Patents by Inventor Catherine Jane Hutchings

Catherine Jane Hutchings 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).

  • Vaccines comprising mutant GPCRs with increased conformational stability relative to parent receptors
    Patent number: 8900591
    Abstract: There is provided a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) or a polynucleotide encoding said GPCR for use as a vaccine. There is also provided methods of antagonizing or agonizing A GPCR in vivo comprising the administration of a GPCR or a polynucleotide encoding a GPCR to a subject. The invention further provides a GPCR for use in inhibiting an activity of a GPCR binding partner in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Heptares Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Catherine Jane Hutchings, Malcolm Peter Weir, Fiona Hamilton Marshall
  • GPCR AS VACCINES OR FOR REMOVING/INHIBITING AUTOANTIBODIES, TOXINS OR LIGANDS BINDING TO THE GPCR
    Publication number: 20130224238
    Abstract: There is provided a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) or a polynucleotide encoding said GPCR for use as a vaccine. There is also provided methods of antagonising or agonising A GPCR in vivo comprising the administration of a GPCR or a polynucleotide encoding a GPCR to a subject. The invention further provides a GPCR for use in inhibiting an activity of a GPCR binding partner in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HEPTARES THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Catherine Jane Hutchings, Malcolm Peter Weir, Fiona Hamilton Marshall