Patents Examined by Jessica H. Roark
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Patent number: 12252544Abstract: Antibodies, portions, and fusion proteins thereof to CD63 are provided. Also provided are nucleic acid sequences encoding same. Also provided are compositions comprising and methods of using same, e.g., for treating a patient in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Katherine Cygnar, Andrew Baik, Christopher Schoenherr, Andrew J. Murphy
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Patent number: 12247068Abstract: This invention is in the area of improved anti-aP2 antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target the lipid chaperone aP2/FABP4 (referred to as “aP2”) for use in treating disorders such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and/or cancer, among others. In one aspect, improved treatments for aP2 mediated disorders are disclosed in which serum aP2 is targeted and the biological activity of aP2 is neutralized or modulated using low-binding affinity aP2 monoclonal antibodies, providing lower fasting blood glucose levels, improved systemic glucose metabolism, increased systemic insulin sensitivity, reduced fat mass, reduced liver steatosis, reduced cardiovascular disease and/or a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Mehmet F. Burak, Feyza Engin, Scott B. Widenmaier, Karen Inouye, Elisabeth Helen Roberts, Adrian Richard Moore, Carl Brendan Doyle, Ralph Adams, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Shauna Mhairi Wales, Kerry Louise Tyson
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Patent number: 12240903Abstract: A method for identifying a patient with malignant tumor on which the effect of an immune checkpoint inhibitor can be more expected, and agents for suppressing the progression of, suppressing the recurrence of, and/or treating malignant tumor, characterized by prescriptions based on identifying a patient with a malignant tumor on which the effect of an immune checkpoint inhibitor can be more expected, by analyzing evaluation items including combinations such as the PD-1 expression intensity, the percentage of the number of PD-1 expressing cells and the like in Treg cells and CD8+ T cells in tumor tissue or blood.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL CANCER CENTERInventors: Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, Yosuke Togashi, Yukiya Ohyama, Takao Yoshida, Kazuhiko Takeda, Kenichi Koda, Atsushi Honda, Atsushi Oyagi, Toru Kakinuma, Masayuki Murata
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Patent number: 12227591Abstract: Described herein are high affinity antigen binding constructs, e.g., antibodies, directed to the ECD2 domain of HER2. The antigen-binding constructs comprise at least one antigen-binding polypeptide construct that binds to ECD2 of HER2 (HER2 ECD2) with increased affinity compared to a wild-type 2C4 antibody. Such antigen-binding polypeptide constructs comprise one or more amino acid modifications in the framework region and/or CDRs compared to the amino acid sequence of a wild-type 2C4 antibody that increase affinity of the antigen-binding polypeptide construct for ECD2 by 2-fold or greater. The antigen-binding constructs can inhibit the growth of HER2-expressing breast cancer cells and gastric cancer cells. Antigen-binding constructs in biparatopic format are internalized in HER2-expressing cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Zymeworks BC Inc.Inventors: Eric Escobar-Cabrera, Leonard G. Presta
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Patent number: 12221480Abstract: The present application is directed to agents that bind an epitope specific to a ?3 ?? TCR. Such agents can be, but are not limited to, an antibody or fragment thereof. Also described herein are methods for using the agents, e.g., to expand or selectively expand ?3 ?? T cells. Also described herein are methods of using expanded ?3 ?? T cells for treatment of a subject in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Inventors: Aya Jakobovits, Daulet Kadyl Satpayev, Orit Foord, Yifeng Frank Jing, Hui Shao, Jason Michael Romero, Mary Michael Brody, Matthew Ian Hoopes
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Patent number: 12202898Abstract: Anti-CD19 heavy chain antibodies (e.g., UniAbs™) are disclosed, along with methods of making such antibodies, compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such antibodies, and their use to treat B cell disorders that are characterized by the expression of CD19.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TeneoTwo, Inc.Inventors: Shelley Force Aldred, Wim van Schooten, Katherine Harris, Udaya Rangaswamy, Nathan Trinklein
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Patent number: 12202903Abstract: This invention relates to humanised versions of the murine anti-IL17BR antibody D9.2 which comprise mutations of certain residues within the heavy chain and/or light chain variable domains that display improved expression without deleterious effects on specificity or affinity. The humanised antibodies may comprise a heavy chain variable (VH) domain which comprises a VHCDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 1, a VHCDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 3, for example, a VH domain of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO: 11. The humanised antibodies may comprise a light chain variable (VL) domain which comprises a VLCDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 4, a VLCDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 5, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6, for example a VL domain of SEQ ID NO: 13. Antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use, for example in the treatment of cancer are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: LIFEARCInventors: Seema Patel, David Matthews
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Patent number: 12202863Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to CAR polypeptides and systems comprising repressible proteases. In combination with a specific protease inhibitor, the activity of said CAR polypeptides and systems and cells comprising them can be modulated. Also described herein are methods of using said CAR polypeptides and systems, for example to treat various diseases and disorders.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYInventors: John Ngo, Wilson Wong, Meng Lai Nicole Wong, Huishan Li, Elliot P. Tague
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Patent number: 12194092Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the fields of immunology and molecular biology. More specifically, provided herein are pharmaceutical combinations comprising (A) antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, directed against LY75, and (B) Venetoclax; methods for preparing pharmaceutical combinations; and methods for the treatment of diseases, such as cancers mediated by LY75 expression or activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Berlin-Chemie AGInventors: Giuseppe Merlino, Mario Bigioni, Monica Binaschi, Andrea Pellacani
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Patent number: 12195514Abstract: The present invention provides chimeric antigen receptors, cells expressing same and methods of using same for treatment various disorders such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.Inventor: Wayne A. Marasco
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Patent number: 12187801Abstract: The present disclosure provides chimeric antigen receptors that bind to Axl and Ror2, and conditionally active chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that recognize Axl and Ror2. Furthermore, provided herein are nucleic acids encoding these CARs and methods of making and using the CARs, including methods of treating cancer, especially cancers that express Axl and/or Ror2, such as renal cell carcinoma. The present disclosure provides cells genetically modified to produce the CARs.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignees: Exuma Biotech Corp., BioAtla. Inc.Inventors: Gregory Ian Frost, James Joseph Onuffer, Jr., Jay M. Short, Gerhard Frey, Hwai Wen Chang
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Patent number: 12178872Abstract: The present invention provides a regulatory T (Treg) cell expressing an antigen chimeric receptor (CAR) comprising a) at least one antigen binding domain, b) a transmembrane domain, and c) a cytoplasmic signaling domain comprising at least one primary cytoplasmic signaling domain and at least the co-stimulatory signaling domain of CD137, wherein said antigen binding domain specifically binds an antigen that is expressed on the surface of a target cell or a tag of a tagged polypeptide that binds to an antigen expressed on the surface of a target cell or a soluble antigen. Compositions comprising said Treg cells, and methods of enrichment and analysis of activated Tregs that express said CAR are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG, Charité—Universitätsmedizin BerlinInventors: Anna Nowak, Dominik Lock, Andrew Kaiser, Alexander Scheffold
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Patent number: 12150991Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of anti-TSLP-R antibodies, and uses thereof, are provided herein. The pharmaceutical compositions can comprise for example, an anti-TSLP-R antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, an excipient, and a surfactant, or other compositions as provided for herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: UPSTREAM BIO, INC.Inventors: Parika Petaipimol, Robert Patrick Gearing, Bingquan Wang, Geng Li, Jeremy Guo
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Patent number: 12139522Abstract: The present invention provides T-cells modified to express at least two chimeric antigen receptors, wherein one of the CARs binds specifically to an antigen selected from CD138, HER2 and CD24 and another CAR binds specifically a different antigen selected from CD 138, HER2 and CD24. Further, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these CAR T-cells and their use in treatment of cancer, in particular, ovarian cancer, DNA constructs encoding said CARs and methods for preparation of T-cells expressing said CARs.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: THE MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEAL SERVICED FUND OF THE TEL AVIV MEDECAL CENTER, YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.Inventors: Zelig Eshhar, Tova Waks, Anat Globerson Levin, Naamit Deshet-Unger, Moran Rawet Slobodkin, Dan Grisaru, Ben Zion Katz, Ido Laskov
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Patent number: 12133890Abstract: The present application relates to an antigen-binding polypeptide that specifically binds to B7H3, comprising at least one complementarity-determining region (CDR) of an antibody heavy chain variable region (VH), wherein the VH comprises an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 25. The present application further relates to a chimeric antigen receptor comprising the antigen-binding polypeptide and a universal CAR-T cell comprising the chimeric antigen receptor. The CAR-T cell recognizes a surface antigen of a tumor cell and knocks out TCR and HLA-A genes expressed by the cell at the same time, so that the immune rejection caused by an allogeneic CAR-T therapy is reduced, the survival time of the cell is prolonged, and the anti-tumor effect is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NINGBO T-MAXIMUM BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoyun Shang, Haijuan Jiang, Dan Wang, Jialu Li, Shaowen Ma, Hui Shen, Li Ma, Weijie Chen
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Patent number: 12129304Abstract: The present disclosure relates to administration speed of obinutuzumab.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AGInventors: Michael Wenger, Mehrdad Mobasher, Chin-Yu Lin
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Patent number: 12122840Abstract: The present inventors provide methods for modifying the isoelectric point of an antibody while retaining its antigen-binding activity, comprising modifying the charge of at least one exposable amino acid residue on the surface of the complementarity determining region (CDR). The present invention also provides methods for purifying multispecific antibodies, comprising modifying isoelectric point, and methods for improving the plasma pharmacokinetics of antibodies, comprising modifying isoelectric point. The present invention further provides antibodies with a modified isoelectric point, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies as an active ingredient, and methods for producing the antibodies and compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Hiroyuki Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko Tachibana, Taichi Kuramochi
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Patent number: 12122822Abstract: The present application discloses an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds specifically to a BAG2 polypeptide or fragment thereof, and a method of treating cancer thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: MEDPACTO, INC.Inventors: Seong Jin Kim, Dong Woo Kang
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Patent number: 12121587Abstract: This disclosure relates to dimeric immunotherapeutics that comprise two IgGs that are crosslinked with a disulfide bond. The two IgGs may be chimeras of two different heavy chains, in which one heavy chain includes a cysteine mutation that forms the disulfide bond, and the other heavy chain lacks the cysteine mutation. The presence of a cysteine mutation in only one of the heavy chains of an IgG avoids two disulfide bonds between the two IgGs, which increases the accessible orientations between the two crosslinked IgGs, and also avoids the formation of trimers and higher-order oligomers.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: MEDICOVESTOR, INC.Inventor: Seah Lim
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Patent number: 12122844Abstract: The invention provides methods to inhibit or treat brain cancers by locally inhibiting expression or activity of growth factors or growth factor receptors.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterInventors: Ronald G. Crystal, Stephen M. Kaminsky, Martin J. Hicks, Viviane Tabar