Patents Examined by Michael Szperka
  • Patent number: 11649288
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention described herein relate to synthetic compounds that are useful for targeting and labeling tumor cells so as to facilitate recognition by binding agents including Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells (CAR T cells), which are administered to a subject by intravenous or locoregional administration. Several compositions and methods of making and using these compositions to treat or inhibit a disease in a subject are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Seattle Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Michael C. Jensen, James Matthaei
  • Patent number: 11642398
    Abstract: The present invention provides formulations comprising a Factor IX-FcRn Binding Partner (FIXFBP) polypeptide, and methods of administering FIXFBP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventor: Mark Brader
  • Patent number: 11643466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated binding molecules that bind to and blocks PD-L1, vectors comprising a nucleic acid molecules encoding an amino acid sequence of the binding molecules, host cells containing the vectors, methods of making the binding molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing the binding molecules, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating a disease requiring stimulation of immune responses including cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: QLSF BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventor: Shihao Chen
  • Patent number: 11634504
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind TFPI and inhibit an activity thereof. Such antibodies and fragments are useful for treating bleeding disorders and shortening clotting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Pittman, James R. Apgar, Zong Sean Juo, Macy Jin, Mark Stahl, Gregory J. Carven, Matthew Holsti, Susan Benard, Sunita R. Hett, Reema Jasuja
  • Patent number: 11629198
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for loading cargoes onto red blood cells. Provided herein are novel antibodies, fragments, fusion proteins and other conjugates which specifically bind red blood cells via RHCE or Band 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Carlos H. Villa, Vladimir R. Muzykantov, Donald L. Siegel, Colin Greineder
  • Patent number: 11623954
    Abstract: This invention relates to agents that bind human Siglecs having inhibitory activity in immune cells, and that neutralize the inhibitory activity of such Siglec. Such agents can be used for the treatment of cancers or infectious disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: INNATE PHARMA
    Inventors: Stéphanie Cornen, Benjamin Rossi, Nicolai Wagtmann, Laurent Gauthier
  • Patent number: 11623949
    Abstract: The present application relates to neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof against betacoronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), to nucleic acid(s) encoding such neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, and to mixture and compositions comprising such antibodies, antigen-binding fragments or nucleic acids. Such neutralizing antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof are able to block betacoronavirus entry into cells and/or to induce complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) against betacoronavirus-infected cells. Methods and uses of the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid(s) or compositions, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and preventative methods and uses for betacoronavirus infections and related diseases such as COVID-19, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Talem Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Ilse Roodink, Yasmina Noubia Abdiche, Jennifer L. Bath
  • Patent number: 11603401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that specifically bind Aggrecan and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the immunoglobulins of the present invention inhibit the activity of Aggrecan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Ablynx N.V., Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Soren Steffensen, Gerald Beste, Guy Hermans, Hans Gühring, Christoph Ladel, Lars Toleikis
  • Patent number: 11603405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind PSMA. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and PSMA. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind IL1RAP. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD33. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and IL1RAP. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and CD33. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind TMEFF2. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and TMEFF2. The present invention relates to fragments of the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Francois Gaudet, Jill Giles-Komar, Bradley Heidrich, Chichi Huang, Colleen Kane, Ronan McDaid, Jennifer Nemeth-Seay
  • Patent number: 11597777
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the D4 domain of VWF, competes for binding to VWF D4 domain with ADAMTS13 and partially inhibits ADAMTS 13-mediated degradation of VWF. More particularly, the invention relates to an isolated monoclonal antibody comprising a heavy chain wherein the variable domain comprises at least one CDR having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3 for H-CDR1, SEQ ID NO: 4 for H-CDR2 and SEQ ID NO: 5 for H-CDR3 and a light chain wherein the variable domain comprises at least one CDR having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7 for L-CDR1, SEQ ID NO: 8 for L-CDR2 and SEQ ID NO: 9 for L-CDR3. Antibodies of the invention are presented to be useful in for the prevention or the treatment of bleeding episodes, such as bleeding episodes occurring in patients with aortic stenosis or patients with ventricular assist devices (VAD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDECALE), UNIVERSITE PARIS—SUD, CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONALE UNIVERSITAIRE DE LILLE, UNIVERSITÉ DE DROIT ET DE LA SANTÉ DE LILLE 2
    Inventors: Petrus Lenting, Cécile Denis, Olivier Christophe, Paulette Legendre, Antoine Rauch, Sophie Susen
  • Patent number: 11596671
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other aspects, codon-altered polynucleotides encoding Factor IX variants for expression in mammalian cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure also provides mammalian gene therapy vectors and methods for treating hemophilia B. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for dosing a hemophilia B patient with a polynucleotide, e.g., a codon-altered polynucleotide, encoding a Factor IX polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Hanspeter Rottensteiner, Franziska Horling, Johannes Lengler, Friedrich Scheiflinger
  • Patent number: 11591399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-human PD-L2 antibodies, or the antigen binding parts thereof, which specifically bind human PD-L2 such that PD-L2 binding to PD-1 is blocked, wherein preferably said antibodies or antigen binding parts do not bind to mouse PD-L2 and human PD-L1 but bind to cyno PD-L2, preferably as determined by FACS analysis. The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences encoding the anti-human PD-L2 antibodies, vectors and cells containing the nucleotide sequences. The antibodies and/or compositions of the invention are useful in human therapy, e.g., cancer therapy, and/or in cell-line based bioassays for determining T cell signalling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ABBA THERAPEUTICS AG
    Inventors: Reto Simon Kohler, Gongda Xue, Lena Cron
  • Patent number: 11583568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of angiotensin II, angiotensin III, or angiotensin IV in therapeutic methods for the treatment of hypotension, especially catecholamine-resistant hypotension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: La Jolla Pharma, LLC
    Inventors: Lakhmir Chawla, George Tidmarsh, Steve Ching Tsung Chen
  • Patent number: 11566080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind IgE and Fc?RIIb with high affinity, said compositions being capable of inhibiting cells that express membrane-anchored IgE. Such compositions are useful for treating IgE-mediated disorders, including allergies and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Xencor, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Desjarlais, Seung Y. Chu, Holly M. Horton, Matthew J. Bernett
  • Patent number: 11555814
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for activating a helper T cell, which comprises the step of adding a WT1 peptide to an antigen-presenting cell to activate the helper T cell, wherein the WT1 peptide is capable of binding to any one selected from an HLA-DRB1*1501 molecule, an HLA-DPB1*0901 molecule and an HLA-DPB1*0501 molecule; a composition for use in the method; a therapeutic and/or prophylactic method for cancer by activating a helper T cell; a pharmaceutical composition for use in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic method; and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Institute of Cancer Immunology, Inc.
    Inventor: Haruo Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11555063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binding polypeptide specifically binding to an epitope comprised in an amino acid sequence corresponding to amino acids 250 to 300 of the norovirus genotype II.10 capsid polypeptide, and to a polynucleotide encoding the same. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising the binding polypeptide according to the present invention and a carrier, and to the binding polypeptide or the composition comprising the same use in diagnosis and/or for use in medicine. Further more, the present invention relates to kits, devices, vaccines, methods, and uses related to the binding polypeptide of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Universität Heidelberg, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
    Inventors: Grant Hansman, Anna Koromyslova
  • Patent number: 11542329
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies or antibody fragments specific for GPVI. In particular, it relates to antibodies or antibody fragments that have combined beneficial properties and are therefore useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of GPVI related disorders or conditions, such as for example thrombotic or vascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Morphosys AG
    Inventors: Kerstin Uhland, Julia Neugebauer, Steffen Runz
  • Patent number: 11542486
    Abstract: Methods and compositions related to the use of a protein with kynureninase activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified kynureninase capable of degrading kynurenine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with kynurenine depletion using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: George Georgiou, Everett Stone, John Blazeck
  • Patent number: 11534495
    Abstract: A tissue factor (TF)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a method for preparing the ADC. The ADC is capable of binding to TF antigen with high specificity, and has high affinity, low immunogenicity, high cytotoxicity, and significant anti-tumor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: FUDAN UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SHANGHAI MIRACOGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ke Yu, Jingkang Shen, Tao Meng, Lanping Ma, Xuesai Zhang, Qingrou Li, Qing Lin
  • Patent number: 11535681
    Abstract: The invention generally provides improved anti-sickled-globin antibodies and fragments thereof. In particular embodiments, the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof recognizes the ?s, Glu6Val mutation. In various embodiments, the invention provides a conjugate comprising an anti-?s-globin antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof and a detectable label. In particular embodiments, a hybridoma comprising an anti-?s-globin antibody contemplated herein is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bluebird Bio, Inc.
    Inventor: Olivier Negre