Patents Assigned to Agenus Inc.
  • Patent number: 12630628
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides isolated antibodies that specifically bind to TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Agenus Inc.
    Inventors: Olga Ignatovich, K. Mark Bushell, Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Beth Wensley
  • Publication number: 20260124303
    Abstract: The present disclosure, at least in part, is based on the discovery of novel anti-Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, and genetically modified cells (e.g., iNKT cells) expressing chimeric antigen receptors comprising the anti-FAP antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof demonstrate improved properties, including increased binding to FAP, killing of FAP-expressing cancer cells in vitro and in vivo; and enhanced persistent in a subject receiving the therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicants: MiNK Therapeutics, Inc., Agenus Inc.
    Inventors: Xavier Michelet, Eleni Chantzoura, Olivier Le Tonqueze, Efrat Altman-Sharoni, Martyna Popis, Magdalena Niedzielska, Marc van Dijk, Dhan Chand, Olga Ignatovich, Vignesh Venkatraman, Paul lbbett
  • Patent number: 12492257
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human CTLA-4 and antagonize CTLA-4 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignees: AGENUS INC., LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD., MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Marc Van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt, Gerd Ritter, David Schaer, Jedd David Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, David Adam Savitsky, Nicholas Stuart Wilson
  • Patent number: 12492393
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to CD137 (e.g., human CD137) and increases CD137 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Yanping Xiao, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Benjamin Maxime Morin, Mark Arthur Findeis, Cornelia Anne Mundt, Marc van Dijk, Dhan Sidhartha Chand, David Adam Savitsky, Dennis John Underwood, Olga Ignatovich
  • Patent number: 12479913
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides multispecific molecules that specifically bind to CD96 (e.g., human CD96) and/or TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT) and isolated antibodies that specifically bind to TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these multispecific molecules and antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these multispecific molecules and antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these multispecific molecules and antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these multispecific molecules and antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Zahra Jawad, Olga Ignatovich, Nicola Anne Ramsay, Spencer Campbell, Beth Wensley, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend, K. Mark Bushell, Benjamin Maxime Morin, Veronica Franciszka Ilkow
  • Publication number: 20250282875
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating colorectal cancer with an antibody that specifically binds to human Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha CHAND, Steven O'DAY, Joseph GROSSMAN
  • Patent number: 12344670
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to ILT4 (immunoglobulin-like transcript 4) and combinations thereof, e.g., with an anti-PD1 antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof, for example, for treating or preventing cancer in a subject; and methods of making such antibodies and fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: Agenus Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 12246066
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to CTLA-4 (e.g., human CTLA-4) and antagonize CTLA-4 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Marc Van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt, Gerd Ritter, David Schaer, Jedd David Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Mark Arthur Findeis, Dennis John Underwood, Jean-Marie Cuillerot, Igor Proscurshim, Olga Shebanova
  • Patent number: 12187795
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 (e.g., human LAG-3) and antagonize LAG-3 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Shawn Michael Jennings, Marc van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt
  • Publication number: 20240228614
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to ILT4 (immunoglobulin-like transcript 4) and combinations thereof, e.g., with an anti-PD1 antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof, for example, for treating or preventing cancer in a subject; and methods of making such antibodies and fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 12011481
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to TIM 3 and antagonize TIM-3 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Marc van Dijk, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Breous-Nystrom, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Dennis John Underwood
  • Patent number: 11993653
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to CTLA-4 and/or PD-1 and antagonize CTLA-4 and/or PD-1 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies either alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Marc Van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt, Gerd Ritter, David Schaer, Jedd David Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Mark Arthur Findeis, Roberta Zappasodi, Rikke Baek Holmgaard, Jean-Marie Cuillerot, Igor Proscurshim, Olga Shebanova
  • Patent number: 11993651
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 (e.g., human LAG-3) and antagonize LAG-3 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Shawn Michael Jennings, Marc van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt
  • Patent number: 11897957
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to ILT4 (immunoglobulin-like transcript 4) and combinations thereof, e.g., with an anti-PD1 antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof, for example, for treating or preventing cancer in a subject; and methods of making such antibodies and fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 11897956
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to ILT4 (immunoglobulin-like transcript 4) and combinations thereof, e.g., with an anti-PD1 antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof, for example, for treating or preventing cancer in a subject; and methods of making such antibodies and fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 11897962
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family related receptor (GITR) and compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the antibodies specifically bind to human GITR and modulate GITR activity, e.g., enhance, activate or induce GITR activity, utilizing such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer and infectious diseases, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and modulates GITR activity e.g., enhances, activates or induces GITR activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AGENUS INC., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker Seibert, Olivier Léger, Marc Van Dijk, Taha Merghoub, David Schaer, Gerd Ritter, Takemasa Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11839653
    Abstract: Antibodies that specifically bind to TIM 3 and antagonize TIM-3 function pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Marc van Dijk, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Breous-Nystrom, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Dennis John Underwood
  • Patent number: 11718669
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides multispecific molecules that specifically bind to CD96 (e.g., human CD96) and/or TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT) and isolated antibodies that specifically bind to TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these multispecific molecules and antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these multispecific molecules and antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these multispecific molecules and antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these multispecific molecules and antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Zahra Jawad, Olga Ignatovich, Nicola Anne Ramsay, Spencer Campbell, Beth Wensley, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend, K. Mark Bushell, Benjamin Maxime Morin, Veronica Franciszka Ilkow
  • Patent number: 11692042
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to CD73 (e.g., human CD73) and antagonize CD73 function. Also provided are anti-CD73 antibodies that further comprise a TGF?-binding moiety or a VEGF-binding moiety. The instant disclosure additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Shawn Michael Jennings, Olga Ignatovich, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend, Benjamin Maxime Morin, Oliver Schon, Spencer Campbell
  • Patent number: 11680098
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to CD96 (e.g., human CD96) and antagonize CD96 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Randi Barbara Gombos, Olga Ignatovich, Nicola Anne Ramsay, K. Mark Bushell, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend