Patents by Inventor Ellen Filvaroff

Ellen Filvaroff 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).

  • COMBINATION THERAPY WITH C-MET AND EGFR ANTAGONISTS
    Publication number: 20090226443
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and growth factor regulation. More specifically, the invention relates to combination therapies for the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Filvaroff, Mark Merchant, Robert L. Yauch
  • 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
  • NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING RECEPTOR FOR IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090227017
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Daniel Tumas, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • Secreted and Transmembrane Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same
    Publication number: 20090209732
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Anti-PRO335 antibodies
    Patent number: 7557192
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Wei-Giang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Jennie P. Mather, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20090170158
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Mary A. Napier, Margaret Ann Roy, Daniel Tumas, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20090148878
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Dan L. Eaton, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean Philippe Stephan, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang, Sherman Fong
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING AND DETECTING WISP ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20090148448
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for use in modulating the activity(s) of WISP-1 polypeptide are provided. WISP-1 antagonists include anti-WISP-1 antibodies, WISP-1 immunoadhesins and WISP-1 variants (and fusion proteins thereof) which inhibit or neutralize induction or secretion of HAS2, HA, CD44 or RHAMM by native human WISP-1 polypeptide in at least one type of mammalian cell. The invention also provides methods for in vitro, in situ, and/or in vivo diagnosis and/or treatment of mammalian cells or pathological conditions associated with native WISP-1 polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Desnoyer, Ellen Filvaroff
  • Novel Gene Disruptions, Compositions and Methods Relating Thereto
    Publication number: 20090142348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO844, PRO1131 or PRO5992 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic de Sauvage, Ellen Filvaroff, Jagath Reddy Junutula, Bobby Joe Payne, Zheng-Zheng Shi, Mary Jean Sparks, Peter Vogel
  • SECRETED AND TRANSMEMBRANE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090142786
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN P. BAKER, MAUREEN BERESINI, LAURA DEFORGE, LUC DESNOYERS, ELLEN FILVAROFF, WEI-QIANG GAO, MARY E. GERRITSEN, AUDREY GODDARD, PAUL J. GODOWSKI, AUSTIN L. GURNEY, STEVEN SHERWOOD, VICTORIA SMITH, TIMOTHY A. STEWART, DANIEL TUMAS, COLIN K. WATANABE, WILLIAM I. WOOD, ZEMIN ZHANG
  • PRO1550 POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090136997
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan L. Eaton, Ellen Filvaroff, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090136491
    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: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Daniel Tumas, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090117114
    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: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Daniel Tumas, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090087429
    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: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, Kenneth Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Daniel Tumas, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Menno VanLookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • PRO6308 polypeptide
    Patent number: 7491797
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Dan L. Eaton, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean Philippe Stephan, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang, Sherman Fong
  • IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090035261
    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: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 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, Colin Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Daniel Yansura
  • IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090022725
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Jian CHEN, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, William I. Wood
  • METHOD FOR TREATING CARTILAGE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20090011988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of a cartilage disorder, including cartilage damaged by injury or degenerative cartilagenous disorders. The method involves contacting the cartilage with an IGF-1 analog with altered affinity for IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) or an IGFBP displacer peptide that prevents the interaction of an IGF with an IGFBP and does not bind to a human IGF receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Yvonne Man-Yee Chen, Ross G. Clark, Andrea G. Cochran, Yves Dubaquie, Paul J. Fielder, Ellen Filvaroff, Henry B. Lowman, Deborah L. Mortensen, Iain C.A.F. Robinson, Nicholas J. Skelton
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Patent number: 7470771
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kijavin, Mary A. Napier, Margaret Ann Roy, Daniel Tumas, William I. Wood
  • Novel Gene Disruptions, Composition and Methods Relating Thereto
    Publication number: 20080305106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO256, PRO34421, PRO334, PRO770, PRO983, PRO1009, PRO1107, PRO1158, PRO1250, PRO1317, PRO4334, PRO4395, PRO49192, PRO9799, PRO21175, PRO19837, PRO21331, PRO23949, PRO697 or PRO1480 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jane Brennan, Frederic J. de Sauvage, Ellen Filvaroff, Iqbal Grewal, Bryan Irving, Jagath Reddy Junutula, Daniel Kirchhofer, Franklin Peale, Heide Phillips, Tracy Tang, Dineli Wickramasinghe, Weilan Ye