Patents Examined by Christine J. Saoud
  • Patent number: 11919954
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that specifically bind and inhibit TREM-1 signaling, wherein the antibodies do not bind to one or more Fc?Rs and do not induce the myeloid cells to produce inflammatory cytokines. Also provided are uses of such antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Achal Pashine, Michael L. Gosselin, Aaron P. Yamniuk, Derek A. Holmes, Guodong Chen, Priyanka Apurva Madia, Richard Yu-Cheng Huang, Stephen Michael Carl
  • Patent number: 11919968
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to an epitope containing N-acetylglucosamine and specifically bind to an epitope comprising N-acetyl-galactosamine expressed by a cancer cell or an inflammatory cell. Further provided are methods for treating gastrointestinal diseases characterized by inflammatory cells in the intestines or colon in an individual by administering to the individual an antibody that specifically binds to an epitope containing N-acetylglucosamine and specifically binds to an epitope comprising N-acetyl-galactosamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: B & H Biotechnologies, LLC
    Inventor: Huiru Wang
  • Patent number: 11912784
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating eye disorders by administering an anti-VEGF antibody and/or conjugate to a subject having an eye disorder. The anti-VEGF antibody of the present disclosure may be an anti-VEGF antibody conjugate that includes a polymeric moiety that extends the half-life/effectiveness/properties of the antibody when administered to a subject. A method of the present disclosure includes administering one or more doses of an anti-VEGF antibody conjugate to a subject (e.g., human or other mammalian patient) in need of treating an eye disorder, where the anti-VEGF antibody conjugate may be administered less frequently than a standard anti-VEGF therapy to treat the eye disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kodiak Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ehrlich, Pablo Velazquez-Martin, Joel Naor, Daniel Victor Perlroth, Hong Liang
  • Patent number: 11905330
    Abstract: Autophagy is typically activated by starvation, allowing cells and organisms to mobilize their energy reserves. It is known that pharmacological modulation of autophagy represents a therapeutic potential. Here the inventors report that a protein that is released from cells in an unconventional, autophagy-dependent manner, namely, diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI), regulates autophagy. In particular, the inventors demonstrate that DBI inhibits autophagy and that the supply of recombinant DBI to mice enhanced glycolysis, enhanced lipogenesis, and inhibited fatty acid oxidation. The inventors show that neutralisation of DBI by a monoclonal antibody and an active immunization by means of an immunogenic DBI derivative eliciting autoantibodies induce autophagy and lead to metabolic changes that increase starvation-induced weight loss, reduce food intake upon refeeding, and reduce weight gain in response to hypercaloric diets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HÔPITAUX DE PARIS (APHP), UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
    Inventors: Guido Kroemer, José Manuel Bravo San Pedro
  • Patent number: 11896618
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to compositions and methods, including chimeric proteins comprising an extracellular domain of FMS like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L) and an extracellular domain of a Type II transmembrane protein that find use in the treatment of disease, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Shattuck Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Schreiber, George Fromm, Suresh De Silva
  • Patent number: 11878048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protein for use in diagnosing and treating primary or secondary sclerosing diseases, a fusion protein, and nucleotide sequence and a vector, and to a pharmaceutical composition for use in diagnosing and treating primary or secondary sclerosing diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kymab Limited
    Inventors: Martina Rauner, Lorenz C. Hofbauer, Uwe Platzbecker, Ulrike Baschant
  • Patent number: 11872271
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antibody having significantly high affinity for VEGF compared to the prior art. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody against VEGF, which binds to a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) with a dissociation constant of 1×10?11 mol/L or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: ORDER-MADE MEDICAL RESEARCH INC., SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Murakami, Shigeki Mukoubata, Hirotada Akiyama, Koji Konomi
  • Patent number: 11866488
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions including an inhibitor of extracellular human metallothionein (MT) and a pancreatic targeting moiety linked to the inhibitor of extracellular human MT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lynes, Yu-Hua Tseng, Matthew D. Lynes
  • Patent number: 11858992
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies that are capable of specifically binding TREM-1 and preventing the activation of TREM-1, a protein expressed on monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils. Such antibodies find utility in the treatment of individuals with an inflammatory disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOVO NORDISK A/S
    Inventors: Vibeke Westphal Stennicke, Christine Brender Read, Susanne Nedergaard Grell, Charlotte Wiberg, Rune Salbo, Anette Henriksen, Soeren Padkjaer
  • Patent number: 11858989
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antibody against Aquaporin-4 (AQP4). These peptide-specific AQP4 antibodies play a role to create a NMO model and contribute for investigating the NMO disease mechanisms and developing the strategy of the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Chao-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 11858983
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to anti-sclerostin antibodies having C-terminal modifications, and compositions comprising such antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Zhe Huang, Jennitte LeAnn Stevens, Greg Flynn, Szilan Fodor, Mark Daris
  • Patent number: 11845806
    Abstract: Provided are proteinaceous heterodimers, pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and/or kits comprising the proteinaceous heterodimers, methods for producing the proteinaceous heterodimers, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DINGFU BIOTARGET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting Xu, Yan Luan, Jianjian Peng, Kai Fu, Meng Zhao, Xiaoxiao Wang
  • Patent number: 11840558
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding FGF21 mutant polypeptides, FGF21 mutant polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising FGF21 mutant polypeptides, and methods for treating metabolic disorders using such nucleic acids, polypeptides, or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Edward John Belouski, Murielle Marie Ellison, Agnes Eva Hamburger, Randy Ira Hecht, Yue-Sheng Li, Mark Leo Michaels, Jeonghoon Sun, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11834507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment of cancer using agonist anti-MET antibodies or fragments thereof. In particular, the invention relates to treatment of colorectal cancer using agonist anti-MET antibodies or fragments, typically colorectal cancer associated with chronic inflammation and/or gene mutations in the colon and in the gastrointestinal tract in general. The invention further relates to treating intestinal fibrosis using agonist anti-MET antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Agomab Therapeutics
    Inventor: Paolo Michieli
  • Patent number: 11827715
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies and methods of use thereof. The antibodies as disclosed herein bind to CD163+ on cells, such as on macrophages. These antibodies can be used in methods of treatment, such as methods of treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: OncoResponse, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal D. Puri, Siddarth Chandrasekaran, Melissa L. Conerly, Randi M. Simmons, Tyrel T. Smith, Mark E. Branum, Peter Probst
  • Patent number: 11819541
    Abstract: Disorders such as headaches can be treated by administration of a botulinum toxin to a patient suffering therefrom, such as a migraine headache. A combined a fixed site/fixed dose and an optional follow the pain variable dosage and injection site paradigm is disclosed for optimizing clinical effectiveness of botulinum toxin administration for patients suffering headache, particularly chronic migraine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine C. Turkel, Sheena K. Aurora, Mitchell F. Brin, David W. Dodick
  • Patent number: 11820801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising an extracellular domain of leucine-rich and immunoglobulin-like domains-1 (Lrig-1) protein and an immunoglobulin Fc region. The fusion protein provided in the present invention can interact with a ligand for Lrig-1 protein, which is present on effector T cells, to inhibit the interaction between the effector T cells and regulatory T cells (Treg cells) having the Lrig-1 protein on their surface, so that activity of the regulatory T cells is inhibited and activity of the effector T cells is maintained or elevated, thereby effectively inhibiting growth of cancer cells, in particular, solid cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Good T Cells, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Kim, Beom Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11802151
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antibody that binds human Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptor B1 (BAI1) protein, compositions comprising the same, and use thereof in methods of detection, methods of diagnosis, and methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Code Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Getts, Jessica Bowers, Mindy Ellen George-Weinstein, Jacquelyn Gerhart
  • Patent number: 11786585
    Abstract: Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 receptor (IGFBP-3R) agonists and methods of their use to treat diseases involving IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-3R are provided. The agonists may be antibodies or other molecules specific for binding to and activating IGFBP-3R. The agonists are used to treat e.g. cancer, metabolic syndrome and obstructive respiratory disorders. In addition, methods of diagnosing cancer and predicting the chance of recurrence, metastasis and/or survival by measuring the level of IGFBP-3R in tumor tissue are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Youngman Oh, Qing Cai
  • Patent number: 11786578
    Abstract: Modified relaxin polypeptides and their uses thereof are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide relaxin polypeptides which include one or more amino acid substitutions with natural or non-naturally encoded amino acids, and/or linkage to a water-soluble polymer, such as polyethylene glycol. Additionally, use of said relaxin polypeptides for treatment of disease, such as heart failure, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AMBRX, INC.
    Inventors: Vadim Kraynov, Nick Knudsen, Amha Hewet, Kristine De Dios, Jason Pinkstaff, Lorraine Sullivan