Patents by Inventor Susan Faas McKnight

Susan Faas McKnight 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: 20150079613
    Abstract: The disclosure provides biomarker proteins, a change in the concentration or activity level of which are associated with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) or clinically meaningful treatment of aHUS with a complement inhibitor. Also provided are compositions and methods for interrogating the concentration and/or activity of one or more of the biomarker proteins in a biological fluid. The compositions and methods are useful for, among other things, evaluating risk for developing aHUS, diagnosing aHUS, determining whether a subject is experiencing the first acute presentation of aHUS, monitoring progression or abatement of aHUS, and/or monitoring response to treatment with a complement inhibitor or optimizing such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Susan Faas MCKNIGHT, Roxanne COFIELL, Anjli KUKREJA, Krystin A. BEDARD, Yan YAN
  • Publication number: 20140286962
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for detecting PNH Type II cell populations in biological samples as well as methods for determining whether a patient is at an increased risk for developing thrombocytopenia or thrombosis based on the percentage of PNH Type II cells in the patient's blood. The disclosure also features reagents and conjugates for use in the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mayur MOVALIA, Andrea ILLINGWORTH, Susan FAAS MCKNIGHT, Russell P. ROTHER
  • Publication number: 20140170143
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for prolonging the survival of an allograft organ in a recipient mammal. The methods include administration of an anti-CD200 antibody or a CD200-binding fragment of the antibody. The disclosure also provides biomarkers, a change in one or more of which indicates that an anti-CD200 antibody has produced a desired immunomodulatory effect in a mammal. Also featured are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and solutions that contain at least one anti-CD200 antibody and are useful in the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Susan Faas McKnight, Zhao Xue Yu, Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 8709415
    Abstract: This application provides methods and compositions for modulating and/or depleting CD200 positive cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine S. Bowdish, Anke Kretz-Rommel, Susan Faas McKnight, Jeremy P. Springhorn, Dayang Wu
  • Patent number: 8637014
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and compositions for inhibiting immune responses. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for inhibiting graft rejection and promoting or prolonging graft survival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell P. Rother, Susan Faas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20130202602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-CD200 antibodies (e.g., variant anti-CD200 antibodies having decreased or no effector function) and to biomarkers for use in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic methods, e.g., determining whether a human has been administered one or more of the antibodies at a dose sufficient to induce a desired immunomodulatory effect in the human and/or selecting an appropriate dosing schedule for a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals ,Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Faas McKnight, Roxanne Cofiell, Yan Yan
  • Publication number: 20130045192
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for detecting PNH Type II cell populations in biological samples as well as methods for determining whether a patient is at an increased risk for developing thrombocytopenia or thrombosis based on the percentage of PNH Type II cells in the patient's blood. The disclosure also features reagents and conjugates for use in the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayur Movalia, Andrea Illingworth, Susan Faas McKnight, Russell P. Rother
  • Publication number: 20120321625
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and compositions for inhibiting immune responses. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for inhibiting graft rejection and promoting or prolonging graft survival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell P. Rother, Susan Faas McKnight
  • Patent number: 8252285
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and compositions for inhibiting immune responses. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for inhibiting graft rejection and promoting or prolonging graft survival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell P. Rother, Susan Faas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20120148579
    Abstract: This application provides methods and compositions for modulating and/or depleting CD200 positive cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine S. Bowdish, Anke Kretz-Rommel, Susan Faas McKnight, Jeremy P. Springhorn, Dayang Wu
  • Patent number: 8075884
    Abstract: This application provides methods and compositions for modulating and/or depleting CD200 positive cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine S. Bowdish, Anke Kretz-Rommel, Susan Faas McKnight, Jeremy P. Springhorn, Dayang Wu
  • Publication number: 20100285030
    Abstract: This application provides methods and compositions for modulating and/or depleting CD200 positive cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine S. Bowdish, Anke Kretz-Rommel, Susan Faas McKnight, Jeremy P. Springhorn, Dayang Wu
  • Publication number: 20080152648
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for enhancing an adjuvant effect. The methods involve targeting an adjuvant to an antigen presenting cell (APC) using a compound that binds to a cell surface marker of an APC. Such methods are useful for stimulating an immune response in an animal, such as a human. Also provided are compositions that target an antigen and an adjuvant to an APC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicants: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Stichting Katholieke Univesiteit
    Inventors: Anke Kretz-Rommel, Katherine S. Bowdish, Paul J. Tacken, Carl Gustav Figdor, Susan Faas McKnight