Patents by Inventor Gregory Alan Lazar

Gregory Alan Lazar 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).

  • Fc VARIANTS WITH ALTERED BINDING TO FcRn
    Publication number: 20210115118
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20210009690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20210009689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • FUSION PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20200390865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising an insulin receptor agonist fused to a human IgG Fc region through the use of a peptide linker, and the use of such fusion proteins in the treatment of diabetes. The fusion protein of the present invention has an extended time action profile and is useful for providing basal glucose control for an extended period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: David Bruce Baldwin, John Michael Beals, Jonathan Wesley Day, Craig Duane Dickinson, Andrew Ihor Korytko, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • OPTIMIZED ANTIBODIES THAT TARGET CD19
    Publication number: 20200317804
    Abstract: The present invention describes antibodies that target CD19, wherein the antibodies comprise at least one modification relative to a parent antibody, wherein the modification alters affinity to an Fc?R or alters effector function as compared to the parent antibody. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bernett, Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Erik Weiking Pong, John O. Richards, Eugene Alexander Zhukovsky
  • Fc VARIANTS WITH ALTERED BINDING TO FcRn
    Publication number: 20200262899
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Fc VARIANTS WITH ALTERED BINDING TO FcRn
    Publication number: 20200255502
    Abstract: The present application relates toa variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Fusion proteins
    Patent number: 10709766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising an insulin receptor agonist fused to a human IgG Fc region through the use of a peptide linker, and the use of such fusion proteins in the treatment of diabetes. The fusion protein of the present invention has an extended time action profile and is useful for providing basal glucose control for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David Bruce Baldwin, John Michael Beals, Jonathan Wesley Day, Craig Duane Dickinson, Andrew Ihor Korytko, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Optimized antibodies that target CD19
    Patent number: 10626182
    Abstract: The present invention describes antibodies that target CD19, wherein the antibodies comprise at least one modification relative to a parent antibody, wherein the modification alters affinity to an Fc?R or alters effector function as compared to the parent antibody. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Bernett, Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Erik Weiking Pong, John O. Richards, Eugene Alexander Zhukovsky
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20200071402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20190330342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20190315861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • Fc variants with altered binding to FcRn
    Patent number: 10336818
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Optimized Fc variants and methods for their generation
    Patent number: 10184000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optimized Fc variants, methods for their generation, and antibodies and Fc fusions comprising optimized Fc variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Arthur J. Chirino, Wei Dang, John Desjarlais, Stephen K. Doberstein, Robert J. Hayes, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa
  • Optimized Fc variants and methods for their generation
    Patent number: 10183999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optimized Fc variants, methods for their generation, and antibodies and Fc fusions comprising optimized Fc variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Arthur J. Chirino, Wei Dang, John Desjarlais, Stephen K. Doberstein, Robert J. Hayes, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa
  • NOVEL IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20180360981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Fc variants with optimized Fc ligand binding properties, methods for their generation, Fc polypeptides comprising Fc variants with optimized Fc ligand binding properties, and methods for using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Bassil Dahiyat, Wei Dang, John Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa, Robert Hayes, Jost Vielmetter
  • Anti-glypican-3 antibody
    Patent number: 10118959
    Abstract: An anti-glypican-3 antibody comprising one or more amino acid substitutions introduced in the Fc region is disclosed. Preferably, in the anti-glypican-3 antibody, one or more of the amino acid residues at the positions 239, 298, 326, 330 and 332 in the Fc region are substituted with other amino acid residues. Since the Fc-modified anti-glypican-3 antibody of the invention exhibit enhanced ADCC activity, it is useful in treating cancers, such as hepatic cancer. Also disclosed are an anticancer agent comprising the anti-glypican-3 antibody of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as a method of treating a patient with cancer comprising administering to the patient the anticancer agent of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Bassil I. Dahiyat, Hisafumi Okabe, Masamichi Sugimoto, Shigeyuki Iijima, Izumi Sugo
  • Fc VARIANTS THAT IMPROVE FcRn BINDING AND/OR INCREASE ANTIBODY HALF-LIFE
    Publication number: 20180222965
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the generation of novel variants of Fc domains, including those found in antibodies, Fc fusions, and immuno-adhesions, which have an increased binding to the FcRn receptor and/or increased serum half-life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Gregory Alan Lazar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20180215821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CD32B EXPRESSING CELLS
    Publication number: 20180215822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind Fc?RIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an Fc?RIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: XENCOR, INC.
    Inventors: Seung Yup Chu, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar, Gregory L. Moore, Igor Vostiar