Patents by Inventor Bruce Alan Keyt

Bruce Alan Keyt 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: 20230203173
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) superfamily receptor protein binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to direct apoptosis-mediated killing of TNF receptor-expressing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Beatrice WANG, Max Allen SCHWARZER, Bruce Alan KEYT, Ramesh BALIGA
  • Publication number: 20230174660
    Abstract: This disclosure provides therapeutic methods for treating cancer including combination therapy with a multimeric anti-DR5 antibody and a cancer therapy, e.g., radiation, an anthracycline, a folic acid analog, a platinum-based agent, a taxane, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, a SMAC mimetic, a vinca alkaloid, a Brutons tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3K?) inhibitor, a myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) inhibitor, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Beatrice WANG, Thomas J. MATTHEW, Eric William HUMKE, Angus SINCLAIR, Daniel S. CHEN, Bruce Alan KEYT, Ling WANG
  • Publication number: 20230058162
    Abstract: This disclosure provides multimeric binding molecules that bind to a human coronavirus, e.g., MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides that encode the multimeric binding molecules, and host cells that can produce the binding molecules. Further this disclosure provides methods of using the multimeric binding molecules, including methods for treating and preventing human coronavirus disease, e.g., coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Paul R. Hinton, Bruce Alan Keyt, Dean Ng, Kathy Miller, Deepal Pandya, Stephen F. Carroll
  • Patent number: 11578131
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) superfamily receptor protein binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to direct apoptosis-mediated killing of TNF receptor-expressing cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: IGM Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Beatrice Wang, Max Allen Schwarzer, Bruce Alan Keyt, Ramesh Baliga
  • Publication number: 20220403009
    Abstract: This disclosure provides multimeric binding molecules that bind to a human coronavirus, e.g., MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides that encode the multimeric binding molecules, and host cells that can produce the binding molecules. Further this disclosure provides methods of using the multimeric binding molecules, including methods for treating and preventing human coronavirus disease, e.g., coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Paul R. Hinton, Bruce Alan Keyt, Dean Ng, Kathy Miller, Deepal Pandya, Stephen F. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20220177595
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric GITR agonist binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to induce anti-tumor immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Beatrice Tien-Yi WANG, Bruce Alan KEYT, Ramesh BALIGA
  • Publication number: 20220106398
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof that specifically binds to glu-cocorticoid-induced TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof and vectors and host cell comprising said polynucleotides. This disclosure further provides methods for producing and/or using an antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof that specifically binds to glucocorticoid-induced TNF re-ceptor (GITR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ramesh BALIGA, Bruce Alan KEYT
  • Patent number: 11192941
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a multimeric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein binding molecule, e.g., an dimeric IgA or a pentameric or hexameric IgM binding molecule, comprising at least two bivalent binding units, or variants or fragments thereof, each comprising at least two antibody heavy chain constant regions or fragments thereof, wherein each heavy chain constant region or fragment thereof is associated with an HIV antigen binding domain. Also provided are compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides encoding the multimeric binding molecules, and methods to make and use the multimeric binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: IGM Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Dan T. Stinchcomb, Ole A. Olsen
  • Publication number: 20210047419
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) superfamily receptor protein binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to direct apoptosis-mediated killing of TNF receptor-expressing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Beatrice WANG, Max Allen SCHWARZER, Bruce Alan KEYT, Ramesh BALIGA
  • Publication number: 20210032357
    Abstract: This disclosure provides pentameric and hexameric CD20 binding molecules and methods of using such molecules to direct complement-mediated, T-cell-mediated, or both complement-mediated and T-cell-mediated killing of CD20-expressing cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Omar Duramad, Beatrice Tien-Yi Wang, Ramesh Baliga, Fen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200392239
    Abstract: This disclosure provides therapeutic methods for treating cancer including combination therapy with a multimeric anti-DR5 antibody and a chemotherapeutic agent, e.g., a type I topoisomerase inhibitor, a nucleoside analog, or a pro-apoptotic agent, e.g., a BCL-2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Beatrice Tien-Yi WANG, Bruce Alan KEYT
  • Publication number: 20200377577
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a multimeric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein binding molecule, e.g., an dimeric IgA or a pentameric or hexameric IgM binding molecule, comprising at least two bivalent binding units, or variants or fragments thereof, each comprising at least two antibody heavy chain constant regions or fragments thereof, wherein each heavy chain constant region or fragment thereof is associated with an HIV antigen binding domain. Also provided are compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides encoding the multimeric binding molecules, and methods to make and use the multimeric binding molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Dan T. Stinchcomb, Ole A. Olsen
  • Patent number: 10787520
    Abstract: This disclosure provides pentameric and hexameric CD20 binding molecules and methods of using such molecules to direct complement-mediated, T-cell-mediated, or both complement-mediated and T-cell-mediated killing of CD20-expressing cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: IGM Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Omar Duramad, Beatrice Tien-Yi Wang, Ramesh Baliga, Fen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10689449
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) superfamily receptor protein binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to direct apoptosis-mediated killing of TNF receptor-expressing cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: IGM Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Beatrice Tien-Yi Wang, Max A. Schwarzer, Bruce Alan Keyt, Ramesh Baliga
  • Patent number: 10570191
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a multimeric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein binding molecule, e.g., an dimeric IgA or a pentameric or hexameric IgM binding molecule, comprising at least two bivalent binding units, or variants or fragments thereof, each comprising at least two antibody heavy chain constant regions or fragments thereof, wherein each heavy chain constant region or fragment thereof is associated with an HIV antigen binding domain. Also provided are compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides encoding the multimeric binding molecules, and methods to make and use the multimeric binding molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: IGM Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Dan T. Stinchcomb, Ole A. Olsen
  • Publication number: 20190338040
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric CD137/4-1BB agonist binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to induce anti-tumor immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Ramesh BALIGA, Beatrice Tien-Yi Wang
  • Publication number: 20190338041
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric CD40 agonist binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to induce anti-tumor immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ramesh BALIGA, Beatrice Tien-Yi Wang, Dalya Rivka ROSNER, Bruce Alan Keyt
  • Publication number: 20190330360
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric GITR agonist binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to induce anti-tumor immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Beatrice Tien-Yi WANG, Bruce Alan Keyt, Ramesh BALIGA
  • Publication number: 20190330374
    Abstract: This disclosure provides dimeric, pentameric, and hexameric OX40 agonist binding molecules and methods of using such binding molecules to induce anti-tumor immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Beatrice Tien-Yi WANG, Dalya Rivka Rosner, Ramesh BALIGA, Bruce Alan Keyt
  • Patent number: 10351631
    Abstract: The present invention concerns binding molecules having a penta- or hexameric ring structure, such as, for example, isolated IgM antibodies with five or six bispecific binding units, and methods and means for making and using the same. The invention further concerns multi-specific binding molecules having a penta- or hexameric ring structure, such as, for example, isolated IgM antibodies with five or six bispecific binding units, and methods and means for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: IGM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Keyt, Fen Zhang, Leonard George Presta, Rency Yoshimura