Patents by Inventor Alastair David Griffiths Lawson

Alastair David Griffiths Lawson 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).

  • Patent number: 11942188
    Abstract: Methods and associated apparatus involving designing a ligand ab initio that will bind to a binding site of a macromolecular target, or of identifying a modification to a ligand for improving the affinity of the ligand to a binding site of a macromolecular target, comprising using information about non-bonding, intra-molecular or inter-molecular atom to atom contacts extracted from a database of biological macromolecules to identify favoured regions adjacent to the binding site for particular atom types and modifying a candidate ligand to increase the intersection between atoms of the candidate ligand and the favoured regions. One or more steps of the methods may be performed by a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SRL
    Inventors: Jiye Shi, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11919950
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20240024520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to isolated fragments of antibodies, in particular to isolated knob domains of bovine ultralong CDR-H3 or portions thereof which bind to an antigen of interest, and formulations comprising the same. The disclosure further relates to the use of the isolated antibody fragments and formulations in therapy. The present disclosure also extends to methods of preparing said isolated antibody fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths LAWSON, Alexander MACPHERSON, Anthony SCOTT-TUCKER, Anastasios SPILIOTOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20230074381
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: UCB Biopharma SRL
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Stevan Graham Shaw, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson, Lara Kevorkian, Christoph Meier, Kaushik Sarkar, Paul Alan Atherfold
  • Patent number: 11384148
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Stevan Graham Shaw, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson, Lara Kevorkian, Christoph Meier, Kaushik Sarkar, Paul Alan Atherfold
  • Publication number: 20220025033
    Abstract: It has been demonstrated that certain compounds bind to TNF and stabilise a conformation of trimeric TNF that binds to the TNF receptor. Antibodies which selectively bind to complexes of such compounds with TNF superfamily members are disclosed. These antibodies may be used to detect further compounds with the same activity, and as target engagement biomarker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths LAWSON, Daniel John LIGHTWOOD, Rebecca Jayne MUNRO, James Philip O'CONNELL, John Robert PORTER
  • Patent number: 11174311
    Abstract: It has been demonstrated that certain compounds bind to TNF and stabilise a conformation of trimeric TNF that binds to the TNF receptor. Antibodies which selectively bind to complexes of such compounds with TNF superfamily members are disclosed. These antibodies may be used to detect further compounds with the same activity, and as target engagement biomarker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL, SANOFI
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Daniel John Lightwood, Rebecca Jayne Munro, James Philip O'Connell, John Robert Porter
  • Publication number: 20210309734
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20210166780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generation of multi-domain proteins, more particular antibodies, with an improved native state colloidal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, James HEADS, Sebastian KELM, Alastair David Griffiths LAWSON
  • Publication number: 20210005277
    Abstract: Methods and associated apparatus involving designing a ligand ab initio that will bind to a binding site of a macromolecular target, or of identifying a modification to a ligand for improving the affinity of the ligand to a binding site of a macromolecular target, comprising using information about non-bonding, intra-molecular or inter-molecular atom to atom contacts extracted from a database of biological macromolecules to identify favoured regions adjacent to the binding site for particular atom types and modifying a candidate ligand to increase the intersection between atoms of the candidate ligand and the favoured regions. One or more steps of the methods may be performed by a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jiye Shi, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Patent number: 10479824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to single chain polypeptides comprising one or more immunoglobulin Fc domains. In particular the present invention relates to single-chain Fc polypeptides in which at least one functional Fc domain is formed within the polypeptide chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Paul Edward Stephens
  • Publication number: 20190330327
    Abstract: It has been demonstrated that certain compounds bind to TNF and stabilise a conformation of trimeric TNF that binds to the TNF receptor. Antibodies which selectively bind to complexes of such compounds with TNF superfamily members are disclosed. These antibodies may be used to detect further compounds with the same activity, and as target engagement biomarker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths LAWSON, Daniel John LIGHTWOOD, Rebecca Jayne MUNRO, James Philip O'CONNELL, John Robert PORTER
  • Publication number: 20190248890
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Stevan Graham Shaw, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson, Lara Kevorkian, Christoph Meier, Kaushik Sarkar, Paul Alan Atherfold
  • Patent number: 10233243
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Stevan Graham Shaw, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson, Lara Kevorkian, Christoph Meier, Kaushik Sarkar, Paul Alan Atherfold
  • Publication number: 20180346561
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Patent number: 10112996
    Abstract: A Nav1.7 binding entity that after binding functionally modifies the activity of the ion channel, in particular an anti-Nav1.7 antibody or binding fragment thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, use of the antibodies and compositions comprising the same, in treatment, for example in the treatment/modulation of pain and processes for generating and preparing said antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff
  • Patent number: 10048253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for drug discovery. In particular the present invention provides a method of identifying compounds capable of binding to a functional conformational state of a protein of interest or protein fragment thereof, said method comprising the steps of: (a) Binding a function-modifying antibody to the target protein of interest or a fragment thereof to provide an antibody-constrained protein or fragment, wherein the antibody has binding kinetics with the protein or fragment which are such that it has a low dissociation rate constant, (b) Providing a test compound which has a low molecular weight, (c) Evaluating whether the test compound of step b) binds the antibody constrained protein or fragment, and (d) Select a compound from step c) based on the ability to bind to the protein or fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Alistair James Henry
  • Patent number: 10017575
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human OX40, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Andrew Malcolm Nesbitt, Andrew George Popplewell, Stevan Graham Shaw, Diana Shpektor, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9988446
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Patent number: 9957320
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human IL-13, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Neil Gozzard, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Daniel John Lightwood, Roger Thomas Palframan, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson