Patents by Inventor Joshua D. Thomas

Joshua D. Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 11939343
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) agonist compounds, methods of making the compounds and their methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Duvall, Keith W. Bentley, Brian D. Jones, Eugene W. Kelleher, Soumya S. Ray, Joshua D. Thomas, Dorin Toader
  • Publication number: 20240082417
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Publication number: 20240082431
    Abstract: Provided are photoacoustic imaging contrast agents that include at least one radiation-absorbing component comprising a copper-complexed and/or manganese-complexed chlorin and/or bacteriochlorin and/or a derivative thereof, or a combination thereof. Also provided are methods for using the disclosed photoacoustic imaging contrast agents either singly or in combination for generating an image of a volume, optionally a subject or a body part, cell, tissue, or organ thereof. Further provided are compositions and methods for multiplex photoacoustic imaging of a volume, optionally a subject or a body part, cell, tissue, or organ thereof using photoacoustic imaging contrast agents that include a plurality of the presently disclosed copper-complexed and/or manganese-complexed chlorins and/or bacteriochlorins and/or derivatives thereof simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIRvana Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: James Bruce Pitner, Russell D. Thomas, Joshua O. Akhigbe
  • Publication number: 20230321048
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides scaffolds and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The present disclosure also provides uses of the ADCs in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Raghida A. BUKHALID, Naniye CETINBAS, Marc I. DAMELIN, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER, Ling XU, Liping YANG
  • Publication number: 20230183326
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Publication number: 20230172910
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides scaffolds and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The present disclosure also provides uses of the ADCs in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Raghida A. BUKHALID, Naniye CETINBAS, Marc I. DAMELIN, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER, Ling XU, Liping YANG
  • Patent number: 11638760
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising pyrrolo[2, 1-c][1, 4]benzodiazepine (PBD) drug moieties. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using these conjugates, e.g., as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Thomas, Brian D. Jones, Timothy B. Lowinger, Shuyi Tang, Mao Yin, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy
  • Publication number: 20230074558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dimeric STING agonists of Formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Ha Thi DO, Brian D. JONES, Nabeelah I. KAUSER, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Soumya S. RAY, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER, Liping YANG
  • Publication number: 20220378749
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides scaffolds and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The present disclosure also provides uses of the ADCs in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Raghida A. BUKHALID, Naniye CETINBAS, Marc I. DAMELIN, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER, Ling XU, Liping YANG
  • Publication number: 20220305127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising pyrrolo[2, 1-c][1, 4]benzodiazepine (PBD) drug moieties. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using these conjugates, e.g., as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua D. THOMAS, Brian D. JONES, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Liping YANG, Mao YIN, Aleksandr V. YURKOVETSKIY
  • Publication number: 20220296725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising pyrrolo[2, 1-c][1, 4]benzodiazepine (PBD) drug moieties. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using these conjugates, e.g., as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua D. THOMAS, Brian D. JONES, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Shuyi TANG, Mao YIN, Aleksandr V. YURKOVETSKIY
  • Patent number: 11434278
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Asana BioSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Publication number: 20220064189
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) agonist compounds, methods of making the compounds and their methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Brian D. JONES, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Soumya S. RAY, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER
  • Patent number: 11155567
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) agonist compounds, methods of making the compounds and their methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Duvall, Keith W. Bentley, Brian D. Jones, Eugene W. Kelleher, Soumya S. Ray, Joshua D. Thomas, Dorin Toader
  • Publication number: 20210106690
    Abstract: A drug conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight ?5 kDa. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. YURKOVETSKIY, Mao YIN, Timothy B. LOWINGER, Joshua D. THOMAS, Charles E. HAMMOND, Cheri A. STEVENSON, Natalya D. BODYAK, Patrick R. CONLON, Dmitry R. GUMEROV
  • Publication number: 20210032269
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) agonist compounds, methods of making the compounds and their methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy R. DUVALL, Keith W. BENTLEY, Brian D. JONES, Eugene W. KELLEHER, Soumya S. RAY, Joshua D. THOMAS, Dorin TOADER
  • Patent number: 10660901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to derivatives of pyrrolobenzodiazepines and antibody-drug conjugates thereof and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mao Yin, Joshua D. Thomas, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Patrick R. Conlon, Bingfan Du, Eugene W. Kelleher, Timothy B. Lowinger, Shuyi Tang
  • Patent number: 10603386
    Abstract: A drug conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight?5 kDa. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Charles E. Hammond, Cheri A. Stevenson, Natalya D. Bodyak, Patrick R. Conlon, Dmitry R. Gumerov
  • Patent number: 10537645
    Abstract: Auristatin compounds and conjugates thereof are provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently an Auristatin compound. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Charles E. Hammond, Cheri A. Stevenson, Natalya D. Bodyak, Patrick R. Conlon, Dmitry R. Gumerov
  • Patent number: 10526294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to derivatives of pyrrolobenzodiazepines and antibody-drug conjugates thereof and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Thomas, Mao Yin, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Patrick R. Conlon, Ahmed Hilmy, Eugene W. Kelleher, Timothy B. Lowinger, Cheri A. Stevenson, Shuyi Tang