Patents Examined by Sheela J. Huff
  • Patent number: 11690918
    Abstract: The disclosure provides conjugates of an isolated humanized anti-CD22 antibody and PBD dimers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: MEDIMMUNE LIMITED, ADC THERAPEUTICS S.A.
    Inventors: Patricius Hendrikus Cornelis Van Berkel, Philip Wilson Howard
  • Patent number: 11685785
    Abstract: A method for reversing immune suppression or immune exhaustion or for treating a disease associated with immune suppression includes: administering a composition to a subject in need of such treatments, wherein the composition contains a CD11b modulator that binds specifically to CD11b on a cell to inhibit PD-L1 expression. The CD11b modulator is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, or a compound as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ascendo Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Ta Lu, Chia-Ming Chang, Tsai-Yin Wei, I-Fang Tsai, Ling-Chiao Wu
  • Patent number: 11685783
    Abstract: Provided are anti-PD-1 antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, related expression vectors, and host cells. Provided are methods of making anti-PD-1 antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use to treat subjects. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Weidong Jiang, Pei-Hua Lin, Chi-Ling Tseng
  • Patent number: 11673915
    Abstract: The present invention provides DEPDC1-derived epitope peptides having the ability to induce cytotoxic T cells. The present invention further provides polynucleotides encoding the peptides, antigen-presenting cells presenting the peptides, and cytotoxic T cells targeting the peptides, as well as methods of inducing the antigen-presenting cells or CTLs. The present invention also provides compositions and pharmaceutical compositions containing them as an active ingredient. Further, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cancer, and/or preventing postoperative recurrence thereof, using the peptides, polynucleotides, antigen-presenting cells, cytotoxic T cells or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention. Methods of inducing an immune response against cancer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ONCOTHERAPY SCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamashita, Tetsuro Hikichi
  • Patent number: 11660351
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel binder-drug conjugates (ADCs) having improved properties, to active metabolites of these ADCs and to processes for their preparation. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of these conjugates for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use of these conjugates for preparing medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular hyperproliferative and/or angiogenic disorders such as, for example, cancer diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Lerchen, Anne-Sophie Rebstock, Beatrix Stelte-Ludwig, Dennis Kirchhoff, Lisa Dietz, Christoph Mahlert, Simone Greven, Stephan Märsch, Sandra Berndt, Anette Sommer, Stefanie Hammer
  • Patent number: 11648223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administering at least one immune checkpoint inhibitor and at least one Retinoic Acid Receptor or Retinoid X Receptor active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Io Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Roshantha A. Chandraratna, Martin E. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11643469
    Abstract: The invention relates to specific Antibody-Drug-Conjugates (ADCs) with KSP inhibitors and anti-CD123-antibodies, to the use of these conjugates for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to the use of these conjugates for preparing medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular hyperproliferative and/or angiogenic disorders such as, for example, cancer diseases. Such treatments can be carried out as monotherapy or else in combination with other medicaments or further therapeutic measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Lerchen, Anne-Sophie Rebstock, Yolanda Cancho Grande, Sven Wittrock, Beatrix Stelte-Ludwig, Dennis Kirchhoff, Christoph Mahlert, Simone Greven, Stephan Märsch
  • Patent number: 11633500
    Abstract: Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to CD37 protein and variants thereof are described herein. CD37 exhibits a distinct and limited expression pattern in normal adult tissue(s), and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention in some embodiments provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AGENSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Sousa Pereira, Faisal Hayat Malik, Josh Snyder, Leslie Renee Butterworth, Ssucheng Jeff Hsu, Peng Yang, Claudia Isabel Guevara
  • Patent number: 11634503
    Abstract: Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 158P1D7 protein and variants thereof are described herein. 158P1D7 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in glioblastoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, and breast cancer. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: AGENSYS, INC., SEAGEN INC.
    Inventors: Robert Kendall Morrison, Zili An, Karen Jane Meyrick Morrison, Josh Snyder, Xiao-Chi Jia
  • Patent number: 11623959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to selected anti-PD-1 antibodies capable of binding to both cynomolgus monkey PD-1 and to human PD-1: PD-1 mAb 1, PD-1 mAb 2, PD-1 mAb 3, PD-1 mAb 4, PD-1 mAb 5, PD-1 mAb 6, PD-1 mAb 7, PD-1 mAb 8, PD-1 mAb 9, PD-1 mAb 10, PD-1 mAb 11, PD-1 mAb 12, PD-1 mAb 13, PD-1 mAb 14, or PD-1 mAb 15, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to PD-1-binding molecules that comprise PD-1 binding fragments of such anti-PD-1 antibodies, immunocongugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such PD-1-binding fragments, and (ii) a domain capable of binding an epitope of a molecule involved in regulating an immune check point present on the surface of an immune cells. The present invention also pertains to methods of using molecules that bind PD-1 for stimulating immune responses, as well as methods of detecting PD-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
  • Patent number: 11618774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Toni Weinschenk, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11591406
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the treatment of multiple myeloma. Monoclonal antibody MOR202 is efficacious when administered to patient at certain dosage regimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MORPHOSYS AG
    Inventors: Stéphane LeClair, Jan Endell, Stefan Härtle
  • Patent number: 11560435
    Abstract: The present describes monoclonal antibody to MUC1*.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MINERVA BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cynthia Bamdad, Sanjeev Mahanta
  • Patent number: 11554181
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies, and fragments, derivatives, and nanoparticle conjugates thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, which bind to tumor antigens. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that bind to tumor antigens, polypeptides and CARs encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells that include the nucleic acid molecules, methods of making the same, and methods for using the same to generate a persisting population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, expanding a population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, modulating the amount of cytokine secreted by a T cell, reducing the amount of activation-induced calcium influx into a T cell, providing an anti-tumor immunity to a subject, treating a mammal having a MUC1-associated disease or disorder, stimulating a T cell-mediated immune response to a target cell population or tissue in a subject, and imaging a MUC1-associated tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, OncoTab, Inc.
    Inventors: Pinku Mukherjee, Jordon Wang, Kexin Huang, Yan He
  • Patent number: 11547705
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and a multi-RTK inhibitor, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer. The multi-RTK inhibitor may be represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl or C3-8 cycloalkyl, R2 is a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkoxy, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom. A tumor therapeutic agent is disclosed that combines a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by Formula I and an anti-PD-1 antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Evan Denker, Yu Kato, Kimiyo Tabata, Yusaku Hori
  • Patent number: 11535670
    Abstract: Provided herein are combinations that include an HDACi and a PD-L1 inhibitor that are useful for treating cancer, including cancer resistant to PD-1 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUYABIO International, LLC
    Inventors: Reid P. Bissonnette, Alain Rolland, Mireille Gillings
  • Patent number: 11512132
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) ligand (PD-L1) and inhibit PD-L1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD-L1-mediated functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIGENE, LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Li, Jing Song, Tong Zhang, Yucheng Li, Zhiying Ren, Yanshen Kang
  • Patent number: 11497733
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a PD-1 inhibitor and a Hsp90 inhibitor, or a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the Hsp90 inhibitor is 3-(2,4-dihydroxy-5-isopropyl-phenyl)-4-(1-methyl-indol-5-yl)-5-hydroxy-[1,2,4] triazole or 5-hydroxy-4-(5-hydroxy-4-(1-methyl-1H-indol-5-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-2-isopropylphenyl dihydrogen phosphate. Also provided is a method for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, using the pharmaceutical composition described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: David A. Proia, Patricia E. Rao
  • Patent number: 11498948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Colette Song, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Toni Weinschenk, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11498963
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to LILRBs and methods of detecting and treating cancer therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Chengcheng Zhang, Mi Deng, Wei Xiong, Zhiqiang An, Ningyan Zhang, Xun Gui, Junke Zheng