Patents Examined by Bridget E. Bunner
  • Patent number: 11340223
    Abstract: Methods of determining infection type are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises measuring the amount of TRAIL and/or IP10 no more than two days from symptom onset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MeMed Diagnostics Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Eden, Kfir Oved, Assaf Cohen-Dotan, Roy Navon, Olga Boico, Meital Paz
  • Patent number: 11332541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel DLL3/CD3 binding proteins. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such proteins; to methods for preparing such proteins; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such proteins; to compositions comprising such proteins; and to uses of such proteins or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Hipp, Paul Adam, Michael Dziegelewski, Rajkumar Ganesan, Philip Nicholas Gorman, Priyanka Gupta, Justin Scheer, Vladimir H. Voynov, Pankaj Gupta
  • Patent number: 11325957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing the immunogenicity of chimeric Notch receptors, and specifically to transcription factors useful for controlling gene expression delivered to tissues by such chimeric Notch receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Cell Design Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Gilbert, Vladimir Slepushkin, Peter Emtage, Anselm Levskaya, Spencer Scott
  • Patent number: 11318201
    Abstract: The invention features multi-specific protein complexes with one domain comprising IL-15 or a functional variant and a binding domain specific to a disease antigen, immune checkpoint or signaling molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Altor Bioscience, LLC.
    Inventors: Hing C. Wong, Warren Marcus, Bai Liu, Wenxin Xu, Robert G. Newman, Karen Kage, Lijing You, Peter Rhode, Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 11318108
    Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds of the carotenoid class, such as lycopene or lacto-lycopene, for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of toxicity caused by antitumor drugs, as well as their use in the treatment or remission of tumors in combination with antitumor drugs. Finally, the present invention refers to the combination of the above set forth compounds and drugs with antitumor action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ASSOCIAZIONE ONCOLOGICA MILANESE AMO LA VITA ONLUS
    Inventors: Mauro Moroni, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Marco Giulio Giuseppe Pirovano
  • Patent number: 11319375
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating subjects having rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a human anti-interleukin 6 (IL-6) antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sanofi Biotechnology
    Inventors: Anita Boyapati, Neil Graham, Toshio Kimura, Jérôme Msihid
  • Patent number: 11319370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-human CD200R agonist antibodies, and uses thereof for treating diseases such as atopic dermatitis, chronic spontaneous urticaria, allergy, asthma, scleroderma, IBD, SLE, MS, RA, GvHD, or psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Stephen J Demarest, Anja Koester, Scott Charles Potter, Diana Isabel Ruiz, Derrick Ryan Witcher, Xiufeng Wu, Payal Mehta
  • Patent number: 11312768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the finding that TL1A enhances differentiation of TH17 cells, and enhance IL17 secretion from TL17 cells. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an inflammatory disease comprising determining the presence of a TL1A signaling profile, and treating the disease by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of one or more inhibitors of TL1A or TH17 cell differentiation. In another embodiment, the disease is characterized by TH17 differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Kathrin S. Michelsen, Stephan R. Targan
  • Patent number: 11312778
    Abstract: A method for treating allergic contact dermatitis comprising the administration of an interleukin-4 receptor alpha antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Brian C. Machler, Sharon E. Jacob
  • Patent number: 11311576
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells wherein the CAR T cells comprise a CAR and the CAR comprises an E2 anti-fluorescein antibody fragment, and administering to the patient a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Seattle Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Michael C. Jensen, James Matthaei
  • Patent number: 11312782
    Abstract: The invention provides CARs (CARs) that specifically bind to BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen). The invention further relates to engineered immune cells comprising such CARs, CAR-encoding nucleic acids, and methods of making such CARs, engineered immune cells, and nucleic acids. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these CARs and engineered immune cells for the treatment of a condition associated with malignant cells expressing BCMA (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy Chia-Chien Kuo, Bijan Andre Boldajipour, Javier Fernando Chaparro Riggers, Philippe Duchateau, Roman Ariel Galetto, Alexandre Juillerat, Thomas Charles Pertel, Arvind Rajpal, Barbra Johnson Sasu, Cesar Adolfo Sommer, Julien Valton, Thomas John Van Blarcom
  • Patent number: 11312966
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a nucleic acid expected to be useful for treating mite allergy. [Means to be solved] Provided is a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a chimeric protein, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide, a nucleotide sequence encoding an intra-organelle stabilizing domain of LAMP, a nucleotide sequence encoding an allergen domain comprising Der p 1, Der p 2, Der p 23, and Der p 7, a nucleotide sequence encoding a transmembrane domain and a nucleotide sequence encoding an endosomal/lysosomal targeting domain of LAMP in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Marui, Masao Uchida
  • Patent number: 11306136
    Abstract: A selective IL-6-trans-signalling inhibitor can be used to treat a variety of IL-6-mediated conditions, including inflammatory diseases and cancer. The inhibitor can safely be administered to humans at a variety of doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ferring B.V.
    Inventors: Ian Cottingham, Daniel Plaksin, Jérémy Duboeuf
  • Patent number: 11304852
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hemostatic textile, comprising: a material comprising a combination of glass fibers and one or more secondary fibers selected from the group consisting of silk fibers; ceramic fibers; raw or regenerated bamboo fibers; cotton fibers; rayon fibers; linen fibers; ramie fibers; jute fibers; sisal fibers; flax fibers; soybean fibers; corn fibers; hemp fibers; lyocel fibers; wool; lactide and/or glycolide polymers; lactide/glycolide copolymers; silicate fibers; polyimide fibers; feldspar fibers; zeolite fibers, zeolite-containing fibers, acetate fibers; and combinations thereof; the hemostatic textile capable of activating hemostatic systems in the body when applied to a wound. Additional cofactors such as thrombin and hemostatic agents such as RL platelets, RL blood cells; fibrin, fibrinogen, and combinations thereof may also be incorporated into the textile. The invention is also directed to methods of producing the textile, and methods of using the textile to stop bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, ENIEGRION INC
    Inventors: Thomas H. Fischer, E. Stan Eskridge, William M. Malloy, Malloy Evans
  • Patent number: 11299540
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to anti-IL17A antibodies and IL17Ra ECD polypeptides that bind to IL17A. In various embodiments, such anti-IL17A antibodies or IL17Ra ECD polypeptides can be used in methods to treat IL17-induced conditions in subjects, such as humans or companion animals, such as canines, felines, and equines. Also provided are various embodiments relating to IgG Fc variant polypeptides having one or more amino acid substitutions for reducing binding to C1q and/or CD16. In some embodiments, the IgG Fc variants and/or polypeptides comprising the IgG Fc variants (e.g., fusion polypeptides comprising the IgG Fc variants and the anti-IL17A antibodies and/or IL17Ra ECD polypeptides described herein) may have reduced complement-mediated immune responses and/or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyr Jiann Li, Lam Nguyen, Lan Yang, Hangjun Zhan
  • Patent number: 11291718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medicine comprising a Toll-like receptor agonist, LAG-3 protein, a variant or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CYTLIMIC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Miyakawa, Shun Doi, Koji Tamada
  • Patent number: 11292848
    Abstract: Described herein are humanized anti-TL1A antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Prometheus Biosciences, Inc., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Jeffry D. Watkins, Cindy T. Dickerson, Rafael Rojas, Matthew Reissman, Patricia McNeeley, Janine Bilsborough, Bradley Henkle, Stephan R. Targan
  • Patent number: 11286306
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill cancer cells that express TLR9 on their surface. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a TLR9-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Abate-Daga, Alan F. List, Sheng Wei
  • Patent number: 11285191
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for stimulating immune responses. More particularly, these compositions and methods involve the use of an inhibitor of IL-25 function and an immune stimulator that stimulates an immune response to a target antigen for stimulating protective or therapeutic immune responses to a target antigen. The compositions and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the prevention and treatment of infections and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: Ronald James Jackson, Charani Ranasinghe
  • Patent number: 11280787
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for diagnosing a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in a subject. In some embodiments, the method involves assaying a sample from the subject to detect inflammasome activation, wherein an increase in inflammasome activation in the sample compared to a control is an indication of MDS in the subject. The disclosed methods can further involve treating the subject for MDS if an increase in inflammasome activation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan F. List