Patents by Inventor Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen

Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen 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).

  • Publication number: 20190135864
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator (uPA), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva
  • Patent number: 10138272
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator (uPA), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva
  • Publication number: 20170204139
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator (uPA), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva
  • Patent number: 9562073
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator (uPA), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel R. Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva
  • Publication number: 20170002082
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: James William West, Jason Gary Sagert, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Olga Vasiljeva, Jeanne Grace Flandez
  • Patent number: 9487590
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: James William West, Jason Gary Sagert, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Olga Vasiljeva, Jeanne Grace Flandez
  • Publication number: 20160289324
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include at least a first cleavable moiety (CM1) that is a substrate for at least one matrix metalloprotease (MMP) and at least a second cleavable moiety (CM2) that is a substrate for at least one serine protease (SP), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include these polypeptides that include at least a CM1 that is a substrate for at least one MMP protease and at least a CM2 that is a substrate for at least one SP protease, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include at least a CM1 that is a substrate for at least one MMP protease and at least a CM2 that is a substrate for at least one SP protease in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva, Jason Gary Sagert, Jonathan Alexander Terrett, James William West
  • Publication number: 20150218217
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator (uPA), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease selected from matriptase and u-plasminogen activator in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel R. Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva
  • Publication number: 20150087810
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one matrix metalloprotease (MMP), to activatable antibodies and other larger molecules that include the cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one MMP protease, and to methods of making and using these polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one MMP protease in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Daniel R. Hostetter, Olga Vasiljeva, Jeanne Grace Flandez
  • Publication number: 20140363430
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: James William West, Jason Gary Sagert, Daniel Robert Hostetter, Stephen James Moore, Margaret Thy Luu Nguyen, Olga Vasiljeva, Jeanne Grace Flandez