Patents by Inventor Francis Y. Lee

Francis Y. Lee 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: 7537891
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, protein tyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. Such polynucleotides comprise polynucleotide predictor or marker sets useful in methods of predicting drug response, and as prognostic or diagnostic indicators in disease management, particularly in those disease areas, e.g., breast cancer, in which signaling through one or more of the aforementioned Src tyrosine and protein tyrosine kinases is involved with the disease process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw
  • Publication number: 20090099197
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to diagnostic and treatment methods and compositions useful in the management of disorders, for example cancers, involving cells that overexpress MDR-1, and methods of decreasing the incidence of CNS complications that are often associated with CML patients that have been administered imatinib or other protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20090093495
    Abstract: A combination and methods are disclosed which are useful for the treatment of cancer and/or leukemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 7504211
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, protein tyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. Such polynucleotides comprise polynucleotide predictor or marker sets useful in methods of predicting drug response, and as prognostic or diagnostic indicators in disease management, particularly in those disease areas, e.g., breast cancer, in which signaling through one or more of the aforementioned Src tyrosine and protein tyrosine kinases is involved with the disease process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw
  • Publication number: 20090054415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of BCR-ABL inhibitor, exemplified by ‘N-(2-Chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-[[6-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl]amino]-5-thiazolecarboxamide and/or other BCR/ABL inhibitors, and a stem cell selective cytotoxic, exemplified by (R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1-(1H-imidazol-4-ylmethyl)-3-(phenylmethyl)-4-(2-thienylsulfonyl)-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine-7-carbonitrile, hydrochloride salt, and or other stem cell cytotoxic agents, pharmaceutical compositions of the combination and to methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of oncological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Francis Y. Lee, Roberto Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20080153842
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed which are useful of the treatment and prevention of proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 7265260
    Abstract: A transgenic non-human mammal whose germ cells and somatic cells contain a constructively activated tyrosine kinase receptor introduced into the mammal, or an ancestor of the mammal, at an embryonic stage. The transgenic non-human mammals can be used as ligand-independent in vivo models for the identification and development of selective tyrosine kinase modulators for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: David K. Bol, Joan M. Carboni, Ronald B. Rowley, Tai W. Wong, Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 7037906
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for modulating tumor growth or metastasis are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignees: Oxigene, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc.
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20040209930
    Abstract: Combination therapies using IGF1R inhibitors in combination with additional kinase inhibitors are described for the synergistic treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Joan M. Carboni, Warren W. Hurlburt, Marco M. Gottardis, Francis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20040106132
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative intrinsic sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, proteintyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown, through a weighted voting cross validation program, to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. The expression level or phosphorylation status of some polynucleotides is regulated by treatment with a particular protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor compound, thus indicating that these polynucleotides are involved in the protein tyrosine kinase signal transduction pathway, e.g., Src tyrosine kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw
  • Publication number: 20030182668
    Abstract: A transgenic non-human mammal whose germ cells and somatic cells contain a constitutively activated tyrosine kinase receptor introduced into the mammal, or an ancestor of the mammal, at an embryonic stage. The transgenic non-human mammals can be used as ligand-independent in vivo models for the identification and development of selective tyrosine kinase modulators for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: David K. Bol, Joan M. Carboni, Ronald B. Rowley, Tai W. Wong, Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 6537988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synergistic method for the treatment of cancer which comprises administering to a mammalian specie in need thereof a synergistically, therapeutically effective amount of: (1) at least agent selected from the group consisting of cytotoxic agents and cytostatic agents, and (2) a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition for the synergistic treatment of cancer which comprises at least one agent selected from the group consisting of antiproliferative cytotoxic agents and antiproliferative cytostatic agents, a compound of formula I, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20020002162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synergistic method for the treatment of cancer which comprises administering to a mammalian specie in need thereof a synergistically, therapeutically effective amount of: (1) at least agent selected from the group consisting of cytotoxic agents and cytostatic agents, and (2) a compound of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: D289380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Arteco Electronics Limited
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee