Patents by Inventor Ozlem Tureci

Ozlem Tureci 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: 20240117022
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLD18, including tumor-related diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Dirk Usener, Stefan Fritz, Christoph Uherek, Gunda Brandenburg, Harald-Gerhard Geppert, Anja Kristina Schröder, Phillippe Thiel
  • Publication number: 20240110247
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods and compositions for the prediction of therapeutic efficacy of cancer treatments and the prognosis of cancer. The invention discloses markers that are associated with favorable and unfavorable outcomes, respectively, in certain cancer treatments and are useful as prognostic markers for cancer. Methods involving these markers are disclosed for predicting cancer therapy benefit and prognosing clinical outcome for cancer patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Daniel Maurus
  • Publication number: 20240101703
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN6, including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan, Michael Weichel
  • Publication number: 20240092896
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing Claudin-6 (CLDN6), including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma, bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan
  • Publication number: 20240091312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as pancreatic cancer and metastases thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Wöll, Stefan Jacobs, Cornelia Heinz
  • Publication number: 20240084033
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment and/or prevention of tumor diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN6, in particular cancer and cancer metastasis using antibodies which bind to CLDN6. The present application demonstrates that the binding of antibodies to CLDN6 on the surface of tumor cells is sufficient to inhibit growth of the tumor and to prolong survival and extend the lifespan of tumor patients. Furthermore, binding of antibodies to CLDN6 is efficient in inhibiting growth of CLDN6 positive germ cell tumors such as teratocarcinomas or embryonal carcinomas, in particular germ cell tumors of the testis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem TÜRECI, Michael KOSLOWSKI, Korden WALTER, Maria KREUZBERG, Sylvia LUXEN
  • Patent number: 11925694
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to methods comprising administering to a subject RNA encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) for inducing an immune response against coronavirus S protein, in particular S protein of SARS-CoV-2, in the subject. i.e., vaccine RNA encoding vaccine antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BioNTech SE
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Alptekin Güler, Andreas Kuhn, Alexander Muik, Annette Vogel, Kerstin Walzer, Sonja Witzel, Stephanie Hein, Özlem Türeci
  • Publication number: 20240075165
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to methods comprising administering to a subject RNA encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) for inducing an immune response against coronavirus S protein, in particular S protein of SARS-CoV-2, in the subject, i.e., vaccine RNA encoding vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Alptekin Güler, Andreas Kuhn, Alexander Muik, Annette Vogel, Kerstin Walzer, Sonja Witzel, Stephanie Hein, Özlem Türeci
  • Patent number: 11919951
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies directed against an epitope located within the C-terminal portion of CLDN6 which are useful, for example, in diagnosing cancer and/or in determining whether cancer cells express CLDN6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Wöll, Korden Walter, Özlem Türeci, Ugur Sahin
  • Publication number: 20240059772
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosis or treatment of cancer diseases involving cancer stem cells comprising targeting CLDN6. In particular, the present invention provides a method of determining cancer stem cells comprising detecting cells expressing CLDN6. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing cancer comprising inhibiting and/or eliminating cancer stem cells by administering an antibody having the ability of binding to CLDN6 to a cancer patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Meike Wagner, Maria Kreuzberg, Sabine Hacker, Stefan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20240043527
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides RNA technologies for targeting Claudin-18.2 polypeptides. In some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be useful for treatment of diseases associated with positive expression of Claudin-18.2. For example, in some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be useful for treatment of Claudin-18.2 positive cancer, including, e.g, but not limited to biliary cancers, ovarian cancers, gastric cancers, gastro-esophageal cancers, pancreatic cancers. In some embodiments, such RNA technologies can be used in combination therapy (e.g, in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Claudia Lindemann, Jan Diekmann, Kerstin Brettschneider, Hayat Bähr-Mahmud, Ursula Ellinghaus, Leyla Fischer, Christiane Stadler, Özlem Türeci
  • Publication number: 20240002127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the fields of packaging, transportation, and storage of temperature-sensitive materials, such as biological and/or pharmaceutical products. Various aspects of such packaging, transportation, and storage are provided herein for ultra-low temperature materials useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disease. The present disclosure also provides packaging materials, methods of transportation, and methods of storage for maintaining biological and/or pharmaceutical materials at ultra-low temperatures in order to maintain the integrity of the materials. The present disclosure further relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marjoh Nauta, Dirk Jozef Peeters, Tom Frank Steven Van Doorslaer, Advait Vijay Badkar, Ramin Darvari, Nicholas William Warne, James Jean, Danny Pierre G. Hendrikse, Ugur Sahin, Alptekin Güler, Andreas Kuhn, Alexander Muik, Annette Vogel, Kerstin Walzer, Sonja Witzel, Stephanie Hein, Özlem Türeci
  • Patent number: 11858988
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing Claudin-6 (CLDN6), including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma, bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Ganymed Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan
  • Patent number: 11859008
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN6, including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Ganymed Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan, Michael Weichel
  • Patent number: 11826402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as pancreatic cancer and metastases thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitatsm
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Woll, Stefan Jacobs, Cornelia Heinz
  • Patent number: 11795218
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosis or treatment of cancer diseases involving cancer stem cells comprising targeting CLDN6. In particular, the present invention provides a method of determining cancer stem cells comprising detecting cells expressing CLDN6. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing cancer comprising inhibiting and/or eliminating cancer stem cells by administering an antibody having the ability of binding to CLDN6 to a cancer patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: BioNTech AG, Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universität
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Meike Wagner, Maria Kreuzberg, Sabine Hacker, Stefan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11787862
    Abstract: The present invention provides binding agents comprising at least three binding domains, wherein a first binding domain binds to a T cell-specific antigen and a second binding domain and a third binding domain bind to a claudin, and methods of using these binding agents or nucleic acids encoding therefor for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: BioNTech SE, ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Christiane Stadler, Leyla Fischer, Arne Jendretzki, Özlem Türeci, Fabrice Le Gall, Maria Kreuzberg
  • Publication number: 20230303656
    Abstract: The present invention provides Claudin-18.2-specific immunoreceptors (T cell receptors and artificial T cell receptors (chimeric antigen receptors; CARs)) and T cell epitopes which are useful for immunotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Petra Oehm, Tana Omokoko, Andrea Breitkreuz, Karolina Anna Mroz, Lisa Hebich
  • Publication number: 20230270878
    Abstract: The present invention provides anti-CLDN18.2 antibody-drug conjugates which are effective for treating and/or preventing cancer diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder and metastases thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Maria Kreuzberg, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Fabrice Le Gall, Stefan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11739139
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLD18, including tumor-related diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON—TRANSLATIONALE ONKOLOGIE AN DER UNIVERSITÄT
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Dirk Usener, Stefan Fritz, Christoph Uherek, Gunda Brandenburg, Harald-Gerhard Geppert, Anja Kristina Schröder, Phillippe Thiel