Patents by Inventor Mary A. Napier

Mary A. Napier 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).

  • Treatment of complement-associated disorders
    Patent number: 7419663
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a recently discovered macrophage specific receptor, STIgMA, and its use in the treatment of complement-associated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Karim Yussef Helmy, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth James Katschke, Jr., Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Van Lookeren, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20080182275
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Avi J Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Sophia S. Kuo, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, David L. Shelton, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Patent number: 7390879
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David A. Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Ivar J. Kljavin, Jennie P. Mather, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Patent number: 7317092
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David A. Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Ivar J. Kljavin, Jennie P. Mather, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Use of A33 antigens and JAM-IT
    Publication number: 20070190049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Mary Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Lookeren, William Wood
  • Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases characterized by A-33 related antigens
    Patent number: 7211400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer, and nucleotide sequences, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs), oligonucleotide probes, polypeptides, vectors and host cells expressing such antigens PRO301, PRO362 or PRO245.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, William I. Wood
  • Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases characterized by A-33 related antigens
    Publication number: 20070087007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer, and nucleotide sequences, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs), oligonucleotide probes, polypeptides, vectors and host cells expressing such antigens PRO301, PRO362 or PRO245.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Mary Napier, Daniel Tumas, William Wood
  • Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases characterized by A-33 related antigens
    Patent number: 7198917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer, and nucleotide sequences, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs), oligonucleotide probes, polypeptides, vectors and host cells expressing such antigens PRO301, PRO362 or PRO245.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, William I. Wood
  • PRO363 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7196165
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Sophia S. Kuo, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, David L. Shelton, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood
  • Treatment of inflammatory disorders with STIgMA immunoadhesins
    Patent number: 7192589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Van Lookeren, William I. Wood
  • PRO792 nucleic acids
    Patent number: 7189529
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Ivar J. Kljavin, Sophia S. Kuo, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, David L. Shelton, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood
  • Use of A33 antigens and jam-it
    Publication number: 20070031405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Mary Napier, Daniel Tumas, William Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20060246540
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Kevin Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Wei-Qiang Gao, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, Austin Gurney, Ivar Kljavin, Jennie Mather, Mary Napier, James Pan, Nicholas Paoni, Margaret Roy, Timothy Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin Watanabe, P. Williams, William Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Use of A33 antigens and JAM-it
    Publication number: 20060233803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Mary Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Lookeren, William Wood
  • Trans-thermoelectric device
    Publication number: 20060225773
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device having at least one unipolar couple element (22) including two legs (22a) of a same electrical conductivity type. A first-temperature stage (24) is connected to one of the two legs. A second-temperature stage (28) is connected across the legs of the at least one unipolar couple element. A third-temperature stage (30) is connected to the other of the two legs. Methods for cooling an object and for thermoelectric power conversion utilize the at least one unipolar couple element to respectively cool an object and produce electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Kip Coonley, Edward Siivola, Michael Puchan, Randall Alley, Pratima Addepalli, Brooks O'Quinn, Thomas Colpitts, Mary Napier
  • Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases characterized by A-33 related antigens
    Patent number: 7115713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer, and nucleotide sequences, including expressed sequence tags (ESTs), oligonucleotide probes, polypeptides, vectors and host cells expressing such antigens PRO301, PRO362 or PRO245.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, William I. Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Patent number: 7070955
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Ivar J. Kljavin, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20060127983
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, David Botstein, Dan Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Kenneth Hillan, Ivar Kljavin, Mary Napier, Margaret Roy, Daniel Tumas, William Wood
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Patent number: 7056736
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Kevin P. Baker, David Botstein, Luc Desnoyers, Dan L. Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Sherman Fong, Hanspeter Gerber, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Ivar J. Kljavin, Mary A. Napier, James Pan, Nicholas F. Paoni, Margaret Ann Roy, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same
    Publication number: 20060105427
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Kevin Baker, David Botstein, Dan Eaton, Napoleone Ferrara, Ellen Filvaroff, Mary Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Kenneth Hillan, Ivar Kljavin, Mary Napier, Margaret Roy, Daniel Tumas, William Wood