Patents by Inventor Susan J. Kirst

Susan J. Kirst 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: 20120045777
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fraser, Thomas M. Barnes, John D. Sharp, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Kevin R. Leiby, Douglas A. Holtzman, Sean A. McCarthy, Nicholas Wrighton, Charles R. Mackay, Andrew D.J. Goodearl
  • Patent number: 8076086
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins and nucleic acids having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic acids and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan J. Kirst, Douglas A. Holtzman, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas S. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20100062487
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fraser, Thomas M. Barnes, John D. Sharp, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Kevin R. Leiby, Douglas A. Holtzman, Sean A. McCarthy, Nicholas Wrighton, Charles R. Mackay, Andrew D.J. Goodearl
  • Publication number: 20090136959
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Sean A. McCarthy, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas M. Barnes, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Nicholas Wrighton, Andrew D.J. Goodearl, Douglas A. Holtzman, Mehran Khodadoust
  • Patent number: 6960651
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins and nucleic acids having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic acids and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan J. Kirst, Douglas A. Holtzman, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas S. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20040121396
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fraser, Thomas M. Barnes, John D. Sharp, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Kevin R. Leiby, Douglas A. Holtzman, Sean A. McCarthy, Nicholas Wrighton, Charles R. MacKay, Andrew D.J. Goodearl
  • Publication number: 20030175733
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins and nucleic acids having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic acids and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Susan J. Kirst, Douglas A. Holtzman, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas S. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20030170621
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Sean A. McCarthy, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas M. Barnes, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Nicholas Wrighton, Andrew D.J. Goodearl, Douglas A. Holtzman, Mehran Khodadoust
  • Publication number: 20030082586
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins and nucleic acids having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic acids and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Susan J. Kirst, Douglas A. Holtzman, Christopher C. Fraser, John D. Sharp, Thomas S. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20030022279
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding a variety of proteins having diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, and other uses. These nucleic and proteins are useful for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of a number of human and other animal disorders. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and non-human transgenic animals in which a nucleic acid molecule of the invention has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides, antigenic peptides and antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides of the present invention are useful as modulating agents in regulating a variety of cellular processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fraser, Thomas M. Barnes, John D. Sharp, Susan J. Kirst, Paul S. Myers, Kevin R. Leiby, Douglas A. Holtzman, Sean A. McCarthy, Nicholas Wrighton, Charles R. MacKay, Andrew D.J. Goodearl