Patents by Inventor Collin Watanabe

Collin Watanabe 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).

  • IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090227016
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gumey, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Daniel Tumas, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Collin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura