Patents Examined by Hong Sang
  • Patent number: 11807692
    Abstract: Provided herein are DLL3 binding proteins and DLL3 targeting multispecific proteins (e.g., DLL3 targeting trispecific protein) comprising a domain binding to CD3, a half-life extension domain, and a domain binding to DLL3 (such as a DLL3 binding protein as provided herein). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such DLL3 binding proteins, DLL3 targeting trispecific proteins. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed DLL3 binding proteins, DLL3 targeting trispecific proteins in the prevention, and/or treatment diseases, conditions and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HARPOON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Holger Wesche, Richard J. Austin
  • Patent number: 11807682
    Abstract: The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an antigen binding domain comprising SEQ ID NOs: 1-6, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular T cell signaling domain. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CARs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Heath and Human Services
    Inventors: Rimas J. Orentas, Ira H. Pastan, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Crystal L. Mackall
  • Patent number: 11795223
    Abstract: Methods, kits, and compositions are provided herein that can be used to treat hematopoietic disorders using an anti-CD47 agent such as an antibody and a hypomethylating agent, such as azacitidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Forty Seven, Inc.
    Inventors: Yinuo Cao, Mark Ping Chao, Ravindra Majeti, Roy Louis Maute, Chris Hidemi Mizufune Takimoto, Kelly Tran
  • Patent number: 11795218
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosis or treatment of cancer diseases involving cancer stem cells comprising targeting CLDN6. In particular, the present invention provides a method of determining cancer stem cells comprising detecting cells expressing CLDN6. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing cancer comprising inhibiting and/or eliminating cancer stem cells by administering an antibody having the ability of binding to CLDN6 to a cancer patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: BioNTech AG, Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universität
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Meike Wagner, Maria Kreuzberg, Sabine Hacker, Stefan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11795240
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes administering a T cell, genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), a bispecific antibody, or a combination thereof to a subject. The CAR and bispecific antibody of the invention can comprise a human antibody, a humanized antibody, or antigen-binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Carl H. June, Yangbing Zhao, Xiaojun Liu
  • Patent number: 11787872
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to antibody fragments which specifically bind sialyl-Tn epitope of tumor-associated glycoprotein 72 (TAG-72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Magliery, Brandon J. Sullivan, Nicholas E. Long
  • Patent number: 11786553
    Abstract: Provided herein are PD-1 chimeric cytokine receptors. When present on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing immune cells, such receptors allow for increased immune cell activation, proliferation, persistence, and/or potency, when engaged with PD-1 ligands or activation with an anti-PD-1 antibody. Also provided are methods of making and using the chimeric cytokine receptors described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ALLOGENE THERAPEUCTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Regina Junhui Lin, Thomas John Van Blarcom, Siler Panowski, Barbra Johnson Sasu
  • Patent number: 11773181
    Abstract: Provided are survivin specific antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and methods for treating tumors comprising survivin-expressing cells by administration of the antibodies. The antibody compositions were found to be effective in inhibiting the growth of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Health Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Fenstermaker, Michael J. Ciesielski
  • Patent number: 11771762
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that bind to ErbB3 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human ErbB3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention block the interaction of ErbB3 with an ErbB3 ligand such as neuregulin 1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Daly, Douglas MacDonald, Xunbao Duan
  • Patent number: 11760807
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the efficacy of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for cancer in a patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy or for determining the continuation of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for a patient treated with GPC3-targeting therapy. The method includes determining the number of an immunocyte or an expression level of a molecule expressed on the immunocyte in a biological sample isolated from the patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy and/or the patient treated with the GPC3-targeting drug therapy, wherein when the number of the immunocyte or the expression level of the molecule expressed on the immunocyte is a predetermined value, the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined. GPC3-targeting drugs and drug preparations for use according to the disclosed methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ohtomo, Takayoshi Tanaka, Yasuo Sugitani, Oscar Puig, Ruey-min Lee, Gong Chen, Anton Belousov, Ya-Chi Chen, Bernhard Reis
  • Patent number: 11752207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, compounds (e.g., antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to an epitope of CD137 and agonize CD137, and to use of the compounds in methods for treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of, cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Compass Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Piotr Bobrowicz, Paul Widboom, Michael March Schmidt, Jason M. Lajoie, Robert V. Tighe, III, Cheuk Lun Leung, Ugur Eskiocak
  • Patent number: 11746158
    Abstract: The invention relates to binding molecules that bind specifically to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), in particular, single human variable heavy chain domain antibodies and related methods for treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Crescendo Biologics Limited
    Inventors: Brian McGuinness, Isabelle Osuch, Chris Rossant, Mike Romanos, Nikki Royle, Thomas Sandal, Lorraine Thompson, Michele Writer
  • Patent number: 11739136
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a modified cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and a dominant negative form of PD-1, wherein the dominant negative form of PD-1 lacks a functional PD-1 intracellular domain for PD-1/PD-L1 signal transduction, and the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory domain, and a CD3 zeta domain. The dominant negative form of PD-1 is regulated by an inducible gene expression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengfei Pu, Zhiyuan Cao, Lei Xiao
  • Patent number: 11725060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to protein molecules that specifically bind to 5T4 and/or 4-1BB. The molecules may have at least one humanized 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding domain. Such molecules are useful for the treatment of cancer. The protein molecule binding to 5T4 or 4-1BB may have a second binding domain that binds to another target. The molecules may bind both 5T4-expressing cells and a cell-surface molecule expressed by an effector cell to enhance effector cell activation, proliferation, survival and/or effector-cell mediated cytotoxicity. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding polypeptide or protein molecules, nucleic acid molecules encoding these polypeptides and methods of making and using these molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Aptevo Reserch and Development LLC, Alligator Bioscience AB
    Inventors: David Bienvenue, Gabriela Hernandez-Hoyos, Lynda Misher, Danielle Van Citters, Peter Ellmark, Anna Sall, Christina Furebring, Laura von Schantz, Sara Fritzell, Laura Varas
  • Patent number: 11718683
    Abstract: The invention relates to fusion proteins comprising an antigen binding domain fused with a modified heat shock 70 protein. The invention further relates to methods of using the fusion proteins to induce an immune response to antigens and to treat diseases associated With antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Aperisys, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Brauns, Mark C. Poznansky, Jeffrey A. Gelfand, Huabiao Chen, Stephen J. McCormack
  • Patent number: 11708417
    Abstract: An antibody that specifically binds to a glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR), an antibody fragment and a polymer thereof, and a conjugate and a fusion comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment are provided in the present invention. A nucleic acid encoding the antibody, the antibody fragment, the polymer, the conjugate and the fusion, a vector, and a host cell expressing the nucleic acid are also provided in the present invention. In addition, a composition comprising the antibody and the antibody fragment thereof, the polymer, the conjugate or the fusion, and use thereof in therapy and diagnosis are also provided in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVENT BIOLOGICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaoniu Miao, Zhihui Kuang, Weifeng Huang, Junjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11702469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to recombinant EGFL7, EGFL7 antibodies, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Adrienne M. Dorrance, Ramiro Garzon
  • Patent number: 11696958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing antibody-drug conjugates and to antibody-drug conjugates wherein therapeutic moieties are conjugated to one or more engineered cysteines as well as to one or more reduced interchain cysteines via a cleavable or non-cleavable linker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Byondis B.V.
    Inventor: Rudy Gerardus Elisabeth Coumans
  • Patent number: 11692042
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to CD73 (e.g., human CD73) and antagonize CD73 function. Also provided are anti-CD73 antibodies that further comprise a TGF?-binding moiety or a VEGF-binding moiety. The instant disclosure additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Stuart Wilson, Jeremy Dale Waight, Shawn Michael Jennings, Olga Ignatovich, Emmanuel Cyrille Pascal Briend, Benjamin Maxime Morin, Oliver Schon, Spencer Campbell
  • Patent number: 11686731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to LRG1 protein markers for use in the diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment of prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Mills, Ingrid Jenny Guldvik