Patents by Inventor Ted Fox

Ted Fox 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).

  • Patent number: 6849716
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for designing inhibitors of serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases, particularly MAP kinases, through the use of ATP-binding site mutants of those kinases. The methods of this invention take advantage of the fact that the mutant kinases are capable of binding inhibitory compounds of other kinases with greater affinity than the corresponding wild-type kinase. The invention further relates to the mutant kinases themselves and crystallizable co-complexes of the mutant kinase and the inhibitory compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Shin-San Su, Ted Fox, Keith Philip Wilson, Ursula A. Germann
  • Publication number: 20040259166
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for designing inhibitors of serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases, particularly MAP kinases, through the use of ATP-binding site mutants of those kinases. The methods of this invention take advantage of the fact that the mutant kinases are capable of binding inhibitory compounds of other kinases with greater affinity than the corresponding wild-type kinase. The invention further relates to the mutant kinases themselves and crystallizable co-complexes of the mutant kinase and the inhibitory compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Shin-San Su, Ted Fox, Keith Philip Wilson, Ursula A. Germann
  • Publication number: 20040144827
    Abstract: A device that advances and holds wire as the wire is fed through the device and prevents any movement in the opposite or reverse direction by instantly locking on the wire when movement in the reverse or opposite direction is attempted includes a main barrel having a bore through which the wire passes and one or more inserts disposed at the feed end of the main barrel for maintaining the longitudinal orientation of the wire as the wire exits the main barrel. Disposed within the bore is a one-way wire locking or clutch assembly that includes a tapered chamber and a plurality of radially arranged locking balls mounted on a circular head of a stem wherein the locking balls allow wire to freely travel therethrough in the feed direction but interact with the tapered chamber to lock on the wire for preventing any movement in the reverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Ted Fox
  • Publication number: 20030165899
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for designing inhibitors of serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases, particularly MAP kinases, through the use of ATP-binding site mutants of those kinases. The methods of this invention take advantage of the fact that the mutant kinases are capable of binding inhibitory compounds of other kinases with greater affinity than the corresponding wild-type kinase. The invention further relates to the mutant kinases themselves and crystallizable co-complexes of the mutant kinase and the inhibitory compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shin-San Su, Ted Fox, Keith Philip Wilson, Ursula A. Germann
  • Publication number: 20020042046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and crystals of a hepatitis C virus protease in complex with its viral cofactor. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates of hepatitis C virus protease in complex with a synthetic NS4A to solve the structure of similar or homologous proteins or protein complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph L. Kim, Kurt A. Morgenstern, Chao Lin, Ted Fox, John A. Thomson
  • Patent number: 6303287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and crystals of a hepatitis C virus protease in complex with its viral cofactor. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates of hepatitis C virus protease in complex with a synthetic NS4A to solve the structure of similar or homologous proteins or protein complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph L. Kim, Kurt A. Morgenstern, Chao Lin, Ted Fox, John A. Thomson
  • Patent number: 6162613
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for designing inhibitors of serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases, particularly MAP kinases, through the use of ATP-binding site mutants of those kinases. The methods of this invention take advantage of the fact that the mutant kinases are capable of binding inhibitory compounds of other kinases with greater affinity than the corresponding wild-type kinase. The invention further relates to the mutant kinases themselves and crystallizable co-complexes of the mutant kinase and the inhibitory compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shin-San Su, Ted Fox, Keith Philip Wilson, Ursula A. Germann
  • Patent number: 6153579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and crystals of a hepatitis C virus protease in complex with its viral cofactor. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates of hepatitis C virus protease in complex with a synthetic NS4A to solve the structure of similar or homologous proteins or protein complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph L. Kim, Kurt A. Morgenstern, Chao Lin, Ted Fox, John A. Thomson