Patents by Inventor William I. Wood

William I. Wood 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).

  • EG-VEGF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20100256226
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides designated herein as EG-VEGF and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Also provided herein are methods of screening for modulators of EG-VEGF. Furthermore, methods and related methods of treatment are described herein which pertain to regulating cellular proliferation and chemotaxis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: NAPOLEONE FERRARA, COLIN WATANABE, WILLIAM I. WOOD
  • Method of detecting PRO9917
    Patent number: 7807385
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Nucleic acids encoding PRO6308 polypeptides and related vectors and host cells
    Patent number: 7795412
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • WISP POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20100221249
    Abstract: Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, and methods for producing the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: DAVID BOTSTEIN, ROBERT L. COHEN, AUDREY D. GODDARD, AUSTIN L. GURNEY, KENNETH J. HILLAN, DAVID A. LAWRENCE, ARNOLD J. LEVINE, DIANE PENNICA, MARGARET ANN ROY, WILLIAM I. WOOD
  • Antibodies to PRO352
    Patent number: 7786272
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood
  • PRO9907 antibodies
    Patent number: 7777007
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Luc Desnoyers, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean-Philippe F. Stephan, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and therapeutic uses of antagonist antibodies to IL-17E
    Patent number: 7771719
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood
  • Antibodies to IL-17 polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
    Patent number: 7749500
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17 and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Austin Gurney, Hanzhong Li, William I. Wood
  • Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases
    Publication number: 20100166761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing novel proteins and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Sarah C. Bodary-Winter, Hilary Clark, Brisdell Hunte, Janet K. Jackman, Jill R. Schoenfeld, P. Mickey Williams, William I. Wood, Thomas D. Wu
  • Isolated stra6 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7741439
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to Stra6, a murine retinoic acid responsive protein, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Diane Pennica, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • Use of A33 antigens and JAM-IT
    Patent number: 7741056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating and diagnosing disorders characterized the by the presence of antigens associated with inflammatory diseases and/or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Ashkenazi, Sherman Fong, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, Mary A. Napier, Daniel Tumas, Menno Van Lookeren, William I. Wood
  • EG-VEGF nucleic acids and polypeptides and methods of use
    Patent number: 7736645
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides designated herein as EG-VEGF and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Also provided herein are methods of screening for modulators of EG-VEGF. Furthermore, methods and related methods of treatment are described herein which pertain to regulating cellular proliferation and chemotaxis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Napoleone Ferrara, Colin Watanabe, William I. Wood, Theresa Shek
  • Compositions and Methods for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumor
    Publication number: 20100145027
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Dan L. Eaton, Audrey Goddard, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood, Thomas D. Wu
  • EG-VEGF nucleic acids and polypeptides and methods of use
    Patent number: 7727536
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides designated herein as EG-VEGF and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Also provided herein are methods of screening for modulators of EG-VEGF. Furthermore, methods and related methods of treatment are described herein which pertain to regulating cellular proliferation and chemotaxis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Napoleone Ferrara, Colin Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • PRO1550 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7728108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Monoclonal antibodies to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides
    Patent number: 7723488
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood
  • PRO1305-polypeptides
    Patent number: 7718770
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Jian Chen, Luc Desnoyers, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, James Pan, Victoria Smith, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Nucleic acids encoding receptor for IL-17 homologous polypeptides and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7718397
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin Gurney, Colin Watanabe, William I. Wood
  • Anti-pro6094 antibodies
    Patent number: 7718173
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood
  • PRO1078 polypeptides
    Patent number: 7709602
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, William I. Wood