Patents Examined by Stacy B. Chen
  • Patent number: 12280105
    Abstract: Provided herein is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) encoding a spike (S) protein or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) comprising at least one non-naturally occurring amino acid mutation. In some embodiments, the S protein is derived from a delta variant. Additionally provided are relevant polynucleotides, vectors, cells, compositions, kits, production methods and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: RNAIMMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: Neeti Ananthaswamy, Yong-Sik Bong, David Brown, Renxiang Chen, Ju Hyeong Jeon, Zhifeng Long, Dong Shen, Chun Lu, Patrick Y. Lu, Shenggao Tang, Jiaxi He, Ziyang He
  • Patent number: 12280104
    Abstract: Provided herein is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) encoding a spike (S) protein or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) comprising at least one non-naturally occurring amino acid mutation. In some embodiments, the S protein is derived from an Omicron variant. Additionally provided are relevant polynucleotides, vectors, cells, compositions, kits, production methods and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: RNAIMMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: David Brown, Yong-Sik Bong, Neeti Ananthaswamy, Naihsuan C. Guy, Dong Shen
  • Patent number: 12275980
    Abstract: Method for determining the sensitivity of a bacterial strain of interest to a viral strain of bacteriophages, the method comprising: a) preparing a sample, this comprising bringing bacteria, belonging to the bacterial strain of interest, into contact with bacteriophages, each bacteriophage belonging to the same viral strain, the bacteria being either in a liquid medium, or in an agar medium; b) placing the sample between a light source and an image sensor, the light source emitting a light wave in an emission spectral band comprised between 500 nm and 600 nm; c) illuminating the sample using the light source and acquiring at least one image of the sample, with the image sensor, in the emission spectral band, no image-forming optic being placed between the sample and the image sensor; d) on the basis of the acquired images, determining a sensitivity of the bacterial strain of interest to the viral strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Prisca Perlemoine, Thomas Bordy, Pierre Marcoux, Emmanuel Picard, Rémi Toutain, Marc Zelsmann, Alexis Maire
  • Patent number: 12264324
    Abstract: A process for assaying viral vector manufactured by large-scale viral vector manufacturing processes to assure the resulting vector has acceptable purity and potency. The process entails three different types of assays, each one of which is optionally useful on a stand-alone basis, and which together provide the first system able to assure the quality of viral vector produced by large-scale vector manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Trizell Ltd.
    Inventors: Nigel Parker, Hanna P. Lesch, Jenni Mykkanen, Sara Paulo, Minna Hassinen, Robert Shaw
  • Patent number: 12240872
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a consensus Ebolavirus glycoproteinimmunogens are disclosed. The coding sequences optionally include operable linked coding sequence that encode a signal peptide. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against Ebolavirus are disclosed. Method of preventing Ebolavirus and methods of treating individuals infected with Ebolavirus are disclosed. Consensus Ebolavirus proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Weiner, Ami Patel, Jian Yan
  • Patent number: 12241125
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to treating a disease. For example, this document provides methods for treating a subject's disease based on identifying the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML using a genetic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: PML Screening, LLC, The Université Paris-Saclay, The Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), The Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Eli Hatchwell, Peggy S. Eis, Edward B. Smith, III, Yassine Taoufik
  • Patent number: 12239697
    Abstract: This invention is directed to immunogenic composition, conjugates, virus-like particles (VLP) compositions, vaccines and methods directed to the treatment and/or prevent of infection by Human Papillomavirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Inventprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Subhash V. Kapre, Anup K. Datta
  • Patent number: 12233124
    Abstract: Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Institute for Research in Biomedicine
    Inventors: Peter Kwong, Michael Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Yongping Yang, Peter Collins, Ursula Buchholz, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Guillaume Stewart-Jones
  • Patent number: 12234513
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to treating a disease. For example, this document provides methods for treating a subject's disease based on identifying the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML using a genetic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: PML Screening, LLC, The Université Paris-Saclay, The Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), The Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Eli Hatchwell, Peggy S. Eis, Edward B. Smith, III, Yassine Taoufik
  • Patent number: 12226491
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in some embodiments, methods, compositions, systems, and kits comprising nano-satellite complexes comprising: a core nanoparticle complex comprising a biocompatible coating surrounding a nanoparticle core; 3-25 satellite particles attached to, or absorbed to, said biocompatible coating; a plurality of antigenic peptides conjugated to, or absorbed to, said satellite particles; and at least one additional property. In other embodiments, provided herein are nano-satellite complexes comprising: a core nanoparticle complex comprising a biocompatible coating surrounding a nanoparticle core; a plurality of satellite particles attached to, or absorbed to, said biocompatible coating; a plurality of antigenic peptides conjugated to, or absorbed to, said satellite particles; and a plurality of LIGHT (TNFSF14) peptides conjugated to, or absorbed to, said satellite particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Duxin Sun, Ryan Clauson, Hongwei Chen, Chengyi Li, Wei Gao, Luke Bugada, Fei Wen, Brett Hill, Syed Monem Rizvi
  • Patent number: 12227540
    Abstract: Saponin extracts containing at least 93% QS-21 main peak and 0.25-3% 2018 component by UV absorbance at 214 nm, methods for making said extracts, their use as vaccine adjuvants and related aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
    Inventors: Ahmad Taimour Baig, Felicie Georgette Colette Denet, Juan Jose Diaz Garcia, Chad Austin Farrenburg, Lora Lea Lawrence, Kent Raymond Myers, Jeri Kay Sandvick, Jeb Yeatts Vandenburg
  • Patent number: 12227807
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to treating a disease. For example, this document provides methods for treating a subject's disease based on identifying the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML using a genetic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: PML Screening, LLC, The Université Paris-Saclay, The Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), The Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Eli Hatchwell, Peggy S. Eis, Edward B. Smith, III, Yassine Taoufik
  • Patent number: 12209111
    Abstract: Accumulating evidence indicates that the lysosomal Ragulator complex is essential for full activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Abnormal mTORC1 activation has been implicated in several developmental neurological disorders, including Angelman syndrome (AS), which is caused by maternal deficiency of the ubiquitin E3 ligase UBE3A. Here, it is reported that Ube3a regulates mTORC1 signaling by targeting p18, a subunit of the Ragulator. Ube3a ubiquinates p18, resulting in its proteasomal degradation, and Ube3a deficiency in the hippocampus of AS mice induces increased lysosomal localization of p18 and other members of the Ragulator-Rag complex, and increased mTORC1 activity. p18 knockdown in hippocampal CA1 neurons of AS mice reduces elevated mTORC1 activity and improves dendritic spine maturation, long-term potentiation (LTP), as well as learning performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiaoning Bi, Michel Baudry, Jiandong Sun
  • Patent number: 12209117
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of ebolavirus infection. In certain embodiments of the present invention, monoclonal antibodies substantially similar to those described herein, as well as affinity matured variants thereof, alone or in combination, provide therapeutic efficacy in a patient against multiple species of ebolavirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Biopharmaceutical, Inc., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Adimab, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary A. Bornholdt, Larry Zeitlin, Kartik Chandran, Anna Wec, Laura Walker
  • Patent number: 12194086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Mayaro Virus antigen that elicits an immune response in a mammal. Also disclosed herein is a nucleic acid sequence encoding an anti-Mayaro Virus antibody, a fragment thereof, a variant thereof. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating a synthetic antibody in a subject by administering the composition to the subject. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating a Mayaro virus infection in a subject using said composition and method of generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
    Inventors: David B. Weiner, Kar Muthumani, Sagar Kudchodkar
  • Patent number: 12194089
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid suitable for use in treatment or prophylaxis of an infection with a coronavirus, preferably with a Coronavirus SARS-COV-2, or a disorder related to such an infection, preferably COVID-19. The present invention is also directed to compositions, polypeptides, and vaccines. The compositions and vaccines preferably comprise at least one of said nucleic acid sequences, preferably nucleic acid sequences in association a lipid nanoparticle (LNP). The invention is also directed to first and second medical uses of the nucleic acid, the composition, the polypeptide, the combination, the vaccine, and the kit, and to methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection, preferably a Coronavirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CureVac SE
    Inventors: Susanne Rauch, Hans Wolfgang Große, Benjamin Petsch
  • Patent number: 12194103
    Abstract: Zwitterionic phosphatidylserine (ZPS) monomers, ZPS polymers and ZPS copolymers, methods for making the ZPS monomers, ZPS polymers, and ZPS copolymers, compositions and materials that include ZPS polymers and ZPS copolymers, and methods for using the ZPS monomers, ZPS polymers, and ZPS copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Shaoyi Jiang, Bowen Li, Priyesh Jain
  • Patent number: 12186363
    Abstract: Embodiments herein report compositions, uses and manufacturing of dengue virus constructs and live attenuated dengue viruses. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, a tetravalent dengue virus composition. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of one or more serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 (DEN-1) virus, dengue-2 (DEN-2) virus, dengue-3 (DEN-3) or dengue-4 (DEN-4) virus constructs. In other embodiments, constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition to generate a vaccine against more one or more dengue virus constructs that may or may not be subsequently passaged in mammalian cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Takeda Vaccines, Inc., The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Dan T. Stinchcomb, Claire Kinney, Richard M. Kinney, Jill A. Livengood
  • Patent number: 12186383
    Abstract: Provided are high affinity anti-alphavirus antibodies or alphavirus-binding fragments thereof, as well as methods of use and devices employing such antibodies and/or fragments. Further provided are complementarity determining region (CDR) sequences of variable domain light chain (VL) and variable domain heavy chain (VH) sequences, and the methods of using the high affinity anti-alphavirus antibodies for treating different types of alphavirus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Lai, Jose Quiroz, Ryan Malonis, Margaret Kielian
  • Patent number: 12171826
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method of using inactivated human cold coronaviruses (HCoVs) particularly HCoV-299E, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-HKU1 as a booster, for the immunization against SARS-CoV-2 infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy S. Moore, Cullen Thomas Moore