Patents by Inventor Frank Bech. Nygaard

Frank Bech. Nygaard 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).

  • Publication number: 20090047723
    Abstract: A method for purifying recombinant Factor VII (rFVII) or recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa), comprising subjecting the rFVII or rFVIIa to liquid chromatography on a hydroxyapatite (HAP) column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventors: Rikke Bolding Jensen, Frank Bech Nygaard
  • Patent number: 7390638
    Abstract: When interferon gamma (IFNG) is produced in mammalian cell lines a heterogenous population of IFNG polypeptides is obtained due to C-terminal processing of the IFNG polypeptide. Clearly, this constitutes a severe problem in that valuable polypeptide material is lost and, further, it is necessary to carry out time-consuming and cumbersome purification in order to obtain a homogenous population of active IFNG polypeptides having the desired length. It has now been found that an IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues (truncated at the nucleotide level by introducing a stop-codon after the codon encoding amino acid residue no. 132) does not undergo C-terminal truncation or, at least, is not significantly C-terminally truncated. Furthermore, as the IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues is active, this opens up the possibility of producing a homogenous active IFNG polypeptide in eukaryotic host cells, such as CHO cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Maxygen Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bart Van Den Hazel, Anne Dam Jensen, Frank Bech Nygaard, Kim Vilbour Andersen
  • Patent number: 6958388
    Abstract: When interferon gamma (IFNG) is produced in mammalian cell lines a heterogenous population of IFNG polypeptides is obtained due to C-terminal processing of the IFNG polypeptide. Clearly, this constitutes a severe problem in that valuable polypeptide material is lost and, further, it is necessary to carry out time-consuming and cumbersome purification in order to obtain a homogenous population of active IFNG polypeptides having the desired length. It has now been found that an IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues (truncated at the nucleotide level by introducing a stop-codon after the codon encoding amino acid residue no. 132) does not undergo C-terminal truncation or, at least, is not significantly C-terminally truncated. Furthermore, as the IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues is active, this opens up the possibility of producing a homogenous active IFNG polypeptide in eukaryotic host cells, such as CHO cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Maxygen, ApS
    Inventors: Bart Van Den Hazel, Anne Dam Jensen, Frank Bech. Nygaard, Kim Vilbour Andersen
  • Publication number: 20030133907
    Abstract: When interferon gamma (IFNG) is produced in mammalian cell lines a heterogenous population of IFNG polypeptides is obtained due to C-terminal processing of the IFNG polypeptide. Clearly, this constitutes a severe problem in that valuable polypeptide material is lost and, further, it is necessary to carry out time-consuming and cumbersome purification in order to obtain a homogenous population of active IFNG polypeptides having the desired length. It has now been found that an IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues (truncated at the nucleotide level by introducing a stop-codon after the codon encoding amino acid residue no. 132) does not undergo C-terminal truncation or, at least, is not significantly C-terminally truncated. Furthermore, as the IFNG fragment containing 132 amino acid residues is active, this opens up the possibility of producing a homogenous active IFNG polypeptide in eukaryotic host cells, such as CHO cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: MaXygen Holdings, Ltd
    Inventors: Bart Van Den Hazel, Anne Dam Jensen, Frank Bech Nygaard, Kim Vilbour Andersen