Patents by Inventor Ronald Finn

Ronald Finn 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).

  • Antigen-specific composition and in vivo methods for detecting and localizing an antigenic site and for radiotherapy
    Patent number: 5185142
    Abstract: A composition comprises an antigen-specific antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof labeled with Iodine-124 at a site other than, and which does not significantly interfere with, the antibody-antigen binding site. An in vivo method of radiotherapy directed to an antigenic site comprises administering to a subject in need of the therapy an amount of the antigen-specific composition described above effective to attain a reduction of the size of a tumor associated with the antigen. An in vivo method for detecting and localizing an antigenic site in a subject in need of such detection comprises administering to the subject an amount of the antigen-specific composition of the invention effective to localize the antigen-antibody binding site and scanning the subject's body with a positron-emitter detector to attain the localization of the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Steven M. Larson, Ronald Finn, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, James C. Reynolds, Ronald D. Neumann, Martin C. Graham, Keith S. Pentlow