Patents by Inventor Bram ESTES

Bram ESTES 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: 20250232830
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating one or more modified amino acid sequences comprises obtaining, via one or more processors, one or more candidate amino acid sequences and characteristic data associated with the one or more candidate amino acid sequences; classifying, via the one or more processors, the one or more candidate amino acid sequences into a first set of high-viscous amino acid sequences and a second set of low-viscous amino acid sequences using a predictive model, the classifying comprising: calculating one or more viscosity predictions based on the one or more candidate amino acid sequences and the obtained characteristic data; and determining the first set of high-viscous amino acid sequences and the second set of low-viscous amino acid sequences based on the one or more viscosity predictions and a predetermined viscosity threshold, wherein the first set of high-viscous amino acid sequences comprises at least one candidate amino acid sequence; and generating, via the one or more proce
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Mani JAIN, Lei JIA, Bram ESTES
  • Publication number: 20240182600
    Abstract: The clinical potential of multispecific antibodies like bispecific and trispecific antibodies shows great promise for targeting complex diseases. However, the generation of those molecules presents great challenges particularly in regard to achieving acceptable expression levels free from mis-paired polypeptides. The presently claimed invention is directed to multispecific antigen binding proteins which improve upon existing charge pair technologies by redistributing the engineered charges within the CH3 regions of a heteromultimer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Danyang GONG, Bram ESTES, Zhulun WANG, Fernando GARCES
  • Publication number: 20220389119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterodimers comprising antibody CH3 domains and mutations useful for the facilitation of the formation of heterodimers. Methods of optimizing purification of the heterodimers at certain pHs in also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Bram ESTES, Fernando GARCES, Zhulun WANG, Mark DARIS
  • Publication number: 20220281966
    Abstract: The present invention is related to antibodies directed to IL-13 and uses of such antibodies. For example, in accordance with the present invention, there are provided human monoclonal antibodies directed to IL-13. Isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions (FR's) and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), are provided. Additionally, methods of using these antibodies to treat patients are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Agnieszka KIELCZEWSKA, Ian Nevin FOLTZ, Palaniswami RATHANASWAMI, Maria Sheena AMADOR, Bram ESTES, Igor D'ANGELO
  • Publication number: 20220144920
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods directed to engineering monoclonal antibodies and antibody variants to improve stability and their production in culture. Specifically, the monoclonal antibodies can be engineered at heavy chain residue 56 (AHo numbering) to a glycine, alanine, or serine, and/or engineered at position 80 (AHo) to be a hydrophobic residue such as alanine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, leucine, methionine, or valine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jennitte LeAnn STEVENS, Deniz TEMEL, Bram ESTES, Neeraj Jagdish AGRAWAL