Patents Assigned to Agenus Inc.
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Patent number: 12630628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Agenus Inc.Inventors: Olga Ignatovich, K. Mark Bushell, Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Beth Wensley
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Publication number: 20260124303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: May 7, 2026Applicants: 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
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Patent number: 12492257Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignees: AGENUS INC., LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD., MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERInventors: Marc Van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt, Gerd Ritter, David Schaer, Jedd David Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, David Adam Savitsky, Nicholas Stuart Wilson
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Patent number: 12492393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterInventors: 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
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Patent number: 12479913Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20250282875Abstract: Provided are methods for treating colorectal cancer with an antibody that specifically binds to human Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2025Publication date: September 11, 2025Applicant: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha CHAND, Steven O'DAY, Joseph GROSSMAN
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Patent number: 12344670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignees: Agenus Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
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Patent number: 12246066Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterInventors: 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
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Patent number: 12187795Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Shawn Michael Jennings, Marc van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt
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Publication number: 20240228614Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
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Patent number: 12011481Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Marc van Dijk, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Breous-Nystrom, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Dennis John Underwood
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Patent number: 11993653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: AGENUS INC., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11993651Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, David Adam Savitsky, Shawn Michael Jennings, Marc van Dijk, Cornelia Anne Mundt
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Patent number: 11897957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
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Patent number: 11897956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Agenus Inc.Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
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Patent number: 11897962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: 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
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Patent number: 11839653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Marc van Dijk, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Breous-Nystrom, Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Dennis John Underwood
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Patent number: 11718669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11692042Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11680098Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: AGENUS INC.Inventors: Dhan Sidhartha Chand, Randi Barbara Gombos, Olga Ignatovich, Nicola Anne Ramsay, K. Mark Bushell, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend