Patents Examined by Karl J. Puttlitz
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Patent number: 12138316Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody-drug conjugate specifically binding to B7H3 and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. A method for using the antibody-drug conjugate of the present invention and use thereof are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhongyuan Zhu, Chen Zhong, Yu Zhang, Chenggang Li
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Patent number: 12138315Abstract: It is an object to provide an antibody specifically binding to CD37-positive tumor cells such as malignant B-cell lymphoma, an antibody-drug conjugate comprising the antibody, a pharmaceutical composition having therapeutic effects on a tumor using the antibody, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned pharmaceutical composition, a method for producing the antibody, and a method for producing the antibody-drug conjugate, and the like. The present invention provides an anti-CD37 antibody-drug conjugate in which an antibody is conjugated to a drug linker represented by the following formula (wherein A represents a connecting position to the antibody) by a thioether bond, specifically, a humanized anti-CD37 antibody having internalization ability and an antibody-drug conjugate containing the antibody.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tomoko Terauchi, Yuji Shinjo, Hajime Sugawara, Yusuke Shuchi, Riki Goto
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Patent number: 12129218Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel AUTOTAC chimeric compound in which a new p62 ligand and a target-binding ligand are connected by a linker, a stereoisomer, hydrate, solvate or prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutical or food composition for the prevention or treatment of diseases by degrading the target protein including the same as an active ingredient. They can target specific proteins to adjust their concentrations, and can also deliver drugs and other small molecule compounds to lysosomes. The AUTOTAC chimeric compound according to the present invention can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of various diseases by selectively eliminating specific proteins.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: AUTOTAC INC.Inventors: Yong Tae Kwon, Chang Hoon Ji, Srinivasrao Ganipisetti, Hee Yeon Kim, Su Ran Mun, Chan Hoon Jung, Eui Jung Jung, Ki Woon Sung
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Patent number: 12121584Abstract: This disclosure provides multifunctional conjugate molecules comprising a target binding component covalently linked to one or more cannabinoids and/or one or more cannabinoid conjugate components. In some embodiments, the target binding component also is covalently linked to one or more active agent components. The disclosed conjugate molecules are designed to deliver therapeutic benefits of each component of the conjugate molecules and can be used to treat cancer and other disorders.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Diverse Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Paul Hershberger, Philip Arlen
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Patent number: 12098215Abstract: The disclosure provides constructs comprising a first fusion protein, a second fusion protein, and a linker, wherein the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein each include an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme, and the linker includes a first and second functional groups specific for irreversibly inhibiting the first and second fusion protein reactive enzymes. The disclosure further provides a method including (a) contacting a first fusion protein including an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme with a linker including a functional group specific for irreversibly inhibiting the first fusion protein reactive enzyme thereby coupling the first fusion protein and the linker, and (b) contacting a second fusion protein including an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme with the linker, the linker including a functional group specific for irreversibly inhibiting the second fusion protein reactive enzyme thereby coupling the second fusion protein and the linker.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYInventors: Milan Mrksich, Justin A. Modica
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Patent number: 12091694Abstract: Embodiments provided herein, provide for polypeptides and molecules comprising a polypeptide having protease activity and a variant Fc molecule, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods that can be used to treat disorders, such as IgG mediated disorders.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SEISMIC THERAPEUTIC, INC.Inventors: Nathan Higginson-Scott, Nathan Rollins, Jordan Anderson, Yanfeng Zhou, Alex Pellerin, Ivan Mascanfroni
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Patent number: 12090212Abstract: Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) comprising a drug conjugated to antibody or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to Globo series antigen disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as sarcoma, skin cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, brain cancer, glioblastoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, oral cancer, head-and-neck cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, bile duct cancer, gallbladder cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, intestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, cervix cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, testical cancer, buccal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer and prostate cancer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: OBI Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Michael Nientse Chang, Jiann-Shiun Lai, Wan-Fen Li, I-Ju Chen, Yi-Chien Tsai, Kai-Chuan Chen
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Patent number: 12089591Abstract: This invention relates generally to improved methods and herbicidal glyphosate compositions for use in controlling the growth of weeds and unwanted vegetation, and particularly for use in controlling weeds in a crop of transgenic glyphosate-tolerant cotton plants by over-the-top, foliar application of a herbicidal glyphosate formulation.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: David Z. Becher, David R. Eaton, Stephen D. Prosch, Michael E. Seitz
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Patent number: 12090211Abstract: The subject matter described herein is directed to methods of preparing certain antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein the antibody is linked to the drug through a linker, wherein the drug contains a heteroaryl group having a secondary nitrogen, and the linker is attached to the drug via the secondary nitrogen. The resulting conjugates are useful in treating various diseases and conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Pillow, Peter Dragovich
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Patent number: 12077587Abstract: Anti-CD8 antibodies, radiolabeled anti-CD8 antibodies, fluorescently labeled anti-CD8 antibodies and their use in imaging are provided herein. Included are methods of detecting the presence of CD8 proteins in a subject or sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Jason T. Giurleo, Dangshe Ma, William Olson, Gavin Thurston, Richard Tavare
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Patent number: 12078639Abstract: The field of this invention relates to immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) for the targeted detection and mapping of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and miRNAs) in tissues or cells for example, for research use and for clinical use such by pathologists (e.g., biomarker analyses of a resected tumor or tumor biopsy). In particular, the use of mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) as a mode to detect and map the biomolecules in tissues or cells for example. More specifically, the field of this invention relates to photocleavable mass-tag reagents which are attached to probes such as antibodies and nucleic acids and used to achieve multiplex immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, with MSI as the mode of detection/readout. Probe types other than antibodies and nucleic acids are also covered in the field of invention, including but not limited to carbohydrate-binding proteins (e.g., lectins), receptors and ligands.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: AmberGen, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Lim, Gargey Yagnik, Kenneth J. Rothschild
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Patent number: 12071487Abstract: Methods are provided for making bispecific antibodies and antibody conjugates comprising site-specifically cross-linking two or more antibodies, antibody fragments or Fc-fusion proteins. Also provided are compositions and uses for the bispecific antibodies and antibody conjugates. The bispecific antibodies may be used to treat a disease or condition. Also provided are methods for site-specifically conjugating a liposome, an mRNA or an siRNA to an antibody, and uses of the antibody-conjugated liposome, mRNA or siRNA.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Brian Agnew, Robert Aggeler
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Patent number: 12065474Abstract: Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides, which can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill cancers, that comprise a co-stimulatory signaling region having a mutated form of a cytoplasmic domain of CD28 that enhances CAR-T cell function, e.g. by reducing CAR-T cell exhaustion. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a tumor associated antigen-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.Inventor: Marco L. Davila
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Patent number: 12054784Abstract: A method for identifying a tumor that is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor, including: a) providing a sample of a tumor; b) determining the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 gene in the sample, wherein the mutation is located in exon 3 of CTNNB1 and the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 gene indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor. Alternatively, step b) is replaced by the step of determining the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 protein in the sample, wherein the mutation is located in exon 3 of CTNNB1 and the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 protein indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor. In a further alternative, step b) includes determining an altered expression of a CTNNB1 regulated gene, whereby an altered expression of a CTNNB1 regulated gene indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: NETHERLANDS TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER B.V.Inventors: Jeroen De Roos, Joost Cornelis Marinus Uitdehaag, Adrianus Petrus Antonius De Man, Rogier Christiaan Buijsman, Guido Jenny Rudolf Zaman
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Patent number: 12053466Abstract: Provided herein is are methods of using 4-(4-(4-(((2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1-oxoisoindolin-4-yl)oxy)methyl)benzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-3-fluorobenzonitrile, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a bispecific antibody specifically binding to human B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and to human CD3? (CD3) provided herein, in treating, preventing or managing multiple myeloma.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Celgene CorporationInventors: Daniel W. Pierce, Lilly L. Wong
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Patent number: 12042515Abstract: Provided is a transgenic killer cell, the genome of which is stably integrated with a coding sequence comprising an antibody of a human Fc section, or an expression cassette of a coding sequence comprising a chimeric antigen receptor or an inhibitory or agonistic antibody, and an inverted terminal repeat sequence from a transposon at both ends. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the transgenic killer cell, and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: Shanghai Cell Therapy Research Institute, Shanghai Cell Therapy Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qijun Qian, Huajun Jin, Jieying Xu, Linfang Li, Zhenlong Ye, Zhou He, Lianzhen Cui, Hongping Wu
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Patent number: 12023345Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a method for treatment of a lysosomal storage disorder. The method may include administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mediates upregulation of Transcription Factor EB. In one embodiment, the composition includes a fibrate, such as gemfibrozil or fenofibrate. In another embodiment, the composition also includes all-trans retinoic acid or vitamin A.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERInventor: Kalipada Pahan
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Patent number: 12024508Abstract: The invention relates to a new family of compounds of the type 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one and the use thereof as inhibitors of the toxic effects of intracellular-acting toxins, such as ricin, Shiga toxins or the cholera toxin, using retrograde transport to intoxicate the cells, or viruses or bacteria using retrograde and/or syntaxin 5-dependent transport to infect the cells, specifically viruses or bacteria entering into the cells by means of endocytosis, or intracellular parasites.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Jean-Christophe Cintrat, Julien Barbier, Daniel Gillet, Alain Pruvost, Audrey Couhert, Livia Tepshi, Robin Vinck
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Patent number: 12011485Abstract: The present invention relates to a linker of the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: (I). The present invention relates to a linker-drug conjugate of the following formula (II) or a salt thereof: (II). The present invention relates also to a binding unit-drug corrugate, such as an antibody-drug conjugate, of the following formula (III) or (IV) or a salt thereof: (III), (IV), as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a binding unit-drug corrugate and its use in the treatment of cancer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENTInventors: Michel Perez, Frédéric Marion, Jean-François Haeuw, Cyrille Dreyfus
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Patent number: 12006358Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a monoclonal antibody having high selectivity and affinity for AGEs, particularly, AGEs derived from glyceraldehyde or AGEs derived from glycolaldehyde, and an analysis method utilizing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing a disease using the monoclonal antibody.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BLOOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Shota Tsuchida, Tomoaki Shigeta, Kazumi Sasamoto, Mami Chirifu