Patents by Inventor Gustavo Helguera

Gustavo Helguera 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: 8697079
    Abstract: The present invention provides monoclonal IgE antibodies comprising Fc epsilon (?) constant regions and variable regions comprising at least one antigen binding region specific for binding a single epitope of a circulating, tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is not a cell surface antigen wherein the epitope of the targeted antigen is not highly repetitive or is a non-repetitive epitope. The IgE antibodies of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer associated with the tumor antigen. In one embodiment the TAA is prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Quest Pharma Tech Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Manuel L. Penichet, Birgit C. Schultes, Christopher F. Nicodemus, Tracy R. Daniels, Gustavo Helguera, Jose A. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8617557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptides which comprise all or part of an antibody linked to all or part of a cytokine. The cytokine sequences of the polypeptides have a modified heparin binding region which disrupts, inhibits, or reduces the ability of the cytokine to bind a heparin compound as compared to a corresponding cytokine having an unmodified heparin binding region. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer, inducing cell proliferation, and reducing the non-specific binding and/or non-specific localization of the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Manuel L. Penichet, Rosendo Luria-Perez, Gustavo Helguera
  • Publication number: 20130022614
    Abstract: The present invention provides monoclonal IgE antibodies comprising Fc epsilon (?) constant regions and variable regions comprising at least one antigen binding region specific for binding a single epitope of a circulating, tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is not a cell surface antigen wherein the epitope of the targeted antigen is not highly repetitive or is a non-repetitive epitope. The IgE antibodies of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer associated with the tumor antigen. In one embodiment the TAA is prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: MANUEL L. PENICHET, BIRGIT C. SCHULTES, CHRISTOPHER F. NICODEMUS, TRACY R. DANIELS, GUSTAVO HELGUERA, JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20120321589
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptides which comprise all or part of an antibody linked to all or part of a cytokine. The cytokine sequences of the polypeptides have a modified heparin binding region which disrupts, inhibits, or reduces the ability of the cytokine to bind a heparin compound as compared to a corresponding cytokine having an unmodified heparin binding region. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer, inducing cell proliferation, and reducing the non-specific binding and/or non-specific localization of the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Manuel L. Penichet, Rosendo Luria-Perez, Gustavo Helguera
  • Publication number: 20110091466
    Abstract: The present invention provides monoclonal IgE antibodies comprising Fc epsilon (?) constant regions and variable regions comprising at least one antigen binding region specific for binding a single epitope of a circulating, tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is not a cell surface antigen wherein the epitope of the targeted antigen is not highly repetitive or is a non-repetitive epitope. The IgE antibodies of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer associated with the tumor antigen. In one embodiment the TAA is prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: MANUEL L. PENICHET, BIRGIT C. SCHULTES, CHRISTOPHER F. NICODEMUS, TRACY R. DANIELS, GUSTAVO HELGUERA, JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20070003514
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of use of various antibody-immunostimulant fusion proteins as adjuvants of antigenic protein vaccinations to elicit humoral and/or cellular immune responses in vaccinated subjects. Compositions which include these fusion proteins and innate and/or exogenous antigenic proteins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Manuel Penichet, Gustavo Helguera, Sherie Morrison