Patents Examined by Dong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11840566
    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 12, 2023
    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: 11834472
    Abstract: An anti-IL-22 antibody or antibody fragment that binds to both human IL-22 and a mammalian IL-22 as well as modified anti-IL-22 antibodies and antibody fragments. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the antibody or antibody fragment are also provided. Also provided are methods for treatment of various IL-22 mediated conditions and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BIOATLA, INC.
    Inventors: Jay M. Short, Gerhard Frey, Hwai Wen Chang, William Boyle
  • Patent number: 11773159
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) any of IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL-17A/F including combinations thereof, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heidi Rommelaere, Joost Alexander Kolkman, Michael John Scott Saunders, Ann Union, Yolande Chvatchko, Amanda E. I. Proudfoot, Alain Vicari, Denis Bruniquel, Laurent Chevalet, Olivier Leger
  • Patent number: 11744877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tumour vasculature permeabilising molecule for use in permeabilising vasculature of a tumour for treating, detecting or diagnosing said tumour wherein said tumour vasculature permeabilising molecule is formulated for systemic administration to said patient. A composition comprising a tumour vasculature permeabilising molecule and an appropriate anticancer agent or imaging agent, and a method of treatment or a method of detecting the presence or absence of a tumour are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Anthony, Nicola Sibson, Len Seymour, Kerry Fisher
  • Patent number: 11693003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for evaluating the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in an individual, comprising the following steps: a) determining (i) the level of an anti-IL-17 autoantibody and/or (ii) the level of an [IL-17/anti-IL-17 autoantibody] complex in a biological sample of the individual, and b) comparing the level of autoantibody and/or of complex determined in step a) with a reference value, the comparison being indicative of the prognosis of an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease in said individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hospices Civil de Lyon, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Eurobio Scientific
    Inventors: Pierre Miossec, Ndieme Thiam, Jean-Jacques Pin
  • Patent number: 11649280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to IL-34 antibodies, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the antibodies and or compositions thereof for treating immune-mediated diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, for example Alzheimer's Disease or a tauopathy disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Marcio Chedid, Victor H. Obungu, Andrew Dixon Skora, Ming Ye
  • Patent number: 11541103
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same for use in methods of treating a disease. Related conjugates, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical compositions and kits are also provided herein. Methods of making the IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same, as well as methods of treating a subject in need thereof, are provided by the present disclosure. Further provided are PD-1 antigen-binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled M. K. Z. Ali, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal, Gunasekaran Kannan, Ian Foltz, Zhulun Wang, Darren Bates, Marissa Mock, Shunsuke Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11534491
    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: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Shephard Mpofu, Hanno Richards, Karthinathan Thangavelu, Matthias Machacek
  • Patent number: 11534490
    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 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Achim Guettner, Matthias Machacek, Charis Papavassilis, Oliver Sander
  • Patent number: 11529415
    Abstract: This disclosure provides IL-21 binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. In certain aspects the anti-IL-21 antibodies and fragments thereof can be hybridoma-derived murine monoclonal antibodies, and humanized versions thereof. In certain aspects the binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof provided herein inhibit, suppress, or antagonize IL-21 activity. In addition, this disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases or disorders, e.g., inflammatory, immune-mediated, or autoimmune diseases or disorders associated with IL-21-mediated signal transduction. In a particular embodiment, the disclosure provides methods for treating or preventing Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using IL-21 binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Ettinger, Jodi Karnell, Melissa Damschroder, Partha Chowdhury, Xiaodong Xiao, Ping Tsui, Reena Varkey, Stacey Drabic, Laura Carter, Ronald Herbst, Qun Du, Brian Michael Naiman
  • Patent number: 11517611
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions including the cytokines IL-18 and IL-22 or biologically active fragments or variants thereof. In some embodiments, the compositions further include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compositions can farther include other interleukins such as IL-1?, and IL-1? can be used as a combination therapy with either IL-18 or IL-22 or biologically active fragments or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Gewirtz, Benyue Zhang
  • Patent number: 11505612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to AM-14 pharmaceutical formulations and therapeutic dosing regimens for the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMGEN K-A, INC.
    Inventors: Dingjiang Liu, Holly Zhuohong Huang, David Andrew Martin, Christopher Boyd Russell, David H. Salinger, Scott Walter Baumgartner, Christopher Endres
  • Patent number: 11492396
    Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic uses of antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F in the treatment of dermatological and rheumatological diseases, such as psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Sophie Glatt, Lucian Ionescu, Margaret Jones, Ruth Oliver, Stevan Graham Shaw, Foteini Strimenopoulou, Venkata Pavan Kumar Vajjah
  • Patent number: 11447574
    Abstract: The monoclonal IgG-type antibodies were suggested comprising variable domains represented by a combination of VHH-derivative with a variable domain of the light chain VL. Said antibodies can comprise amino acid substitutions at positions 44 and 45 (Kabat numbering) or combinations thereof. Antibodies of the invention possess increased affinity and improved aggregation stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andrey Borisovich Ulitin, Stanislav Rudolfovich Evdokimov, Valeriy Vladimirovich Soloviev, Yulia Sergeevna Chernykh, Olga Vladimirovna Goncharova, Dmitriy Valerievich Korzhavin, Tatyana Veniaminovna Chernovskaya, Timofey Aleksandrovich Nemankin, Roman Alexeevich Ivanov, Dmitriy Valentinovich Morozov, Victoria Mikhailovna Ekimova, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Sofronova, Yakov Yurevich Ustyugov
  • Patent number: 11434276
    Abstract: Provided are compositions for increasing the half-life of a polypeptide or polypeptides in a canine and methods of their use. The compositions involve variant canine IgG Fc regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Invetx, Inc.
    Inventors: William Brondyk, Brett Chevalier, Juergen Horn, Madhusudan Natarajan
  • Patent number: 11434286
    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: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Genentech Inc.
    Inventors: ChinYu Lin, Theodore A. Omachi, Ryan P. Owen, Karl Yen, Yanan Zheng, Kendra Debusk
  • Patent number: 11421025
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine against IL-17A, which uses, as an immunogen, a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or an amino acid sequence derived from a non-human mammal, which corresponds to SEQ ID NO: 1, a prophylactic or therapeutic agent containing the vaccine for diseases involving IL-17A as an aggravation factor, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koriyama, Hironori Nakagami, Ryuichi Morishita
  • Patent number: 11407824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-IL-1 beta antibodies and in particular to monovalent high potency IL-1 beta-binding antibody fragments being highly stable. Such antibodies can be used in the treatment of inflammatory and other diseases as well as in diagnostics. Also provided are related nucleic acids, vectors, cells, and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cell Medica, Inc.
    Inventors: Annemarie Honegger, Titus Kretzschmar, Simone Schmitt, Abdijapar Shamshiev, Stefanie Grabulovski
  • Patent number: 11396541
    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: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NOVAROCK BIOTHERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Haichun Huang, Ming Lei, Yi Pei, Han Li
  • Patent number: 11358998
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 and to a human heterodimeric Interleukin 27. The present invention further refers to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27, to a host cell containing a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or of the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27. The invention also refers to an immune modulator comprising a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or of the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27, to the respective use thereof as well as to a method of producing said secretion-competent muteins and to a secretion-incompetent mutein of the ?-subunit of mouse Interleukin 27 and a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of mouse Interleukin 27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
    Inventors: Matthias Feige, Stephanie Mueller