Patents by Inventor Jean C. Nichols

Jean C. Nichols 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).

  • Method of using cell surface receptor targeted molecules for the treatment of viral diseases
    Patent number: 6074636
    Abstract: The invention features a method for treating a patient infected with a virus. The method includes administering to the patient a molecule which is capable of specifically binding to a proteinaceous cell receptor expressed on a cell of the patient which cell contributes to the disease state of the patient, the molecule being capable of decreasing the viability of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Seragen, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean C. Nichols
  • Methods of treating diabetes
    Patent number: 5571507
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient with diabetes involving administering to the patient a hybrid molecule which contains a cytotoxin covalently joined to interleukin-2 which is capable of binding to interleukin-2 receptor on a cell that contributes to the disease state of the cell and decreasing the viability of that cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Seragen, Inc.
    Inventors: Vicki E. Rubin-Kelley, Terry B. Strom, Jean-Francois Bach, Jean C. Nichols