Patents by Inventor Benjamin H Dutzar

Benjamin H Dutzar 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: 10227402
    Abstract: Antibodies and antibody fragments thereof with binding specificity to human Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and methods of use for treating pain. Methods of treating pain or eliciting an analgesic effect comprising administering an effective amount of an anti-human NGF antibody or antibody fragment thereof, which inhibits the association of NGF with TrkA, and/or p75. These methods may optionally further comprising administering an effective amount of a second anti-human NGF antibody or fragment thereof (e.g., one which inhibits the association of NGF with p75, or one that inhibits the association of NGF with TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, John Latham, Ethan W. Ojala, Corinne C. Akatsuka, Pei Fan, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, Benjamin H. Dutzar
  • Patent number: 10221236
    Abstract: This invention pertains to NGF antagonists including antibodies and fragments thereof (including Fab fragments) having binding specificity to human Nerve Growth Factor (hereinafter “NGF”), and methods of using one or more of said antibodies and fragments thereof to treat pain in an individual. More specifically the invention relates to methods of treating pain or eliciting an analgesic effect in an individual, comprising administering an effective amount of an NGF antagonist, e.g., an anti-human NGF antibody or fragment thereof or another moiety, such as a nucleic acid or polypeptide such as a fragment of NGF or TrkA which inhibits the association of NGF with TrkA, without appreciably inhibiting the association of NGF with p75. These methods may optionally further include administering an effective amount of a second anti-human NGF antibody or fragment thereof which inhibits the association of NGF with p75, that may further also inhibit the association of NGF with TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Alderbio Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John A. Latham, Ethan W. Ojala, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez
  • Patent number: 10214582
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Patent number: 10208112
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Patent number: 10202435
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof having binding specificity for PACAP. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof comprise the sequences of the VH, VL, and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. Antibodies and antigen binding fragments described herein bind to and/or compete for binding to the same linear or conformational epitope(s) on human PACAP as an anti-PACAP antibody. The invention contemplates conjugates of anti-PACAP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. Methods of making said anti-PACAP antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof are also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ALDER BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Maria-Cristina Loomis, Leon Garcia-Martinez, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Daniel S. Allison, Katherine Lee Hendrix, Ethan W. Ojala, Pei Fan, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, John A. Latham, Charlie Karasek, Jenny Mulligan, Michelle Scalley-Kim, Erica Stewart, Vanessa Lisbeth Rubin, Jens J. Billgren
  • Patent number: 10189895
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Patent number: 10179813
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of screening for anti-PACAP antibodies, or anti-PACAP receptor antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, for potential use in treating or preventing PACAP-associated photophobia or light aversion, and therapeutic compositions containing and methods of using anti-PACAP antibodies, or anti-PACAP receptor antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: ALDER BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Adisa Kuburas, Ethan W. Ojala, Pei Fan, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, John A. Latham, Charlie Karasek, Jenny Mulligan, Michelle Scalley-Kim, Erica Stewart, Vanessa Lisbeth Rubin, Jens J. Billgren, Bianca Mason, Levi P. Sowers, Andrew F. Russo, Maria-Cristina Loomis, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Daniel S. Allison, Katherine Lee Hendrix
  • Patent number: 10179809
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Publication number: 20180371079
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Leon F. GARCIA-MARTINEZ, Anne Elisabeth Carvalho Jensen, Katie Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Ethan W. Ojala, Brian R. Kovacevich, John A. Latham, Jeffrey T.L. Smith
  • Patent number: 10117955
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as an Ab1 antibody or antibody fragment having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat disease or to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level, reduced serum albumin level, elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related protein(s), cachexia, fever, weakness and/or fatigue prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Leon Garcia-Martinez, Anne Elisabeth Carvalho Jensen, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, John A. Latham, Brian R. Kovacevich, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, Mark Litton, Randall C. Schatzman
  • Patent number: 10100108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for HGF. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-HGF antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with HGF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin H. Dutzar, Katie Anderson, Brian R. Kovacevich, Andrew L. Feldhaus, John Latham, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez
  • Patent number: 10066009
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Patent number: 10047157
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for ACTH. Embodiments of this invention relate to the binding fragments of antibodies described herein, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and/or CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates anti-ACTH antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention further contemplates methods of making said anti-ACTH antibodies and binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ALDER BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Lawrence Feldhaus, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Daniel S. Allison, Katie Olson Anderson, Ethan Wayne Ojala, Pei Fan, Charlie Karasek, Jenny A. Mulligan, Danielle Marie Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Michelle L. Scalley-Kim, Erica Stewart, Jeffrey T. L. Smith, John Latham
  • Publication number: 20180215816
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Publication number: 20180215813
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Publication number: 20180215814
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Publication number: 20180215815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Robert Kovacevich, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Katie Olson Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Jens J. Billgren, John A. Latham, Danielle M. Mitchell, Patricia Dianne McNeill, Nicole M. Janson, Maria-Cristina Loomis
  • Publication number: 20180201668
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as an Ab 1 antibody or antibody fragment having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat disease or to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level, reduced serum albumin level, elevated D-dimer or other cogulation cascade related protein(s), cachexia, fever, weakness and/or fatigue prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Leon F. GARCIA-MARTINEZ, Anne Elisabeth CARVALHO JENSEN, Katie ANDERSON, Benjamin H. DUTZAR, Ethan W. OJALA, Brian R. KOVACEVICH, John A. LATHAM, Jeffrey T.L. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20180201675
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Anne Elisabeth Carvalho Jensen, Katie Anderson, Benjamin H. Dutzar, Ethan W. Ojala, Brian R. Kovacevich, John A. Latham, Jeffrey T.L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20180186874
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Leon F. GARCIA-MARTINEZ, Anne Elisabeth CARVALHO JENSEN, Katie ANDERSON, Benjamin H. DUTZAR, Ethan W. OJALA, Brian R. KOVACEVICH, John A. LATHAM, Jeffrey T.L. SMITH