Patents Examined by Jessica H. Roark
  • Patent number: 10781261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to subcutaneous formulations of anti-CD38 antibodies and their uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Jansson, Vineet Kumar
  • Patent number: 10781268
    Abstract: A method for decreasing the immunogenicity of antibody variable domains is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Urech, Leonardo Borras
  • Patent number: 10766965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of light chain amyloidosis and other CD38-positive hematological malignancies with anti-CD38 antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC., TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chakra Chaulagain, Raymond Comenzo, Parul Doshi, Xun Ma, Amy Sasser
  • Patent number: 10752687
    Abstract: Antibody molecules that specifically bind to PD-1 are disclosed. The anti-PD-1 antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent and/or diagnose cancerous or infectious conditions and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Novartis AG, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Gordon James Freeman, Arlene Helen Sharpe, Walter A. Blattler, Jennifer Marie Mataraza, Catherine Anne Sabatos-Peyton, Hwai Wen Chang, Gerhard Johann Frey
  • Patent number: 10752697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody specifically binding to glypican 3 (GPC3), a nucleic acid encoding the antibody, a vector and a host cell containing the nucleic acid, a method of preparing the antibody, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer or tumor, containing the antibody as an active ingredient. The antibody specifically binding to glypican 3 according to the present invention may be effectively used to treat cancer or tumor, particularly, hepatocellular carcinoma due to high affinity and specificity to glypican 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MOGAM INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jae Chan Park, Kisu Kim, Mijung Lee, Eun-Hee Lee, Dong-Sik Kim, Eun Jung Song, Sujeong Kim, Hyung-Kwon Lim, Kyuhyun Lee, Jongwha Won, Soongyu Choi, Young Seoub Park
  • Patent number: 10738117
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and an isolated immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide that bind to a programmed death-1 (PD-1) protein. The invention provides a PD-1-binding agent that comprises the aforementioned immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide. The invention also provides related vectors, compositions, and methods of using the PD-1-binding agent to treat a cancer or an infectious disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ANAPTYSBIO, INC.
    Inventors: David J. King, Marilyn Kehry
  • Patent number: 10738116
    Abstract: The invention provides dual specific chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) having antigenic specificity for CD19 and CD22. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, 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: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Terry J. Fry, Crystal L. Mackall, Rimas J. Orentas, Waleed Haso, Haiying Qin
  • Patent number: 10731127
    Abstract: A nucleic acid encoding a chimeric antigen receptor expressed at surface of a T lymphocyte, said chimeric antigen receptor comprises, connected in the order of, an extracellular binding domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the extracellular binding domain comprises a single chain antibody, scFv(GPC3), which specifically recognizes the C-terminal epitope of GPC3. A genetically modified T lymphocyte having a chimeric antigen receptor expressed at surface thereof, and the chimeric antigen receptor is expressed by the nucleic acid described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CARsgen Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Zonghai Li, Huiping Gao, Hua Jiang, Bizhi Shi, Huamao Wang, Kesang Li, Hongyang Wang, Shengli Yang, Jianren Gu
  • Patent number: 10689445
    Abstract: The invention provides programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibodies and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Spring BioScience Corporation
    Inventors: Marcin Kowanetz, Hartmut Koeppen, Zachary Boyd, Zhiming Liao, Yifei Zhu, Bharathi Vennapusa, Patrick C. Roche
  • Patent number: 10676524
    Abstract: Provided are monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to CD47 of multiple mammalian species, block the binding of SIRPalpha and TSP1 to CD47, promote phagocytosis of susceptible cancer cells, and reverse TSP1 inhibition of nitric oxide signaling, as well as monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that compete with the former for binding to CD47 and that exhibit similar biological activities. Also provided are combinations of any of the foregoing. Such antibody compounds are variously effective in 1) treating tissue ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in the setting of organ preservation and transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, sickle cell disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and other instances of surgery and/or trauma in which IRI is a component of pathogenesis; 2) in treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; and 3) as anti-cancer agents for treating susceptible cancer cells, promoting their phagocytic uptake and clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Arch Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Frazier, Pamela T. Manning, Gerhard Frey, Hwai Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 10669336
    Abstract: Provided are monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to CD47 of multiple mammalian species, block the binding of SIRPalpha and TSP1 to CD47, promote phagocytosis of susceptible cancer cells, and reverse TSP1 inhibition of nitric oxide signaling, as well as monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that compete with the former for binding to CD47 and that exhibit similar biological activities. Also provided are combinations of any of the foregoing. Such antibody compounds are variously effective in 1) treating tissue ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in the setting of organ preservation and transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, sickle cell disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and other instances of surgery and/or trauma in which IRI is a component of pathogenesis; 2) in treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; and 3) as anti-cancer agents for treating susceptible cancer cells, promoting their phagocytic uptake and clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Arch Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Frazier, Pamela T. Manning, Gerhard Frey, Hwai Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 10670603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of using the expression of ILTL3 ligand or ILT3 on certain types of cancer cells as a diagnostic tool. Methods are provided for treating ILT3-ligand expressing cancers, such as T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia), for example by administering ILT3, the extracellular domain of ILT3 or ILT3Fc conjugated to a cytotoxic agent to kill the targeted cancer cell. Other methods are provided for treating cancers that express ILT3 on their surface, such as monocytic forms of AML, for example by administering anti-ILT3 antibodies conjugated to a cytotoxic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Nicole Suciu-Foca, George Vlad, Chih-Chao Chang, Zhuoru Liu, Adriana Ioana Colovai
  • Patent number: 10662243
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for assessing the risk of potential adverse effects for a human patient mediated by the administration of a CD19×CD3 bispecific antibody to said patient comprising determining the ratio of B cells to T cells of said patient. The disclosure also provides a method for administering a CD19×CD3 bispecific antibody to a human patient having a B:T cell ratio of about 1:5 or lower, comprising administering doses in a dosing regimen. This dosing regimen can be applied in methods for treating malignant CD19 positive lymphocytes or for ameliorating and/or preventing an adverse effect mediated by the administration of said bispecific antibody. The Also provided is a pharmaceutical package or kit comprising a first dose and a second dose and optionally a third dose of said antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN RESEARCH (MUNICH) GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Nagorsen, Peter Kufer, Gerhard Zugmaier, Patrick Bauerle
  • Patent number: 10611825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monovalent antigen binding proteins with a CH1-CL domain exchange, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HOFFMANN LA-ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Birgit Bossenmaier, Hubert Kettenberger, Christian Klein, Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Joerg Thomas Regula, Wolfgang Schaefer, Manfred Schwaiger, Claudio Sustmann
  • Patent number: 10603380
    Abstract: The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TCR) comprising extracellular domain disclosed herein. Some aspects of the invention relate to a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or a T cell receptor (TCR) comprising the extracellular domain disclosed herein. Other aspects of the invention relate to cells comprising the CAR or the TCR and their use in a T cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KITE PHARMA, INC.
    Inventor: Jed Wiltzius
  • Patent number: 10596257
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating CEA-positive cancers. The method comprising administering a PD-1 axis binding antagonist and a bispecific antibody that targets CEA and CD3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Marina Bacac, Sara Colombetti, Christian Klein, Johannes Sam, Jose Saro, Pablo Umana
  • Patent number: 10597464
    Abstract: Novel heterodimeric antibody-Fc-containing proteins, such as bispecific antibodies, and novel methods for producing such proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GENMAB A/S
    Inventors: Aran Frank Labrijn, Joyce I. Meesters, Ewald T. J. Van Den Bremer, Joost J. Neijssen, Patrick Van Berkel, Bart De Goeij, Tom Vink, Jan Van De Winkel, Janine Schuurman, Paul Parren
  • Patent number: 10597456
    Abstract: Antigen binding molecules, chimeric receptors, and engineered immune cells are disclosed in accordance with the invention. The invention further relates to vectors, compositions, and methods of treatment and/or detection using the antigen binding molecules and engineered immune cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: AMGEN INC., KITE PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Jed Wiltzius, Ruben Alvarez Rodriguez, Alice Bakker, Lawren Wu, Tara Arvedson
  • Patent number: 10590205
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, which exhibit diagnostic capabilities and allow to rapidly add functionality to adoptive immunotherapy. The compositions include isolated nucleic acids encoding proteins including antibody regions capable of binding compounds including a peptidyl moiety (e.g., a meditope). The recombinant proteins provided herein are useful, inter alia, for a broad variety of therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. For example, the recombinant proteins provided herein including embodiments thereof may be used as non-invasive means to characterize chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells before and/or during treatment of diseases (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CITY OF HOPE
    Inventors: John C. Williams, Christine Brown
  • Patent number: 10519247
    Abstract: The disclosure provides monoclonal bispecific antibodies targeting HER2 and HER3. The disclosure also provides monospecific tetravalent HER3 antigen binding antibodies. Still further provided by the disclosure are methods of treating a cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody provided by the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents,The University of Texas System
    Inventors: E. Sally Ward, Raimund Ober, Jeffrey Kang, Jayakumar Poovassery