Patents Examined by Lisa V. Cook
  • Patent number: 11536724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collection of signature peptides representing at least 10 proteins for use in cancer diagnosis and/or prognosis, to an artificial protein comprising signature peptides representing at least 10 proteins and to a nucleic acid construct encoding for such an artificial protein. The invention further relates to a collection of at least 10 proteins for use in cancer diagnosis and/or prognosis. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for cancer diagnosis and/or prognosis comprising the step of analyzing at least 10 proteins in a urine sample of a subject. Finally, the invention relates to an immunoassay product comprising antibodies for detecting at least 10 proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: POLYQUANT GMBH, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS, LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, INSTITUT CURIE, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS, FUNDACION CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLOGICAS CARLOS III, CNIO
    Inventors: Jerome Garin, Christophe Masselon, Antonia Vlahou, Manousos Makrydakis, Ieronimos Zoidakis, Bruno Domon, Elodie Duriez, Aurelie Kamoun, Francois Radvanyi, Yves Allory, Nuria Malats Riera, Mirari Marquez Cid, Magali Court
  • Patent number: 11519915
    Abstract: A deep learning based diagnostic model capable of diagnosing multi-cancer using biomarker group-related value information is trained by using a method including steps of: in response to acquiring training data including the biomarker group-related value information and GT (Ground Truth) cancer information for each of patients, inputting the training data into the diagnostic model and then instructing the diagnostic model to (i) allow each hidden layer, among a first hidden layer to a K-th hidden layer, to perform a fully connected operation on its previous sub input values for training obtained from its previous hidden layer, wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and then (ii) allow an output layer to perform a fully connected operation on K-th sub input values for training obtained from the K-th hidden layer, to thereby output multi-cancer diagnosis information for training as a result of predicting multi-cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KKL Consortium Limited
    Inventor: Lancelot Fitzgerald James
  • Patent number: 11493504
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assembly of a bioluminescent complex from two or more non-luminescent (e.g., substantially non-luminescent) peptide and/or polypeptide units. In particular, bioluminescent activity is conferred upon a non-luminescent polypeptide via structural complementation with another, complementary non-luminescent peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Promega Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Dixon, Lance Encell, Mary Hall, Keith Wood, Monika Wood, Marie Schwinn, Brock F. Binkowski, Hicham Zegzouti, Nidhi Nath, Subhanjan Mondal, Said Goueli, Poncho Meisenheimer, Thomas Kirkland, James Unch, Dileep K. Pulukkunat, Matthew Robers, Melanie Dart, Thomas Machleidt
  • Patent number: 11472889
    Abstract: Provided herein antibodies, activatable antibodies (AAs), bispecific antibodies, and bispecific activatable antibodies (BAAs). Also provided herein are methods of making and methods of use of these antibodies, AAs, bispecific antibodies, and BAAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Leila Marie Boustany, Sherry L. La Porte, Bryan A. Irving, Jeanne Grace Flandez
  • Patent number: 11474104
    Abstract: The invention provides biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers useful in diagnosing lung diseases such as non-small cell lung cancer or reactive airway disease. The invention also provides methods of differentiating lung disease, methods of monitoring therapy, and methods of predicting a subject's response to therapeutic intervention based on the extent of expression of the biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers. Kits comprising agents for detecting the biomarkers and combination of biomarkers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CANCER PREVENTION AND CURE, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung H. Baek, Robert T. Streeper, Elzbieta Izbicka
  • Patent number: 11435360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system comprising a communication interface and computer for assigning a label to the biomolecule fingerprint, wherein the label corresponds to a biological state. The present disclosure also provides a sensor arrays for detecting biomolecules and methods of use. In some embodiments, the sensor arrays are capable of determining a disease state in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Omid Farokhzad, Morteza Mahmoudi, Claudia Corbo
  • Patent number: 11435353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of evaluating drug resistance in hormone therapy including the following steps. Firstly, a primary level of TRBP in a subject is measured, and an effective amount of tamoxifen, an active form of tamoxifen or an analogous of tamoxifen is provided to the subject. Then, a level of TRBP in the subject is measured after providing tamoxifen, the active form of tamoxifen or the analogous of tamoxifen. Finally, a level change of TRBP in the subject is discriminated to determine a tamoxifen resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Pai-Sheng Chen, Jie-Ning Li, Yao-Lung Kuo, Ming-Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11408886
    Abstract: Provided are a method of screening for novel therapeutic targets to develop therapeutic agents for colon cancer, and prognostic biomarkers for colon cancer treatment which are screened using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min-Jung Kang, Byung Hwa Jung, Young Sook Yoo, Thanh Binh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11406710
    Abstract: The invention relates to COnditional Bispecific Redirected Activation constructs, or COBRAs, that are administered in an active pro-drug format. Upon exposure to tumor proteases, the constructs are cleaved and activated, such that they can bind both tumor target antigens (TTAs) as well as CD3, thus recruiting T cells expressing CD3 to the tumor, resulting in treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chad May, Robert B. Dubridge, Maia Vinogradova, Anand Panchal
  • Patent number: 11408896
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a method, comprising: obtaining a biological sample, performing a protein complex immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) on the sample, performing a reverse phase protein array (RPPA) on the sample after performing the protein complex immunoprecipitation, and identifying one or more protein complexes. A further embodiment relates to a method of treatment, comprising: obtaining a tissue sample from a patient, performing Co-IP then RPPA on the sample, identifying a protein complex, determining whether the protein complex comprises known protein drug targets, and treating the patient with a drug that interacts with the known protein drug targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: George Mason University
    Inventors: Mariaelena Pierobon, Emanuel Petricoin, Elisa Baldelli
  • Patent number: 11408888
    Abstract: Provided are methods, assays, and kits for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as methods for stratifying subjects among higher and lower risk categories for having hepatocellular carcinoma, and methods of treating and managing treatment of subjects that are suspected or at risk of having hepatocellular carcinoma. Although previous work has attempted to address the need for a highly sensitive, early predictor of hepatocellular carcinoma by assessment of one or more biological factors, none have approached the degree of sensitivity that is required for clinically relevant determination of whether a subject, especially a non-symptomatic subject, has that condition. The present inventors have discovered that certain combinations of factors fulfill this need by conferring a high level of accuracy that was not previously attainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Timothy M. Block, Mengjun Wang, Anand Mehta, Mary Ann Comunale
  • Patent number: 11391744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of Mcm5 in a subject, the method comprising preparing a sample from said subject by exposing the sample to a lysis buffer and performing an assay to determine the concentration of Mcm5 by exposing the sample to a first monoclonal antibody and/or a second monoclonal antibody and measuring the amount of Mcm5 that binds to the first monoclonal antibody and/or the second monoclonal antibody. The invention further relates to kits that can be used in the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ARQUER DIAGNOSTIC LIMITED
    Inventors: David Nicholas Miller-Jones, Cheryl Nyberg, Ronald Alfred Laskey, Kai Stoeber
  • Patent number: 11376326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the efficacy of a GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent for a liver cancer patient and a GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent or a preparation which is to be administered to a patient for whom it has been determined that the GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent is effective. The present invention provides, for example, a method for determining that a GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent is effective when the expression level of GPC3 per tumor cell is a predetermined value, and a GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent or a preparation which is to be administered to a patient for whom it has been determined that the GPC3-targeting therapeutic agent is effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ohtomo, Takayoshi Tanaka, Yasuo Sugitani
  • Patent number: 11360098
    Abstract: Provided are methods for the detection or quantitation of amyloid beta. In a particular aspect, provided herein are methods for detecting amyloid beta or fragments thereof by mass spectrometry. In another aspect, provided herein are methods for determining the ratio of amyloid beta 42 (A?42) to amyloid beta 40 (A?40). In another aspect, provided herein are methods for diagnosis or prognosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Diana Tran, Darren Weber, Nigel Clarke
  • Patent number: 11360093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a colorectal cancer diagnostic composition and method for detecting a diagnostic marker, more specifically to a colorectal cancer diagnostic composition comprising one or more mRNAs selected from the group consisting of lysyl-tRNA synthetase (KRS) and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex-interacting multifunctional protein 1 (AIMP1) of a preparation for measuring protein expression levels thereof, and a method for detecting a marker form a sample obtained from a test subject in order to provide information necessary for diagnosing colorectal cancer. The colorectal cancer diagnostic marker comprising KRS and AIMP1, according to the present invention, has raised expression levels of same in the serum of a colorectal cancer patient in comparison to a normal control group. Therefore, whether colorectal cancer is present can be accurately and rapidly determined by measuring the expression levels of one or more markers selected from the group consisting of KRS and AIMP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MEDICINAL BIOCONVERGENCE RESEARCH CENTER
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Min Chul Park, Peter Charles Goughnour
  • Patent number: 11339219
    Abstract: Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Luis Diaz, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Dung Le, Drew M. Pardoll, Suzanne L. Topalian
  • Patent number: 11340234
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-drug antibody immunoassay for the determination of the presence of an anti-drug antibody against an effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody in a sample comprising the incubation of a sample comprising mammalian blood serum with full length human Fcgamma receptor I or an Fc-region binding fragment thereof so that a complex between the anti-drug antibody against the effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody present in the sample and the human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof forms, whereby the full length human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof is conjugated to a detectable label, and the determination of the formed complex by the detectable label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Pablo Umana, Uwe Wessels, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch
  • Patent number: 11333665
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of isolating extracellular vesicles directly from human tissues. The invention further relates to a method of identifying disease and tissue specific membrane proteins on extracellular vesicles by membrane isolation and proteomic analysis. The invention further relates to methods of diagnosing diseases by capturing extracellular vesicles by the use of disease specific membrane proteins from body fluids, and detecting or analyzing molecular signatures (proteome, DNA, and RNA) on captured extracellular vesicles. Moreover, the present invention relates to kits, apparatus and software required for implementing aforementioned methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Exocure Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Lotvall, Su Chul Jang, Rossella Crescitelli
  • Patent number: 11333659
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for simultaneously determining the functional status of multiple signaling pathways in a diseased cell sample obtained from a subject to thereby select for therapeutic use in the subject a targeted therapeutic agent that affects the signaling pathway with the highest level of aberrant activity in the subject's cells. Also provided are methods for determining whether a signaling pathway is ultrasensitive in a diseased cell sample from a subject, also allowing for selection of an effective targeted therapeutic agent for therapeutic use in the subject. Methods of administering a selected targeted therapeutic agent to the subject are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Celcuity Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Gavin Laing, Brian Francis Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11325975
    Abstract: Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Luis Diaz, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Dung Le, Drew M. Pardoll, Suzanne L. Topalian