Patents by Inventor Bernhard Helk

Bernhard Helk 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: 10762980
    Abstract: Provided herein are high-throughput methods for identifying a candidate antibody based on viscosity of the candiate antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Novartis Pharma AG
    Inventors: Bernhardt Levy Trout, Bernhard Helk, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal
  • Patent number: 10513724
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of recombinant glycoproteins in filamentous fungal cells, such as Trichoderma cells, wherein at least 90% (mol %), preferably at least 95% of the total neutral N-glycans of said produced recombinant glycoprotein are mammalian-like N-glycans. More specifically, the invention provides a filamentous fungal cell comprising i. one or more mutations that reduces or eliminates one or more endogenous protease activity compared to a parental filamentous fungal cell which does not have said mutation(s); ii. a polynucleotide encoding a heterologous catalytic subunit of oligosaccharyl transferase; iii. a recombinant polynucleotide for increasing ?1, 2 mannosidase activity;and, iv. a recombinant polynucleotide encoding said heterologous glycoprotein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: GLYKOS FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Jari Natunen, Anne Leppänen, Heidi Salminen, Jukka Hiltunen, Anne Kanerva, Annamari Heiskanen, Ann Westerholm-Parvinen, Georg Schmidt, Anne Huuskonen, Eero Mustalahti, Christopher Landowski, Markku Saloheimo, Juhani Saarinen, Benjamin Patrick Sommer, Ramon Wahl, Christian Ostermeier, Bernhard Helk
  • Patent number: 10431325
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and computational tools based, at least in part, on computer simulations that identify hot-spot amino acid residues and binding-region amino acid residues of a protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: NOVARTIS AG, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
    Inventors: Neeraj J. Agrawal, Bernhard Helk, Bernhardt L. Trout
  • Patent number: 9922164
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and computational tools based, at least in part, on computer simulations that identify macromolecule binding regions and aggregation prone regions of a protein. Substitutions may then be made in these aggregation prone regions to engineer proteins with enhanced stability and/or a reduced propensity for aggregation. Similarly, substitutions may then be made in these macromolecule binding regions to engineer proteins with altered binding affinity for the macromolecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Bernhardt Trout, Veysel Kayser, Vladimir Voynov
  • Publication number: 20170349650
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins with reduced aggregation and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins with computational tools and methods of using such immunoglobulins particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh CHENNAMSETTY, Bernhard HELK, Veysel KAYSER, Bernhardt TROUT, Vladimir VOYNOV
  • Publication number: 20170198007
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates with reduced oligomerization and efficient labeling and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates and methods of using such immunoglobulin conjugates particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicants: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh CHENNAMSETTY, Bernhard HELK, Veysel KAYSER, Bernhardt TROUT, Vladimir VOYNOV
  • Publication number: 20170198028
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for crystallization of antibodies from cell-free culture supernatant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Dariusch Hekmat, Bernhard Helk, Henk Schulz, Benjamin Smejkal
  • Patent number: 9676841
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins with reduced aggregation and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins with computational tools and methods of using such immunoglobulins particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Veysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladimir Voynov
  • Publication number: 20170159094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of recombinant glycoproteins in filamentous fungal cells, such as Trichoderma cells, wherein at least 90% (mol %), preferably at least 95% of the total neutral N-glycans of said produced recombinant glycoprotein are mammalian-like N-glycans. More specifically, the invention provides a filamentous fungal cell comprising i. one or more mutations that reduces or eliminates one or more endogenous protease activity compared to a parental filamentous fungal cell which does not have said mutation(s); ii.a polynucleotide encoding a heterologous catalytic subunit of oligosaccharyl transferase; iii. a recombinant polynucleotide for increasing ?1, 2 mannosidase activity;and, iv. a recombinant polynucleotide encoding said heterologous glycoprotein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: GLYKOS FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Jari Natunen, Anne Leppänen, Heidi Salminen, Jukka Hiltunen, Anne Kanerva, Annamari Heiskanen, Ann Westerholm-Parvinen, Georg Schmidt, Anne Huuskonen, Eero Mustalahti, Christopher Landowski, Markku Saloheimo, Juhani Saarinen, Benjamin Patrick Sommer, Ramon Wahl, Christian Ostermeier, Bernhard Helk
  • Patent number: 9629925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates with reduced oligomerization and efficient labeling and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates and methods of using such immunoglobulin conjugates particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Veysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladimir Voynov
  • Publication number: 20160364521
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and computational tools based, at least in part, on computer simulations that identify macromolecule binding regions and aggregation prone regions of a protein. Substitutions may then be made in these aggregation prone regions to engineer proteins with enhanced stability and/or a reduced propensity for aggregation. Similarly, substitutions may then be made in these macromolecule binding regions to engineer proteins with altered binding affinity for the macromolecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh CHENNAMSETTY, Bernhard HELK, Bernhardt TROUT, Veysel KAYSER, Vladimir VOYNOV
  • Publication number: 20160132634
    Abstract: The invention provides computer-implemented methods for screening proteins such as antibodies based on viscosity properties. The methods involve making a spatial charge map (SCM) of the three-dimensional structure of the antibody or protein and determine a SCM score depending on a condition such as e.g. pH, which score correlates with the viscosity. Thus a quantitative measure of the viscosity is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Novartis Pharma AG
    Inventors: Bernhardt Levy Trout, Bernhard Helk, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20150205912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and computational tools based, at least in part, on computer simulations that identify hot-spot amino acid residues and binding-region amino acid residues of a protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicants: NOVARTIS AG, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
    Inventors: Neeraj J. Agrawal, Bernhard Helk, Bernhardt L. Trout
  • Publication number: 20150133642
    Abstract: This application teaches methods for crystallizing antibodies from cell-free culture supernatants. They produce high purity, stable, crystallized monoclonal antibodies suitable for formulation in pharmaceutical products in high yield from cell-free culture supernatant without the use of costly steps or equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Dariusch Hekmat, Bernhard Helk, Henk Konrad Schulz, Benjamin Smejkal
  • Publication number: 20150056220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates with reduced oligomerization and efficient labeling and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates and methods of using such immunoglobulin conjugates particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Naresh CHENNAMSETTY, Bernhard HELK, Veysel KAYSER, Bernhardt TROUT, Vladimir VOYNOV
  • Publication number: 20140348820
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins with reduced aggregation and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins with computational tools and methods of using such immunoglobulins particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Naresh CHENNAMSETTY, Bernhard HELK, Veysel KAYSER, Bernhardt TROUT, Vladimir VOYNOV
  • Patent number: 8834885
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates with reduced oligomerization and efficient labeling and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates and methods of using such immunoglobulin conjugates particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Veysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladimir Voynov
  • Patent number: 8747848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins with reduced aggregation and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins with computational tools and methods of using such immunoglobulins particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Veysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladimir Voynov
  • Publication number: 20120148580
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates with reduced oligomerization and efficient labeling and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin conjugates and methods of using such immunoglobulin conjugates particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Voysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladmir Voynov
  • Publication number: 20120003211
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to immunoglobulins with reduced aggregation and compositions, methods of generating such immunoglobulins with computational tools and methods of using such immunoglobulins particularly in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Naresh Chennamsetty, Bernhard Helk, Veysel Kayser, Bernhardt Trout, Vladimir Voynov