Patents by Inventor Ellen M. Maruoka

Ellen M. Maruoka 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).

  • Methods for up-regulating PAP1 in animals suffering from pancreatic disorders
    Patent number: 8178082
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 Polypeptides, Nucleic Acids Encoding The Same And Methods For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Disorders
    Publication number: 20110091417
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • INTERLEUKIN-22 POLYPEPTIDES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THE SAME AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20090130107
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Publication number: 20090093057
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Patent number: 7445905
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Patent number: 7226591
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Publication number: 20030100076
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Patent number: 6551799
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood
  • Interleukin-22 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for the treatment of pancreatic disorders
    Publication number: 20020102723
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to interleukin-22 polypeptides and 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: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Austin L. Gurney, Sudeepta Aggarwal, Ming-Hong Xie, Ellen M. Maruoka, Jessica S. Foster, Audrey Goddard, William I. Wood