Patents by Inventor Paul J. Godowski

Paul J. Godowski 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: 7396907
    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: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7396906
    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: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Publication number: 20080160021
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors 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. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Sherman Fong, Dorothy French, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Kenneth J. Hillan, Sarah G. Hymowitz, Hanzhong Li, James Pan, Melissa A. Starovasnik, Daniel Tumas, Menno Van Lookeren, Richard Vandlen, Colin K. Watanabe, P. Mickey Williams, William J. Wood, Daniel G. Yansura
  • Patent number: 7393931
    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: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7393917
    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: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390886
    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: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390486
    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: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390878
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to trypsinogen 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: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390877
    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: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390876
    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: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7390887
    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: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7390883
    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: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7388073
    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: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7385031
    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: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7385030
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to the mouse tex261 protein 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: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7385033
    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: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7381791
    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: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7378502
    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: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7378487
    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: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang