Patents by Inventor Christian Klein

Christian Klein 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: 20230143310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-PD1 antibodies and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: JOERG BENZ, LAURA CODARRI DEAK, STEFAN DENGL, SEBASTIAN FENN, JENS FISCHER, GUY GEORGES, CHRISTIAN KLEIN, VIKTOR LEVITSKI, VALERIA LIFKE, OLIVER PLOETTNER, STEFAN SEEBER, BARBARA WEISER, ILDIKO WUENSCHE, ADRIAN ZWICK
  • Publication number: 20230134606
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to immunoconjugates, particularly immunoconjugates comprising a mutant interleukin-2 polypeptide and an antibody that binds to PD-1. In addition, the invention relates to polynucleotide molecules encoding the immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant immunoconjugates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Codarri Deak, Christian Klein, Laura Lauener, Valeria G. Nicolini, Stefan Seeber, Pablo Umana, Inja Waldhauer
  • Publication number: 20230134764
    Abstract: The disclosed technologies address various technical problems, including improving human-computer interaction, by augmenting the functionality provided by user input devices using a digital glove. For example, a digital glove can be utilized to provide pressure sensitivity for non-pressure sensitive touchscreen devices, attribute input made with a digital pen to a user wearing the digital glove, augment the functionality provided by mice and other types of handheld user input devices, augment the functionality provided gaze tracking systems, improve camera-based motion tracking systems, and to augment the functionality provided by speech recognition systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Christian KLEIN, Andrew Stuart GLASS, Sang Ho YOON
  • Patent number: 11639394
    Abstract: The invention relates to bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to OX40, and (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Pablo Umaña, Maria Amann, Laurene Pousse
  • Patent number: 11639397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies that specifically bind a T-cell activating antigen and a Tumor Antigen (TA), comprising a first Fab fragment and a second Fab fragment, wherein either the variable regions or the constant regions of the second Fab heavy and light chain are exchanged; and wherein the bispecific antibody does not comprise a Fc domain; methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Roche Glycart AG
    Inventors: Peter Bruenker, Tanja Fauti, Christiane Neumann, Christian Klein, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20230119537
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to novel protease-activatable T cell activating bispecific molecules and idiotype-specific polypeptides. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding such protease-activatable T cell activating bispecific molecules and idiotype-specific polypeptides, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the protease-activatable T cell activating bispecific molecules and idiotype-specific polypeptides of the invention, and to methods of using these protease-activatable T cell activating bispecific molecules and idiotype-specific polypeptides in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Peter BRUENKER, Rebecca CROASDALE-WOOD, Christian KLEIN, Juergen Michael SCHANZER, Kay-Gunnar STUBENRAUCH, Pablo UMANA, Martina GEIGER, Eric SULLIVAN, Jigar PATEL
  • Publication number: 20230123178
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules having at least one moiety capable of specific binding to PD1 and a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, the first polypeptide having two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and the second polypeptide having a single ectodomain of the same TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Claudia Ferrara Koller, Christina Claus, Christian Klein, Stefan Seeber, Maria Amann, Sandra Grau-Richards, Peter Bruenker, Pablo Umana, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner
  • Patent number: 11613587
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to T cell activating bispecific antigen binding molecules, PD-1 axis binding antagonists, and in particular to combination therapies employing such T cell activating bispecific antigen binding molecules and PD-1 axis binding antagonists, and their use of these combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Vaios Karanikas, Pablo Umana, Alfred Zippelius, Daniela Stefanie Thommen, Jens Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20230086210
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-1BBL trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to PD-L1 and their use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Christina CLAUS, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Christian Klein, Pablo Umana
  • Patent number: 11608376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tumor targeted bispecific agonistic antigen binding molecules characterized by monovalent binding to CD28, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing these antibodies, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Guy Georges, Thomas Hofer, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Johannes Sam, Pablo Umaña, Jenny Thom, Stephan Gasser, Jean-Baptiste Vallier, Tanja Fauti
  • Patent number: 11603411
    Abstract: Herein are provided bispecific anti-human CD20/human transferrin receptor antibodies and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Harald Duerr, Sebastian Fenn, Ulrich Goepfert, Sabine Imhof-Jung, Christian Klein, Laurent Lariviere, Michael Molhoj, Joerg Thomas Regula, Petra Rueger, Wolfgang Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20230071733
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to immunoconjugates, particularly immunoconjugates comprising a mutant interleukin-2 polypeptide and a bispecific antigen binding molecule that binds to PD-1 and Tim-3. In addition, the invention relates to polynucleotide molecules encoding the immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant immunoconjugates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Codarri Deak, Christian Klein, Laura Lauener, Stefan Seeber, Pablo Umana, Inja Waldhauer
  • Publication number: 20230076791
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules for T cell activation and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such bispecific antigen binding molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Marina BACAC, Thomas HOFER, Ralf HOSSE, Christiane NEUMANN, Christian KLEIN, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Pablo UMANA, Tina WEINZIERL
  • Publication number: 20230068801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multispecific antibodies, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine IMHOF-JUNG, Christian KLEIN, Stefan KLOSTERMANN, Joerg Thomas REGULA, Wolfgang SCHAEFER
  • Patent number: 11590128
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a selective Bcl-2 inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly, a CD20-expressing cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Deepak Sampath, Christian Klein, Wayne John Fairbrother, Sari L. Heitner Enschede, Rod A. Humerickhouse, Andrew W. Roberts, John F. Seymour
  • Patent number: 11583575
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions comprising at least one assembly comprising a peptide and a major histocompatibility complex (MHC), wherein the peptide is an integral component of the MHC, wherein the peptide is attached to a surface at its C-terminus through a linker and wherein the peptide is synthesized on the surface. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise a plurality of assemblies in a spatially-ordered array. The disclosure provides methods for making and using these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Hanying Li, Victor Lyamichev, Ekkehard Moessner, Jigar Patel
  • Publication number: 20230052521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating a disease, and methods for reduction of the formation of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) in response to the administration of a therapeutic agent. The invention further relates to methods of treating a disease, particularly a B-cell proliferative disorder, and methods for reduction of adverse effects in response to the administration of a therapeutic agent, particularly a T-cell activating therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Marina BACAC, Stefan EVERS, Christian KLEIN, Pavel PISA, Eva ROSSMANN, Jose SARO, Pablo UMANA
  • Publication number: 20230045262
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to 4-1BB, at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Christina CLAUS, Christian KLEIN, Pablo UMAÑA, Wei XU
  • Patent number: 11547748
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to T-cells, such as CD8+ T-cells, CD4+ T-cells, CD3+ T-cells, ?? T-cells or natural killer (NK) T-cells, transfected/transduced with a fusion protein which is recruited by the use of trivalent, bispecific antibody molecule which specifically binds to/interacts with the extracellular domain of the fusion protein. More precisely, the present invention relates to a kit comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and/or the fusion proteins of the present invention and the trivalent, bispecific antibody molecules of the present invention. Further aspects of the inventions are expression vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding the fusion proteins as well as the trivalent, bispecific antibody molecules. Further, a process for the production of the trivalent, bispecific antibody molecules of the invention and a medicament/pharmaceutical composition comprising said trivalent, bispecific antibody molecules are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Claudio Sustmann, Gerhard Niederfellner, Martina Geiger, Stefan Endres, Sebastian Kobold
  • Publication number: 20220411534
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to antibodies that bind to HLA-A2/WT1, including bispecific antigen binding molecules e.g. for activating T cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies, and to methods of using them in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Benz, Christian Klein, Stefan Klostermann, Ekkehard Moessner, Johannes Sam, Pablo Umaña, Lydia Jasmin Hanisch, Alexander Bujotzek, Wei Xu