Patents Examined by Chun Dahle
  • Patent number: 8486395
    Abstract: The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser91Phe substitution in the hA19 VH sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Immunomedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans J. Hansen, Zhengxing Qu, David M. Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 8481683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CD22 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Antibody-partner molecule conjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting CD22, as well as methods for treating various cancers and inflammatory and autoimmune disorders using an anti-CD22 antibody of this disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Medarex, Inc.
    Inventors: David John King, Alison Witte, Heidi N. LeBlanc, Richard Theolis, Asna Masood, Mark Yamanaka, Kyra D. Zens, Sarah R. Reed, Tim Sproul, Chetana Rao-Naik, David Passmore, Dawn M. Tanamachi, Kristopher Toy
  • Patent number: 8470318
    Abstract: The invention provides a polypeptide containing at least one IgG Fc region, wherein said at least one IgG Fc region is glycosylated with at least one galactose moiety connected to a respective terminal sialic acid moiety by a ? 2, 6 linkage, and wherein said polypeptide having a higher anti-inflammatory activity as compared to an unpurified antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Falk Nimmerjahn, Yoshikatsu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8461304
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies which bind to an epitope in the extracellular domain of human CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) and which are capable of inhibiting the binding of macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) and/or thymus and activation regulated chemokine (TARC) to CCR4. Also provided are inter alia immunoconjugates and compositions comprising such antibodies and methods and uses involving such antibodies, particularly in the medical and diagnostic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Affitech Research AS
    Inventors: Lavinia Diana Cicortas Gunnarsson, Didrik Paus
  • Patent number: 8455622
    Abstract: The present invention provides variant target binding agents and methods relating to the use of such binding agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancers and immunological disorders. The variant target binding agent is conjugated to a therapeutic agent that exerts a cytotoxic, cytostatic, or immunomodulatory effect on target cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Seattle Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlotte McDonagh, Paul Carter, Django Sussman
  • Patent number: 8445645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to molecules, particularly polypeptides, more particularly immunoglobulins (e.g., antibodies), comprising a variant Fc region, wherein said variant Fc region comprises at least one amino acid modification relative to a wild-type Fc region, which variant Fc region binds Fc?RIIIA and/or Fc?RIIA with a greater affinity, relative to a comparable molecule comprising the wild-type Fc region. The molecules of the invention are particularly useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with a disease, disorder, or infection. The molecules of the invention are particularly useful for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder where an enhanced efficacy of effector cell function (e.g., ADCC) mediated by Fc?R is desired, e.g., cancer, infectious disease, and in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of therapeutic antibodies the effect of which is mediated by ADCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stavenhagen, Sujata Vijh, Christopher Rankin, Sergey Gorlatov, Ling Huang
  • Patent number: 8426141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the therapeutic efficacy of immunoglobulin G class 3 (IgG3) antibodies, immunoglobulin G class 3 (IgG3) antibodies with an improved therapeutic efficacy and the use thereof as a medicament, in particularly a medicament for immunotherapy. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for increasing the therapeutic efficacy of an immunoglobulin G class 3 (IgG3) antibody comprising providing a mutated immunoglobulin G class 3 (IgG3) antibody, wherein the mutation, as compared to the parent immunoglobulin G class 3 (IgG3) antibody, comprises a replacement of the amino acid arginine (R) at position 435 in the CH3 domain with the amino acid histidine (H), and antibodies obtained by the present methods and their use as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Stichting Sanquin Bloedvoorziening
    Inventors: Gestur Vidarsson, Catherine E. Van der Schoot
  • Patent number: 8426144
    Abstract: Nucleic acids encoding various monocyte-derived proteins and related compositions, including purified proteins and specific antibodies are described. Methods of using such composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Merck & Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Bates, Nathalie Fournier, Lionel Chalus, Pierre Garrone
  • Patent number: 8409572
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for obtaining and selecting monoclonal antibodies by an ADDC-type test, said antibodies capable of activating type III Fcy receptors and having a particular glycan structure. The inventive anti-D antibodies can be used for preventing Rhesus isoimmunization in Rh negative persons, in particular for haemolytic disease in a new-born baby of for uses such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies
    Inventors: Roland Beliard, Dominique Bourel, Arnaud Glacet, Christophe De Romeuf, Nicolas Bihoreau, Emmanuel Nony
  • Patent number: 8399618
    Abstract: An Fc variant of a parent Fc polypeptide, wherein said Fc variant exhibits altered binding to one or more Fc?Rs, wherein said Fc variant comprises at least one amino acid insertion in the Fc region of said parent Fc polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Bassil I. Dahiyat, Wei Dang, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa
  • Patent number: 8394925
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising the double mutation 428L/434S that increases serum half-life and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil I. Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Patent number: 8388955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Fc variants having increased affinity for Fc?RIIb, methods for their generation, Fc polypeptides comprising optimized Fc variants, and methods for using optimized Fc variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Wei Dang, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa, Robert Hayes, Jost Vielmetter
  • Patent number: 8383109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optimized Fc variants, methods for their generation, and antibodies and Fc fusions comprising optimized Fc variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Lazar, Arthur J. Chirino, Wei Dang, John R. Desjarlais, Stephen K. Doberstein, Robert J. Hayes, Sher Bahadur Karki, Omid Vafa
  • Patent number: 8367805
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil I. Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Patent number: 8362208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies to NOGO, pharmaceutical formulations containing them and to the use of such antibodies in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of neurological diseases/disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Stephanie Jane Clegg, Jonathan Henry Ellis, Volker Germaschewski, Paul Andrew Hamblin, George Kopsidas, Ruth McAdam, Rabinder Kumar Prinjha
  • Patent number: 8362210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Fc variants that comprise at least one novel amino acid residue which may provide for enhanced effector function. More specifically, this invention provides Fc variants that have modified binding affinity to one or more Fc receptor or ligand (e.g., Fc gamma R, C1q). Additionally, the Fc variants have altered complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) activity and/or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The invention further provides methods and protocols for the application of said Fc variants, particularly for therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lazar, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory L. Moore
  • Patent number: 8338574
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil I. Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Patent number: 8337840
    Abstract: The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser91Phe substitution in the hA19 VH sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Immunomedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans J. Hansen, Zhengxing Qu, David M. Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 8324351
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil I. Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar
  • Patent number: 8318907
    Abstract: The present application relates to a variant Fc region comprising at least one modification relative to a wild-type human Fc region, where the modification selected from the group consisting of 434S, 252Y/428L, 252Y/434S, and 428L/434S, and the numbering is according to the EU index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Keith Chamberlain, Bassil I. Dahiyat, John R. Desjarlais, Sher Bahadur Karki, Gregory Alan Lazar