Patents by Inventor Chang-Jing Grace Yeh

Chang-Jing Grace Yeh 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: 6057131
    Abstract: Provided are methods of making preparations of recombinant soluble Complement Receptor type 1 (sCR1) defined with respect to the distribution of sCR1 glycoforms and therapeutic methods using them. The preparations are suitable for treatment of allograft or xenograft rejection, diseases involving inflammation or inappropriate complement activation, and thrombotic or shock state conditions. Preferred methods employ sCR1 glycoforms that are sialylated, have a pI of .ltoreq.5.1, or have a sialic acid: mannose molar ratio of .gtoreq.0.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry C. Marsh, Jr., Richard A. G. Smith, Chang-Jing Grace Yeh, John Lifter, Anne Mary Freeman, Michael L. Gosselin
  • Patent number: 5858969
    Abstract: Provided are therapeutic methods employing preparations of recombinant soluble Complement Receptor type 1 (sCR1) defined with respect to the distribution of sCR1 glycoforms. The methods are suitable for treatment of disease involving inflammation, inappropriate complement activation, and in thrombotic or shock state conditions. Preferred methods employ sCR1 glycoforms that are sialylated, have a pI of .ltoreq.5.1, or have a sialic acid:mannose molar ratio of .gtoreq.0.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: T Cell Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry C. Marsh, Jr., Richard A.G. Smith, Chang-Jing Grace Yeh, John Lifter, Anne Mary Freeman, Michael L. Gosselin