Patents by Inventor Robert Weissburg

Robert Weissburg 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).

  • Antibody formulation
    Publication number: 20050158316
    Abstract: A method of treating hemorrhagic shock with a stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody not subjected to prior lyophilization, a buffer maintaining the pH in the range from about 4.8 to about 5.5, a surfactant and a polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Xanthe Lam, James Oeswein, Boonsri Ongpipattanakul, Zahra Shahrokh, Sharon Wang, Robert Weissburg, Rita Wong
  • Process for recovering purified, oxidized, renatured recombinant interleukin-2 from microorganisms
    Patent number: 5162507
    Abstract: A process for recovering highly pure, recombinant IL-2 from transformed microorganisms in which the cells are disrupted; impure recombinant IL-2 is isolated in the form of refractile bodies from the disruptate; the impure IL-2 is dissolved and denatured with at least 6M guanidine hydrochloride containing a reducing agent; the reduced IL-2 is precipitated and resolubilized; the reduced solubilized IL-2 therein is oxidized by a controlled oxidation; the oxidized IL-2 is refolded by reducing the concentration of guanidine hydrochloride in the solution; and the oxidized, refolded IL-2 is further purified by ion exchange chromatography or hydrophobic interaction chromatography and ion exchange chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Cetus Corporation
    Inventors: Sidney N. Wolfe, Glenn J. Dorin, John T. Davis, Flint Smith, Amy Lim, Robert Weissburg