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: 9840556
    Abstract: The present invention provides anti-TNF? antibodies which selectively inhibit TNF? signalling through the p55R. In particular the present invention provides anti-TNF? antibodies which selectively inhibit TNF? signalling through the p55R relative to the p75R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Derek Thomas Brown, Hishani Kirby, Helene Margaret Finney, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Patent number: 9738710
    Abstract: An anti-E1 ion channel 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: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger De Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker
  • Publication number: 20160355598
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Andrew Malcolm Nesbitt, Andrew George Popplewell, Stevan Graham Shaw, Diana Shpektor, Yi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160289323
    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 said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Neil Gozzard, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Daniel John Lightwood, Roger Thomas Palframan, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Patent number: 9428570
    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 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Andrew Malcolm Nesbitt, Andrew George Popplewell, Stevan Graham Shaw, Diana Shpektor, Yi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160222107
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff
  • Patent number: 9394361
    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: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Neil Gozzard, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Daniel John Lightwood, Roger Thomas Palframan, Bryan John Smith, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Patent number: 9394357
    Abstract: A method of obtaining at least one recombinant antibody with improved affinity for a selected antigen from a family of antibodies which bind the selected antigen comprising: a) obtaining a family of two or more antibodies which bind the same antigen in which the VH CDR3 amino acid sequence of each antibody in the family is the same length and greater than 60% identical at the amino acid level; b) re-pairing the VH region of an antibody obtained in step (a) with the VL region from a different antibody obtained in step (a) to produce a new recombinant antibody; and c) screening the recombinant antibody produced in step (b) and selecting said antibody if it has improved affinity for the selected antigen compared to any one of the antibodies obtained in step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventor: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20160125124
    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: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jiye Shi, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Patent number: 9266953
    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: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    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: 9249232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for the selection of appropriate human acceptor framework regions for non-human (donor) antibodies and methods for obtaining humanized antibodies of high affinity using such acceptor frameworks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: UCB BioPharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Andrew George Popplewell, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20150232553
    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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff
  • Publication number: 20150219635
    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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Alistair James Henry
  • Publication number: 20150218271
    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: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20150203571
    Abstract: An anti-E1 ion channel 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger De Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker
  • Patent number: 9034600
    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: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20150118240
    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: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    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: 8986954
    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: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff
  • Patent number: 8926977
    Abstract: An anti-E1 ion channel 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: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger De Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker
  • Publication number: 20140342406
    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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Helene Margaret Finney, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson, Karen Margrete Miller, Marc Roger de Ryck, Christian Gilbert J. Wolff