Patents Examined by Ruixiang Li
  • Patent number: 11078275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of peripheral T cell lymphoma using compounds that specifically bind KIR3DL2. The invention also relates to use of antibodies that specifically bind KIR3DL2 in diagnostic and theranostic assays in the detection and treatment of peripheral T cell lymphoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INNATE PHARMA
    Inventors: Cecile Bonnafous, Helene Sicard, Renaud Buffet
  • Patent number: 11078273
    Abstract: The disclosure provides antibodies, antibody fragments or antigen-binding fragments, as well as related antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), that specifically recognize human ROR2, Also provided in the disclosure are methods of using such antibodies in various diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Christoph Rader, Haiyong Peng, Xiuling Li
  • Patent number: 11077202
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody binding to CDH6 and having internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate of the antibody and a drug having antitumor activity, a pharmaceutical product comprising the antibody-drug conjugate and having therapeutic effects on a tumor, a method for treating a tumor using the antibody, the antibody-drug conjugate or the pharmaceutical product, and the like. The present invention provides an anti-CDH6 antibody having internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate of the antibody and a drug having antitumor activity, a pharmaceutical product comprising the antibody or the antibody-drug conjugate, and a method for treating a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsuko Saito, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11066466
    Abstract: An isolated anti-SCL)BE2 (Signal peptide-complement protein Clr/CIs, Uegf: and Bmp 1 (CUB)-epidermal growth factor (EGF) domain-containing protein 2) antibody or a binding fragment thereof is disclosed. The anti-SCUBE2 antibody comprises an antigen binding region that specifically hinds to a target domain located within SCUBE2 (SEQ ID NO: 66) and exhibits a property of inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced angiogenesis. The target domain is selected from the group consisting of the EGF-like motifs 4 to 6 ranging from a.a. position 175 to 323, or the spacer region ranging from a.a. position 441 to 659, or the first cys-rich motif ranging from a.a. position 668 to 725 of SCUBE2 (SEQ ID NO: 66). The anti-SCUBE2 antibody or binding fragment thereof is for use in treating a disease associated with VEGF-induced angiogenesis, or in treating a tumor or inhibiting tumor angiogenesis and cancer cell growth in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Ruey-Bing Yang, Yuh-Charn Lin
  • Patent number: 11066474
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that bind specifically to TrkB and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are agonist antibodies that are neuroprotective, as shown by their effect on enhancing the survival of retinal ganglion cells in vitro. As such, these agonist antibodies may be used to treat diseases or disorders of the eye, such as, but not limited to glaucoma. In addition, other neuronal diseases or disorders may benefit from treatment with these agonist antibodies, including any disease or disorder characterized in part by neuronal damage. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies that bind TrkB and mediate cell signaling. The antibodies of the invention may be fully human, non-naturally occurring antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Susan D. Croll, Min Gao, Ying Hu
  • Patent number: 11059896
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising a human antibody that specifically binds to human interleukin-4 receptor (hIL-4R). The formulations may contain, in addition to an anti-hIL-4R antibody, at least one amino acid, at least one sugar, or at least one non-ionic surfactant. The pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention exhibit a substantial degree of antibody stability after storage for several months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Dix, Xiaolin Tang
  • Patent number: 11059894
    Abstract: This disclosure provides ALK7-binding proteins such as anti-ALK7 antibodies, and compositions and methods for making the ALK7-binding proteins. In certain embodiments the ALK7-binding proteins inhibit, or antagonize ALK7 activity. In addition, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating overweight, obesity, diabetes, overweight, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their associated conditions; metabolic disorders, and other diseases or conditions that can be treated, prevented or ameliorated by targeting ALK7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Acceleron Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: John Knopf, Jonathan Belk, Nathan J. Sharkey, Ravindra Kumar, Asya Grinberg, Dianne Sako, Roselyne Castonguay, Yossi Dagon
  • Patent number: 11059887
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies or fragment thereof having binding specificity to the wild-type human claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) protein and also capable of binding the M149L mutant. By contrast, such antibodies and fragments do not or weakly bind to claudin 18.1 (CLDN18.1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LaNova Medicines Limited Company
    Inventor: Runsheng Li
  • Patent number: 11053293
    Abstract: The present disclosure encompasses compositions and methods for targeted cytokine delivery. The compositions disclosed herein comprise a cytokine linked to an NKG2D ligand or PD1 ligand and may improve immunotherapy by limiting side effects associated with immunotherapy. The present disclosure also encompasses compositions and methods for recruiting cytotoxic lymphocytes to target cells using NKG2D receptor ligands or PD1 ligands. The compositions disclosed herein comprise a NKG2D receptor ligand and a targeting molecule and may improve immunotherapy by limiting side effects associated with immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Sasha Krupnick, Daved Henry Fremont, Eric Reed Lazear
  • Patent number: 11045546
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of preventing and treating viral infections (e.g., coronavirus infection) using a CCR5 binding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CytoDyn Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kelly, Nader Pourhassan, Bruce K. Patterson, Jacob B. Lalezari
  • Patent number: 11041012
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for adoptive T cell therapy in treating a variety of disorders including cancer, infections, and autoimmune disorders. In one embodiment, the invention provides a universal immune receptor (UnivIR) that comprises an extracellular label binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain or otherwise an intracellular domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Nathalie Scholler, Katarzyna Urbanska, Daniel J. Powell
  • Patent number: 11034940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polynucleotides encoding cell tags for use in immunotherapeutic applications, and systems comprising polynucleotide cell tags for regulating the activity of a cell. The compositions, methods and systems described herein provide tools for regulating activity of genetically engineered cells in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PRECIGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Rutul Shah, Peter Emtage, Ramya Yarlagadda
  • Patent number: 11026997
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of treating post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) or pericarditis, comprising a step of administering to a subject in need of treatment an interleukin-1 receptor-Fc fusion protein at a therapeutically effective dose and an administration interval for a treatment period sufficient to improve, stabilize or reduce one or more signs and symptoms of pericarditis relative to a control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eben Tessari, John Paolini
  • Patent number: 11028145
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the disclosure provides soluble heteromeric polypeptide complexes comprising an extracellular domain of an ALK7 receptor and an extracellular domain of ActRIIB In certain aspects, these ALK7:ActRIIB heteromultimers are can be used to improve metabolic parameters in a patient in need thereof. In certain aspects, these ALK7:ActRIIB heteromultimers are can be used to treat or prevent one or more kidney-associated disease or condition in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Ravindra Kumar, Asya Grinberg, Dianne Sako, Robert Scott Pearsall, Roselyne Castonguay, Gang Li, Yossi Dagon, John Knopf
  • Patent number: 11021728
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11014973
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide fusion proteins that bind cells expressing one or more target molecules including, for example, one or more cell surface multisubunit signaling receptors (e.g., EGFRvIII-expressing cells that also express interferon receptors) and that induce anti-proliferative effects, and related compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Way, Avram Lev Robinson-Mosher
  • Patent number: 11008378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic polypeptide and methods for its creation and use for modulating an immune response in a host organism in need thereof. In particular, the invention relates to the administration to an organism in need thereof, of an effective amount of a pre-coupled polypeptide complex comprising a lymphokine polypeptide portion, for example IL-15 (SEQ ID NO: 5, 6), IL-2 (SEQ ID NO: 10, 12) or combinations of both, and an interleukin receptor polypeptide portion, for example IL-15Ra (SEQ ID NO: 7, 8), IL-2Ra (SEQ ID NO: 9, 11) or combinations of both, for augmenting the immune system in, for example, cancer, SCID, AIDS, or vaccination; or inhibiting the immune system in, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, or Lupus. The therapeutic complex of the invention surprisingly demonstrates increased half-life, and efficacy in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Leo Lefrancois, Thomas A. Stoklasek
  • Patent number: 10994011
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-human TSLP receptor antibody, capable of inhibiting the generation of chemically modified substances, such as deamidated forms and oxidized forms, or degradants, or multimers. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an anti-human TSLP receptor antibody, a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, arginine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Megumi Ikeda, Akinori Chikushi
  • Patent number: 10995143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the medical use of antibodies against the FGF receptor 4 (FGFR4) combined with Sorafenib, in particular for the prevention or treatment of hyperproliferative diseases associated with FGFR expression, overexpression or hyperactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited
    Inventors: Reimar Abraham, Keisuke Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 10981999
    Abstract: This disclosure related to antagonistic dual receptor antigen-binding proteins, e.g. antibodies and methods of using the dual receptor antibodies for treatment of pathological diseases. The dual receptor antibodies may comprise an antibody to ActRII receptors and may be used to treat pathological condition. The pathological conditions can comprise muscle wasting diseases or any disease that requires stimulation of muscle growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Huiquan Han, Xiaolan Zhou, Qing Chen, Mei-Mei Tsai