Patents by Inventor Paula R. Pohlmann

Paula R. Pohlmann 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: 20230167414
    Abstract: Methods of generating a population of tumor cells, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isolated from fluid from a subject. The methods involve collecting a fluid sample containing the tumor cells from the subject, and culturing the tumor cells in the fluid sample in a three-dimensional cell culture, wherein the three-dimensional cell culture comprises at least one inhibitor of Rho-kinase to generate the population of CTCs. If the fluid is whole blood or contains blood, the method may also involve subjecting the fluid sample to density gradient separation to separate the tumor cells from the fluid prior to culturing. In addition, methods of identifying a candidate treatment for a subject having a condition marked by the presence of tumor cells, methods of monitoring in a subject the persistence, regression, or progression of a disease or condition marked by the presence of tumor cells, and methods of generating a cell line of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Seema Agarwal, Richard Schlegel
  • Patent number: 9745377
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Raymond L. Mernaugh, Carlos L. Arteaga
  • Publication number: 20160053010
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Paula R. POHLMANN, Raymond L. MERNAUGH, Carlos L. ARTEAGA
  • Publication number: 20150204879
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and compositions and methods related thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with the anti-tumor antigen antibodies are employed in therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic embodiments related to cancer, including breast cancer, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Paula R. POHLMANN, Ray MERNAUGH, Carlos ARTEAGA
  • Patent number: 9023362
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Raymond L. Mernaugh
  • Publication number: 20140134154
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and compositions and methods related thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with the anti-tumor antigen antibodies are employed in therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic embodiments related to cancer, including breast cancer, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Ray Mernaugh, Carlos Arteaga
  • Publication number: 20140086905
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paula R. POHLMANN, Raymond L. MERNAUGH
  • Patent number: 8501417
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and compositions and methods related thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with the anti-tumor antigen antibodies are employed in therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic embodiments related to cancer, including breast cancer, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Ray Mernaugh, Carlos Arteaga
  • Patent number: 8486413
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Raymond L. Mernaugh, Carlos L. Arteaga
  • Publication number: 20120201820
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Raymond L. Mernaugh, Carlos L. Arteaga
  • Publication number: 20100215647
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with anti-tumor antigen antibodies and compositions and methods related thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with the anti-tumor antigen antibodies are employed in therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic embodiments related to cancer, including breast cancer, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Paula R. Pohlmann, Ray Mernaugh, Carlos Arteaga