Patents Examined by Maher M. Haddad
  • Patent number: 12269872
    Abstract: Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. The disclosed antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids and vectors can be used, for example, to inhibit a P. falciparum infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Robert Seder, Lawrence Wang, Rachel Vistein, Joseph Francica
  • Patent number: 12269897
    Abstract: An human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (hPCSK9) characterized by the ability to reduce serum LDL cholesterol by 40-80% over a 24, 60 or 90 day period relative to predose levels, with little or no reduction in serum HDL cholesterol and/or with little or no measurable effect on liver function, as determined by ALT and AST measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark W. Sleeman, Joel H. Martin, Tammy T. Huang, Douglas MacDonald
  • Patent number: 12269884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-ICAM-1 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to ICAM-1, and the use thereof. Specifically, provided are an anti-ICAM-1 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition for regulating differentiation and/or function of dendritic cell, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating immune cell-mediated disease, the composition comprising the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KUMHO HT, INC.
    Inventors: Yoo Ri Moon, Gil Yong Ji, Sangsoon Yoon, Jung Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12240906
    Abstract: The present invention provides CTLA-4 monoclonal antibodies, particularly humanized monoclonal antibodies specifically binding to CTLA-4 with high affinity. The present invention also provides functional monoclonal antibodies cross-reactive to CTLA-4 of human, cynomolgus monkey and mouse. The present invention further provides amino acid sequences of the antibodies of the invention, cloning or expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing or isolating the antibodies. The epitopes of the antibodies are identified. Therapeutic compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for treating cancers and other diseases with anti-CTLA-4 antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI Biologics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuozhi Wang, Jing Li, Gennady Gololobov, Jianqing Xu
  • Patent number: 12227559
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides immunomodulatory fusion proteins comprising a collagen-binding domain operably linked to an immunomodulatory domain. The disclosure also features compositions and methods of using the same, for example, to treat cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Karl Dane Wittrup, Noor Momin, Joseph Palmeri, Magnolia Chinn
  • Patent number: 12227561
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease or condition associated with insufficient opening of Cx43 hemichannels in osteocytes, preferably for treating cancer, cancer metastasis, osteosarcoma, osteoporosis, or osteopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ALAMAB THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Yanfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12227567
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of activating immune response and/or treating cancer in a patient comprising administering to the patient a Gal3:TIM-3 inhibitor that interferes with the interaction between Gal3 and TIM-3, where said inhibitor is administered in an amount sufficient to activate immune response. Also provided are a humanized anti-Gal3 antibodies that can block the interaction between Gal3 and TIM3 and methods of using the anti-Gal3 antibody to treat cancer. Methods for determining if a patient's cancer is suitable for treatment with a Gal3:TIM-3 inhibitor and methods for selecting compounds that can block interaction between Gal3 and TIM-3, activating immune response and/or treating cancer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TrueBinding, Inc.
    Inventors: Dongxu Sun, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 12215153
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of chemoimmunology, and in particular to an anti-receptor expressed on lymphoid tissues (RELT) recombinant monoclonal antibody and a preparation method and use thereof. The anti-RELT recombinant monoclonal antibody includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, where the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region is set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4; the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region is set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5; and the anti-RELT recombinant monoclonal antibody has a biological activity of neutralizing a function of RELT. In addition, because the anti-RELT recombinant monoclonal antibody has the biological activity of neutralizing the function of RELT, the anti-RELT recombinant monoclonal antibody can specifically recognize and detect the expression of RELT in different tissues and cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TONGJI HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE OF HUST
    Inventors: Congyi Wang, Shanjie Rong, Fei Sun, Chunliang Yang, Jiahui Luo
  • Patent number: 12202891
    Abstract: Disclosed are an antibody capable of binding to thymic stromal lymphopoietin and the use thereof. Disclosed are an anti-TSLP antibody, comprising a murine antibody, chimeric antibody and humanized antibody of the light chain and heavy chain variable regions of the anti-TSLP antibody and antigen-binding fragments thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvent compound thereof, and the use thereof as a medicament for treating asthma, especially the use thereof in the preparation of a drug for treating TSLP-positive diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Jinping Shi, Hua Ying, Tingting Li, Yifang Wang, Guimei Yang, Hu Ge, Weikang Tao
  • Patent number: 12195540
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind to ?v?8 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Anthony Cormier, Saburo Ito, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Yifan Cheng, Melody G. Campbell, Jody L. Baron
  • Patent number: 12187794
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease or condition associated with opening of Cx43 hemichannels in astrocytes or osteocytes, preferably for treating an inflammatory disease or condition or a neurodegenerative disease such as spinal cord injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AlaMab Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Yanfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12180290
    Abstract: The invention provides an isolated antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to canine or feline Oncostatin M receptor Beta (OSMR-?) or both, wherein the antibody antagonizes IL-31-mediated signaling or OSM-mediated signaling or both in a canine and/or feline cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Gary Francis Bammert, Andrea Joy Gonzales
  • Patent number: 12171802
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating inflammation, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits binding of fibrin to Very Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor (VLDLR) or combination of this agent with agents inhibiting binding of fibrin to VE-cahherin (vascular endothelial cadherin).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Leonid V. Medved, Dudley Strickland, Sergiy Yakovlev
  • Patent number: 12173073
    Abstract: Antibodies and antibody fragments that inhibit the activity of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1) and/or macrophage erythroblast attacher (MAEA) are provided, along with formulations and kits comprising these antibodies and antibody fragments and the use of the disclosed compositions, formulations, and kits to treat cancers, sickle cell disease, and Polycythemia Vera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Paul S. Frenette, Sandra Pinho, Qiaozhi Wei, Sung Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12171832
    Abstract: Methods for maintaining clinical remission of ulcerative colitis in a human patient are described comprising administration of an antibody that has binding specificity for human alpha4beta7 integrin using a safe dosing regimen of these antibody formulations that is easy to follow, and which results in a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-alpha4beta7 antibody in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Irving H. Fox, Catherine Scholz
  • Patent number: 12171839
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibody drug conjugates, wherein an antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to human cKIT is linked to a drug moiety, optionally through a linker. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody drug conjugates; and methods of making and using such pharmaceutical compositions for ablating hematopoietic stem cells in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Anthony Edward Boitano, Matthew Burger, Susan E. Cellitti, Michael P. Cooke, Catrin Finner, Bernhard Hubert Geierstanger, Yunho Jin, Si Tuen Lee-Hoeflich, HongNgoc Thi Pham, Siew Ho Schleyer, Kathrin Tissot, Tetsuo Uno, Ben Wen
  • Patent number: 12162951
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the disclosure relates to anti-idiotype antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind a KL2B413 containing protein, e.g., an antibody or antigen-binding portions thereof. In some aspects, the anti-idiotype antibodies and antigen-binding portions of the present disclosure can be used in methods to detect and quantify cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors that include KL2B413.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Zemeda Ainekulu, Qiang Chen, Ellen Chi, Wilson Edwards, Matt Husovsky, Ann Lacombe, Quynh Nguyen, Paul H. Kim, H. Mimi Zhou, John T. Lee
  • Patent number: 12152057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biologic that inhibits angiogenesis. In particular, the present invention relates to fusion proteins that inhibit the integrin activated pathway and one other angiogenic factor-activated pathway, the compositions of these fusion proteins, as well as methods for producing and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Allgenesis Biotherapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-tzu Wu, Jia-Hau Shiu, Madhu Cherukury, Tan Nguyen, Kevin Zen
  • Patent number: 12128101
    Abstract: Provided are methods for clinical treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) and Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) using an anti-C5 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori Payton, Scott T. Rottinghaus, Rajendra Pradhan, Andrew Damokosh, Xiang Gao
  • Patent number: 12110321
    Abstract: Single domain antibodies are provided, which are capable of specifically binding to an epitope of a human complement factor selected from the group consisting of C1q, C3, C4 and/or the proteolytic derivatives C3b and C4b. Further the use of the antibodies are provided for methods in modulating the activity of the complement system as well 5 as methods of treating disorders associated with complement activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Aarhus Universitet
    Inventors: Nick Stub Laursen, Dennis Vestergaard Pedersen, Gregers Rom Andersen, Steffen Thiel, Alessandra Zarantonello, Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen, Henrik Pedersen