Patents by Inventor Alan J. Korman

Alan J. Korman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230272079
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that specifically bind to PD-1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for detecting PD-1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-1 antibodies. The present invention further provides methods for using a combination immunotherapy, such as the combination of anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies, to treat hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer. The invention also provides methods for altering adverse events related to treatment with such antibodies individually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Alan J. KORMAN, Mohan SRINIVASAN, Changyu WANG, Mark J. SELBY, Bingliang CHEN, Josephine M. CARDARELLI, Haichun HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230272100
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to OX40. Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Zhehong CAI, Indrani CHAKRABORTY, Marie-Michelle Navarro GARCIA, Thomas D. KEMPE, Alan J. KORMAN, Alexander T. KOZHICH, Hadia LEMAR, Mark MAURER, Christina Maria MILBURN, Michael QUIGLEY, Xiang SHAO, Mohan SRINIVASAN, Kent THUDIUM, Susan Chien-Szu WONG, Jochem GOKEMEIJER, Xi-Tao WANG, Han CHANG, Patrick GUIRNALDA
  • Publication number: 20230174647
    Abstract: The present application relates to antibodies specifically binding to immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4), which is also known as LILRB2, LIR2, MIR10, and CD85d, and corresponding nucleic acids, host cells, compositions, and uses. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind specifically to human ILT4, but do not significantly bind to ILT2, ILT3, or ILT5, or to other members of the LILRA or LILRB families.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Xiao Min Schebye, Diana Yuhui Chen, Andrew Rankin, Xiaodi Deng, Joseph Toth, Linda Liang, Michelle Minhua Han, Christine Bee, Hong-An Truong, Mark J. Selby, Nils Lonberg, Guodong Chen, Richard Y. Huang, Ekaterina G. Deyanova, Alan J. Korman
  • Publication number: 20230111786
    Abstract: Provided are methods for clinical treatment of malignant tumors (e.g., advanced solid tumors) using a combination of an anti-LAG-3 antibody, an anti-PD-1 antibody, and an immunotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Alan J. KORMAN, Nils LONBERG, Mark J. SELBY, Jeffrey JACKSON
  • Patent number: 11603406
    Abstract: The present application relates to antibodies specifically binding to the V-domain immunoglobulin-containing suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) at acidic pH and their use in cancer treatment. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind specifically to human VISTA at acidic pH, but do not significantly bind to human VISTA at neutral or physiological pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Johnston, Arvind Rajpal, Paul O. Sheppard, Luis Borges, Andrew Rankin, Keith Sadoon Bahjat, Alan J. Korman, Andy X. Deng, Lin Hui Su, Ginger Rakestraw
  • Publication number: 20230061544
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to PD-L1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The disclosure also provides methods for detecting PD-L1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-L1 antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: E.R. Squibb & Sons, L. L. C.
    Inventors: Alan J. KORMAN, Mark J. SELBY, Changyu WANG, Mohan SRINIVASAN, David B. PASSMORE, Haichun HUANG, Haibin CHEN
  • Patent number: 11591392
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that bind to T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (TIM3) protein. Also provided are uses of these antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Xiao Min Schebye, Mark J. Selby, Michelle Minhua Han, Christine Bee, Andy X. Deng, Anan Chuntharapai, Brigitte Devaux, Huiming Li, Paul O. Sheppard, Alan J. Korman, Daniel F. Ardourel, Ekaterina Deyanova, Richard Huang, Guodong Chen, Michelle Kuhne, Hong-An Truong
  • Publication number: 20230050665
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to glucocorticoid-inducible TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Changyu WANG, Nils LONBERG, Alan J. KORMAN, Mark J. SELBY, Mohan SRINIVASAN, Karla HENNING, Michelle Minhua HAN, Guodong CHEN, Richard HUANG, Indrani CHAKRABORTY, Haichun HUANG, Susan WONG, Huiming LI
  • Publication number: 20230051701
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human antibodies, that bind to human Cluster of Differentiation 73 (CD73) with high affinity, and inhibit the activity of CD73, and optionally mediate antibody dependent CD73 internalization. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell expressing CD73 using the antibodies of the invention, including methods for treating various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nils Lonberg, Alan J. Korman, Bryan C. Barnhart, Aaron P. Yamniuk, Mohan Srinivasan, Karla A. Henning, Ming Lei, Emanuela Sega, Angela Goodenough, Maria N. Jure-Kunkel, Guodong Chen, John S. Sack, Richard Huang, Martin J. Corbett, Joseph E. Myers, JR., Liang Schweizer, Sandra V. Hatcher, Haichun Huang, Pingping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11529399
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies (e.g., humanized and human monoclonal antibodies) that bind to human Inducible T Cell COStimulator (ICOS) and exhibit therapeutically desirable functional properties, e.g., the ability to stimulate human ICOS activity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies of the invention can be used, for example, as an agonist to stimulate or enhance an immune response in a subject, e.g., antigen-specific T cell responses against a tumor or viral antigen. The antibodies of the invention can also be used in combination with other antibodies (e.g., PD-1, PD-L1, and/or CTLA-4 antibodies) to treat, for example, cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John J. Engelhardt, Mark J. Selby, Alan J. Korman, Mary Diane Feingersh, Brenda L. Stevens
  • Patent number: 11530267
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Preferably, the antibodies bind human LAG-3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind both human and monkey LAG-3 but do not bind mouse LAG-3. The invention provides anti-LAG-3 antibodies that can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to WIC Class II molecules and that can stimulate antigen-specific T cell responses. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting LAG-3, as well as methods for treating stimulating immune responses using an anti-LAG-3 antibody of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kent B. Thudium, Mark J. Selby, Kyra D. Zens, Mark Yamanaka, Alan J. Korman, Heidi N. Leblanc
  • Patent number: 11512130
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Preferably, the antibodies bind human LAG-3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind both human and monkey LAG-3 but do not bind mouse LAG-3. The invention provides anti-LAG-3 antibodies that can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to MHC Class II molecules and that can stimulate antigen-specific T cell responses. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting LAG-3, as well as methods for treating stimulating immune responses using an anti-LAG-3 antibody of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kent B. Thudium, Mark J. Selby, Kyra D. Zens, Mark Yamanaka, Alan J. Korman, Heidi N. Leblanc
  • Patent number: 11466092
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to OX40. Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Zhehong Cai, Indrani Chakraborty, Marie-Michelle Navarro Garcia, Thomas D. Kempe, Alan J. Korman, Alexander T. Kozhich, Hadia Lemar, Mark Maurer, Christina Maria Milburn, Michael Quigley, Xiang Shao, Mohan Srinivasan, Kent Thudium, Susan Chien-Szu Wong, Jochem Gokemeijer, Xi-Tao Wang, Han Chang, Patrick Guirnalda
  • Publication number: 20220281980
    Abstract: The disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind human MICA/B and methods of use thereof. In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods of treating a cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an anti-MICA/B antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Michelle Renee KUHNE, Alan J. KORMAN, Haichun HUANG, Yiming YIN, Robert F. GRAZIANO, Natalie A. BEZMAN, Pavel STROP, Richard Y. HUANG, Guodong CHEN, Mohan SRINIVASAN, Peter Sung Keun LEE, Gamze Ozlem CAMDERE
  • Patent number: 11408889
    Abstract: Provided herein are diagnostic antibodies that bind to glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR). Such antibodies are useful for methods of detecting the expression of GITR in biological samples, for example, tumor tissue, and identifying a cancer patient likely to respond to anti-GITR immunotherapy or predicting whether a cancer patient will respond to anti-GITR immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Xi-Tao Wang, Olufemi A. Adelakun, Anne C. Lewin, Alan J. Korman, Mark J. Selby, Changyu Wang, Haichun Huang, Karla A. Henning, Nils Lonberg, Mohan Srinivasan, Michelle Minhua Han, Guodong Chen, Richard Y. Huang, Indrani Chakraborty, Susan Chien-Szu Wong, Huiming Li
  • Patent number: 11401328
    Abstract: The present application relates to antibodies specifically binding to immunoglobulin-like transcript 4 (ILT4), which is also known as LILRB2, LIR2, MIR10, and CD85d, and corresponding nucleic acids, host cells, compositions, and uses. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind specifically to human ILT4, but do not significantly bind to ILT2, ILT3, or ILT5, or to other members of the LILRA or LILRB families.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Xiao Min Schebye, Diana Yuhui Chen, Andrew Rankin, Xiaodi Deng, Joseph Toth, Linda Liang, Michelle Minhua Han, Christine Bee, Hong-An Truong, Mark J. Selby, Nils Lonberg, Guodong Chen, Richard Y. Huang, Ekaterina G. Deyanova, Alan J. Korman
  • Publication number: 20220204618
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies (e.g., humanized and human monoclonal antibodies), or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to human natural killer cell inhibitory receptor group 2A (NKG2A) protein with high affinity and exhibit therapeutically desirable functional properties, such as for the treatment of, for example, cancer. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-NKG2A antibodies of the invention are also provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells, and methods of treatment of, for example, cancer using the antibodies are further provided. Combination therapy, in which an anti-NKG2A antibody in the present disclosure is co-administered with at least one additional agent such as another antibody (e.g., anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and/or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies), is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Natalie Bezman, Alan J. Korman, Shrikant Deshpande, Amy D. Jhatakia, Richard Y. Huang, Guodong Chen, Ginger C. Rakestraw, Karla Ann Henning, Vangipuram S. Rangan, Christine Bee, Xiang Shao
  • Publication number: 20220204612
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Preferably, the antibodies bind human LAG-3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind both human and monkey LAG-3 but do not bind mouse LAG-3. The invention provides anti-LAG-3 antibodies that can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to MHC Class II molecules and that can stimulate antigen-specific T cell responses. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting LAG-3, as well as methods for treating stimulating immune responses using an anti-LAG-3 antibody of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kent B. THUDIUM, Mark J. SELBY, Kyra D. ZENS, Mark YAMANAKA, Alan J. KORMAN, Heidi N. LEBLANC
  • Publication number: 20220195040
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Preferably, the antibodies bind human LAG-3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind both human and monkey LAG-3 but do not bind mouse LAG-3. The invention provides anti-LAG-3 antibodies that can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to WIC Class II molecules and that can stimulate antigen-specific T cell responses. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting LAG-3, as well as methods for treating stimulating immune responses using an anti-LAG-3 antibody of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kent B. THUDIUM, Mark J. SELBY, Kyra D. ZENS, Mark YAMANAKA, Alan J. KORMAN, Heidi N. LEBLANC
  • Publication number: 20220195042
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies (e.g., humanized and human monoclonal antibodies), or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to human natural killer cell inhibitory receptor group 2A (NKG2A) protein with high affinity and exhibit therapeutically desirable functional properties, such as for the treatment of, for example, cancer. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-NKG2A antibodies of the invention are also provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells, and methods of treatment of, for example, cancer using the antibodies are further provided. Combination therapy, in which an anti-NKG2A antibody in the present disclosure is co-administered with at least one additional agent such as another antibody (e.g., anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and/or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies), is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Natalie Bezman, Alan J. Korman, Shrikan Deshpande, Amy D. Jhatakia, Richard Y. Huang, Guodong Chen, Ginger G. Rakestraw, Karla Ann Henning, Vangipuram S. Rangan, Christine Bee, Xiang Shao