Patents Examined by Maher M. Haddad
  • Patent number: 12384841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human PAR-2 and compositions comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. In a particular aspect, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human PAR-2 block the interaction between a PAR-2 activating ligand and an extracellular domain of PAR-2, and/or blocks PAR-2 activation by a PAR-2 activating ligand, In further aspects, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat diseases or conditions associated with increased expression of PAR-2 and/or diseases or conditions that can be alleviated by antagonizing activation of PAR-2 by a PAR-2 activating ligand (e.g., airway diseases, skin diseases, cancer, orofacial granulomatosis, inflammatory conditions, and pain associated with various diseases or conditions).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Cephalon LLC
    Inventors: Anna Mikaela Bracken, Adam Clarke, Bridget A. Cooksey, Anthony Gerard Doyle, Mark Terence Liddament, Matthew Pollard, Lynn Poulton, Anna Maria Matilda Quigley, Julia Rozenfeld, Marta Szabat
  • Patent number: 12371493
    Abstract: Provided are novel fully human monoclonal antibodies that bind to human LAG-3. It also provides the methods of hybridoma generation using humanized rats, the nucleic acid molecules encoding the anti-LAG-3 antibodies, expression vectors and host cells used for the expression of anti-LAG-3 antibodies. The invention further provides the methods for validating the function of antibodies in vitro. The antibodies of invention provide a potent agent for the treatment of multiple cancers via modulating human immune function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI BIOLOGICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Qiong Wu, Jing Li
  • Patent number: 12351648
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides methods for treating, inhibiting, alleviating, or preventing acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, or some other pulmonary or other manifestation of coronavirus infection, such as thrombosis, in a mammalian subject infected with coronavirus, such as SARS-CoV-2. The methods comprise the step of administering to a subject infected with coronavirus an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation. In one embodiment, the MASP-2 inhibitory agent is a MASP-2 monoclonal antibody, or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a portion of SEQ ID NO:6. In one embodiment, the MASP-2 inhibitory agent is a small molecule MASP-2 inhibitory compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Demopulos, Tineka J. Quinton
  • Patent number: 12344654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated T cell receptor (TCR) specific for MAGE-A4 and a polypeptide comprising a functional portion of the TCR. Further implicated are a multivalent TCR complex, a nucleic acid encoding a TCR, a cell expressing the TCR and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the TCR. The invention also refers to the TCR for use as a medicament, in particular to the TCR for use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: MEDIGENE IMMUNOTHERAPIES GMBH, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Ellinger, Daniel Sommermeyer, Geoffrey Parsons, Jasdeep Mann
  • Patent number: 12338283
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating or preventing progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Paul W. Noble, Dianhua Jiang, Carol Jiurong Liang
  • Patent number: 12325745
    Abstract: Anti-DLL3 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, anti-CD47 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and anti-CD47/DLL3 bispecific antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described. Also described are nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, compositions comprising the antibodies, and methods of producing the antibodies and using the antibodies for treating or preventing diseases, such as cancer and/or associated complications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Phanes Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Minghan Wang, Hui Zou, Haiqun Jia
  • Patent number: 12292443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker composition for diagnosing and predicting prognosis of prostate cancer, and that the detection rate and expression level of gene combination composed with AR (Androgen receptor), AR-V7 (Androgen receptor variant 7), EpCAM (Epithelial cell adhesion molecule) in blood tumor cells (CTC) isolated from patients, Epithelial cell adhesion molecule), KRT-19 (Cytokeratin 19), PSA (Prostate specific antigen), and PSMA (Prostate specific membrane antigen) in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isolated from patients is related to the level of malignancy in prostate cancer is confirmed and thus the gene combination provides as a biomarker for prostate cancer diagnosis and a biomarker for prognosis prediction of prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Jae Seung Chung, Ki-Ho Han, Hyung Seok Cho, Jae Il Chung, Seok-Soo Byun
  • Patent number: 12286471
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are Complement factor H (CFH) inhibitors, such as anti-CFH antibodies and small molecules, and methods of using said inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Edward F. Patz, Jr., Michael J. Campa, Elizabeth Gottlin, Barton F. Haynes, Hua-Xin Liao, M. Anthony Moody
  • Patent number: 12286479
    Abstract: Antibody formulations are described comprising a mixture of an anti-?4?7 antibody, an antioxidant or chelator, and at least one free amino acid. The disclosed formulations may have improved stability, reduced aggregate formation, or both. The present invention further provides a safe dosing regimen of these antibody formulations that is easy to follow, and which results in a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-?4?7 antibody in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Irving H. Fox, Catherine Scholz, Erica Helen Jenkins, Maria Rosario
  • Patent number: 12275793
    Abstract: Anti-human CD40L antibodies engineered to lack the ability to activate platelets and methods for treating patients having a CD40L-associated disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    Inventors: John M. Lincecum, Bingbing Jiang, Steven N. Perrin, Alan Gill, Cynthia A. Gill, Fernando G. Vieira
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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