALLINGER, Hila BARAK, Elizabeth Alexandra BENNETT, Marcela Lucia CASTRO, Edward Namserk CHA, Hui Min Phyllis CHAN, Stephen CHUI, Christopher Roland COTTER, Viraj Vinay DEGAONKAR, Barbara Jennifer GITLITZ, Tien HOANG, Kimberly Mayumi KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 6838081
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for enhancing the development of APC from precursor cells by administering a combination of GM-CSF and IL-4. The precursor cells include: cells contained in peripheral blood, CD14+ cells and precursors in bone marrow. Thus, administration of GM-CSF and IL-4 can be used as a form of cytokine immunotherapy. One embodiment of the present invention involves systemic administration of GM-CSF and IL-4. In this embodiment, APC are required to directly access tumor antigens as they exist in vivo within the patient. A further embodiment of the present invention involves co-administration of a tumor-associated or tumor-specific antigen, with GM-CSF and IL-4, to induce antigen-specific immunity mediated by APC. Yet another embodiment of the present invention describes systemic administration of GM-CSF and IL-4 to achieve reduced tumor burden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael Derek Roth, Robert Alan Figlin, Sylvia Marie Kiertscher, Barbara Jennifer Gitlitz