Patents Examined by Stephen L. Rawlings
  • Patent number: 11952418
    Abstract: The invention provides novel biparatopic LRP5/LRP6 cross-reactive binding polypeptides, and more specifically novel biparatopic LRP5/LRP6 cross-reactive immunoglobulin single variable domain constructs which can inhibit Wnt signaling pathways. The invention also relates to specific sequences of such polypeptides, methods of their production, and methods of using them, including methods of treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Vittoria Zinzalla, Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Marie-Ange Buyse, Karen Cromie, Stephanie Staelens, Beatrijs Strubbe
  • Patent number: 11952421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies against ROR1 and CD3, their manufacture and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Minh Diem Vu, Klaus Strein, Oliver Ast, Tanja Fauti, Anne Freimoser-Grundschober, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Samuel Moser, Ramona Murr, Pablo Umana, Sabine Jung-Imhof, Stefan Klostermann, Michael Molhoj, Joerg Regula, Wolfgang Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11926665
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of administering certain TIM-3 binding agents to patients having cancer. Dosage regimens for compositions comprising a TIM-3 binding agent are also explicitly provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TESARO, INC.
    Inventors: Dmitri Bobilev, Andrew R. Ferguson, Kristen Anne McEachern, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 11913025
    Abstract: Provided are methods of inducing differentiation and/or proliferation of T cells and uses thereof. In the present method, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from a subject are cultivated with bi-specific antibodies (BsAbs) in a culture medium so as to differentiate the PBMCs into the T cells. Each of the T cells has an anti-tumor antigen moiety and an anti-CD3 moiety on its surface. Also provided are methods and pharmaceutical kits for treating subjects suffering from cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cytoarm Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiang Chuang, Yi-Jou Chen, Michael Chen
  • Patent number: 11898207
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of isolating paired T cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chain sequences, or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Also disclosed are methods of automatically identifying the TCR alpha and beta chain V segment sequences and CDR3 sequences of a TCR having antigenic specificity for a mutated amino acid sequence encoded by a cancer-specific mutation. Methods of preparing a population of cells that express paired TCR alpha and beta chain sequences, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, are also disclosed. Isolated pairs of TCR alpha and beta chain sequences and isolated populations of cells prepared by the methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Yong-Chen Lu, Peter Fitzgerald, Zhili Zheng, Steven A. Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11820793
    Abstract: The present inventors discovered that by forming a large immune complex comprising antigens containing two or more antigenic binding units (epitopes) and two or more antigen-binding molecules (for example, antibodies), elimination from the plasma of the antigens containing two or more antigenic binding units can be accelerated. Moreover, they found that by using this characteristic and by further using antigen-binding molecules having an ion-dependent antigen-binding activity, elimination of the antigens can further be accelerated and the above problem can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Naoka Hironiwa
  • Patent number: 11795219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-PD1 and anti-LAG3 antibody molecules. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such antibody molecules; to methods for preparing such antibody molecules; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such antibody molecules; to compositions comprising such antibody molecules; and to uses of such antibody molecules or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Zettl, Ivo Lorenz, Otmar Schaaf, Melanie Wurm, Jean-Francois Fortin, Scott Ronald Brodeur, Keith A. Canada, Lukasz Chlewicki, Walter Carroll Davidson, Pankaj Gupta, Priyanka Gupta, Rocío K. Pérez, Joseph Robert Woska, Jr., Haiguang Xiao, Danlin Yang
  • Patent number: 11779605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
    Inventors: Gisela Schimmack, Annika Sonntag, Heiko Schuster, Daniel Johannes Kowalewski, Michael Roemer, Jens Fritsche, Oliver Schoor, Toni Weinschenk, Harpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11773182
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions and methods comprising isolated antibodies that can recognize human prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). The presently disclosed antibodies can be used to for imaging and therapy of PSMA-expressing cancers, such as prostate cancer, in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Biotechnology CAS, V.V.I.
    Inventors: Cyril Barinka, Martin G. Pomper, Zora Novakova, Catherine A. Foss
  • Patent number: 11723963
    Abstract: The invention provides a peptide derived from the interleukin-13 receptor ?2, which serves as a HLA-A2-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope. The invention can be used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use. In addition, the invention provides the use of a peptide derived from the Eph family of tyrosine kinase receptors which can be also used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Hideho Okada, Walter J. Storkus
  • Patent number: 11685788
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for determining sepsis in an individual. Specifically, the present invention provides for antibodies of fragments thereof that specifically bind to presepsin. The antibodies of the present invention may be monoclonal antibodies, and they may specifically bind to a particular epitope of presepsin. The present invention further provides methods of using such antibodies to determine whether an individual has sepsis, and kits comprising the disclosed antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kamon Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11684659
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an allogeneic whole cell cancer vaccine platform that includes compositions and methods for treating and preventing cancer. Provided herein are compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of cells from one or more cancer cell lines, some or all of which are modified to (i) inhibit or reduce expression of one or more immunosuppressive factors by the cells, and/or (ii) express or increase expression of one or more immunostimulatory factors by the cells, and/or (iii) express or increase expression of one or more tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), including TAAs that have been mutated, and which comprise cancer cell lines that natively express a heterogeneity of tumor associated antigens and/or neoantigens. Also provided herein are methods of making the vaccine compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NEUVOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Bernadette Ferraro, Justin James Arndt, Todd Merrill Binder, Matthias Hundt, Kendall M. Mohler, Jian Yan
  • Patent number: 11684660
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions related to synthetic PD-1 peptides, chimeric PD-1 peptides, anti-PD-1 antibodies and methods of treating cancers, autoimmune diseases, and Alzheimer's disease using said peptides or antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION, MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Pravin T. P. Kaumaya, Tanios Bekaii-Saab
  • Patent number: 11680108
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit activation of epidermal growth factor receptor related member ErbB3/HER3 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat cell proliferative diseases and disorders, including certain forms of cancer, associated with activation of ErbB3/HER3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvie Vincent, William M. Winston, Jr., Fang Wang, Solly Weiler, Kristan Meetze, Lyne Breault, Steve Bottega, Ting Chen, Michael DePrima, Christina Fleet, Steven Tyler, Jin-Kyeung Woo, Jeno Gyuris
  • Patent number: 11643454
    Abstract: Provided are p97 (melanotransferrin)-trastuzumab fusion proteins and related methods of use thereof, for instance, to facilitate delivery of trastuzumab across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and/or improve tissue penetration of the antibody in CNS and peripheral tissues, and thereby treat and/or diagnose HER2-positive cancers, including those of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BIOASIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Z. Vitalis, Reinhard Gabathuler
  • Patent number: 11634486
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are anti-Seizure Related 6 Homolog Like 2 (SEZ6L2) antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), including compositions and methods of using said antibodies and ADCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Bluefin BioMedicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Jefferies, Scott Michael Lonning, Nels Eric Pederson, Jason G. Beaudet, Klarisa Rikova, Aleksandr Tkachev
  • Patent number: 11590170
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which binds a target antigen having a bulky extracellular domain, wherein the CAR comprises a Fab antigen binding domain. The present invention also provides nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding such a CAR, cells expressing such a CAR and their therapeutic uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUTOLUS LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Pulé, Evangelia Kokalaki, Shaun Cordoba, Shimobi Onuoha, Simon Thomas, Biao Ma, Mathieu Ferrari
  • Patent number: 11590168
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a chimeric antigen receptor comprising a co-stimulatory receptor, the chimeric antigen receptor having a structure of scFv(X)-(Y)CD3zeta-2A-(Z); X comprises a tumortargeting antibody or a ligand or receptor capable of specifically binding to a tumor; Y is an intracellular region of the co-stimulatory receptor, and Z is a co-stimulatory receptor that is selected from among ICOS, CD28, CD27, HVEM, LIGHT, CD40L, 4-1BB, OX40, DR3, GITR, CD30, TIMI, SLAM, CD2, CD226. Further provided by the present invention are CAR-T cells that are constructed by means of a recombinant expression vector of the described chimeric antigen receptor, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The CAR-T cells described in the present invention significantly improve the tumor-killing abilities and amplification abilities thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Longyao Biotechnology Inc., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuanming Yang, Yangxin Fu, Xin Wang, Shengqin Ye, Fanlin Li, Huihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11541127
    Abstract: The present invention provides anti-CLDN18.2 antibody-drug conjugates which are effective for treating and/or preventing cancer diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder and metastases thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma, Inc., TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gemeinnützige GmbH
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Maria Kreuzberg, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Fabrice Le Gall, Stefan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11498968
    Abstract: The current invention relates to the combination therapy of an anti-CSF-1R antibody (especially a CSF-1R dimerization inhibitor) in combination with an anti-PD-L1 antibody after PD1/PD-L1 inhibitor treatment failure, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions or medicaments using such combination therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cannarile, Anna-Maria Jegg, Francesca Michielin, Carola Ries, Dominik Ruettinger, Martin Weisser