Patents Assigned to 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
  • Publication number: 20220251145
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Patent number: 11364308
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AA V virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Patent number: 11357870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa A. Kotterman, Peter Francis
  • Patent number: 11345930
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as XLRP comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa A. Kotterman, David Schaffer, Peter Francis
  • Publication number: 20220064673
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as XLRP comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa A. KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER, Peter FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20220062438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa A. KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20210395772
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variant AAV capsid protein that confers tropism to lung cells and recombinant adeno-associated viruses comprising the variant AAV and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and their use in the delivery of heterologous nucleic acids to lung cells for the treatment of pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Melissa KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS, Melissa CALTON, Johnny GONZALES, Roxanne CROZE, Christopher SCHMITT
  • Patent number: 11198858
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human alpha-galactosidase A, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized alpha-galactosidase A sequences, and methods of treating disorders such as Fabry disease comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human alpha-galactosidase A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, Peter Francis, David Schaffer, Paul Szymanski, Kevin Whittlesey
  • Publication number: 20210380643
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Patent number: 11179477
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Patent number: 11167041
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210332341
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human alpha-galactosidase A, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized alpha-galactosidase A sequences, and methods of treating disorders such as Fabry disease comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human alpha-galactosidase A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS, David SCHAFFER, Paul SZYMANSKI, Kevin WHITTLESEY
  • Patent number: 11118192
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210177990
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210162071
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210069349
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210069348
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20200282077
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER, Paul SZYMANSKI, Peter FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20200248205
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20190255192
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AA V virion comprising the unmodified parental capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER