Patents by Inventor Steven L. Knapp

Steven L. Knapp 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: 20150153345
    Abstract: The subject invention provides an antibody composition for detecting E6 protein of at least one HPV strain in a sample. The subject antibodies may be used to detect oncogenic HPV E6 proteins in a sample, and the antibodies find use in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including methods of diagnosing and treating cancer. Kits for performing the subject methods and containing the subject antibodies are also provided. Also disclosed in the present invention is a method of generating an antibody that specifically binds to amino-terminus of E6 proteins of at least two HPV strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Dixon, Rainer Blaesius, Stephen Simkins, Steven L. Knapp, George Brough, Karen Lenz, Johannes Schweizer, Peter Lu, David Garman, Jon Silver, Charles Mahoney, Chamorro Somoza Diaz-Sarmiento
  • Patent number: 8476033
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to glycodelin. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of a glycodelin antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce a glycodelin monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided. Polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence for a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed monoclonal glycodelin antibody and methods of using these polypeptides in the production of glycodelin antibodies are also encompassed by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: TriPath Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Cheek, Eric P. Dixon, Timothy J. Fischer, John W. Groelke, Steven L. Knapp, Stephen G. Simkins, Clark M. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20130022998
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to glycodelin. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of a glycodelin antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce a glycodelin monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided. Polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence for a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed monoclonal glycodelin antibody and methods of using these polypeptides in the production of glycodelin antibodies are also encompassed by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: TriPath Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Cheek, Eric P. Dixon, Timothy J. Fischer, John W. Groelke, Steven L. Knapp, Stephen G. Simkins, Clark M. Whitehead
  • Patent number: 8252904
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to glycodelin. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of a glycodelin antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce a glycodelin monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. The compositions find use in diagnostic methods as well as in screening methods for identifying patients having an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Tripath Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Cheek, Eric P. Dixon, Timothy J. Fischer, John W. Groelke, Steven L. Knapp, Stephen G. Simkins, Clark M. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20120141502
    Abstract: The subject invention provides an antibody composition for detecting E6 protein of at least one HPV strain in a sample. The subject antibodies may be used to detect oncogenic HPV E6 proteins in a sample, and the antibodies find use in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including methods of diagnosing and treating cancer. Kits for performing the subject methods and containing the subject antibodies are also provided. Also disclosed in the present invention is a method of generating an antibody that specifically binds to amino-terminus of E6 proteins of at least two HPV strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Dixon, Rainer Blaesius, Stephen Simkins, Steven L. Knapp, George Brough, Karen Lenz, Johannes Schweizer, Peter Lu, David Garman, Jon Silver, Charles Mahoney, Chamorro Somoza Diaz-Sarmiento
  • Publication number: 20100227335
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to MMP-7. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of an MMP-7 antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to an MMP-7 epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce an MMP-7 monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. The compositions find use in diagnostic methods as well as in screening methods for identifying patients having an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed MMP-7 monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baker, Robert L. Cheek, Eric P. Dixon, Timothy J. Fischer, Steven L. Knapp, Stephen G. Simkins, Clark M. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20100227343
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to glycodelin. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of a glycodelin antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce a glycodelin monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. The compositions find use in diagnostic methods as well as in screening methods for identifying patients having an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Cheek, Eric P. Dixon, Timothy J. Fischer, John W. Groelke, Steven L. Knapp, Stephen G. Simkins, Clark M. Whitehead