Patents by Inventor Tomas A. Bonome

Tomas A. Bonome 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: 20130274315
    Abstract: A gene profiling signature for ovarian tumor endothelial cells is disclosed herein. The gene signature can be used to diagnosis or prognosis an ovarian tumor, identify agents to treat an ovarian tumor, to predict the metastatic potential of an ovarian tumor and to determine the effectiveness of ovarian tumor treatments. Thus, methods are provided for identifying agents that can be used to treat ovarian cancer, for determining the effectiveness of an ovarian tumor treatment, or to diagnose or prognose an ovarian tumor. Methods of treatment are also disclosed which include administering a composition that includes a specific binding agent that specifically binds to one of the disclosed ovarian endothelial cell tumor-associated molecules and inhibits ovarian tumor in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Birrer, Tomas A. Bonome, Anil Sood, Chunhua Lu
  • Patent number: 8440393
    Abstract: A gene profiling signature for ovarian tumor endothelial cells is disclosed herein. The gene signature can be used to diagnosis or prognosis an ovarian tumor, identify agents to treat an ovarian tumor, to predict the metastatic potential of an ovarian tumor and to determine the effectiveness of ovarian tumor treatments. Thus, methods are provided for identifying agents that can be used to treat ovarian cancer, for determining the effectiveness of an ovarian tumor treatment, or to diagnose or prognose an ovarian tumor. Methods of treatment are also disclosed which include administering a composition that includes a specific binding agent that specifically binds to one of the disclosed ovarian endothelial cell tumor-associated molecules and inhibits ovarian tumor in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, The University of MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Inventors: Michael J. Birrer, Tomas A. Bonome, Anil Sood, Chunhua Lu
  • Publication number: 20110178154
    Abstract: A gene profiling signature is disclosed herein. The gene signature can predict whether a subject with ovarian cancer will be chemorefractory, chemoresistant or chemosensitive. Thus, methods are disclosed for determining whether a subject with ovarian cancer is sensitive to treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent. Methods are also provided for increasing sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agent if the presence of differential expression indicates that the ovarian cancer has a decreased sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Birrer, Laurent L. Ozbun, Tomas A. Bonome, Samuel Mok
  • Publication number: 20100292303
    Abstract: A gene profiling signature for predicting ovarian cancer patient survival is disclosed herein. The gene signature can be used to diagnosis or prognosis ovarian cancer, identify agents to treat an ovarian tumor, to predict the metastatic potential of an ovarian tumor and to determine the effectiveness of ovarian tumor treatments. Thus, methods are provided for diagnosing and prognosing an ovarian tumor, such as ovarian cancer, in a subject. Methods are also provided for identifying agents that can be used to treat an ovarian tumor, for determining the effectiveness of an ovarian tumor treatment, or to predict the metastatic potential of an ovarian tumor. Methods of treatment are also disclosed which include administering a composition that includes a specific binding agent that specifically binds to one of the disclosed ovarian survival factor-associated molecules and ovarian tumor in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Michael J. Birrer, Tomas A. Bonome, Laurent L. Ozbun, Samuel Mok
  • Publication number: 20100286237
    Abstract: A gene profiling signature for ovarian tumor endothelial cells is disclosed herein. The gene signature can be used to diagnosis or prognosis an ovarian tumor, identify agents to treat an ovarian tumor, to predict the metastatic potential of an ovarian tumor and to determine the effectiveness of ovarian tumor treatments. Thus, methods are provided for identifying agents that can be used to treat ovarian cancer, for determining the effectiveness of an ovarian tumor treatment, or to diagnose or prognose an ovarian tumor. Methods of treatment are also disclosed which include administering a composition that includes a specific binding agent that specifically binds to one of the disclosed ovarian endothelial cell tumor-associated molecules and inhibits ovarian tumor in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Michael J. Birrer, Tomas A. Bonome, Anil Sood, Chunhua Lu