Patents Examined by Jon M. Lockard
  • Patent number: 11827715
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies and methods of use thereof. The antibodies as disclosed herein bind to CD163+ on cells, such as on macrophages. These antibodies can be used in methods of treatment, such as methods of treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: OncoResponse, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal D. Puri, Siddarth Chandrasekaran, Melissa L. Conerly, Randi M. Simmons, Tyrel T. Smith, Mark E. Branum, Peter Probst
  • Patent number: 11819541
    Abstract: Disorders such as headaches can be treated by administration of a botulinum toxin to a patient suffering therefrom, such as a migraine headache. A combined a fixed site/fixed dose and an optional follow the pain variable dosage and injection site paradigm is disclosed for optimizing clinical effectiveness of botulinum toxin administration for patients suffering headache, particularly chronic migraine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine C. Turkel, Sheena K. Aurora, Mitchell F. Brin, David W. Dodick
  • Patent number: 11802151
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antibody that binds human Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptor B1 (BAI1) protein, compositions comprising the same, and use thereof in methods of detection, methods of diagnosis, and methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Code Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Getts, Jessica Bowers, Mindy Ellen George-Weinstein, Jacquelyn Gerhart
  • Patent number: 11787839
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ?2?-1 C-terminal domain mimetics for the treatment of pain, epilepsy or other disorders in a subject. Further provided is an ?2?-1 C-terminal domain peptide which blocks binding of ?2?-1 to the glutamate receptors NMDAR and AMPAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Hui-lin Pan
  • Patent number: 11780914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to human pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies. Methods of treating or preventing headache conditions, such as migraine and cluster headache, using the monoclonal antibodies are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Agnes E. Hamburger, Cen Xu, Hong Sun, Yuan D. Shih, Dohan Weeraratne
  • Patent number: 11753460
    Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising fusion proteins and cells expressing the proteins. The application further relates to methods of using the fusion proteins, cells, and compositions for modulating cell signaling and for selective expansion of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Seattle Children's Hospital
    Inventor: Andrew M. Scharenberg
  • Patent number: 11746140
    Abstract: Various aspects of the invention relate to recombinant polypeptides that specifically bind human von Willebrand Factor. Such recombinant polypeptides typically include a modified extracellular domain of platelet glycoprotein Ib? that typically comprises at least one mutation selected from G233T, D235V, and K237V, and such recombinant polypeptides optionally include an oligomerization domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: F. HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AG
    Inventors: Elizabeth Booth, Virginia Montanini, John A. Hall, Jody Berry
  • Patent number: 11730794
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: George Yancopoulos
  • Patent number: 11730762
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnology, and more specifically, to single-chain and multi-chain chimeric polypeptides having a linker domain positioned between two target-binding domains that are useful for a variety of applications including, without limitation, stimulating an immune cell, inducing or increasing proliferation of an immune cell, inducing differentiation of an immune cell, or treating a subject in need thereof (e.g., a subject having cancer or an aging-related disease or condition).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HCW Biologics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hing Wong
  • Patent number: 11732024
    Abstract: Ophthalmic formulations of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-specific fusion protein antagonist are provided suitable for intravitreal administration to the eye. The ophthalmic formulations include a stable liquid formulation and a lyophilizable formulation. Preferably, the protein antagonist has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Furfine, Daniel Dix, Kenneth Graham, Kelly Frye
  • Patent number: 11725048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10) binding proteins and uses thereof in methods of detecting and/or diagnosing a condition in a subject, comprising determining a level of CXCL10 in the subject. Specific antibodies that bind to total CXCL10 (full-length, N-terminally truncated and citrullinated) and antibodies that bind active CXCL10 (full-length) were used to measure the level of total and active CXCL10 in samples from ovarian cancer patients. The calculated ratio of active to total CXCL10 was lower in patients with malignant condition when compared to patients with benign tumours or healthy individuals and is the basis of method of diagnosis of malignant conditions, monitoring tumour burden and disease progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew N. Stephens, Adam Rainczuk, Sung-Woog Kang
  • Patent number: 11723982
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating an ocular disease or disorder. The methods involve direct administration into the eye of a conjugate comprising a biologically active polypeptide and a biocompatible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Eda Isil Altiok, David V. Schaffer, Wesley M. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11717558
    Abstract: The invention features polypeptides that include an extracellular ActRIIa variant. In some embodiments, a polypeptide of the invention includes an extracellular ActRIIa variant fused to an Fc domain monomer or moiety. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the polypeptides to treat diseases and conditions involving weakness and atrophy of muscles, e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, inclusion body myositis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sarcopenia; or cancer cachexia; or metabolic diseases, e.g., obesity, Type-1 diabetes, or Type-2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Keros Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Seehra, Jennifer Lachey
  • Patent number: 11718646
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, among other things, compounds and methods for treating neuropathic pain, ocular pain, ocular inflammation, and/or dry eye and methods of detecting mutations in specific G-protein coupled receptors, such as missense mutations, and determining the extent to which these mutations alter the pharmacological response of the G-protein coupled receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Tufts Medical Center, Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Alan S. Kopin, Krishna Kumar, Jamie Raudensky Doyle
  • Patent number: 11718664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for selecting a headache patient responsive to treatment with an anti-CGRP antibody and to methods for reducing headache frequency in the selected patient comprising administering an anti-CGRP antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
    Inventor: Rami Burstein
  • Patent number: 11712466
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine composition for treating or preventing cancer expressing VASH2, containing a peptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasufumi Sato, Hironori Nakagami, Hideki Tomioka
  • Patent number: 11712470
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antibody specifically binding to a human endothelin receptor and uses thereof, where the antibody can inhibit the functions of the human endothelin receptor. The present invention includes the preparation, cloning, expression, and characterization of the antibody. The present invention can be used to effectively treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, a disease associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension, and a reproductive organ cancer in a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GMAX BIOPHARM LLC
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Hua Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Chenjiang Yao, Yan Jiang, Min Wang, Xinxin Shi, Hao Pan, Shuqian Jing
  • Patent number: 11707506
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneren Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: George Yancopoulos
  • Patent number: 11634483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies having activity against a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and methods of making and using such antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIMMUNE LIMITED
    Inventors: Ching Ching Leow, Nazzareno Dimasi, Karen Coffman, Ping Tsui, Changshou Gao, Mario A. Cepeda, Adrian Schwartz Mittelman
  • Patent number: 11597763
    Abstract: Anti-Kv1.3 antibodies (mAbs), particularly mAbs that specifically bind to Kv1.3 with high affinity and/or inhibit Kv1.3 function, are disclosed. The amino acid sequences of the CDRs of the light chains and the heavy chains, as well as consensus sequences for these CDRs, of these anti-Kv1.3 mAbs are provided. Additionally, canonical structures for CDRs in the VH and VL regions of anti-Kv1.3 antibodies are provided. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the anti-Kv1.3 mAbs, expression vectors, host cells, methods for making the anti-Kv1.3 mAbs, and methods for expressing the anti-Kv1.3 mAbs. Finally, methods of using the anti-Kv1.3 mAbs as therapeutics, such as for preventing or treating an autoimmune disorder, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tetragenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Colussi, Janna Bednenko, Yelena Bisharyan, Ashot Papoyan, Joanna Cardarelli, Theodore G. Clark, Douglas Kahn, Lore Mariƫn, Bas Van Der Woning, Hans De Haard, William D. Harriman, Ellen J. Collarini, Alka Agrawal