Patents Assigned to Bioinvent International AB
  • Patent number: 10351970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to screening methods and, in particular, to methods of screening anti-ligand libraries for identifying anti-ligands specific for differentially and/or infrequently expressed ligands. The method comprises the steps of providing a library of anti-ligands: providing a first subtractor ligand; providing a second target ligand; determining the amount of the first and second target ligands using one or more equations derived from the universal law of mass action; providing the determined amount of a first subtractor ligand; providing the determined amount of a second target ligand; providing separation means capable of use to isolate anti-ligand bound to the second target ligand from anti-ligand bound to the first subtractor ligand; exposing the library of to the first and second target ligands to permit binding of anti-ligands to ligands; and using the separation means to isolate the anti-ligand bound to second target ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventor: Björn Frendéus
  • Patent number: 10191049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved screening methods and, in particular, to methods of screening anti-ligand libraries for identifying anti-ligands specific for differentially and/or infrequently expressed ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Frendeus, Jenny Mattsson
  • Publication number: 20180221482
    Abstract: There is provided antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof with binding specificity for ICAM-1, together with further anti-cancer agents, and compositions thereof, for use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Björn Frendéus, Markus Hansson
  • Patent number: 9803013
    Abstract: The invention provides binding molecules, including antibody molecules which selectively bind to a cell surface antigen of a target cell, and wherein the binding molecules, on binding the cell surface antigen, induce cell death of the target cell. There is also provided methods of and pharmaceutical compositions for cell death induction and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Björn Frendéus, Roland Carlsson, Ingrid Teige, Linda Mårtensson
  • Publication number: 20160312383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to screening methods and, in particular, to methods of screening anti-ligand libraries for identifying anti-ligands specific for differentially and/or infrequently expressed ligands. The method comprises the steps of providing a library of anti-ligands; providing a first subtractor ligand; providing a second target ligand; determining the amount of the first and second target ligands using one or more equations derived from the universal law of mass action; providing the determined amount of a first subtractor ligand; providing the determined amount of a second target ligand: providing separation means capable of use to isolate anti-ligand bound to the second target ligand from anti-ligand bound to the first subtractor ligand; exposing the library of to the first and second target ligands to permit binding of anti-ligands to ligands; and using the separation means to isolate the anti-ligand bound to second target ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BioInvent International AB
    Inventor: Björn Frendéus
  • Publication number: 20160280788
    Abstract: There is provided antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof with binding specificity for ICAM-1, for use in the treatment of cancer in patients who have previously been treated for cancer and either not responded to said treatment or have previously responded to said treatment and subsequently relapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Markus Hansson, Björn Frendéus
  • Patent number: 8758749
    Abstract: The invention provides binding molecules, including antibody molecules which selectively bind to a cell surface antigen of a target cell, and wherein the binding molecules, on binding the cell surface antigen, induce apoptosis of the target cell. There is also provided methods of and pharmaceutical compositions for apoptosis induction and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Bjorn Frendéus, Anne-Christine Carlsson
  • Patent number: 7943744
    Abstract: The invention provides binding molecules, including antibody molecules which selectively bind to a cell surface antigen of a target cell, and wherein the binding molecules, on binding the cell surface antigen, induce apoptosis of the target cell. There is also provided methods of and pharmaceutical compositions for apoptosis induction and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Björn Frendéus, Roland Carlsson, Anne-Christine Carlsson, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7521046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to passive immunization for treating or preventing atherosclerosis using an isolated human antibody directed towards at least one oxidized fragment of apolipoprotein B in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for therapeutical or prophylactical treatment of atherosclerosis by means of passive immunization, as well as method for preparing such antibodies, and a method for treating a mammal, preferably a human using such an antibody to provide for passive immunization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: BIOINVENT International AB
    Inventors: Jan Nilsson, Roland Carlsson, Jenny Bengtsson, Leif Strandberg
  • Patent number: 7432083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for in vitro creation of molecular libraries evolution of protein function. Particularly, it relates to variability and modification of protein function by shuffling polynucleotide sequence segments. A protein of desired characteristics can be obtained by incorporating variant peptide regions (variant motifs) into defined peptide regions (scaffold sequence). The variant motifs can be obtained from parent DNA which has been subjected to mutagenesis to create a plurality of differently mutated derivatives thereof or they can be obtained from in vivo sequences. These variant motifs can then be incorporated into a scaffold sequence and the resulting coded protein screened for desired characteristics. This method is ideally used for obtaining antibodies with desired characteristics by isolating individual CDR DNA sequences and incorporating them into a scaffold which may, for example, be from a totally different antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Bioinvent International AB
    Inventors: Ulf Hans Eskil Soderlind, Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck
  • Patent number: 6989250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for in vitro creation of molecular libraries evolution of protein function. Particularly, it relates to variability and modification of protein function by shuffling polynucleotide sequence segments. A protein of desired characteristics can be obtained by incorporating variant peptide regions (variant motifs) into defined peptide regions (scaffold sequence). The variant motifs can be obtained from parent DNA which has been subjected to mutagenesis to create a plurality of differently mutated derivatives thereof or they can be obtained from in vivo sequences. These variant motifs can then be incorporated into a scaffold sequence and the resulting coded protein screened for desired characteristics. This method is ideally used for obtaining antibodies with desired characteristics by isolating individual CDR DNA sequences and incorporating them into a scaffold which may, for example, be from a totally different antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bioinvent International AB
    Inventors: Ulf Hans Eskil Soderlind, Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck
  • Patent number: 6607881
    Abstract: A method for selecting nucleic acid sequences encoding ligand and receptor molecules capable of specific binding to each other is disclosed in which nucleic acid encoding ligand or receptor molecules is expressed in a host microorganism in combination with a surface molecule, such as E. coli pili, so that the ligand or receptor are displayed on the surface of the host microorganism. A replicable genetic unit, such as a filamentous bacteriophage, is used to display candidate binding partners to the ligand or receptor, with the binding of the ligand or receptor to the candidate binding partner mediating the transfer of nucleic acid from the replicable genetic unit to the microorganism. The method can be highly selective as the host microorganism is modified so that it does not display the surface molecule other than as a fusion with the ligand or receptor molecule. The method is rapid and simple and opens up new applications based on the detection of ligand and receptors where both are unknown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Bioinvent International, AB
    Inventors: Carl Borrebaeck, Anki Malmborg, Eskil Söderlind
  • Patent number: 6495321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for in vitro evolution of protein function. In particular, the method relates to the shuffling of nucleotide segments obtained from exonuclease digestion. The present inventors have shown that polynucleotide fragments derived from a parent polynucleotide sequence digested with an exonuclease can be combined to generate a polynucleofide sequence which encodes for a polypeptide having desired characteristics. This method may be usefully applied to the generation of new antibodies or parts thereof having modified characteristics as compared to the parent antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck, Ulf Hans Eskil Soderlind, Rebecka Ingrid Camilla Ottosson
  • Patent number: 6159690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for in vitro evolution of protein function. In particular, the method relates to the shuffling of nucleotide segments obtained from exonuclease digestion. The present inventors have shown that polynucleotide fragments derived from a parent polynucleotide sequence digested with an exonuclease can be combined to generate a polynucleotide sequence which encodes for a polypeptide having desired characteristics. This method may be usefully applied to the generation of new antibodies or parts thereof having modified characteristics as compared to the parent antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Carl Arne Krister Borrebaeck, Ulf Hans Eskil Soderlind, Rebecka Ingrid Camilla Ottosson
  • Patent number: 6027930
    Abstract: An improved method for selecting a molecule such as an antibody, antigen, peptide, protein or fragment thereof and its encoding sequence, which molecule is expressed together with a phage coat protein on the phages surface. The improvement is achieved through a new mutant filamentous helper phage which has retained the gene III promoter, whereas the gene III encoding sequence is deleted. Amplification of phage titer of 10.sup.6 times were achieved in M13-derived phages, when used for the selection of specific antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Bioinvent International AB
    Inventor: Carl A. K. Borrebaeck
  • Patent number: 5712089
    Abstract: A method for selecting a molecule such as an antibody, antigen, peptide, protein or fragment thereof, which molecule is expressed together with a phage coat protein on the phage's surface. The method is characterised by linking phage replication to recognition of the molecule on the surface of the phage. The linkage can be achieved by use of a fusion protein between phage protein 3 and a specific binding ligand for the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Bioinvent International AB
    Inventors: Carl A. K. Borrebaeck, Marta Duenas
  • Patent number: 5567610
    Abstract: A method for the removal of, for in vitro immunization, undesired cells from human lymphocyte containing cell populations is disclosed. For the method, use is made of lysosomotropic agents which are caused to act in vitro on human lymphocyte containing cell populations.Also disclosed is a method in the in vitro immunization of lymphocytes for use in the production of human monoclonal antibodies. In this method, lysosomotropic agents are caused to act in vitro on human lymphocyte containing cell populations for removing cell populations having a negative effect on the in vitro immunization, whereupon the lymphocytes are in vitro immunized antigen-specifically and immortalized.Finally, a kit for in vitro immunization of lymphocytes for use in the production of human monoclonal antibodies is disclosed. The kit comprises as active constituents a container containing lymphokines and a container containing lysosomotropic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: BioInvent International AB
    Inventors: Carl Borrebaeck, Lena Danielsson, Susanna Moller