Patents by Inventor Lukas C. Amler

Lukas C. Amler 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: 11021711
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided to determine if a cancer is resistant to treatment with anti-mitotic agents, including treatment with T-DM1. The methods relate to determining if the ABCC3 gene is amplified and/or overexpressed in the cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Lackner, Lukas C. Amler, Guy Cavet, Carol O'Brien, Ajay Pandita
  • Publication number: 20180298387
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided to determine if a cancer is resistant to treatment with anti-mitotic agents, including treatment with T-DM1. The methods relate to determining if the ABCC3 gene is amplified and/or overexpressed in the cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Lackner, Lukas C. Amler, Guy Cavet, Carol O'Brien, Ajay Pandita
  • Patent number: 9879267
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided to determine if a cancer is resistant to treatment with anti-mitotic agents, including treatment with T-DM1. The methods relate to determining if the ABCC3 gene is amplified and/or overexpressed in the cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lackner, Lukas C. Amler, Guy Cavet, Carol O'Brien, Ajay Pandita
  • Publication number: 20160175438
    Abstract: The present application describes uses for Pertuzumab, a first-in-class HER2 dimerization inhibitor. In particular, the application describes methods for extending progression free survival in a HER2-positive breast cancer patient population; combining two HER2 antibodies to treat HER2-positive cancer without increasing cardiac toxicity; and treating HER2-positive cancer by co-administering a mixture of Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab from the same intravenous bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sreedhara Alavattam, Lukas C. Amler, Mark C. Benyunes, Emma L. Clark, Christina H. de Toledo Pelizon, Zephania W. Kwong Glover, Lada Mitchell, Jayantha Ratnayake, Graham A. Ross, Ru-Amir Walker
  • Publication number: 20150111211
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Patent number: 8940302
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110246399
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: LUKAS C. AMLER, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110245103
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche. Inc.
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110177099
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided to determine if a cancer is resistant to treatment with anti-mitotic agents, including treatment with T-DM1. The methods relate to determining if the ABCC3 gene is amplified and/or overexpressed in the cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Lackner, Lukas C. Amler, Guy Cavet, Carol O'Brien, Ajay Pandita
  • Patent number: 7981418
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20100008975
    Abstract: The present application describes the use of low HER3 as a selection criterion for treating patients with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. It also describes the use of high HER2:HER3 ratio as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients, such as ovarian cancer patients, with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab. In addition, the application describes the use of high HER3 as a selection criterion for treating cancer patients with a chemotherapeutic agent, for instance gemcitabine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Lukas C. Amler, Merrill Birkner, Chin-Yu Lin, Joachim Moecks, Andreas Strauss
  • Patent number: 7537891
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, protein tyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. Such polynucleotides comprise polynucleotide predictor or marker sets useful in methods of predicting drug response, and as prognostic or diagnostic indicators in disease management, particularly in those disease areas, e.g., breast cancer, in which signaling through one or more of the aforementioned Src tyrosine and protein tyrosine kinases is involved with the disease process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw
  • Patent number: 7504211
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, protein tyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. Such polynucleotides comprise polynucleotide predictor or marker sets useful in methods of predicting drug response, and as prognostic or diagnostic indicators in disease management, particularly in those disease areas, e.g., breast cancer, in which signaling through one or more of the aforementioned Src tyrosine and protein tyrosine kinases is involved with the disease process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw
  • Publication number: 20080317753
    Abstract: A method for selecting patients for therapy with a HER inhibitor, such as pertuzumab, based on gene expression analysis is described. A method for assessing HER phosphorylation or activation in a biological sample via gene expression analysis is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: LUKAS C. AMLER, THOMAS E. JANUARIO
  • Publication number: 20040106132
    Abstract: The present invention describes polynucleotides that have been discovered to correlate to the relative intrinsic sensitivity or resistance of cells, e.g., breast cell lines, to treatment with compounds that interact with and modulate, e.g., inhibit, proteintyrosine kinases, such as, for example, members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, e.g., Src, Fgr, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Hck, Lck and Lyn, as well as other protein tyrosine kinases, including, Bcr-abl, Jak, PDGFR, c-kit and Eph receptors. These polynucleotides have been shown, through a weighted voting cross validation program, to have utility in predicting the resistance and sensitivity of breast cell lines to the compounds. The expression level or phosphorylation status of some polynucleotides is regulated by treatment with a particular protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor compound, thus indicating that these polynucleotides are involved in the protein tyrosine kinase signal transduction pathway, e.g., Src tyrosine kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Xia Han, Karen A. Reeves, Lukas C. Amler, Craig R. Fairchild, Francis Y. Lee, Peter Shaw