Patents by Inventor Richard N. Tamura

Richard N. Tamura 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).

  • Antibodies to a human integrin alpha/beta heterodimeric protein
    Patent number: 5665864
    Abstract: Novel hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies which react specifically with human pancreatic cancer cells are described. Methods for producing antigenic preparations to generate the hybridoma cell lines and for selecting, purifying and characterizing the monoclonal antibodies reactive with human cells, including pancreatic cancer cells, are disclosed. The antigens to which the antibodies of the invention are specific are characterized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Vito Quaranta, Richard N. Tamura
  • Integrin alpha subunit cytoplasmic domain polypeptides and methods
    Patent number: 5589570
    Abstract: Diagnostic systems, methods, polypeptides and antibodies for detecting the presence of the cytoplasmic domain of the integrin .alpha..sub.6B or .alpha..sub.3B subunit in a body sample are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Richard N. Tamura, Vito Quaranta
  • Integrin .alpha. subunit cytoplasmic domain polypeptides and antibodies
    Patent number: 5310874
    Abstract: Diagnostic systems, methods, polypeptides and antibodies for detecting the presence of the cytoplasmic domain of the integrin .alpha..sub.6B or .alpha..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Richard N. Tamura, Vito Quaranta