Patents by Inventor Athanasios Dousis

Athanasios Dousis 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: 20240102066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Patent number: 11939601
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of hyperphenylalaninemias such as phenylketonuria (PKU). mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), functional fragments thereof (e.g., those comprising the catalytic domain or the catalytic domain and the tetramerization domains), and fusion proteins comprising PAH. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of PAH expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease abnormal accumulation of phenylalanine associated with deficient PAH activity in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Raj Rajendran, Patrick Finn, Paolo G. V. Martini, Ding An, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran
  • Patent number: 11767548
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Publication number: 20230235298
    Abstract: Variant phenylalanine hydroxylase polypeptides having substitutions at selected amino acid residues are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using variant phenylalanine hydroxylase polypeptides, or polynucleotides encoding variant phenylalanine hydroxylase polypeptides, to treat disorders such as phenylketonuria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Lisa M. Rice, Patrick Finn, Athanasios Dousis
  • Publication number: 20230104080
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides RNA polymerase variants for high efficiency transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Amy E. Rabideau, Margaret Franklin, Kevin Smith, Michelle Lynn Hall
  • Publication number: 20230009009
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of glycogen storage disease type 1a, (GSD-Ia), and related symptoms such as hypoglycemia. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase or G6PC), and functional fragments and variants thereof. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of G6PC expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further increase the glucose production, and reduce the abnormal accumulation of glycogen and/or glucose-6-phosphate associated with GSD-Ia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Paolo G. V. Martini, Athanasios Dousis, Vladimir Presnyak, Jingsong Cao
  • Patent number: 11485960
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides RNA polymerase variants for high efficiency transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Amy E. Rabideau, Margaret Franklin, Kevin Smith, Michelle Lynn Hall
  • Publication number: 20210395792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Publication number: 20210309976
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides RNA polymerase variants for high efficiency transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Amy E. Rabideau, Margaret Franklin, Kevin Smith
  • Patent number: 11066686
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Publication number: 20210217484
    Abstract: Techniques for manufacturing a variant of a target protein. The techniques may include accessing a latent variable statistical model (LVSM) configured to generate output indicating one or more biological sequences corresponding to one or more variants of the target protein and using the LVSM to generate a first output indicating a first biological sequence associated with a first variant of the target protein. The techniques further include manufacturing, using the first biological sequence, a first biological molecule to produce the first variant of the target protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Giessel, Athanasios Dousis, Iain McFadyen
  • Publication number: 20210040456
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of hyperphenylalaninemias such as phenylketonuria (PKU). mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), functional fragments thereof (e.g., those comprising the catalytic domain or the catalytic domain and the tetramerization domains), and fusion proteins comprising PAH. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of PAH expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease abnormal accumulation of phenylalanine associated with deficient PAH activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Raj Rajendran, Patrick Finn, Paolo G.V. Martini, Ding An, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran
  • Publication number: 20200354429
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MODERNATX, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Ticho, Nadege Briancon-Eris, Zhinan Xia, Athanasios Dousis, Seymour de Picciotto, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen Hoge, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Patent number: 10730924
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Ticho, Nadege Briancon-Eris, Zhinan Xia, Athanasios Dousis, Seymour de Picciotto, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen Hoge, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20200131550
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Patent number: 10526629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Patent number: 10465190
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, in vitro transcription systems (including, for example, nucleic acid constructs and polymerases), the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the amount of truncated single-stranded ribonucleic acid transcript produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Chen, Athanasios Dousis
  • Publication number: 20190309337
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Publication number: 20180371047
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Ticho, Nadege Briancon-Eris, Zhinan Xia, Athanasios Dousis, Seymour de Picciotto, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen Hoge, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe