Patents by Inventor Anthony Rullo

Anthony Rullo 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: 20240156972
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of cancer immunotherapy. More particularly, the present disclosure provides antibody recruitment molecules, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and kits comprising same. The present disclosure also provides methods of treating cancer using the antibody recruitment molecules in combination with oncolytic virus therapy, and methods for enhancing the efficacy and/or reducing the toxicity of the oncolytic virus therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: McMaster University
    Inventors: Anthony RULLO, Yonghong WAN, Harrison McCann, Benjamin LAKE
  • Publication number: 20240109870
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of Formula I comprising an antibody binding domain (ABD) comprising a hapten that binds to an antibody in a subject, the antibody comprising a hapten binding site, an antibody labelling domain (ALD) comprising a functional group that forms a covalent bond with an amino acid in the antibody that is proximal to the hapten binding site and the formation of the covalent bond results in elimination of the ABD and either a target binding domain (TBD) or a detection moiety domain (DMD), each domain being optionally connected with independently selected linkers. The present application also includes methods and uses of the compounds, for example, for immune recognition of target cells by recruited labelled antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: McMaster University
    Inventors: Anthony Rullo, Jonathan Bramson, Yonghong Wan, Benjamin Lake, Nickolas Serniuck
  • Publication number: 20240083971
    Abstract: The present description relates to covalent immune recruiters (CIRs) comprising an Fc receptor targeting domain (FTD), a covalent binding group (CBG), and a target binding domain (TBD), wherein on binding of the FTD to a cognate Fc receptor, the CBG forms a covalent bond with an amino acid in the Fc receptor. The present description also includes functionalized cells modified by covalent binding of the CIR, methods and uses thereof, for example, methods of functionalizing cells, and methods and uses of such cells for recognition of target cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Rullo, Yonghong Wan, Eden Kapcan, Zi Ling Yang
  • Patent number: 11827624
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of Formula I comprising an antibody binding domain (ABD) comprising a hapten that binds to an antibody in a subject, the antibody comprising a hapten binding site, an antibody labelling domain (ALD) comprising a functional group that forms a covalent bond with an amino acid in the antibody that is proximal to the hapten binding site and the formation of the covalent bond results in elimination of the ABD and either a target binding domain (TBD) or a detection moiety domain (DMD), each domain being optionally connected with independently selected linkers. The present application also includes methods and uses of the compounds, for example, for immune recognition of target cells by recruited labelled antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Anthony Rullo, Benjamin Lake, Nickolas Semiuck
  • Publication number: 20210276981
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of Formula I comprising an antibody binding domain (ABD) comprising a hapten that binds to an antibody in a subject, the antibody comprising a hapten binding site, an antibody labelling domain (ALD) comprising a functional group that forms a covalent bond with an amino acid in the antibody that is proximal to the hapten binding site and the formation of the covalent bond results in elimination of the ABD and either a target binding domain (TBD) or a detection moiety domain (DMD), each domain being optionally connected with independently selected linkers. The present application also includes methods and uses of the compounds, for example, for immune recognition of target cells by recruited labelled antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony Rullo, Jonathan Bramson, Yonghong Wan, Benjamin Lake, Nickolas Semiuck
  • Patent number: 10633374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric (including bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic cancer where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Spiegel, Anthony Rullo
  • Publication number: 20180155332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric (including bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic cancer where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: David Spiegel, Anthony Rullo