Patent 8691531 was granted and assigned to Genentech on April, 2014 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter comprising nucleic acids encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 or 208, encoding an anti-CD79b antibody comprising the heavy chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 and the light chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 208, or encoding an anti-CD79b antibody having : (i) a variable light chain comprising a HVR-L1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 194, a HVR-L2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 195, and a HVR-L3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196 and (ii) a variable light chain comprising a HVR-H1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 202, a HVR-H2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 203, and a HVR-H3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 204, and vectors and host cells thereof.