Patents by Inventor Christina Claus
Christina Claus 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).
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Publication number: 20210009656Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) one Fab domain capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and (c) a first polypeptide comprising two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and a second polypeptide comprising one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof, wherein the first polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of one of the subunits of the Fc domain and wherein the second polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of the other subunit of the Fc domain, wherein the TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecule is monovalent for the binding to the target cell antigen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Peter BRUENKER, Claudia Ferrara KOLLER, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Christian KLEIN, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Pablo UMANA, Maria AMANN, Christina CLAUS, Wei XU
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Publication number: 20200347115Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising two different fusion polypeptides that comprise a spacer domain, an antigen binding domain and three ectodomains of a TNF ligand member or fragments thereof, wherein two of said ectodomains are separated from each other by a spacer domain comprising at least 25 amino acids and wherein the two fusion polypeptides are covalently associated to each other in the spacer domainType: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Harald Duerr, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Guy Georges, Friederike Hesse, Sabine Imhof-Jung, Christina Claus, Wei Xu
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Publication number: 20200325225Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies employing tumor targeted anti-CD3 bispecific antibodies and/or agents blocking PD-L1/PD-1 interaction in combination with 4-1BB (CD137) agonists, in particular 4-1BBL trimer containing antigen binding molecules, the use of these combination therapies for the treatment of cancer and methods of using the combination therapies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Marina BACAC, Christina CLAUS, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Christian KLEIN, Sabine LANG, Viktor LEVITSKI, Pablo UMAÑA
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Publication number: 20200270321Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20200247904Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20200190206Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Christina CLAUS, Christian KLEIN, Pablo UMAÑA, Wei XU
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Publication number: 20200071411Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a costimulatory TNF receptor family member, and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Maria AMANN, Peter BRUENKER, Christina CLAUS, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Ralf HOSSE, Christian KLEIN, Viktor LEVITSKI, Pablo UMANA
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Patent number: 10526413Abstract: The invention relates to antibody or antibody fragments thereof that bind to OX40, methods of producing these antibodies and fragments, and to methods of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20190382507Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
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Patent number: 10464981Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
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Patent number: 10392445Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20190248877Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one antigen binding moiety capable of specific binding to Tenascin-C (TnC) and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, wherein the antigen binding molecules are characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or two fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof. The invention further relates to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20190211113Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) four moities capable of specific binding to a costimulatory TNF receptor family member, (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria AMANN, Peter BRUENKER, Christina CLAUS, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Ralf HOSSE, Christian KLEIN, Viktor LEVITSKI, Samuel MOSER, Pablo UMANA
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Publication number: 20190194291Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) one Fab domain capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and (c) a first polypeptide comprising two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and a second polypeptide comprising one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof, wherein the first polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of one of the subunits of the Fc domain and wherein the second polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of the other subunit of the Fc domain, wherein the TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecule is monovalent for the binding to the target cell antigen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Peter Bruenker, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana, Maria Amann, Christina Claus, Wei Xu
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Publication number: 20190185566Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to PD1 and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20190016771Abstract: The invention relates to novel trimeric costimulatory TNF family ligand-containing antigen binding molecules comprising three fusion polypeptides, each of the three fusion polypeptides comprising (a) an ectodomain of a costimulatory TNF family ligand selected from the group consisting of 4-1BBL, OX40L and GITRL or fragments thereof, (b) a trimerization domain, in particular a trimerization domain derived from human cartilage matrix protein (huCMP) of SEQ ID NO:1, and (c) a moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria AMANN, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
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Publication number: 20180356411Abstract: The present invention relates to a new cell based assay for combined determination of antibody or ligand binding and function in the same vial.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Rosmarie ALBRECHT, Maria AMANN, Christina CLAUS, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Joerg ZIELONKA
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Publication number: 20170247467Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) four moieties capable of specific binding to a costimulatory TNF receptor family member, (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: MARIA AMANN, PETER BRUENKER, CHRISTINA CLAUS, CLAUDIA FERRARA KOLLER, SANDRA GRAU-RICHARDS, RALF HOSSE, CHRISTIAN KLEIN, VIKTOR LEVITSKI, SAMUEL MOSER, PABLO UMANA
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Publication number: 20170114141Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a costimulatory TNF receptor family member, and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: MARIA AMANN, PETER BRUENKER, CHRISTINA CLAUS, CLAUDIA FERRARA KOLLER, SANDRA GRAU-RICHARDS, RALF HOSSE, CHRISTIAN KLEIN, VIKTOR LEVITSKI, PABLO UMANA
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Publication number: 20160340399Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana