Patents by Inventor Catherine Cresson

Catherine Cresson 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).

  • Treatment Of Tumors Expressing Mutant EGF Receptors
    Publication number: 20090311803
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods for identifying antibodies that reduce or prevent signaling by intact epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), or mutant EGFRs, such as EGFRvIII.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Way, Ginger Chao, Catherine Cresson, Douglas Lauffenburger, K. Dane Wittrup
  • Treatment of tumors expressing mutant EGF receptors
    Publication number: 20070274991
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods of treatment of tumors that express oncogenic forms of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), such as EGFRvIII. The methods include testing of cancer patients for expression of EGFRvIII in their tumors, followed by treatment with a protein that contains antibody variable regions that recognize specific epitopes on the surface of the EGFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey Way, Ginger Chao, Catherine Cresson, Douglas Lauffenburger, K. Wittrup