Patents by Inventor Frauke Bentzien

Frauke Bentzien 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: 8802692
    Abstract: This invention is based on the discovery that the administration of a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor antagonist (S1P) and at least one chemotherapeutic agent selected from the the group of antimicrotubule agents provides an unexpectedly superior treatment for cancer. Antimicrobial agents such as the taxane compounds are known in the art, for example, paclitaxel (available as TAXOL® from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J.), docetaxel (available as TAXOTERE® from Sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, N.J.) and the like and other compounds that act as antimicrotubule agents, such as Vincristine (ONCOVIN®, VINCASAR PFS®, VCR), Vinblastin (VELBAN®, VELSAR®) and Vinorelbine, and similar compounds. The present invention also provides methods of modulating the growth of selected cell populations, such as cancer cells, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1R) receptor antagonists, and at least one antimicrotubule agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Geetha Shankar, Frauke Bentzien, Peter Lamb, David Matthews
  • Publication number: 20110301188
    Abstract: This invention is based on the discovery that the administration of a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor antagonist (S1P) and at least one chemotherapeutic agent selected from the the group of antimicrotubule agents provides an unexpectedly superior treatment for cancer. Antimicrobial agents such as the taxane compounds are known in the art, for example, paclitaxel (available as TAXOL® from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J.), docetaxel (available as TAXOTERE® from Sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, N.J.) and the like and other compounds that act as antimicrotubule agents, such as Vincristine (ONCOVIN®, VINCASAR PFS®, VCR), Vinblastin (VELBAN®, VELSAR®) and Vinorelbine, and similar compounds. The present invention also provides methods of modulating the growth of selected cell populations, such as cancer cells, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1R) receptor antagonists, and at least one antimicrotubule agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Geetha Shankar, Frauke Bentzien, Peter Lamb, David Matthews
  • Publication number: 20080096795
    Abstract: The current invention concerns novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 10 to about 150 consecutive amino acids of N-terminal sequences of human growth hormone, human placental lactogen, human growth hormone variant hGH-V, and prolactin, and their use in inhibiting angiogenesis and in the diagnosis of diseases of human pregnancy involving abnormalities of placental vascularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Richard Weiner, Joseph Martial, Ingrid Struman, Robert Taylor, Frauke Bentzien
  • Publication number: 20080090750
    Abstract: The current invention concerns novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 10 to about 150 consecutive amino acids of N-terminal sequences of human growth hormone, human placental lactogen, human growth hormone variant hGH-V, and prolactin, and their use in inhibiting angiogenesis and in the diagnosis of diseases of human pregnancy involving abnormalities of placental vascularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Richard Weiner, Joseph Martial, Ingrid Struman, Robert Taylor, Frauke Bentzien
  • Patent number: 7300920
    Abstract: The current invention provides novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 133 consecutive amino acids of the N-terminal sequence of growth hormone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard I. Weiner, Joseph A. Martial, Ingrid Struman, Robert Taylor, Frauke Bentzien
  • Publication number: 20040077054
    Abstract: The current invention concerns novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 10 to about 150 consecutive amino acids of N-terminal sequences of human growth hormone, human placental lactogen, human growth hormone variant hGH-V, and prolactin, and their use in inhibiting angiogenesis and in the diagnosis of diseases of human pregnancy involving abnormalities of placental vascularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard I. Weiner, Joseph A. Martial, Ingrid Struman, Robert Taylor, Frauke Bentzien
  • Publication number: 20030186382
    Abstract: The current invention concerns novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 10 to about 150 consecutive amino acids of N-terminal sequences of human growth hormone, human placental lactogen, human growth hormone variant hGH-V, and prolactin, and their use in inhibiting angiogenesis and in the diagnosis of diseases of human pregnancy involving abnormalities of placental vascularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Richard I. Weiner, Joseph A. Martial, Ingrid Struman, Robert Taylor, Frauke Bentzien