Patents Assigned to VIB VZW
  • Patent number: 12760092
    Abstract: The present application relates to glycosylated immunoglobulin domains. The invention provides nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides comprising immunoglobulin variable domains with engineered glycosylation acceptor sites. Accordingly, the invention provides immunoglobulin variable domain proteins modified with selected glycans and specific glycan-conjugates thereof. Also provided herein are methods for the production of glycosylated immunoglobulin variable domains and glycan-conjugates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico Callewaert, Loes Van Schie, Wander Van Breedam
  • Patent number: 12752000
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to vaccine compositions, adjuvants, chimeric proteins, or chimeric protein complexes and their use as vaccines or therapeutic agents. The present invention further relates to methods of vaccination or treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignees: Orionis Biosciences, Inc., VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nikolai Kley, Jan Tavernier, Frank Peelman, Sarah Gerlo, Bram Van Den Eeckhout
  • Patent number: 12753233
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to chimeric proteins that find use in various immunotherapies. Particularly, the present invention provides targeted therapeutic agents that modulate the immune system for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignees: Orionis Biosciences BV, VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT Gent
    Inventors: Jan Tavernier, Nikolai Kley
  • Patent number: 12741998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein, comprising a cytokine antagonist and a targeting moiety, preferably an antibody or anti-body like molecule. In a preferred embodiment, the cytokine antagonist is a modified cytokine which binds to the receptor, but doesn't induce the receptor signalling. The invention relates further to a fusion protein according to the invention for use in treatment of cancer and immune- or inflammation-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignees: VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL UNIVERSITAIRE DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: Jan Tavernier, Lennart Zabeau, Gilles Uze, Franciane Paul, Yann Bordat, Genevieve Garcin
  • Patent number: 12735499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to single-domain antibodies that specifically bind aminopeptidase N (APN), and more in particular to polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the single-domain antibodies of the present invention are capable of targeting a moiety to a mucosal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignees: UNIVERSITEIT GENT, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Eric Cox, Bert Devriendt, Anna Depicker
  • Patent number: 12735728
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising the yeast strains for use in ethanol manufacture. The disclosure also relates to processes for producing ethanol from biomass using the yeast strains and compositions. In particular, the yeast strains produce lower glycerol and higher ethanol, and have a higher temperature tolerance and higher fermentation rate than strains and products currently used in ethanol production processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignees: AB MAURI, VIB VZW, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: John H. Evans, IV, Aaron J. McKerracher, Jan Steensels, Kevin J. Verstrepen
  • Patent number: 12729238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of structural biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antigen-binding chimeric protein, called a MegaBody™, specifically binding a nanodisc, more specifically a membrane-scaffold protein (MSP)n which may be part of the nanodisc. The invention further provides for methods and uses of said nanodisc-specific antigen-binding chimeric proteins in three-dimensional high-resolution structural analysis of membrane proteins assembled within nanodiscs. The MSP-binding MegaBodies of the invention provide for a generic tool in membrane protein structural biology, more particular in Cryo-EM, by reducing preferred particle orientation of nanodiscs and of the entrapped target membrane proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignees: United Kingdom Research and Innovation, VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Tomasz Uchanski, Simonas Masiulis, Alexandru Radu Aricescu
  • Publication number: 20260224647
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition of two or more bacterial strains, wherein the composition comprises a bacterial strain of at least two of the following genera: Phascolarctobacterium, Veillonella, Eubacterium, Agathobacter, Lactiplantibacillus, and Anaerostipes. Aspects and embodiments described herein may be used in the treatment of joint inflammation, symptoms thereof, and underlying diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicants: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, MRM Health N.V., Universiteit Gent, VIB vzw
    Inventors: Iris Pinheiro, Jolien Benedict Souffriau, Nicole Reichardt, Sam Possemiers, Selin Bolca, Suchita Panda, Anaïs Biclot, Dirk Elewaut, Emilie Dumas, Geert R.B. Huys, Jeroen Raes, Jorge Francisco VAZQUEZ CASTELLANOS, Lucas Ferreira Maciel
  • Publication number: 20260202416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biochemistry, more particularly to proteomics, more particularly to protein sequencing, even more particularly to single molecule peptide sequencing. The invention discloses means and methods for single molecule protein sequencing and/or amino acid identification using cleavage inducing agent. Said cleavage inducing agents which are not specific for one particular amino acid, cleave polypeptides step by step from the N-terminus onwards and provide information on the identity of the cleaved amino acids based on the kinetics of said reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicants: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico Callewaert, Sven Eyckerman, Simon Devos
  • Patent number: 12679872
    Abstract: Provided is a method of characterising a polynucleotide using a transmembrane pore, wherein the pore is a double pore comprising a first Csg G pore, or a homologue thereof, and a second CsgG pore, or a homologue thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Pratik Raj Singh, Richard George Hambley, Michael Robert Jordan, Han Remaut
  • Patent number: 12673950
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spiro-fused tetrahydroquinazoline compounds, to the compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of diseases mediated by activity of YAP/TAZ-TEAD transcription, yet more in particular for the prevention or treatment of cancer or fibrosis. The present disclosure also relates to a method for the prevention or treatment of diseases comprising the use of the compounds. The present disclosure furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds as well as to compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of diseases mediated by activity of YAP/TAZ-TEAD transcription, yet more in particular for the prevention or treatment of cancer or fibrosis. The present disclosure also relates to processes for the preparation of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignees: Spring Works Therapeutics, Inc., THE KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, VIB vzw
    Inventors: Bart Vanderhoydonck, Arnaud Marchand, Aurélie Candi, Matthias Versele
  • Patent number: 12593844
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of agricultural pathogen control. More specifically the invention relates to methods and compounds for controlling herbivorous arthropods, in particular insects and mites. The invention also provides for compositions comprising the same, methods of making the same, and methods of controlling plant disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Tina Kyndt, Bartel Vanholme, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Willem Desmedt
  • Patent number: 12576127
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to agents that bind fibroblast activation protein (FAP) and their use as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the FAP binding agents and their use in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: Orionis Biosciences, Inc., VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nikolai Kley, Jan Tavernier, Anje Cauwels
  • Patent number: 12552772
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, to said compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of diseases mediated by activity of YAP/TAZ-TEAD transcription, yet more in particular for the prevention or treatment of cancer or fibrosis. The present disclosure also relates to a method for the prevention or treatment of said diseases comprising the use of the novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: SPRINGWORKS THERAPEUTICS, INC., KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Bart Vanderhoydonck, Arnaud Marchand, Stephen L. Gwaltney, II, Stéphane Spieser, Wim Smets, Aurélie Candi, Matthias Versele, Georg Halder
  • Patent number: 12544426
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to chimeric protein or chimeric protein complex comprising a CD13 targeting moiety and a signaling agent (e.g., without limitation TNF or IFN-?) and methods of treatment using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignees: Orionis Biosciences, Inc., Orionis Biosciences BV, VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nikolai Kley, Jan Tavernier, Leander Huyghe
  • Patent number: 12540192
    Abstract: The present application relates, in part, to agents that bind CD20 and their use as therapeutic agents. The present application further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CD20 binding agents and their use in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Jan Tavernier, Anje Cauwels, José Van Der Heyden
  • Patent number: 12527843
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to targeted chimeric proteins with beneficial therapeutic effects, including, for example, effects mediated by chimeric proteins which comprise modified signaling agents two or more targeting moieties. Methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the chimeric proteins are also provided. The present invention finds use in the treatment of various disease and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Montpellier
    Inventors: Jan Tavernier, Jose Van Der Heyden, Genevieve Garcin, Gilles Uze, Yann Bordat
  • Publication number: 20260015392
    Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of CsgG. The invention also related to analyte detection and characterisation using CsgG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicants: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC, VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Stefan Howorka, Han Remaut, Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, James Anthony Clarke, Richard George Hambley, Jonathan Bankes Pugh
  • Patent number: 12522641
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to chimeric proteins comprising a modified human IFN-? having one or more mutations that confer reduced affinity and/or biological activity that is restorable by attachment to one or more targeting moieties. The one or more targeting moieties may have recognition domains which specifically bind to antigens or receptors of a tumor or an immune cell. The one or more recognition domains may be a single-domain antibody or a single-chain antibody (scFv). The application also provides use of the chimeric proteins as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: Orionis Biosciences BV, VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nikolai Kley, Jan Tavernier, Frank Peelman, Lennart Zabeau
  • Patent number: 12516064
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, to said compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of diseases mediated by activity of YAP/TAZ-TEAD transcription, yet more in particular for the prevention or treatment of cancer or fibrosis. The present disclosure also relates to a method for the prevention or treatment of said diseases comprising the use of the novel compounds. The present disclosure furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the novel compounds as well as to said compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of diseases mediated by activity of YAP/TAZ-TEAD transcription, yet more in particular for the prevention or treatment of cancer or fibrosis. The present disclosure also relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignees: SPRINGWORKS THERAPEUTICS INC., THE KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, VIB VZW
    Inventors: Bart Vanderhoydonck, Arnaud Marchand, Wim Smets, Aurélie Candi, Matthias Versele