Patents Examined by Mark Halvorson
  • Patent number: 12768843
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for the prediction and treatment of immunotherapy-induced toxicities, as well as improved methods for the treatment of cancer with immunotherapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Edward Wakeland, David E. Gerber, Quan Li, Shaheen Khan, Saad Khan, Yang Xie, Jason Y. Park, Farjana Fattah, Xin Luo
  • Patent number: 12767716
    Abstract: Provided herein are binding molecules that bind to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). Such binding molecules block the interaction between PD-1 and programmed death-ligand 1 and 2 (PD-L1 and PD-L2). Also provided herein are methods of using such binding molecules for preventing and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Almagro, Sonia Mayra Perez-Tapia
  • Patent number: 12760094
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method of inhibiting the onset of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and associated conditions in a subject including administering, to a subject at risk of developing CAA, an antibody-based molecule that binds to GPIIIa49-66 on activated platelets, under conditions effective to inhibit formation of platelet micro-clots, thereby inhibiting the onset of CAA and associated conditions. Also described is a method of reducing cerebral vascular platelet micro-clots in a subject in need thereof and a combination therapeutic that includes an antibody-based molecule that binds to GPIIIa49-66 on activated platelets, and an Alzheimer's disease therapeutic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Thomas Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 12723093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to TL1A-binding molecules, IL-23p19-binding molecules, and bispecific antigen-binding molecules that simultaneously target TL1A and IL-23p19. The disclosure also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding said antigen-binding molecules, expression vectors, host cells, compositions thereof, and their use for treating diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Newsoara Biopharmaceutical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyi Wang, Qingqing Yin, Yuannian Li
  • Patent number: 12723103
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to Taq polymerase binding antibody compositions and methods of use for nucleic acid amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Venter, Bjarne Faurholm, Eric van der Walt
  • Patent number: 12709746
    Abstract: Partial depletion of RLIP76 in p53 deficient living subject has shown many health benefits. In one embodiment, partical Rlip depletion is used to prevent or treat cancer in p53 deficient living subjects. In another embodiment, partial Rlip depletion is used for reversion of DNA-methylation abnormalities caused by the lack of p53 to normal in p53 deficient living subjects. In yet another embodiment, partial Rlip depletion is used in reduction of blood glucose, insulin-resistance, hyperlipidemina, or any combination thereof in p53 deficient living subjects. Methods of using liposome containing anti-sense nucleic acid or double stranded siRNA to partially deplete RLIP76 and thus treat p53 deficient subject are disclosed. The approaches described herein can be especially helpful in preventing cancer in Li-Fraumeni patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Inventor: Sanjay Awasthi
  • Patent number: 12686717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules, particularly antibodies, fragments and variants thereof, that bind to the programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in a pH-dependant manner, competing with PD-L1 binding to the inhibitory receptor programmed death 1 polypeptide (PD-1) and co-stimulatory molecule CD80, and the use of said antigen binding molecules in treating and/or preventing diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: CENTESSA PHARMACEUTICALS (UK) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steve Holmes
  • Patent number: 12668639
    Abstract: Provided are anti-CXCR2 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. The antibodies or fragments thereof specifically bind to N-terminal, extracellular domain of the CXCR2 protein. In various example, the antibodies or fragments thereof include a VH CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 1, a VH CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 2, a VH CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 3, or any one of SQ ID NO: 7-14, a VL CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 4, a VL CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 5, and a VL CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or variants of each thereof. Methods of using the antibodies or fragments thereof for treating and diagnosing diseases such as cancer and inflammatory diseases are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: ShanghaiTech University
    Inventors: Guang Yang, Xiaojie Shi, Richard Lerner
  • Patent number: 12655202
    Abstract: The invention provides novel synthetic antibodies directed against VEGF and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Inventors: Frederic Fellouse, Jason Moffat, Sachdev Sidhu, Chaniyilparampi Nanappan Ramchand, Ravikant Harit, Reena Arora, Aju Antony, Santhi Vinodh
  • Patent number: 12629408
    Abstract: The invention concerns an isolated peptide and variants thereof, and therapeutic uses thereof. In particular, such peptides have anti-tumor activity with high selectivity, efficacy and low toxicity. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides of the invention are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
    Inventors: Andrea Rasola, Francesco Ciscato, Paolo Bernardi
  • Patent number: 12617856
    Abstract: Isolated polypeptides that include a cleavable moiety that is a substrate for at least one protease (e.g., MT-SP1 and/or an MMP) and isolated polypeptides that include a substrate that has a first cleavable moiety cleavable by a first protease and a second cleavable moiety cleavable by a second protease are disclosed. Activatable molecules including the isolated polypeptides are disclosed. Methods of making and using the isolated polypeptides and activatable molecules including the isolated polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic applications are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Olga Vasiljeva, Michael B. Winter
  • Patent number: 12595510
    Abstract: Biomarkers that are indicative of the response to the therapy of the inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), are described. Also described are probes capable of detecting the biomarkers and related methods and kits for predicting the response to the therapy of the inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic Baribaud, Carrie Brodmerkel, Xilin Li, Takahiro Sato, Shannon Telesco, Feifei Yang, Prerak Desai
  • Patent number: 12590167
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to combination cancer therapies targeting CD38 and TGF-? using antibodies specific for these targets. Also provided are compositions useful in the therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Francisco Adrian, Richard C. Gregory, Gary Shapiro, Helgi Van De Velde
  • Patent number: 12590159
    Abstract: The disclosure describes antibody binding domains for cluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3), antibody binding domains for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), cleavable linker sequences, and protease-activatable bispecific fusion proteins such as protease-activatable T cell engagers, as well as uses and methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Viktoriya Dubrovskaya, Eric Johansen, Sina Khorsand, Lucas Liu, Volker Schellenberger, Milton To, Tracy Young, André Frenzel, Philipp Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12583938
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Kinki University, Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Schneider, Sabine Blum, Renee Jeanne Mendell-Harary, Daniel J. Freeman, Robert Allen Beckman, Xiaoping Jin, Kimio Yonesaka, Kazuhiko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12577302
    Abstract: This invention relates to anti-TIM-3 antibodies and antibody compositions and their use in enhancing immunity in a patient, e.g., to treat cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER
    Inventors: Trine Lindsted, Torben Gjetting, Gunther Roland Galler, Monika Gad, Michael Monrad Grandal, Klaus Koefoed, Michael Kragh, Ivan David Horak, Thomas Bouquin, Mikkel Wandahl Pedersen
  • Patent number: 12570736
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia a composition comprising a TNF-alpha binding polypeptide and an IL-7R binding polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: SORRISO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Crowe, Mike West, Kevin Roberts, Tim Carlton, Luana Maggiore, Marion Cubitt, Lurdes Duarte, Keith Ray
  • Patent number: 12570752
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method of treating cancer, especially, such as multiple myeloma, involving the combination of an anti-BCMA (B cell maturation antigen) antibody, Belantamab mafodotin -GSK2857916- and a gamma-secretase inhibitor, e.g., nirogacestat -PF03084014-. The disclosure also relates to dosages, duration of treatment and time lapses between administration of the anti-BCMA antibody and the gamma-secretase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: SPRINGWORKS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Swethajit Biswas, Beata Holkova, Katarina Luptakova
  • Patent number: 12558421
    Abstract: Anti-PVRIG and anti-TIGIT antibodies are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Compugen Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark White, Sandeep Kumar, Christopher Chan, Spencer Liang, Lance Stapleton, Andrew W. Drake, Yosi Gozlan, Ilan Vaknin, Shirley Sameah-Greenwald, Liat Dassa, Zohar Tiran, Gad S. Cojocaru, Maya Kotturi, Hsin-Yuan Cheng, Kyle Hansen, David Nisim Giladi, Einav Safyon, Eran Ophir, Leonard Presta, Richard Theolis, Radhika Desai, Patrick Wall
  • Patent number: 12534520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody binding specifically to YKL-40. A high expression level of YKL-40 is associated with the proliferation and metastasis of cancer and a monoclonal antibody against YKL-40 exhibits an effect of inhibiting the proliferation and metastasis of cancer. Thus, the monoclonal antibody of the present disclosure can be advantageously used for diagnosing, preventing or treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: SENELIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Kyung Jae Kang, Yoon Ji Kim, Se Ra Lee, Jin Tae Hong