Patents by Inventor Ezio Bonvini
Ezio Bonvini 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).
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Publication number: 20220372144Abstract: The present invention is directed to bi-specific monovalent diabodies that comprise an immunoglobulin Fc Domain (“bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies”) and are composed of three polypeptide chains and which possess at least one binding site specific for an epitope of CD32B and one binding site specific for an epitope of CD79b (i.e., a “CD32B×CD79b bi-specific monovalent Fc diabody”). The bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies of the present invention are capable of simultaneous binding to CD32B and CD79b. The invention is directed to such compositions, to pharmaceutical compositions that contain such bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies and to methods for their use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases or conditions, and in particular, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and graft vs. host disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang, Kalpana Shah, Ezio Bonvini, Paul A. Moore, Wei Chen
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Publication number: 20220324995Abstract: The present invention is directed to molecules, such as monospecific antibodies and bispecific, trispecific or multispecific binding molecules, including diabodies, BITE® molecules, and antibodies that are capable of specifically binding to “Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase Domain-containing Protein 9” (“ADAM9”). The invention particularly concerns such binding molecules that are capable of exhibiting high affinity binding to human and non-human ADAM9. The invention further particularly relates to such molecules that are thereby cross-reactive with human ADAM9 and the ADAM9 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to all such ADAM9-binding molecules that comprise a Light Chain Variable (VL) Domain and/or a Heavy Chain Variable (VH) Domain that has been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit reduced immunogenicity upon administration of such ADAM9-binding molecule to a recipient subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Deryk T. Loo, Juniper A. Scribner, Bhaswati Barat, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Ezio Bonvini
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Patent number: 11459394Abstract: The present invention is directed to binding molecules that possess one or more epitope-binding sites specific for an epitope of CD137 and one or more epitope-binding sites specific for an epitope of a tumor antigen (“TA”) (e.g., a “CD137×TA Binding Molecule”). In one embodiment, such CD137×TA Binding Molecules will be bispecific molecules, especially bispecific tetravalent diabodies, that are composed of two, three, four or more than four polypeptide chains and possessing two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of CD137 and two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of a TA. Alternatively, such CD137×TA Binding Molecules will be bispecific molecules, especially bispecific trivalent binding molecules composed of three or more polypeptide chains and possessing one or two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of CD137 and one or two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of a TA.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.Inventors: Liqin Liu, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini
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Patent number: 11384149Abstract: The present invention is directed to bi-specific monovalent diabodies that comprise an immunoglobulin Fc Domain (“bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies”) and are composed of three polypeptide chains and which possess at least one binding site specific for an epitope of CD32B and one binding site specific for an epitope of CD79b (i.e., a “CD32B×CD79b bi-specific monovalent Fc diabody”). The bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies of the present invention are capable of simultaneous binding to CD32B and CD79b. The invention is directed to such compositions, to pharmaceutical compositions that contain such bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies and to methods for their use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases or conditions, and in particular, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and graft vs. host disease.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang, Kalpana Shah, Ezio Bonvini, Paul A. Moore, Wei Chen
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Publication number: 20220204625Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving the administration of a first molecule that specifically binds to human B7-H3 and a second molecule that that specifically binds to human PD-1 to a subject for the treatment of cancer and/or inflammation. The invention also concerns pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a first molecule that specifically binds to human B7-H3 and a second molecule that specifically binds to human PD-1 that are capable of mediating, and more preferably enhancing, the activation of the immune system against cancer cells that are associated with any of a variety of human cancers. The invention also relates to the use of such pharmaceutical compositions to treat cancer and other diseases in recipient subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: James Vasselli, Jon Marc Wigginton, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
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Publication number: 20220089773Abstract: This invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind HER2/neu, and particularly chimeric 4D5 antibodies to HER2/neu, which have reduced glycosylation as compared to known 4D5 antibodies. The invention also relates to methods of using the 4D5 antibodies and compositions comprising them in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, and infectious disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang, Nadine Tuaillon, Ezio Bonvini
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Publication number: 20220041725Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a first molecule that specifically binds HER2/neu and a second molecule that specifically binds a cell-surface receptor (or its ligand) that is involved in regulating an immune checkpoint (or the ligand thereof). The invention particularly relates to the embodiment wherein the second molecule binds to PD-1. The invention also relates to the use of such pharmaceutical compositions to treat cancer and other diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Jon Marc Wigginton, Naimish Bharat Pandya, Robert Joseph Lechleider, Scott Koenig, Ezio Bonvini
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Publication number: 20220041714Abstract: The present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise two or more polypeptide chains and which possess at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of PD-1 and at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-1×LAG-3 bi-specific diabody”). More preferably, the present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise four polypeptide chains and which possess two Epitope-Binding Sites that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of PD-1 and two Epitope-Binding Site that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-1×LAG-3 bi-specific, tetra-valent diabody”). The present invention also is directed to such diabodies that additionally comprise an immunoglobulin Fc Domain (“bi-specific Fc diabodies and bi-specific, tetra-valent, Fc diabodies”).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Ezio Bonvini, Leslie S. Johnson, Kalpana Shah, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Paul A. Moore, Scott Koenig
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Patent number: 11242402Abstract: The present invention is directed to molecules, such as monospecific antibodies and bispecific, trispecific or multispecific binding molecules, including diabodies, BITE® molecules, and antibodies that are capable of specifically binding to “Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase Domain-containing Protein 9” (“ADAM9”). The invention particularly concerns such binding molecules that are capable of exhibiting high affinity binding to human and non-human ADAM9. The invention further particularly relates to such molecules that are thereby cross-reactive with human ADAM9 and the ADAM9 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to all such ADAM9-binding molecules that comprise a Light Chain Variable (VL) Domain and/or a Heavy Chain Variable (VH) Domain that has been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit reduced immunogenicity upon administration of such ADAM9-binding molecule to a recipient subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Deryk T. Loo, Juniper A. Scribner, Bhaswati Barat, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Ezio Bonvini
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Publication number: 20210388102Abstract: The present invention is directed to immunoconjugates comprising an antibody or fragment thereof capable of specifically binding to “Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase Domain-containing Protein 9” (“ADAM9”) conjugated to at least one pharmacological agent. The invention particularly concerns such immunoconjugates that are cross-reactive with human ADAM9 and the ADAM9 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to all such immunoconjugates that comprise a Light Chain Variable (VL) Domain and/or a Heavy Chain Variable (VH) Domain that has been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit reduced immunogenicity upon administration of such immunoconjugate to a recipient subject. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions that contain any of such immunoconjugates, and to methods involving the use of any of such immunoconjugates in the treatment of cancer and other diseases and conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Stuart William Hicks, Nicholas C. Yoder, Bhaswati Barat, Ezio Bonvini, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Deryk Loo, Juniper A. Scribner
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Patent number: 11174315Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving the administration of a first molecule that specifically binds to human B7-H3 and a second molecule that specifically binds to human PD-1 to a subject for the treatment of cancer and/or inflammation. The invention also concerns pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a first molecule that specifically binds to human B7-H3 and a second molecule that specifically binds to human PD-1 that are capable of mediating, and more preferably enhancing, the activation of the immune system against cancer cells that are associated with any of a variety of human cancers. The invention also relates to the use of such pharmaceutical compositions to treat cancer and other diseases in recipient subjects.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: James Vasselli, Jon Marc Wigginton, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
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Publication number: 20210275685Abstract: The present invention is directed to immunoconjugates comprising an antibody or fragment thereof capable of specifically binding to “Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase Domain- containing Protein 9” (“ADAM9”) conjugated to at least one maytansinoid compound. The invention particularly concerns such immunoconjugates that are cross-reactive with human ADAM9 and the ADAM9 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to all such immunoconjugates that comprise a Light Chain Variable (VL) Domain and/or a Heavy Chain Variable (VH) Domain that has been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit reduced immunogenicity upon administration of such immunoconjugate to a recipient subject. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions that contain any of such immunoconjugates, and to methods involving the use of any of such immunoconjugates in the treatment of cancer and other diseases and conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Stuart William Hicks, Nicholas C. Yoder, Bhaswati Barat, Ezio Bonvini, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Deryk Loo, Juniper A. Scribner
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Patent number: 11098119Abstract: The present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise two or more polypeptide chains and which possess at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of PD-1 and at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-1×LAG-3 bi-specific diabody”). More preferably, the present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise four polypeptide chains and which possess two Epitope-Binding Sites that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of PD-1 and two Epitope-Binding Site that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-1×LAG-3 bi-specific, tetra-valent diabody”). The present invention also is directed to such diabodies that additionally comprise an immunoglobulin Fc Domain (“bi-specific Fc diabodies and bi-specific, tetra-valent, Fc diabodies”).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Ezio Bonvini, Leslie S. Johnson, Kalpana Shah, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Paul A. Moore, Scott Koenig
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Patent number: 11078279Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a first molecule that specifically binds HER2/neu and a second molecule that specifically binds a cell-surface receptor (or its ligand) that is involved in regulating an immune checkpoint (or the ligand thereof). The invention particularly relates to the embodiment wherein the second molecule binds to PD-1. The invention also relates to the use of such pharmaceutical compositions to treat cancer and other diseases.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Jon Marc Wigginton, Naimish Bharat Pandya, Robert Joseph Lechleider, Scott Koenig, Ezio Bonvini
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Patent number: 11072653Abstract: The present invention is directed to the anti-LAG-3 antibodies, LAG-3 mAb 1, LAG-3 mAb 2, LAG-3 mAb 4, LAG-3 mAb 5, and LAG-3 mAb 6, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to LAG-3-binding molecules that comprise LAG-3 binding fragments of such anti-LAG-3 antibodies, immunocongugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such LAG-3-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 detecting LAG-3, as well as methods of using molecules that bind LAG-3 for stimulating immune responses.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Ross La Motte-Mohs, Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
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Publication number: 20210206851Abstract: The present invention is directed to the anti-LAG-3 antibodies: LAG-3 mAb 1, LAG-3 mAb 2, LAG-3 mAb 4, LAG-3 mAb 5, and LAG-3 mAb 6, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to LAG-3-binding molecules that comprise LAG-3 binding fragments of such anti-LAG-3 antibodies, immunoconjugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such LAG-3-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 cell. The present invention also pertains to methods of detecting LAG-3, as well as methods of using molecules that bind LAG-3 for stimulating immune responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Ross La Motte-Mohs, Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
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Publication number: 20210171641Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel B7-H3-binding molecules capable of binding to human and non-human B7-H3, and in particular to such molecules that are cross-reactive with B7-H3 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to B7-H3-binding molecules that comprise Variable Light Chain and/or Variable Heavy Chain (VH) Domains that have been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit a reduced immunogenicity upon administration to recipient subjects. The invention particularly pertains to bispecific, trispecific or multispecific B7-H3-binding molecules, including bispecific diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, trivalent binding molecules, etc. that comprise: (i) such B7-H3-binding Variable Domains and (ii) a domain capable of binding to an epitope of a molecule present on the surface of an effector cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Deryk T. LOO, Ling Huang, Leslie S. Johnson, Thomas Son, Juniper A. Scribner, Ezio Bonvini
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Patent number: 11028183Abstract: This invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind HER2/neu, and particularly chimeric 4D5 antibodies to HER2/neu, which have reduced glycosylation as compared to known 4D5 antibodies. The invention also relates to methods of using the 4D5 antibodies and compositions comprising them in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, and infectious disease.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang, Nadine Tuaillon, Ezio Bonvini
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Publication number: 20210155694Abstract: The present invention is directed to DA×CD3 Binding Molecules comprising a vCD3-Binding Domain, which comprises a CDRHI Domain, a CDRH2 Domain, a CDRH3 Domain, a CDRL I Domain, a CDRL2 Domain, and a CDRL3 Domain, at least one of which differs in amino acid sequence from the amino acid sequence of the corresponding CDR of a rCD3-Binding Domain, wherein the DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising such vCD3-Binding Domain exhibits an altered affinity for CD3, relative to a DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising such rCD3-Binding Domain. The invention particularly concerns to such DA×CD3 Binding Molecules comprising a vCD3-Binding Domain which exhibit reduced affinity for CD3 and are capable of mediating redirected killing of target cells expressing a DA and exhibit lower levels of cytokine release relative to a DA×CD3 Binding Molecule comprising a rCD3-Binding Domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.Inventors: Ezio Bonvini, Ling Huang, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Gurunadh Reddy Chichili, Ralph Froman Alderson, Paul A. Moore, Leslie S. Johnson
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Publication number: 20210130470Abstract: The present invention is directed to bispecific molecules (e.g., diabodies, bispecific antibodies, trivalent binding molecules, etc.) that possess at least one epitope-binding site that is immunospecific for an epitope of PD-1 and at least one epitope-binding site that is immunospecific for an epitope of CTLA-4 (i.e., a “PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecule”). The PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules of the present invention are capable of simultaneously binding to PD-1 and to CTLA-4, particularly as such molecules are arrayed on the surfaces of human cells. The invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions that contain such PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules, and to methods involving the use of such bispecific molecules in the treatment of cancer and other diseases and conditions. The present invention also pertains to methods of using such PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules to stimulate an immune response.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Leslie S. JOHNSON, Gurunadh Reddy CHICHILI, Kalpana SHAH, Ross LA MOTTE-MOHS, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott KOENIG