Patents by Inventor Liise-anne Pirofski

Liise-anne Pirofski 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).

  • Human antipneumococcal antibodies from non-human animals
    Publication number: 20060258848
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide (PPS-3). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal and for expressing the antibodies in cells including hybridomas and recombinant host cell systems. Kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies are also provided in addition to methods of treating, inhibitng or preventing S. pneumoniae infection or conditions or disorders caused by such infection by administering to a patient the pharmaceutical compositions described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Liise-anne Pirofski, Zhaojing Zhong, Qing Chang
  • Human antipneumococcal antibodies from non-human animals
    Patent number: 7078492
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide (PPS-3). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal and for expressing the antibodies in cells including hybridomas and recombinant host cell systems. Kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies are also provided in addition to methods of treating, inhibitng or preventing S. pneumoniae infection or conditions or disorders caused by such infection by administering to a patient the pharmaceutical compositions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Abgenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Liise-anne Pirofski, Zhaojing Zhong, Qing Chang
  • Human antipneumococcal antibodies from non-human animals
    Publication number: 20050014931
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide (PPS-3). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal and for expressing the antibodies in cells including hybridomas and recombinant host cell systems. Kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies are also provided in addition to methods of treating, inhibitng or preventing S. pneumoniae infection or conditions or disorders caused by such infection by administering to a patient the pharmaceutical compositions described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Liise-anne Pirofski, Zhaojing Zhong, Qing Chang