Patents by Inventor Brian W. Grinnell

Brian W. Grinnell 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: 5550036
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of using the BK enhancer in tandem with a eukaryotic promoter to promote transcription of DNA that encodes a useful substance. The method of the present invention requires the presence of the E1A gene product for maximum expression of the useful substance. The present invention also comprises a number of useful expression vectors that comprise the BK enhancer in tandem with the adenovirus 2 late promoter positioned to drive expression of a variety of proteins, such as protein C, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, and tissue plasminogen activator. The present invention further comprises a method for increasing the activity of the BK enhancer involving placement of the BK enhancer immediately upstream of the eukaryotic promoter used in tandem with the BK enhancer to drive expression of a useful substance. Furthermore, the present invention also comprises a method for coamplification of genes in primate cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5506118
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of using a poly-GT element with a eukaryotic promoter in the presence of an immediate-early gene product of a large DNA virus to increase transcription of DNA that encodes a useful substance. The method of the present invention requires the presence of the E1A gene product for maximum expression of the useful substance. A novel enhancer system is described comprising a cis-acting poly-GT element and a trans-acting E1A gene product, whereby the poly-GT element does not itself possess enhancer activity with certain eukaryotic promoters but rather requires the E1A gene product for enhancer activity. The present invention further comprises a number of useful expression vectors that comprise a poly-GT element with a BK enhancer in tandem with the adenovirus 2 late promoter positioned to drive expression of a variety of proteins, such as protein C, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, tissue plasminogen activator, a modified tissue plasminogen activator, or an interferon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David T. Berg, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5496851
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting cell-cell adhesion comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, ##STR2## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, hexamethyleneamino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5484808
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting cell-cell adhesion comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, ##STR2## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, hexamethyleneamino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5476862
    Abstract: A method of increasing thrombomodulin expression comprising administering to a human in need of treatment an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, --CH.sub.3, ##STR2## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidino, hexamethyleneamino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, --CH.sub.3, ##STR3## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidino, hexamethyleneimino, and piperidino; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.Also encompassed by the invention is a method of inhibiting a thrombotic disorder or event which includes administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David S. Calnek, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5460953
    Abstract: A method for the recombinant production of forms of human protein C with higher activity is described. These forms differ from native protein C in their increased amidolytic and functional activities and novel carbohydrate structures. DNA compounds, vectors, and transformants useful in the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Gerlitz, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5453373
    Abstract: Human protein C derivatives with high activity and reduced dependence on thrombin activation are described. These derivatives differ from the native forms of human protein C in their increased activation rates, functional activities and carbohydrate structures. DNA compounds, transfer vectors, expression vectors and transformants useful in producing these derivatives are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Gerlitz, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5326700
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds and methods for the recombinant production of a homogeneous population of tissue plasminogen activator molecules and derivatives thereof through the use of heterologous propeptide regions that are uniformly cleaved upon secretion from the host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David T. Berg, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5270178
    Abstract: A method for the recombinant production of zymogen forms of human protein C is described. These zymogen forms differ from native zymogen protein C in their increased sensitivity to activation by thrombin and thrombin/thrombomodulin. DNA compounds, vectors, and transformants useful in the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Gerlitz, Brian W. Grinnell
  • Patent number: 5196322
    Abstract: A method for the recombinant production of zymogen forms of human protein C is described. These zymogen forms differ from native zymogen protein C in their increased sensitivity to activation by thrombin and thrombin/thrombomodulin. DNA compounds, vectors, and transformants useful in the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Nils U. Bang, Hartmut Ehrlich, Brian W. Grinnell, S. Betty Yan
  • Patent number: 4992373
    Abstract: A method for the direct recombinant production of activated protein C is described. DNA compounds, vectors, and transformants useful in the method are also disclosed. The method involves transformation and culture of a host cell with a recombinant DNA vector that encodes a protein C molecule in which the activation peptide is replaced with a cleavage sequence for a cell associated protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Nils U. Bang, Hartmut Ehrlich, Brian W. Grinnell, S. Richard Jaskunas