Patents by Inventor Mary Birchler

Mary Birchler 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: 20210017293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified proteins and peptides that have reduced ability to bind to pre-existing antibodies. Such modified protein/peptide molecules can comprise C-terminal additions, extensions or tags and/or certain amino acid substitutions. Such modified molecules (e.g. fusions and conjugates) comprise proteins, peptides, antigen binding molecules, antibodies or antibody fragments such as single variable domains e.g. human immunoglobulin (antibody) single variable domains, and also single variable domains derived from non-human sources such as a llama or camel, e.g. a VHH including a Nanobody™ (described in e.g. WO 94/04678 and WO 95/04079 inter alia). The invention further relates to uses, formulations, compositions comprising such modified C terminally extended and/or amino acid substituted molecules and also to methods of production and expression of these molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Claire Ashman, Mary Birchler, Rudolf M.T. De Wildt, Claire Holland, Alan Peter Lewis, Peter Morley, Thomas Sandal, Michael Steward
  • Patent number: 10808040
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modified proteins and peptides that have reduced ability to bind to pre-existing antibodies. Such modified protein/peptide molecules can comprise C-terminal additions, extensions or tags and/or certain amino acid substitutions. Such modified molecules (e.g., fusions and conjugates) comprise proteins, peptides, antigen binding molecules, antibodies or antibody fragments such as single variable domains. The disclosure further relates to uses and formulations of compositions comprising such modified C-terminally extended and/or amino acid substituted molecules and also to methods of production and expression of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Claire Ashman, Mary Birchler, Rudolf M. T. De Wildt, Claire Holland, Alan Peter Lewis, Peter Morley, Thomas Sandal, Michael Steward
  • Patent number: 8933295
    Abstract: The method of the invention is useful for evaluating pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of neurological diseases encompassing neurological or neurodegenerative diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction and, in particular, dementia; schizophrenia; anxiety; depression; and pain using a rodent behavioral assay, wherein the method is useful in testing compositions useful in the modulation, amelioration, prevention, or treatment of dementia using a non-human animal carrying at least a transgene for human amyloid-beta protein or human tau and transgenes causing the elevated production of the human amyloid-beta protein in the animal as compared to nontransgenic animals of the same genetic background and the behavior is a nesting behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sun-Yung Jung, Mary Birchler
  • Publication number: 20140227259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modified proteins and peptides that have reduced ability to bind to pre-existing antibodies. Such modified protein/peptide molecules can comprise C-terminal additions, extensions or tags and/or certain amino acid substitutions. Such modified molecules (e.g., fusions and conjugates) comprise proteins, peptides, antigen binding molecules, antibodies or antibody fragments such as single variable domains. The disclosure further relates to uses and formulations of compositions comprising such modified C-terminally extended and/or amino acid substituted molecules and also to methods of production and expression of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Claire Ashman, Mary Birchler, Rudolf M.T. De Wildt, Claire Holland, Alan Peter Lewis, Peter Morley, Thomas Sandal, Michael Steward
  • Publication number: 20110083200
    Abstract: The method of the invention is useful for evaluating pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of neurological diseases encompassing neurological or neurodegenerative diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction and, in particular, dementia; schizophrenia; anxiety; depression; and pain using a rodent behavioral assay, wherein the method is useful in testing compositions useful in the modulation, amelioration, prevention, or treatment of dementia using a non-human animal carrying at least a transgene for human amyloid-beta protein or human tau and transgenes causing the elevated production of the human amyloid-beta protein in the animal as compared to nontrans genie animals of the same genetic background and the behavior is a nesting behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Sun-Yung Jung, Mary Birchler