Patents by Inventor Danielle Van Citters

Danielle Van Citters 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: 11725060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to protein molecules that specifically bind to 5T4 and/or 4-1BB. The molecules may have at least one humanized 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding domain. Such molecules are useful for the treatment of cancer. The protein molecule binding to 5T4 or 4-1BB may have a second binding domain that binds to another target. The molecules may bind both 5T4-expressing cells and a cell-surface molecule expressed by an effector cell to enhance effector cell activation, proliferation, survival and/or effector-cell mediated cytotoxicity. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the 5T4-binding or 4-1BB-binding polypeptide or protein molecules, nucleic acid molecules encoding these polypeptides and methods of making and using these molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Aptevo Reserch and Development LLC, Alligator Bioscience AB
    Inventors: David Bienvenue, Gabriela Hernandez-Hoyos, Lynda Misher, Danielle Van Citters, Peter Ellmark, Anna Sall, Christina Furebring, Laura von Schantz, Sara Fritzell, Laura Varas