Patents by Inventor Bruno Pitard

Bruno Pitard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220105203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one tetrafunctional non-ionic amphiphilic block copolymer as a vehicle for capped or uncapped mRNA for intracellular delivery for gene therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Universite de Nantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventor: BRUNO PITARD
  • Patent number: 11179478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one tetra functional non-ionic amphiphilic block copolymer as a vehicle for capped or uncapped mRNA for intracellular delivery for gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20170209597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one tetra functional non-ionic amphiphilic block copolymer as a vehicle for capped or uncapped mRNA for intracellular delivery for gene therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Universite de Nantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Patent number: 9375472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of at least one glycosylated tetrafunctional amphiphilic block copolymer, as immune adjuvant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE NANTES
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20150050297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of at least one glycosylated tetrafunctional amphiphilic block copolymer, as immune adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Patent number: 8790664
    Abstract: A stabilized multimodular assembly for intracellular delivery comprising a complex of at least one cationic transfection agent and of at least one negatively charged macromolecule, wherein the complex has a theoretical charge ratio ranging from about 0 to about 4, and an efficient amount of at least one amphiphilic block co-polymer acting as a steric colloidal stabilizer with respect to the complex, the block co-polymer having hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks wherein at least one hydrophilic block is conjugated with at least one targeting ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Bruno Pitard, Charles Tellier, Corinne Miral, Emilie Letrou-Bonneval
  • Patent number: 8367631
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition, including at least one nucleic acid, a Tyrode's medium having 140 mM NaC1, 6 mM KC1, 3 mM CaC12, 2 mM MgC12, 10 mM Hepes, pH 7.4, and 10 mM glucose; and a tetrafunctional copolymer of formula (I): where x and y represent, independently of one another, an integer of between 1 and 500, the tetrafunctional copolymer is in a form of a mineral salt wherein said tetrafunctional copolymer is in a cationic form. The compound of formula (I) has a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 25,000 g/mol and an EO/PO ratio of 0.8 to 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20120058139
    Abstract: A stabilized multimodular assembly for intracellular delivery comprising a complex of at least one cationic transfection agent and of at least one negatively charged macromolecule, wherein the complex has a theoretical charge ratio ranging from about 0 to about 4, and an efficient amount of at least one amphiphilic block co-polymer acting as a steric colloidal stabilizer with respect to the complex, the block co-polymer having hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks wherein at least one hydrophilic block is conjugated with at least one targeting ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)
    Inventors: Bruno Pitard, Charles Tellier, Corinne Miral, Emilie Letrou-Bonneval
  • Publication number: 20100179212
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which combines a tetrafunctional copolymer with a nucleic acid, said copolymer having formula I (namely a poloxamine), and preferably taking the form of one of the cationic mineral or organic salts thereof. The composition can be used to improve in vivo gene transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Patent number: 7709452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which combines a tetrafunctional copolymer with a nucleic acid, said copolymer having formula I (namely a poloxamine), and preferably taking the form of one of the cationic mineral or organic salts thereof. The inventive composition can be used to improve in vivo gene transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Institut National de le Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20100035974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a siRNA and a transfecting compound consisting of an aminoglycoside of the class of 4,5-disubstituted 2-deoxystreptamine ring linked via a spacer molecule to a lipid moiety of formula —(R1)R2 wherein R1 and R2 represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a fatty aliphatic chain or R1 or R2 is absent, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 represents a fatty aliphatic chain; or —OR3 or —NR3 wherein R3 represents a steroidal derivative. The invention also concerns in vitro and in vivo applications of these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Lehn, Jean-Pierre Vigneron, Pierre Lehn, Bruno Pitard
  • Patent number: 7470781
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition containing stabilised particles of cationic transfection agent(s)/nucleic acid complexes characterised in that it includes besides said transfection agent and nucleic acid at least a non-ionic surfactant in sufficient amount for preventing the aggregation of the particles in course of time. In a preferred embodiment, the surfactant is a polyoxyalkylene or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Joël Crouzet, Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20050152870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which combines a tetrafunctional copolymer with a nucleic acid, said copolymer having formula I (namely a poloxamine), and preferably taking the form of one of the cationic mineral or organic salts thereof. The inventive composition can be used to improve in vivo gene transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Patent number: 6884430
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition containing stabilized particles of cationic transfection agents/nucleic acid complexes characterized in that it includes besides said transfection agent and nucleic acid at least a non-ionic surfactant in sufficient amount for preventing the aggregation of the particles in course of time. In a preferred embodiment, the surfactant is a polyoxyalkylene or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Joël Crouzet, Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20050026287
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition containing stabilised particles of cationic transfection agent(s)/nucleic acid complexes characterised in that it includes besides said transfection agent and nucleic acid at least a non-ionic surfactant in sufficient amount for preventing the aggregation of the particles in course of time. In a preferred embodiment, the surfactant is a polyoxyalkylene or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Joel Crouzet, Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20040132676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polynucleotide and at least 2% (weight/volume), preferably 2 to 10%, of a nonionic copolymer of formula (I)OH(CH2CH2O)a(CH(CH3)CH2O)a(CH2CH2O)cH, in which a, b, and c are such that the polyoxypropylene portion has a molecular weight of between 1450 and 2050, and the polyoxyethylene portions constitute between 75 and 85% (weight:weight) of the copolymer. The composition is preferably free of cationic lipid or of sodium phosphate. The copolymer is intended to improve the transfer of the polynucleotide into, or the expression of the polynucleotide in, eukaryotic cells. A typical example of a copolymer corresponding to formula (I) is F68. A composition according to the invention is in particular useful in the gene therapy, vaccination and immunotherapy fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20030129243
    Abstract: The invention concerns compositions comprising at least a nucleic acid and a mineral particle having an interchangeable foliate structure, the method for preparing them and their uses for in vivo, in vitro and/or ex vivo nucleic acid transfection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Bruno Pitard
  • Publication number: 20030105048
    Abstract: The invention concerns oligobenzimidazole derivatives capable of combining with nucleic acids and their uses including for transferring in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo nucleic acids into cells or for visual display of nucleic acids administered by fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel Scherman, Michel Bessodes, Bruno Pitard, Javier Soto, Gerardo Byk
  • Patent number: 6521252
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel agent for transferring nucleic acids into cells. Said agent is particularly characterised in that it comprises one or several disulphide bonds sensitive to reducing conditions. The invention also concerns compositions comprising such an agent for transferring in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro nucleic acids of interest into different cell types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Gérardo Byk, Catherine Dubertret, Bruno Pitard, Daniel Scherman