Patents by Inventor Donald Bellgrau

Donald Bellgrau 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: 8221763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Richard C. Duke, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff, Cara C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8153136
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Patent number: 8067559
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: GlobeImmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20110150909
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20100215678
    Abstract: Disclosed are newly discovered Ras mutations and combinations of mutations, proteins and peptides and fusion proteins containing these mutations, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, peptides, and fusion proteins, and a variety of tools and diagnostic, therapeutic, and screening methods associated with the use of such mutations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBEIMMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhimin Guo, Yingnian Lu, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff
  • Patent number: 7745128
    Abstract: Disclosed are newly discovered Ras mutations and combinations of mutations, proteins and peptides and fusion proteins containing these mutations, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, peptides, and fusion proteins, and a variety of tools and diagnostic, therapeutic, and screening methods associated with the use of such mutations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: GlobeImmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhimin Guo, Yingnian Lu, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff
  • Publication number: 20090304741
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: GLOBELMMUNE, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
    Inventors: RICHARD C. DUKE, DONALD BELLGRAU, ALEX FRANZUSOFF, CARA C. WILSON
  • Patent number: 7595060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignees: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Richard C. Duke, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff, Cara C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7563447
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: GlobeImmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20090142366
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20090142367
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20090098154
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Globelmmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Patent number: 7465454
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: GlobeImmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20080069833
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: GLOBEIMMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau
  • Publication number: 20070224208
    Abstract: Disclosed are newly discovered Ras mutations and combinations of mutations, proteins and peptides and fusion proteins containing these mutations, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, peptides, and fusion proteins, and a variety of tools and diagnostic, therapeutic, and screening methods associated with the use of such mutations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: GLOBEIMMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhimin Guo, Yingnian Lu, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff
  • Publication number: 20070166323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicants: Regents of the University of Colorado, GlobeImmune, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Duke, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff, Cara Wilson
  • Patent number: 7083787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: GlobeImmune, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Richard C. Duke, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff, Cara C. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20060104986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Duke, Donald Bellgrau, Alex Franzusoff, Cara Wilson
  • Publication number: 20040224389
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel method for propagation of viral vectors encoding proteins that induce apoptosis. The invention also discloses viral vectors produced by such methods and cells transfected with such vectors. Also disclosed are methods for suppressing T-lymphocyte-mediated graft rejection, for suppressing T-lymphocyte-mediated disease and for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Donald Bellgrau, Richard C. Duke, Jerome B. Schaack
  • Publication number: 20040156858
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing a variety of diseases and conditions that are amenable to immunotherapy and, in one particular embodiment, compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing cancer in an animal are described. Specifically improvements related to the use of a yeast-based vaccine comprising a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is selected to elicit an antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune response in an animal, for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Donald Bellgrau