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Patent: 7,794,716


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Summary for Patent: 7,794,716
Title:Antibody composition and passive immunization against pregnancy-induced hypertension
Abstract:A composition is provided to prevent, limit the effects of, delay the onset of, or treat one or more of the causes, symptoms or complications of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia and/or intrauterine growth restriction. The composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that reacts immunologically with or binds digoxin and has a high dose of digoxin binding capacity as the active ingredient. There is also provided a method of preventing, limiting the effects of, delaying the onset of, or treating a cause, symptom or complication of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction, comprising the step of administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that reacts immunologically with or binds digoxin and has a high dose of digoxin binding capacity.
Inventor(s):Charles David Adair
Assignee:Velo Bio LLC
Application Number:US11/317,378
Patent Claims:see list of patent claims
Patent landscape, scope, and claims summary:

Comprehensive analysis of US Patent 7,794,716 claims and US patent landscape

US Patent 7,794,716 is not analyzable on claims/patent-landscape grounds from the information provided. The only content supplied is “The claims are:” without the claim text, a claim list, or a dependent/independent-claim structure. Without the actual claims (verbatim or structured), no complete and accurate claim chart, infringement-risk mapping, or invalidity/obviousness/anticipation analysis can be produced.

Claims and coverage: what is required to analyze US 7,794,716

  • Claim-by-claim construction depends on the exact wording of:
    • independent claims (preamble terms, exerted limitations, functional language)
    • dependent claims (added structural/functional limitations)
    • definitions (terms like “comprising,” “effective amount,” “module,” “system,” “processor,” “therapeutic,” “substrate,” etc.)
  • Landscape assessment depends on identifying:
    • the claimed active/compound class (or biological target)
    • the delivery system or formulation type
    • the method-of-treatment or device functionality
    • the jurisdiction-specific filings and continuations that likely share priority

Patent landscape: what cannot be completed without the claims

A proper “critical” landscape requires mapping the claim scope to:

  • same-family continuations and divisionals (same priority chain)
  • closest prior art patents and published applications (US and WO)
  • prosecution history and claim amendments (for narrowing scope)
  • related Orange Book, if any (brand drug/formulation connection)
  • litigation or PTAB history involving the same patent family

Because none of those claim-identifying elements are available, producing a complete, accurate analysis would require inventing claim content, which is disallowed.

Key Takeaways

  • A comprehensive analysis of US Patent 7,794,716 cannot be produced from the provided input because the claim text is missing.
  • Claim-level language is a gating dependency for any valid coverage, validity, and landscape assessment.

FAQs

  1. How are patent landscapes typically mapped when claim text is missing?
    They cannot be mapped reliably without claim language; mapping requires a defined claim scope.
  2. What drives the choice of relevant prior art for an issued US patent?
    The patent’s specific technical limitations and claim structure.
  3. Why do dependent claims matter for infringement risk?
    They add concrete limitations that change both infringement and invalidity analyses.
  4. How does prosecution history affect claim scope?
    It can narrow or clarify terms; analyzing it requires knowing what was amended and why.
  5. What key datasets are used for a US patent landscape?
    US application family data, citations, PAIR/Prosecution records, litigation/PTAB dockets, and (if applicable) Orange Book listings.

References (APA)

  1. (No sources cited because US 7,794,716 claim text and bibliographic context were not provided.)

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Details for Patent 7,794,716

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Wellcome Foundation Limited Wellcome Research Laboratories DIGIBIND digoxin immune fab (ovine) For Injection 103141 April 22, 1986 ⤷  Start Trial 2025-12-23
>Applicant >Tradename >Biologic Ingredient >Dosage Form >BLA >Approval Date >Patent No. >Expiredate

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