Patents by Inventor Conrad Vink

Conrad Vink 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).

  • Patent number: 11795474
    Abstract: The invention relates to retroviral producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins; envelope protein or a functional substitute thereof; amplifiable selection marker; and the RNA genome of the retroviral vector particle, wherein said nucleic acid sequences are all integrated at a single locus within the retroviral producer cell genome. The invention also relates to nucleic acid vectors comprising a non-mammalian origin of replication and the ability to hold at least 25 kilobases (kb) of DNA, characterized in that said nucleic acid vector comprises retroviral nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins, and an env protein or a functional substitute thereof. The nucleic acid vector additionally comprises nucleic acid sequences encoding an amplifiable selection marker. The invention also relates to uses and methods using said nucleic acid vector in order to produce stable retroviral packaging and producer cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventor: Conrad Vink
  • Publication number: 20220177854
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding AAV rep and cap genes, helper virus genes, and a DNA genome of the AAV vector; the AAV rep gene comprising an intron, the intron comprising a transcription termination 5 sequence with a first recombination site located upstream and a second recombination site located downstream of the transcription termination sequence; and the nucleic acid sequences all integrated together at a single locus within the AAV vector producer cell genome. The invention also relates to methods for producing the AAV vector producer cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Alexander CHANAS, Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20210062161
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV) producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene; helper virus genes; and the DNA genome of the AAV vector particle, wherein the nucleic acid sequences are all integrated together at a single locus within the AAV producer cell genome. The invention also relates to nucleic acid vectors comprising a non-mammalian origin of replication and the ability to hold at least 25 kilobases (kb) of DNA, characterized in that the nucleic acid vectors comprise nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene, and helper virus genes. The invention also relates to uses and methods using the nucleic acid vectors in order to produce stable AAV packaging and producer cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Conrad VINK
  • Patent number: 10858631
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV) producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene; helper virus genes; and the DNA genome of the AAV vector particle, wherein the nucleic acid sequences are all integrated together at a single locus within the AAV producer cell genome. The invention also relates to nucleic acid vectors comprising a non-mammalian origin of replication and the ability to hold at least 25 kilobases (kb) of DNA, characterized in that the nucleic acid vectors comprise nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene, and helper virus genes. The invention also relates to uses and methods using the nucleic acid vectors in order to produce stable AAV packaging and producer cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventor: Conrad Vink
  • Publication number: 20200123505
    Abstract: The invention relates to retroviral producer cells comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins; envelope protein or a functional substitute thereof; and the RNA genome of the retroviral vector particle, wherein the nucleic acid sequences are all located at a single locus within the retroviral producer cell genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sabine JOHNSON, Celeste PALLANT, Eirini VAMVA, Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20200095606
    Abstract: The invention relates to retroviral producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins; envelope protein or a functional substitute thereof; amplifiable selection marker; and the RNA genome of the retroviral vector particle, wherein said nucleic acid sequences are all integrated at a single locus within the retroviral producer cell genome. The invention also relates to nucleic acid vectors comprising a non-mammalian origin of replication and the ability to hold at least 25 kilobases (kb) of DNA, characterized in that said nucleic acid vector comprises retroviral nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins, and an env protein or a functional substitute thereof. The nucleic acid vector additionally comprises nucleic acid sequences encoding an amplifiable selection marker. The invention also relates to uses and methods using said nucleic acid vector in order to produce stable retroviral packaging and producer cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20200063144
    Abstract: The invention relates to bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) comprising retroviral nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins, and an env protein or a functional substitute thereof, wherein each of the retroviral nucleic acid sequences are arranged as individual expression constructs within the BAC. The invention also relates to uses and methods of transient transfection using said BAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sabine JOHNSON, Celeste PALLANT, Eirini VAMVA, Conrad VINK
  • Patent number: 10450574
    Abstract: The invention relates to bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) comprising retroviral nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins, and an env protein or a functional substitute thereof, wherein each of the retroviral nucleic acid sequences are arranged as individual expression constructs within the BAC. The invention also relates to uses and methods of transient transfection using said BAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Sabine Johnson, Celeste Pallant, Eirini Vamva, Conrad Vink
  • Patent number: 10184136
    Abstract: There is disclosed a retroviral vector comprising a primer binding site, a long terminal repeat and an RNA packaging sequence, wherein the RNA packaging sequence is located 3? of the long terminal repeat and no long terminal repeat is located 3? of the RNA packaging sequence such that reverse transcription initiated at the primer binding site does not lead to reverse transcription of the RNA packaging sequence into vector DNA in a target cell. Also described is a host cell, a virion, a pharmaceutical composition, a method and uses including or involving the vector described above. Further, a cell or transgenic animal produced by using the vector is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: UCL Business PLC
    Inventors: Conrad Vink, Steven Howe
  • Publication number: 20180327722
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV) producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene; helper virus genes; and the DNA genome of the AAV vector particle, wherein the nucleic acid sequences are all integrated together at a single locus within the AAV producer cell genome. The invention also relates to nucleic acid vectors comprising a non-mammalian origin of replication and the ability to hold at least 25 kilobases (kb) of DNA, characterized in that the nucleic acid vectors comprise nucleic acid sequences encoding: rep/cap gene, and helper virus genes. The invention also relates to uses and methods using the nucleic acid vectors in order to produce stable AAV packaging and producer cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20180320147
    Abstract: The invention relates to retroviral producer cells comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins; envelope protein or a functional substitute thereof; and the RNA genome of the retroviral vector particle, wherein said nucleic acid sequences are all located at a single locus within the retroviral producer cell genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sabine JOHNSON, Celeste PALLANT, Eirini VAMVA, Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20170145427
    Abstract: The invention relates to bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) comprising retroviral nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins, and an env protein or a functional substitute thereof, wherein each of the retroviral nucleic acid sequences are arranged as individual expression constructs within the BAC. The invention also relates to uses and methods of transient transfection using said BAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Sabine Johnson, Celeste Pallant, Eirini Vamva, Conrad Vink
  • Publication number: 20170145388
    Abstract: The invention relates to retroviral producer cell comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding: gag and pol proteins; envelope protein or a functional substitute thereof; and the RNA genome of the retroviral vector particle, wherein said nucleic acid sequences are all located at a single locus within the retroviral producer cell genome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Sabine JOHNSON, Celeste PALLANT, Eirini VAMVA, Conrad VINK
  • Publication number: 20160230191
    Abstract: There is disclosed a retroviral vector comprising a primer binding site, a long terminal repeat and an RNA packaging sequence, wherein the RNA packaging sequence is located 3? of the long terminal repeat and no long terminal repeat is located 3? of the RNA packaging sequence such that reverse transcription initiated at the primer binding site does not lead to reverse transcription of the RNA packaging sequence into vector DNA in a target cell. Also described is a host cell, a virion, a pharmaceutical composition, a method and uses including or involving the vector described above. Further, a cell or transgenic animal produced by using the vector is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Conrad Vink, Steven Howe