Patents by Inventor Brian Betts

Brian Betts 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: 20230390391
    Abstract: A bi-specific genetically modified immune cell, comprising a first antigen binding moiety that is specific to CD83 and a second antigen binding moiety that is specific to interleukin 6 receptor (IL-6R). Also provided herein are uses of such bi-specific genetically modified immune cells for suppressing alloreactive donor cells in cell transplantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Brian BETTS, Marco DAVILA
  • Publication number: 20230321239
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating autoimmune diseases such as lupus, including immune cells expressing at least a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides that binds CD83 and uses thereof for suppressing and/or killing autoreactive cells in a subject having an autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC., REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Brian BETTS, Marco DAVILA
  • Publication number: 20230245839
    Abstract: A fusible disconnect switch includes a switch housing, and a first fuse contact member and a second fuse contact member coupled to the switch housing, each of the first fuse contact member and the second fuse contact member configured to engage and complete an electrical connection through an overcurrent protection fuse. The fusible disconnect switch further includes a switch contact including a parallel contact configuration. An interlock is operatively coupled to the first fuse contact member and a switch that operates the switch contact, the interlock configured to inhibit movement of the switch from the OFF position to the ON position when the first fuse contact member is unsecured to the switch housing, and inhibit movement of the first fuse contact member relative to the switch housing when the switch is in the ON position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: MERSEN USA EP Corp.
    Inventors: Roy Ball, Brian A. Betts, Francesco A. Nania, Mathew Knapp, Tyler Larson
  • Publication number: 20230150948
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for reducing the risk of developing, preventing, or treating graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject. The compounds can concurrently block Aurora kinase A and JAK2 signal transduction which synergistically suppresses alloreactive human T-cells in vitro, prevents xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease without impairing anti-tumor responses, and promotes the development and suppressive potency of CD39+ inducible Treg. In certain aspects, disclosed are compounds of Formula I-V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Betts, Said M. Sebti, Harshani Lawrence, Nicholas Lawrence, Claudio Anasetti, Joseph Pidala
  • Publication number: 20230060230
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) or allograft rejection in subjects receiving donor cells. Also disclosed are methods enhancing regulatory T (Treg) cells for use in preventing GVHD. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive donor cells in a subject receiving transplant donor cells that involves adoptive transfer of the treated Treg cells. Also disclosed are enhanced Treg cells produced by the disclosed methods that have been engineered to express chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptide cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Brian BETTS
  • Publication number: 20220289813
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in subjects. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to treat AML. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of trating AML in a subject that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Marco Davila, Brian Betts
  • Publication number: 20220289862
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for suppressing without killing alloreactive and/or autoreactive lymphocytes. The methods can be used for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) in subjects receiving donor cells or treating autoimmunity. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to suppress alloreactive or autoreactive lymphocytes. Also disclosed are regulatory T cells that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive or autoreactive lymphocytes in a subject in need thereof that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed regulatory T cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Marco Davila, Brian Betts
  • Publication number: 20220281828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for reducing the risk of developing, preventing, or treating graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject. The compounds can concurrently block Aurora kinase A and JAK2 signal transduction which synergistically suppresses alloreactive human T-cells in vitro, prevents xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease without impairing anti-tumor responses, and promotes the development and suppressive potency of CD39+ inducible Treg. In certain aspects, disclosed are compounds of Formula I-V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Betts, Said M. Sebti, Harshani Lawrence, Nicholas Lawrence, Claudio Anasetti, Joseph Pidala
  • Patent number: 11406707
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to reduce the risk of graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Also disclosed are methods for identifying patients receiving HSCT who are at risk for developing GVHD, methods for prognosing the severity of GVHD in a subject receiving HSCT, and methods for monitoring efficacy of a therapeutic for treatment of GVHD in a subject HSCT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Brian Betts
  • Publication number: 20220109911
    Abstract: An example method includes obtaining, from a plurality of audience members that are recipients of media content, sentiment data indicating reactions of the plurality of audience members to the media content. The media content includes at least one of audio and video, and the sentiment data includes commentary from the recipients regarding the media content or physical reactions of the audience members to the media content. At least one aggregate sentiment of the plurality of audience members is determined based on the sentiment data. At least one the following is performed: transmitting an indication of the at least one aggregate sentiment to a computing device, and augmenting the media content to indicate the at least one aggregate sentiment to the audience members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Tanto, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Quisenberry, Daphne Lorraine Zargar, Walter Capers, Brian Betts, Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland, Octavio Fabbri
  • Patent number: 11203576
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for reducing the risk of developing, preventing, or treating graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject. The compounds can concurrently block Aurora kinase A and JAK2 signal transduction which synergistically suppresses alloreactive human T-cells in vitro, prevents xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease without impairing anti-tumor responses, and promotes the development and suppressive potency of CD39+ inducible Treg. In certain aspects, disclosed are compounds of Formula I-V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Betts, Said M. Sebti, Harshani Lawrence, Nicholas Lawrence, Claudio Anasetti, Joseph Pidala
  • Publication number: 20210032336
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) in subjects receiving donor cells. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer suppress alloreactive donor cells. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive donor cells in a subject receiving transplant donor cells that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Davila, Brian Betts
  • Publication number: 20200108098
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD) in subjects receiving donor cells. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to suppress alloreactive donor cells. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of suppressing alloreactive donor cells in a subject receiving transplant donor cells that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed regulatory T cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs. Also disclosed is a method of preventing rejection of off-the-shelf therapeutic immune effector cells, such as CAR-T cells, in a subject that involves administering to the subject an effective amount of a regulatory T cell genetically modified with a disclosed CD83-specific CAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Davila, Brian Betts
  • Publication number: 20190127335
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for reducing the risk of developing, preventing, or treating graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject. The compounds can concurrently block Aurora kinase A and JAK2 signal transduction which synergistically suppresses alloreactive human T-cells in vitro, prevents xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease without impairing anti-tumor responses, and promotes the development and suppressive potency of CD39+ inducible Treg. In certain aspects, disclosed are compounds of Formula I-V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Betts, Said Sebti, Harshani Lawrence, Nicholas Lawrence, Claudio Anasetti, Joseph Pidala
  • Publication number: 20170000884
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to reduce the risk of graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Also disclosed are methods for identifying patients receiving HSCT who are at risk for developing GVHD, methods for prognosing the severity of GVHD in a subject receiving HSCT, and methods for monitoring efficacy of a therapeutic for treatment of GVHD in a subject HSCT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Brian Betts
  • Patent number: D706885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray North, David Michaels, Ben Lavallee, Benjamin S. Lindsey, Britt Lindsey, Pete Calloway, Brian Betts