Patents by Inventor Stephen McCraith

Stephen McCraith 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: 9549988
    Abstract: There is disclosed a compound, a pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment using a pharmaceutical composition comprising a tethering moiety that is capable of binding to a macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) polypeptide, optionally linked to a linker moiety and further covalently bound to a drug moiety or imaging agent. More specifically, there is disclosed a genus of affinity-tethering moieties covalently bound to a drug moiety or imaging agent either directly or optionally via a linker moiety to covalently link the tethering moiety to a drug moiety. Without being bound by theory, the disclosed pharmaceutical compounds are targeted to cancer cells or immune cells via an affinity-tethering moiety that hitch-hikes to or into its target cell while bound to endogenous MIF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: RJS Biologics
    Inventor: Stephen McCraith
  • Publication number: 20150352217
    Abstract: There is disclosed a compound, a pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment using a pharmaceutical composition comprising a tethering moiety that is capable of binding to a macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) polypeptide, optionally linked to a linker moiety and further covalently bound to a drug moiety or imaging agent. More specifically, there is disclosed a genus of affinity-tethering moieties covalently bound to a drug moiety or imaging agent either directly or optionally via a linker moiety to covalently link the tethering moiety to a drug moiety. Without being bound by theory, the disclosed pharmaceutical compounds are targeted to cancer cells or immune cells via an affinity-tethering moiety that hitch-hikes to or into its target cell while bound to endogenous MIF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen McCraith
  • Patent number: 8568706
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Allozyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Grabstein, Aijun Wang, Natalie Winblade Nairn, Thomas James Graddis, Stephen McCraith, Deepshikha Datta
  • Publication number: 20100273978
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen McCraith
  • Publication number: 20100254943
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: ALLOZYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Grabstein, Aijun Wang, Natalie Winblade Nairn, Thomas James Graddis, Stephen McCraith, Deepshikha Datta
  • Patent number: 7632492
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Allozyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Grabstein, Andrea Wang, Natalie Winblade Nairn, Stephen McCraith, Deepshikha Datta