Patents by Inventor Ellen Duggan CAHIR-MCFARLAND

Ellen Duggan CAHIR-MCFARLAND 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).

  • Anti-VLA-4 antibodies having reduced effector function
    Patent number: 12037398
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-VLA-4 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes polynucleotides encoding said antibodies and binding fragments thereof and methods of manufacturing said antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes methods of treating patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and/or epilepsy by administration of said antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes methods of reducing the susceptibility to scrambling of a recombinant anti-alpha 4 antibody or a binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Biogen MA Inc.
    Inventors: Janine Lisa Ferrant-Orgettas, Robert Blake Pepinsky, Ellen Duggan Cahir-McFarland, Nadia Giselle D'Lima, Joseph Walter Arndt, Karl John Mortley Hanf, Thomas Owen Cameron, Ellen Garber Stark
  • ANTI-VLA-4 ANTIBODIES HAVING REDUCED EFFECTOR FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20210238289
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-VLA-4 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes polynucleotides encoding said antibodies and binding fragments thereof and methods of manufacturing said antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes methods of treating patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and/or epilepsy by administration of said antibodies and binding fragments thereof. The invention further includes methods of reducing the susceptibility to scrambling of a recombinant anti-alpha 4 antibody or a binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: BIOGEN MA INC.
    Inventors: Janine Lisa FERRANT-ORGETTAS, Robert Blake PEPINSKY, Ellen Duggan CAHIR-MCFARLAND, Nadia Giselle D'LIMA, Joseph Walter ARNDT, Karl John Mortley HANF, Thomas Owen CAMERON, Ellen Garber STARK