Patents by Inventor Gene Kinney

Gene Kinney 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: 8128930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Lei Chang, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William L. Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kristen Viola
  • Patent number: 8105593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gene Kinney, William R. Strohl, Zhiqiang An
  • Publication number: 20110159013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William L. Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kirsten Viola, Lei Chang
  • Publication number: 20110052611
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of A? in the brain of a patient, such as Alzheimer's disease. Such methods entail administering an immunogenic fragment of A?, lacking a T-cell epitope, capable of inducing a beneficial immune response in the form of antibodies to A?. In another aspect, the immunogenic fragment of A? is capable of elevating plasma A? levels. The immunogenic fragments comprise linear or multivalent peptides of A?. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise the immunogenic fragment chemically linked to a carrier molecule which may be administered with an adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: VICTOR M. GARSKY, JOSEPH G. JOYCE, PAUL M. KELLER, GENE KINNEY, XIAOPING LIANG, JOHN W. SHIVER
  • Patent number: 7850973
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of A? in the brain of a patient, such as Alzheimer's disease. Such methods entail administering an immunogenic fragment of A?, lacking a T-cell epitope, capable of inducing a beneficial immune response in the form of antibodies to A?. In another aspect, the immunogenic fragment of A? is capable of elevating plasma A? levels. The immunogenic fragments comprise linear or multivalent peptides of A?. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise the immunogenic fragment chemically linked to a carrier molecule which may be administered with an adjuvant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Victor M. Garsky, Joseph G. Joyce, Paul M. Keller, Gene Kinney, Xiaoping Liang, John W. Shiver
  • Publication number: 20100272714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Lei Chang, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kristen Viola
  • Patent number: 7811563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tauphosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William L Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kirsten Viola, Lei Chang
  • Publication number: 20100239597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Gene Kinney, William R. Strohl, Zhiqiang An
  • Patent number: 7780963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ?1-42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Northwestern University
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Lei Chang, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kirsten Viola
  • Patent number: 7731962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Kinney, William R. Strohl, Zhiqiang An
  • Publication number: 20090098155
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of A? in the brain of a patient, such as Alzheimer's disease. Such methods entail administering an immunogenic fragment of A?, lacking a T-cell epitope, capable of inducing a beneficial immune response in the form of antibodies to A?. In another aspect, the immunogenic fragment of A? is capable of elevating plasma A? levels. The immunogenic fragments comprise linear or multivalent peptides of A?. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise the immunogenic fragment chemically linked to a carrier molecule which may be administered with an adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Victor M. Garsky, Joseph G. Joyce, Paul M. Keller, Gene Kinney, Xiaoping Liang, John W. Shiver
  • Publication number: 20080175835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLs, and tauphosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicants: Merck & Co., Inc., Northwestern University
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhigiang An, Andrew J. Bett, Robert Breese, Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Gene Kinney, William L. Klein, Mary P. Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William R. Strohl, Kirsten Viola, Lei Chang
  • Publication number: 20070081998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Gene Kinney, William Strohl, Zhiqiang An
  • Publication number: 20060228349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ?1-42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Acton, Zhiqiang An, Andrew Bett, Robert Breese, Lei Chang, Elizabeth Dodson, Gene Kinney, William Klein, Mary Lambert, Xiaoping Liang, Paul Shughrue, William Strohl, Kirsten Viola
  • Publication number: 20060166972
    Abstract: An mGluR4 receptor positive allosteric modulator is useful, alone or in combination with a neuroleptic agent, for treating or preventing movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, dyskinesia, tardive dyskinesia, drug-induced parkinsonism, postencephalitic parkinsonism, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration, parkinsonian-ALS dementia complex, basal ganglia calcification, akinesia, akinetic-rigid syndrome, bradykinesia, dystonia, medication-induced parkinsonian, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, Huntington's disease, tremor, chorea, myoclonus, tick disorder, and dystonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: P. Conn, Anthony DiLella, Gene Kinney, Michael Marino, Guy Seabrook, David Williams