Patents by Inventor Zemin Zhang

Zemin Zhang 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: 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
  • Patent number: 7700736
    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: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7696319
    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 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 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
  • Publication number: 20100034821
    Abstract: Tumor-associated variations in protein kinases are provided. Compositions and methods for detecting such variations and for diagnosing and treating tumors are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jose F. Bazan, Joshua Kaminker, Brock Peters, Somasekar Seshagiri, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7642242
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to GDNFR 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: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Christopher Grimaldi, Somasekar Seshagiri, Jeremy Stinson, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090324592
    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 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Belinda Caims, Ruihan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillips, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090324490
    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 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Belinda Caims, Ruihuan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillips, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090318672
    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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    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
  • Publication number: 20090297531
    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: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Belinda Carins, Ruihuan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillips, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090246129
    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 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Belinda Caims, Ruihuan Chen, Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Hartmut Koeppen, Heidi S. Phillps, Paul Polakis, Susan D. Spencer, Victoria Smith, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090227776
    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 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: AUDREY GODDARD, AUSTIN L. GURNEY, PAUL POLAKIS, VICTORIA SMITH, WILLIAM I. WOOD, THOMAS D. WU, ZEMIN ZHANG
  • Patent number: 7585953
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruihuan Chen, Heidi S. Phillips, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090209732
    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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Maureen Beresini, Laura DeForge, Luc Desnoyers, Ellen Filvaroff, Wei-Qiang Gao, Mary E. Gerritsen, Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, Austin L. Gurney, Steven Sherwood, Victoria Smith, Timothy A. Stewart, Daniel Tumas, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7576185
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to GDNFR 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: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Christopher Grimaldi, Somasekar Seshagiri, Jeremy Stinson, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090186363
    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: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi J. Ashkenazi, Gretchen Frantz, Audrey Goddard, Lino Gonzalez, Austin L. Gurney, Paul Polakis, Andrew Polson, William I. Wood, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090186409
    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: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gretchen Frantz, Kenneth J. Hillan, Heidi S. Philips, Paul Polakis, Victoria Smith, Susan D. Spencer, P. Mickey Williams, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7563867
    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 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    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
  • Patent number: 7547768
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Dowd, Gretchen Frantz, Paul Polakis, Victoria Smith, Susan D. Spencer, Thomas D. Wu, Zemin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090148878
    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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin P. Baker, Dan L. Eaton, Ellen Filvaroff, Audrey Goddard, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, Victoria Smith, Jean Philippe Stephan, Colin K. Watanabe, William I. Wood, Zemin Zhang, Sherman Fong
  • Publication number: 20090142786
    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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN P. BAKER, MAUREEN BERESINI, LAURA DEFORGE, LUC DESNOYERS, ELLEN FILVAROFF, WEI-QIANG GAO, MARY E. GERRITSEN, AUDREY GODDARD, PAUL J. GODOWSKI, AUSTIN L. GURNEY, STEVEN SHERWOOD, VICTORIA SMITH, TIMOTHY A. STEWART, DANIEL TUMAS, COLIN K. WATANABE, WILLIAM I. WOOD, ZEMIN ZHANG