Patents Examined by Alana Harris Dent
  • Patent number: 11612653
    Abstract: Provided is a novel cancer treatment method with less side effects, showing remarkably excellent antitumor effect. An antitumor agent is used for administering a DNA function inhibitor and an immunomodulator in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11590196
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptides and fusion polypeptides that have anti-angiogenic activity that can be used to inhibit tumor growth and tumor metastasis. The polypeptide consists of 9 or less consecutive amino acid residues (e.g., 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4) comprising the active core amino acid sequence DWLP, or an amino acid substitution variant thereof. Specific amino acid substitutions are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the peptide consists essentially of 4-6 mers identified as exhibiting the activity of prosaposin A. Also disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions comprising the polypeptides and fusion polypeptides, and their use in the treatment, prevention, and inhibition of angiogenesis-related diseases and disorders such as cancer and cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Randolph S. Watnick
  • Patent number: 11576954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11559572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11547750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11541107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Mahr, Toni Weinschenk, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11505831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to gene expression signatures that predict response and resistance to targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaole Liu, Peng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11484572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a HLA-B27 Fc open conformer or a HLA-B27 Fc fusion protein for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer. The Fc open conformer comprises or consists of a first and a second monomer, and each monomer comprises a HLA-B27 chain. The Fc fusion protein further comprises a protein stabilizing polypeptide sequence and optionally an amino acid linker. Further aspects of the invention provide combination medicaments comprising the HLA-B27 Fc open conformer and immune checkpoint inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÄT BASEL, UNIVERSITÄT ZURICH
    Inventors: Osiris Marroquin Belaunzaran, Christoph Renner, Ulf Petrausch
  • Patent number: 11473085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences that are characteristic of tumor tissues such as ovarian tumor and lung tumor tissues and which represent targets for therapy or diagnosis of tumor diseases in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: GANYMED PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH, JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Tureci, Michael Koslowski, Gerd Helftenbein, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Gabriela-Elena Oprea
  • Patent number: 11369572
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle, for delivering a pharmaceutically active agent or a marker to a cell, comprising a ligand binding portion specific for a Fas Ligand, and a carrier for the pharmaceutically active agent or marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Queen Mary & Westfield College
    Inventors: Davidson Day Ateh, Joanne Elizabeth Martin
  • Patent number: 11364280
    Abstract: The disclosure of the preset invention relates to a new method for preventing or treating tumor progression or tumor recurrence comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an agent disrupting Musashi-1 (MSI1)/Argonaute 2 (AGO2) interaction. A composition or pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating tumor progression or tumor recurrence is also provided, which comprises an agent disrupting Musashi-1 (MSI1)/Argonaute 2 (AGO2) interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Mong-Lien Wang, Hsiao-Yun Chen, Shih-Hwa Chiou
  • Patent number: 11351254
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved compositions and methods involved in treating hematologic cancers, i.e., cancers that begin in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of the immune system. The compositions comprise complexes containing albumin-containing nanoparticles (e.g., ABRAXANE® nanoparticles) and antibodies. The compositions are used to effect hematologic cancer cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic, Wendy K. Nevala
  • Patent number: 11292851
    Abstract: The present application provides a synthetic peptide with an amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 plus a cysteine at its N-terminal, an artificial antigen, an antibody specific to a human EHD2, a method for preparing an antibody specific to the human EHD2 protein and adopted to an immunohistochemical method for EHD2 detection as well as cancer diagnosing and prognosing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TIANJIN YINGSHIBO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoguang Ying, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 11260128
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a method of treating cancer, such as (but not limited to) metastatic bladder and breast cancer. The disclosed method comprises using two treatment modalities to synergistically treat primary and secondary tumor cells in a subject. The first element of the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a plasmonics-active metal nanoparticle to a subject comprising a primary cancer and a distant metastatic site, wherein the nanoparticle concentrates at the primary cancer. The method further comprises exposing the subject to photon radiation at the site of the primary cancer. The second element of the disclosed method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immune checkpoint modulator to the subject. The synergistic combination provides a rapid, safe, and effective treatment of local and distant lesions, better than each modality alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Brant A. Inman, Paolo Maccarini, Greg Palmer, Yang Liu, Douglas Weitzel
  • Patent number: 11235028
    Abstract: The use and screening of modulators of apoptosis is disclosed. The modulators may be, for example, modulator of NF-?B activity. The modulators may be used, for example, in the treatment of NF-?B-mediated diseases, conditions, and injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventor: Andrei V. Gudkov
  • Patent number: 11231423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting biliary tract cancer by measuring the amounts of APOA2 protein variants in a test sample with anti-APOA2 antibodies, the anti-APOA2 antibodies for use in the above method and a detection kit for biliary tract cancer including the above antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Sanada, Michimoto Kobayashi, Aiko Takayama, Yoshiyuki Sasajima, Giman Jung, Tesshi Yamada, Kazufumi Honda
  • Patent number: 11219672
    Abstract: A cancer therapeutic agent according to an embodiment of the present invention contains, as active ingredients, IL-18 and one or more antibodies selected from the group consisting of an anti-PD-L1 antibody, an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-PD-L2 antibody, an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, an anti-CD25 antibody, an anti-CD33 antibody, and an anti-CD52 antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Medical Research and Development Corporation, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation
    Inventors: Haruki Okamura, Kyosuke Yamanishi, Wen Li
  • Patent number: 11193944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the accurate, rapid and sensitive detection of breast or ovarian cancers from body fluid samples of a mammalian subject and related assay, kits and peptides suitable for such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BARD1 LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Solomzi Makohliso, Irmgard Irminger-Finger, Fernando Herrera
  • Patent number: 11186633
    Abstract: Provided is a rabbit monoclonal antibody to acetylated mouse BubR1 and a preparation method therefor and, more particularly, provides the use of the monoclonal antibody in a method for measuring the activity of cell division checkpoints on the basis of a degree of acetylation of BubR1, a method for detecting a tumor disease on the basis of aberrant cell division, a method for diagnosing cancer, a method for screening anti-cancer agents, or a method for regulating a cell division cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyunsook Lee, Mi-Sun Kwon, Inai Park, Hyeon-Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 11179449
    Abstract: The invention relates to combinations of peptides carrying T-cell epitopes of the antigen preprocalcitonin, presented by the MHC. These peptides can be used in anti-tumour immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Institut Gustave Roussy, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Université Paris-Saclay
    Inventors: Fathia Mami-Chouaib, Aurélie Durgeau