Patents Examined by Dong Jiang
  • Patent number: 12692302
    Abstract: Uses of IL-13 antagonists for treating atopic dermatitis are provided. Also provided are methods of treating atopic dermatitis and methods of reducing the severity of atopic dermatitis by administering IL-13 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: ChinYu Lin, Theodore A. Omachi, Ryan P. Owen, Karl Yen, Yanan Zheng, Kendra Debusk
  • Patent number: 12668626
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to anti-IL31 antibodies having enhanced binding to canine IL31 and feline IL31. Such antibodies can be used in methods to treat IL31-induced conditions in companion animals, such as canines and felines. Antibodies with enhanced binding to canine IL31 and feline IL31 are provided. Antibody heavy chains and light chains that are capable of forming antibodies that bind canine and feline IL31 are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Elanco US Inc.
    Inventors: Shyr Jiann Li, Lam Nguyen, Hangjun Zhan
  • Patent number: 12600757
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stable peptide antagonists based on the consensus yc-subunit binding site to inhibit the activity of yc-cytokines. Such peptide antagonists are capable of inhibiting the activity of multiple yc-cytokine family members. The yc-family cytokines are associated with important human diseases, such as leukemia, autoimmune diseases, collagen diseases, diabetes mellitus, skin diseases, degenerative neuronal diseases and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Thus, inhibitors of yc-cytokine activity are valuable therapeutic and cosmetic agents as well as research tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Bioniz Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Doerr, Laith Q. Al-Mawsawi, Nazli Azimi
  • Patent number: 12594331
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating psoriasis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g. an IL-17 binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as the secukinumab antibody, or an IL-17 receptor binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 receptor antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Achim Guettner, Matthias Machacek, Charis Papavassilis, Oliver Sander
  • Patent number: 12594332
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating psoriasis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., an IL-17 binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as the secukinumab antibody, or an IL-17 receptor binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 receptor antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Achim Guettner, Matthias Machacek, Charis Papavassilis, Oliver Sander
  • Patent number: 12594333
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating an inflammatory arthritis, e.g., psoriatic arthritis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an Interleukin-17 (IL-17) antagonist, e.g., IL-17 binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, e.g., secukinumab) or IL-17 receptor binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Shephard Mpofu, Hanno Richards, Karthinathan Thangavelu, Matthias Machacek
  • Patent number: 12559552
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia a polypeptide comprising an immunoglobulin chain variable domain which binds to IL-23, wherein the immunoglobulin chain variable domain comprises three complementarity determining regions (CDR1-CDR3) and four framework regions (FR1-FR4), wherein CDR1 comprises a sequence sharing 60% or greater sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1, CDR2 comprises a sequence sharing 50% or greater sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2 and CDR3 comprises a sequence sharing 50% or greater sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: SORRISO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Crowe, Marion Cubitt, Tim Carlton, Luana Maggiore, Lurdes Duarte, Kevin Roberts, Mike West
  • Patent number: 12551554
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating psoriasis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., an IL-17 binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as the secukinumab antibody, or an IL-17 receptor binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 receptor antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Achim Guettner, Matthias Machacek, Charis Papavassilis, Oliver Sander
  • Patent number: 12509509
    Abstract: The present invention provides high concentration solution formulations of anti-human interleukin-23 p19 (IL-23p19) antibody hum13B8-b, and their use in treating various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ramesh S. Kashi, Aniket Badkar
  • Patent number: 12492248
    Abstract: The present technology aims at providing a novel type of drug for treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory disease. Specifically, the present technology provides polypeptides comprising at least four immunoglobulin single variable domains (ISVDs), characterized in that at least two ISVDs bind to IL-13 and at least two ISVDs binds to TSLP. The present technology also provides nucleic acids, vectors and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignees: Ablynx N.V., Sanofi
    Inventors: Heidi Rommelaere, Ann Brigé, Sigrid Cornelis, Bruno Dombrecht, Eric Lorent, Melanie Rieger, Timothy Soos, John Park, Bernd Weigle, Klaus Erb
  • Patent number: 12473335
    Abstract: Orthogonal IL-21 receptors and orthogonal IL-21 cytokines are described. The IL-21 receptor-cytokine pairs may include an orthogonal interleukin-21 receptor ? chain (“ortho-IL-21R?”) that has impaired binding to native interleukin-21 cytokine (“IL-21”) and an orthogonal IL-21 cytokine (“ortho-IL-21”) that has impaired binding to native IL-21R?, wherein the ortho-IL-21R? binds to the ortho-IL-21. The IL-21 receptor-cytokine pair may activate IL-21 signaling. Cells engineered to express the orthogonal IL-21 receptors are also described, as well as methods for using such cells for treatment of various diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Neptune Biosciences LLC
    Inventors: Nigel Killeen, Oren Beske, Benedikt K. Vollrath, Sridhar Govindarajan
  • Patent number: 12465635
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating an inflammatory arthritis, e.g., psoriatic arthritis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an Interleukin-17 (IL-17) antagonist, e.g., IL-17 binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, e.g., secukinumab) or IL-17 receptor binding molecule (e.g., IL-17 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Shephard Mpofu, Hanno Richards, Karthinathan Thangavelu, Matthias Machacek
  • Patent number: 12459996
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for reducing addiction to alcohol, and for ameliorating, reversing, treating or preventing Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD), or alcohol-induced brain injury, wherein optionally the alcohol-induced brain injury comprises neuronal death and astrogliosis (reducing alcohol-induced neuronal death and astrogliosis). In alternative embodiments, provided methods for administering to the individual in need thereof a compound or composition capable of inhibiting or decreasing the expression or activity of an IL-17 or IL-17 receptor (IL-17R) or ROR?t protein, transcript and/or gene to treat or for use in: reducing addiction to alcohol; or ameliorating, reversing, treating or preventing Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) or alcohol-induced brain injury; or, inhibiting ROR ?t to effectively block production of IL-17 cytokines and attenuate development of alcohol-induced liver fibrosis and brain damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tatiana Kisseleva, David Brenner, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 12454572
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to methods for treating red blood cell disorders, such as an MDS and/or an anemia, by down-regulating IL-22 signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Laurie H. Glimcher, Mahesh Raundhal
  • Patent number: 12435121
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for stimulating NK cell expansion and cytotoxicity are described. Therapeutic compositions and methods using expanded and stimulated NK cells are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Alicja Copik, Griffith Parks, Jeremiah Oyer
  • Patent number: 12410247
    Abstract: Recombinant antibodies that specifically bind to IL-15 as well as a complex of IL-15 and the IL-15 Receptor-alpha are provided. The antibodies inhibit immune cell proliferation, and are capable of use in the treatment of any autoimmune or inflammatory disease or condition where IL-15 is dysregulated, including Celiac disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Cephalon LLC
    Inventors: David Jose Simon Laine, Matthew Pollard, Anthony Gerard Doyle, Lynn Dorothy Poulton, Adam William Clarke
  • Patent number: 12404324
    Abstract: A method of treating psoriatic arthritis in a patient by administering an IL-23 specific antibody, e.g., guselkumab, in a clinically proven safe and clinically proven effective amount and the patient achieves significant ACR20/50/70, PASI70/90/100, MDA, HAQ-DI, SF-36 PCS, MCS, LEI/dactylitis, PASDAS, GRACE, mCPDAI, DAPSA or RAPID3 improvement as measured 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 weeks after initial treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Hsia, Xie Xu
  • Patent number: 12384840
    Abstract: The present technology aims at providing a novel type of drug for treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory disease. Specifically, the present technology provides polypeptides comprising at least four immunoglobulin single variable domains (ISVDs), characterized in that at least two ISVDs bind to IL-13 and at least two ISVDs binds to TSLP. The present technology also provides nucleic acids, vectors and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: Ablynx N.V., Sanofi
    Inventors: Heidi Rommelaere, Ann Brigé, Sigrid Cornelis, Bruno Dombrecht, Eric Lorent, Melanie Rieger, Timothy Soos, John Park, Bernd Weigle, Klaus Erb
  • Patent number: 12365727
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies and antibody fragments thereof that bind to IL-23p19. The disclosed antibodies and antibody fragments thereof can modulate a biological activity of the IL-23 receptor signaling axis and are therefore useful for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NOVAROCK BIOTHERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Haichun Huang, Ming Lei, Yi Pei, Han Li
  • Patent number: 12358977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating acme exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist of IL-20 cytokines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE, UNIVERSITE DE LILLE 1 SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE DROIT ET DE LA SANTE DE LILLE 2
    Inventors: Philippe Gosset, Muriel Pichavant, Magdiel Perez-Cruz, Bachirou Kone