Patents Examined by Lia E Taylor
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Patent number: 12281156Abstract: Anti-RSV antibodies with neutralizing potency against RSV subtype A and RSV subtype B are provided, as well as methods for their identification, isolation, generation, and methods for their preparation and use are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Adimab, LLCInventor: Laura M. Walker
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Patent number: 12269894Abstract: Described herein are novel and improved antibodies that bind human fibrin or fibrinogen ?C domain and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects, described herein are methods of inhibiting microglial activation. In certain aspects, described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies that bind fibrin or fibrinogen ?C domain. In certain aspects, the antibodies and methods described herein are used for treatment of degenerative neuronal disorders that involve inflammatory demyelination.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Therini Bio, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Stavenhagen, Olga Gasiorowska, Mathias Rickert, Paul Fredrick Widboom, Joseph Robert Warfield
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Patent number: 12258410Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a SIRPA polypeptide, e.g., a mammalian SIRPA or human SIRPA, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Inventors: Andrew Pincetic, Wei-Hsien Ho, Patricia Culp, Arnon Rosenthal
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Patent number: 12234278Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and agents for preventing the establishment of HIV-1 latent reservoirs or for reducing the size of the reservoirs. Specifically, the disclosure provides methods and agents for preventing the establishment of HIV-1 latent reservoirs or for reducing the size of the reservoirs, the methods comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated anti-HIV antibody, and administering to the subject two or more viral transcription inducers in effective amounts to induce transcription of an HIV provirus in the cells. Further provided are antibodies and viral transcription inducers used in the methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: The Rockefeller UniversityInventors: Michel Nussenzweig, Ariel Halper-Stromberg, Ching-Lan Lu
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Patent number: 12221473Abstract: The disclosure provides engineered polypeptides that specifically bind to human complement component C5 and/or serum albumin. The disclosure also provides fusion proteins comprising such engineered polypeptides, wherein such fusion proteins may be multivalent and multi-specific fusion proteins. The disclosure further provides nucleic acid molecules that encode such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins, and methods of making such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins, and methods of treatment using such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Bridget Puffer, Julian Chandler, Nimish Gera, Douglas L. Sheridan, Siddharth Jindal, Paul P. Tamburini
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Patent number: 12215172Abstract: Disclosed are a bio-responsive adhesive antibody delivery platform for immunotherapy, use thereof, and a preparation method thereof. The bio-responsive adhesive antibody delivery platform for immunotherapy according to the present disclosure may enhance a retention time of the antibody at a target site via adhesiveness of the delivery platform and may selectively release the antibody in response to specific enzymes to efficiently deliver the antibody.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATIONInventors: Kye Il Joo, Hyung Joon Cha, Yeon Su Jeong
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Patent number: 12202900Abstract: A method is disclosed for the treatment of human subjects diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The method comprises administering to a human subject a human neonatal Fc receptor (hFcRn) antagonist, optionally in combination with standard-of-care ITP treatment. In certain embodiments, the hFcRn antagonist is efgartigimod (ARGX-113). Standard-of-care ITP treatment may comprise administration of corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and/or thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonists.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: argenx BVInventors: Hans De Haard, Peter Ulrichts, Thierry Cousin, Nicolas Leupin, Torsten Dreier, Tonke Van Bragt
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Patent number: 12195774Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antidotes to anticoagulants targeting factor Xa. The antidotes are factor Xa protein derivatives that bind to the factor Xa inhibitors thereby substantially neutralizing them but do not assemble into the prothrombinase complex. In one embodiment, the derivatives described herein lack or have reduced intrinsic coagulant activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Pamela B. Conley, Genmin Lu, Leonard G. Presta, John T. Curnutte
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Patent number: 12180286Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, anti-peripheral lymph node addressin antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising drug-containing polymeric particles that mimic lymphocyte migration in vivo and can specifically deliver immunosuppressive or immunoregulatory drugs to lymphoid tissues and sites of chronic inflammation where T-cell activation and T-cell mediated injury are occurring; such compositions comprise the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof described in the disclosure. The present disclosure also comprises antibody-drug conjugates and compositions comprising the antibody-drug conjugates. Methods of preparing and using these antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, and compositions thereof are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.Inventor: Reza Abdi
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Patent number: 12180303Abstract: Disclosed are an antibody that can bind to human MASP-2, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The anti-human MASP-2 antibody of the present invention can specifically bind to human MASP-2, has good biological activity of inhibiting the cleavage of C4 and the generation of C3b, and can be applied in the treatment of MASP-2 related diseases, such as IgA nephropathy.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI MABGEEK BIOTECH. CO., LTD.Inventors: Yipan Wu, Wei Dang, Chenghai Zhang, Lingqiao Zhu, Jinlin Guo, Yujing Yuan, Qiuling Zou, Yang Wang, Shun Hu
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Patent number: 12173051Abstract: The invention is directed to bispecific molecules comprising an HIV-1 envelope targeting arm and an arm targeting an effector cell, compositions comprising these bispecific molecule and methods of use. In certain aspects, the bispecific molecules of the present invention can bind to two different targets or epitopes on two different cells within the first epitope is expressed on a different cell type than the second epitope, such that the bispecific molecules can bring the two cells together. In certain aspects, the bispecific molecules of the present invention can bind to two different cells, wherein the bispecific molecules comprises an arm with the binding specificity of A32, 7B2, CH27, CH28 or CH44.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: Duke University, MacroGenics, Inc., The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillInventors: Barton F. Haynes, Guido Ferrari, Scott Koenig, Leslie S. Johnson, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Julia A. Sung, David M. Margolis, Liqin Liu, Jeffrey Lee Nordstrom
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Patent number: 12173068Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to human Sema3A. The isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment according to the present disclosure i) binds to human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 with a dissociation constant (KD)?50 nM, ?20 nM, ?10 nM, ?1 nM, or ?0.1 nM; ii) cross-reacts with mouse, cynomolgus, rat, pig and/or dog Sema3A, particularly wherein said isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof binds to mouse, cynomolgus, rat, pig and/or dog Sema3A with a dissociation constant (KD)?50 nM, ?20 nM, ?10 nM, ?1 nM, or ?0.1 nM; iii) binds to human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 with a binding activity as measured by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of ?60%, ?70%, ?80%, or ?90%; iv) inhibits the activity of human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 in an in vitro mesangial cell migration assay with an EC50 of ?10 nM, ?5 nM, ?2.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Dorian Schönfeld, Karoline Dröbner, Ernst Weber, Katharina Filarsky, Philipp Ellinger, Fionnuala Mary McAleese Eser, Ingo Flamme, Winfried Wunderlich, Antje Schmidt, Yalda Sedaghat, Kenneth Young
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Patent number: 12161696Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods treating reversible hemophilic arthropathy of a joint in a human having hemophilia comprising administering to the human an effective amount of a chimeric protein or composition comprising a clotting factor and an Fc region.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC.Inventors: Jennifer Dumont, Nisha Jain, Desilu Glazebrook
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Patent number: 12145999Abstract: Provided here are antibodies that bind Protein S, and methods of making and using such antibodies. In some embodiments, the Protein S antibodies provided herein are useful for treating a bleeding disorder or platelet disorder, or a condition characterized by reduced or impaired blood coagulation and/or clotting.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Vega Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Sandip Panicker, Adam David Rosenthal, Tony Sang Young Byun
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Patent number: 12110324Abstract: The disclosure provides, in various embodiments, polypeptides (e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof) that specifically bind to a thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) (e.g., a full-length human TSLP). The disclosure also provides, in various embodiments, fusion proteins comprising one or more of the polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, vectors and host cells suitable for expressing the polypeptides, and methods for treating a TSLP-associated disease or condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLCInventors: Antonios O. Aliprantis, Zachary Kohl Costello, Anthony John Coyle, Kristen Park Hopson, Ryan Terrell Phennicie, Alexis Hiram Ramos, Adam Reid Root, Lana Dinic, Karin Alma Frieda Reif
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Patent number: 12098187Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention relates generally to using bispecific antibodies in the prevention and treatment of HIV.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkInventors: David D. Ho, Yaoxing Huang, Jian Yu
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Patent number: 12090210Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antibody-drug conjugate in which a modified antibody comprising a motif having a specific structure at the end of the antibody is conjugated to a drug via a linker, and a composition comprising the same, and more particularly to a modified antibody-drug conjugate (mADC) comprising a modified antibody that has a significantly increased conjugation yield of drug due to a motif bound to the heavy chain or light chain C-terminus of the antibody, and to a composition comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ALTEOGEN, INC.Inventors: Soon Jae Park, Hye-Shin Chung, Sunbae Lee, Minsoo Byun
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Patent number: 12084512Abstract: The present invention relates to improved procoagulant antibodies including bispecific antibodies capable of binding to coagulation Factor IX (FIX) or the activated form thereof Factor IXa (FIXa) and optionally Factor X (FX) and the activated form thereof Factor Xa (FXa) and promoting FX activation by FIXa, antibodies binding their epitopes and methods and composition for treating subjects suffering from a coagulopathy such as haemophilia A.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Karina Thorn, Bjarne Gram Hansen, Laust Bruun Johnsen, Mikkel Nors Harndahl, Zhiru Yang, Henrik Oestergaard, Per J. Greisen, Morten Groenbech Rasch, Jianhe Chen, Haisun Zhu, Rong Zhou, Prafull S. Gandhi
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Patent number: 12060437Abstract: The present invention is directed to an antibody that specifically binds an IgE receptor and methods of its use.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Bruce Hammerberg, Sitka Eguiluz-Hernandez
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Patent number: 12048745Abstract: Compositions and methods of their use to detect and treat anti-PD1 therapy resistance are provided herein. Compositions that immunospecifically bind and deplete dysfunctional T cells are provided. The dysfunctional T cells that are depleted include CD38+PD-1+ T cells, CD38+CD8+ T-cells, or both. The dysfunctional T cells can be depleted, for example, by administering an antibody or fusion protein that specifically binds to dysfunctional T cells and promotes their depletion. In one embodiment the antibody is a bispecific antibody that can be specific for CD38 and CD8, or it can be specific for CD38 and PD-1. Also disclosed is a method of detecting and treating anti-PD1 therapy resistance by measuring the amount of CD38+PD1+CD8 T cells in blood or tissue samples obtained from a subject prior to anti-PD1 therapy and administering an anti-CD38/CD8 or anti-CD38/PD-1 depleting/blocking antibody to the subject prior to anti-PD1 therapy.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Samir N. Khleif, Vivek Verma, Seema Gupta