Patents Examined by John L Van Druff
  • Patent number: 11976128
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to PD-L2 and methods of using such antibodies to treat cancers, such as those that express or overexpress PD-L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Michael A. Curran, Ashvin R. Jaiswal, Dongxing Zha, Kui Voo, Carlo Toniatti, Bianka Prinz, Nadthakarn Boland
  • Patent number: 11945861
    Abstract: Provided are novel IFB-a binding molecules of human origin, particularly human-derived anti-IFN-? antibodies as well as IFN-? binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods for use in diagnosis and therapy are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: IMMUNOQURE AG
    Inventors: Syeda F. Y. Haque, Adrian Hayday, Kai Kisand, Kai Krohn, Annalisa Macagno, Steffen Meyer, Paert Peterson, Mike Rothe, Philip Vlaicu, Martin Woodward
  • Patent number: 11939386
    Abstract: Disclosed are a new AXL-targeting monoclonal antibody and antibody-drug conjugate. Also disclosed is a method for preparing said antibody and antibody-drug conjugate. The AXL antibody of the present invention can bind with purified human AXL protein and multiple AXL on tumor cell surface with high effectiveness and high specificity. Said humanized antibody also has high affinity and low immunogenicity. Said AXL antibody-drug conjugate has markable performance against tumors having high AXL expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ke Yu, Jingkang Shen, Tao Meng, Jinpeng Pei, Lanping Ma, Xin Wang, Rui Jin, Zhiyan Du, Lin Chen, Ting Yu, Yongliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11939381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies that antagonize human PD-1 and agonize human CD137, and may be useful for treating solid and hematological tumors alone and in combination with chemotherapy and ionizing radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Demarest, Yiqing Feng, Juqun Shen, Yang Shen, Stephanie Marie Truhlar
  • Patent number: 11834498
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides biparatopic antibodies comprising polypeptides that bind to folate receptor alpha (FR?) compositions comprising such biparatopic antibodies. In a specific aspect, the biparatopic antibodies bind to FR? and modulate FR? activity. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer, by administering a biparatopic antibody that specifically binds to FR? and modulates FR? activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ImmunoGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Olga Ab, Neeraj Kohli, Thomas Chittenden, Julianto Setiady
  • Patent number: 11820821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antigen-binding protein, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof which binding to CEACAM6, comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 having the amino acid sequence GNTFTSYVMH; a VHCDR2 having the amino acid sequence YINPYNDGTKYNEKFKG; and a VHCDR3 having the amino acid sequence STARATPYFYAMDY and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 having the amino acid sequence KSSQSLLWSVNQNSYLS, a VLCDR2 having the amino acid sequence GASIRES, and a VLCDR3 having the amino acid sequence QHNHGSFLPYT. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, methods of use of the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof for cancer treatment, prevention or detection and a kit comprising the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD, AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hau Wan Leung, Andre Boon Hwa Choo, Mei Yee Vanessa Ding, Shao Weng Daniel Tan, Narayanan Gopalakrishna Iyer
  • Patent number: 11795236
    Abstract: As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety and has an excellent therapeutic effect, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-HER2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-HER2 antibody is connected to the terminal L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as the connecting position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Naito, Yusuke Ogitani, Takeshi Masuda, Takashi Nakada, Masao Yoshida, Shinji Ashida, Koji Morita, Hideki Miyazaki, Yuji Kasuya, Ichiro Hayakawa, Yuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11793835
    Abstract: The invention discloses novel RAR gamma selective agonists used in the treatment of cancer. The invention also discloses administration of RAR gamma selective agonists to mammals, including humans for the purpose of selectively activating RAR gamma receptor and treat cancer by way of activating tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Io Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin E. Sanders, Vidyasagar Vuligonda
  • Patent number: 11787858
    Abstract: Antibodies and antibody fragments that specifically bind to LILRB3 are disclosed. Also provided herein are compositions comprising antibodies and antibody fragments that specifically bind to LILRB3 and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Inventors: Shu-Hsia Chen, Ping-Ying Pan
  • Patent number: 11759526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bioconjugation method and compounds for use therein. The bioconjugation method comprises the step of conjugating a biological molecule containing a first unsaturated functional group with a payload comprising a second unsaturated functional group, wherein the first and second unsaturated functional groups are complementary to each other such that conjugation is a reaction of said functional groups via a Diels-Alder reaction which forms a cyclohexene ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: MedImmune, LLC, The Regents Of The University Of California
    Inventors: Ronald James Christie, Changshou Gao, Andre Henri St. Amant, Javier Read de Alaniz
  • Patent number: 11732048
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibodies that specifically bind a novel epitope on the Axl protein. Also disclosed are methods for the production and use of the anti-Axl antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Bergen Teknologioverføring AS, BerGenBio ASA
    Inventors: David Robert Micklem, Sergej Kiprijanov, James Bradley Lorens, Lavina Ahmed, Linn Nilsson, Tone Sandal
  • Patent number: 11701428
    Abstract: Therapeutic combinations of immunoconjugates that bind to CD123 (e.g., IMGN632) with BCL-2 inhibitors (e.g., venetoclax), and/or a hypomethylating agent (e.g., azacitidine or decitabine) are provided. Methods of administering the combinations to treat hematological malignancies with clinical efficacy and/or decreased toxicity are also provided. Methods of treating hematological malignances present as minimal residual disease using immunoconjugates that bind to CD123 (e.g., IMGN632) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ImmunoGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharlene Adams, Callum M. Sloss, Patrick Zweidler-McKay
  • Patent number: 11685769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Colette Song, Franziska Hoffgaard, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Oliver Schoor, Jens Fritsche, Toni Weinschenk, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11680042
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I), formula (II), formula (III), (IV) or a salt thereof, compositions and methods of making the compound, methods and reagents for measuring the compound, and kits using the same. The use of a compound of formula (I), formula (II), formula (III), or formula (IV) for assessing or monitoring kidney function in a subject, determining predisposition to developing reduced kidney function, classifying a subject according to level of kidney function, and diagnosing or monitoring chronic kidney disease is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Metabolon, Inc.
    Inventor: Qibo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11666581
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein is directed to antibody-PROTAC conjugates (PACs), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in treating diseases and conditions where targeted protein degradation is beneficial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Pillow, Jack Sadowsky, Leanna Staben, Steven Staben, Binqing Wei, Ingrid Wertz, Pragya Adhikari, Nicole Blaquiere, Peter Dragovich, Wayne Fairbrother
  • Patent number: 11649250
    Abstract: A conjugate of formula (I) wherein Ab is a modified antibody having at least one free conjugation site on each heavy chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIMMUNE LIMITED
    Inventors: Nazzareno Dimasi, Philip Wilson Howard, Luke Masterson, Arnaud Charles Tiberghien, Balakumar Vijayakrishnan, Jason White
  • Patent number: 11642402
    Abstract: A method of producing an immunotherapy vaccine is provided. The method includes performing a heat treatment to exosomes separated from cancer cells or body fluids including blood of a cancer patient to promote inactivation of proteolytic enzymes in the exosomes, and introducing or co-culturing the exosomes in dendritic cells derived from blood of the cancer patient or a healthy person to make antigen-presenting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: CYTIX INC., KINKO CAPITAL CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Sadatoshi Sakuma, Michiyo Osono, Eriko Oka
  • Patent number: 11634497
    Abstract: This application discloses anti-CCR7 antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates of said antibodies or antigen binding fragments. The invention also relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer using the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates, and methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as diagnostic reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Steven Bender, Tracy Charlton, Anna Galkin, Bernhard Hubert Geierstanger, Scott Martin Glaser, Shailaja Kasibhatla, Mark Knuth, Sabine Rottmann, Sarah Rue, Glen Spraggon, Tetsuo Uno
  • Patent number: 11629122
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides compounds of the formula (I): wherein the variables are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides compounds of the formula (V): wherein the variables are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides methods of preparing the compounds disclosed herein. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides antibody drug conjugates comprising compounds of the present disclosure. In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of the compounds and anti-body drug conjugates disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Kyoji Tsuchikama, Yasuaki Anami, Chisato Tsuchikama, Ningyang Zhang, Zhiqiang An
  • Patent number: 11617798
    Abstract: Provided are novel anti-CD228 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates and methods of using such anti-CD228 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates to treat cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seagen Inc.
    Inventors: Sharsti Sandall, Lori Westendorf, Timothy Lewis