Patents Examined by Maureen Varina Driscoll
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Patent number: 12291576Abstract: Disclosed are anti-CD45 antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) useful in therapeutic methods, including targeting CD45 expressing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or immune cells prior to transplantation.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Vor Biopharma Inc.Inventors: Rahul Palchaudhuri, Bradley R. Pearse, Hillary Adams, Sean McDonough, Michael Cooke, Anthony Boitano
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Patent number: 12286476Abstract: The invention provides novel anti-FCMR antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and therapeutic methods of using such antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases such as cancer or autoimmune disease.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORKInventors: Richard Brokx, Jacqueline M. Mason, Mark R. Bray
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Patent number: 12286487Abstract: The present invention provides antibody compounds that contain a substitution of arginine for the reactive lysine residue (Lys99) in the hydrophobic cleft (38C2_Arg). The invention also provides antibody drug conjugate compounds (ADCs) that contain cargo moieties that are site-specifically conjugated to the engineered arginine residue in the 38C2_Arg variant antibody. Further provided in the invention are therapeutic applications of the compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: University Of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Christoph Rader, Dobeen Hwang, Napon Nilchan
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Patent number: 12279630Abstract: A composition of matter comprising an extract of a plurality of seeds of an edible plant of interest is disclosed. Use of the composition and methods of generating same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd., The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)Inventors: Mona Kidon, Ran Hovav
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Patent number: 12258402Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modified antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, specific for nectin cell adhesion molecule 4 (nectin-4). The present disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or diagnosing whether a subject has, or is at risk of developing a tumor, or assessing a prognosis of a tumor and a pharmaceutical composition for use in treating, prophylactic treating and/or preventing tumor in a subject afflicted with the tumor.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: NAVI BIO-THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Bor-Yu Tsai, Shin-Tsung Huang, Wei-Ting Hsu
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Patent number: 12247073Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a CD33 polypeptide, e.g., a mammalian CD33 or human CD33, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: ALECTOR LLCInventors: Patricia Culp, Helen Lam, Wei-Hsien Ho, Leonard G. Presta, Arnon Rosenthal
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Patent number: 12246058Abstract: The disclosure provides polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Such polypeptides can be useful, for example, in treating pain in a subject. In some embodiments, the polypeptides are useful for treating neuropathic and/or inflammatory pain.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Creighton UniversityInventor: Shashank Dravid
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Patent number: 12247081Abstract: Provided are bispecific or multispecific antibodies that include an anti-CEACAM5 portion and one or more anti-4-1BB nanobodies whose agonist activity is dependent on the presence of the CEACAM5 antigen. Such bispecific or multispecific antibodies are safe, and are efficacious in treating cancer and have long-term protective immunological memory against tumors. Methods of using the antibodies for treating diseases such as cancer are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: LANOVA MEDICINES LIMITEDInventors: Runsheng Li, Wei Cao, Ying Qin Zang, Wentao Huang
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Patent number: 12240904Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of an anti-PD-1 antibody in combination with famitinib in the preparation of a drug for treating tumors. In the present technical solution, toxicity is controllable and tolerable. At the same time, the described drug combination effectively reduces adverse reactions to the anti-PD-1 antibody, such as the occurrence of reactive capillary endothelial proliferation.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd., Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lianshan Zhang, Qing Yang, Quanren Wang, Xiaoxing Huang, Cheng Liao, Changyong Yang, Dingwei Ye, Xiaohua Wu
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Patent number: 12195538Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anti-PD-L1/anti-4-1BB bispecific antibody capable to effectively block the interactions between PD-L1 and its receptor PD-1 and between 4-1BB and its ligand. The bispecific antibody may have high binding affinity to both of a PD-L1 protein and a 4-1BB protein.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: ABL BIO INC., I-MAB BIOPHARMA US LIMITEDInventors: Eunyoung Park, Yangsoon Lee, Hyejin Chung, Eunsil Sung, Jiseon Yoo, Minji Park, Yong-Gyu Son, Hyoju Choi, Eunjung Kim, Jaeho Jung, Weon-Kyoo You, Sang Hoon Lee, Lei Fang, Wenqing Jiang
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Patent number: 12158468Abstract: Means and methods for determining whether an individual that does not have rheumatoid arthritis, AAV or Sjögren syndrome at the moment of sampling is at risk of developing the disease, the method comprising determining whether an antibody-containing sample of the individual comprises an autoantibody associated with the disease that comprises an N-linked glycosylation at one or more positions in a Fab-portion of the antibody, the method further comprising determining the risk of the individual for developing the disease. The disease is preferably rheumatoid arthritis.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden h.o.d.n. LUMCInventors: Thomas Willem Johannes Huizinga, Reinaldus Everardus Maria Toes, Leendert Adrianus Trouw, Hans Ulrich Scherer
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Patent number: 12139537Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antibody for inducing immune tolerance, an induced lymphocyte, and a cell therapy agent therapeutic method using the induced lymphocyte. Specifically, the present disclosure provides an antibody that inhibits the interaction between CD80 and/or CD86 expressed on the surface of a certain cell and CD28 expressed on the surface of another cell, and substantially does not induce immune activation-induced cytokines. In a specific embodiment, the Fc portion of the antibody substantially does not produce the immune activation-induced cytokines.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Junten Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryu Maeda, Masayuki Kawakami, Koichiro Uchida, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Ko Okumura
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Patent number: 12134657Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies that bind, such as specifically bind, blood protein factor XII (FXII) are described. The monoclonal antibodies (including antigen-binding fragments thereof) are capable of forming immune complexes with human FXII and inhibiting FXII activity, resulting in safe anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic effects.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignees: Oregon Health & Science University, Aronora, Inc.Inventors: Michael Wallisch, Andras Gruber, Erik I. Tucker, Christina U. Lorentz
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Patent number: 12129302Abstract: Materials and methods for using polypeptides containing fragments and variants of the antibody(ies) or portion(s) thereof that bind CD25 to treat cancer alone or in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: iBio, Inc.Inventors: Dillon Phan, Martin Brenner, Brian Berquist, Peter Kipp, Tam Phuong, Kevin Babilonia, Tom Hsu, Lufei Hu, James Talmage Taylor, Jr., Cory Schwartz
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Patent number: 12122843Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind glypican-1 (GPC1) are described. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, immunotoxins and other antibody conjugates based on the GPC1-specific antibodies are also described. The disclosed CAR T cells, immunotoxins, GPC1-specific antibodies and conjugates thereof can be used, for example, in the diagnosis or treatment of GPC1-positive pancreatic cancer and other cancers.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Mitchell Ho, Nan Li, Jiajia Pan
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Patent number: 12123016Abstract: The present disclosure provides components, compositions, methods, and systems thereof for nucleic acid editing. Particularly, the disclosure provides engineered nucleases, fusion proteins of the engineered nucleases, systems including the engineered nucleases, and methods of using thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Profluent Bio Inc.Inventors: Ali Madani, Jeffrey A. Ruffolo, Stephen Nayfach, Aadyot Bhatnagar, Joel Beazer
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Patent number: 12103980Abstract: Disclosed are the expression of a recombinant chicken IgY scFv antibody and monoclonal antibody raised against human thymidine kinase 1 (hTK1) in prokaryotic cells and a preparation method and use thereof. The scFv antibody includes an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The anti-hTK1 recombinant scFv antibody and monoclonal antibody have good immunoreactivity, high specificity and sensitivity, and are easy to separate and purify.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SINO-SWED TONGKANG BIO-TECH (SHENZHEN) LIMITEDInventors: Hu Chen, Zuosheng Li, Huijun Li, Liwen Liang, Li Dang, Senbo Liu, Cong Fang, Peng Gao, Ellen He, Sven Isac Skog, Ji Zhou
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Patent number: 12098198Abstract: The invention of the present application relates to a use of an antibody binding specifically to ECL-2 of claudin 3 and functional fragments thereof in cancer cell detection, diagnosis, imaging, and application to cancer treatment (anticancer use of the antibody itself, and application to ADC and CAR-expression cells (particularly immune cells)), an antibody that includes a characteristic CDR sequence exerting a remarkable effect in such uses, and a functional fragment thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: ABION INC.Inventors: Young Kee Shin, Sung Youl Hong, Young Deug Kim, Jun Young Choi, Heo Bin Yang, Ha Yeon Park, Sung Su Kim
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Patent number: 12006353Abstract: An application of SCFV protein in preparation of a CAR gene expression vector is disclosed. The protein sequence of the SCFV protein is shown in SEQ ID No. 1. The 1st˜21st amino acids are the extracellular signal peptide amino acid sequences. The 22nd˜31st amino acids are Flag amino acid sequences. And the remaining sequences are CXCR4 scfv sequences. An application of the gene sequence encoding the SCFV protein in preparation of a CAR gene expression vector is disclosed, and the gene sequence is shown in SEQ ID No.2. A CAR gene expression vector and a CAR-T cell are disclosed. The expression vector is plent-EF1a-Flag-CXCR4 CAR, and CAR-T cells are used in the preparation of a drug for a targeted therapy of tumor cells with high expression of CXCR4.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Long Chen
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Patent number: 11993663Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for preparing antigen binding proteins specific for PCSK9 with reduced viscosity. The method proceeds by replacing residues in high viscosity variable domain subfamilies with residues in correlating low viscosity subfamilies. The method further comprises substituting residues in the Fc domain with residues associated with low viscosity and adding charged residues to the C-terminus of the Fc domain. The present invention further concerns antigen binding proteins produced by this method.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AMGEN INC.Inventors: Joon Hoi Huh, Riki Stevenson, Pavel Bondarenko, Andrew Nichols, Da Ren, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal, Richard Smith