Patents by Inventor David H. KIRN

David H. KIRN 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: 20220265860
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa A. KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS
  • Patent number: 11419949
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20220251145
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Patent number: 11364308
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AA V virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Patent number: 11357870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa A. Kotterman, Peter Francis
  • Patent number: 11345930
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as XLRP comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa A. Kotterman, David Schaffer, Peter Francis
  • Publication number: 20220064673
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as XLRP comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized RPGRorf15 sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa A. KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER, Peter FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20220062438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa A. KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS
  • Patent number: 11198858
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human alpha-galactosidase A, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized alpha-galactosidase A sequences, and methods of treating disorders such as Fabry disease comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human alpha-galactosidase A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, Peter Francis, David Schaffer, Paul Szymanski, Kevin Whittlesey
  • Publication number: 20210380643
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Patent number: 11179477
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Patent number: 11167041
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210332341
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human alpha-galactosidase A, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized alpha-galactosidase A sequences, and methods of treating disorders such as Fabry disease comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human alpha-galactosidase A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, Peter FRANCIS, David SCHAFFER, Paul SZYMANSKI, Kevin WHITTLESEY
  • Patent number: 11118192
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Melissa Kotterman, David Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20210177990
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210162071
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210069349
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20210069348
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20200282077
    Abstract: Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of retinal cells as compared to the infectivity of the retinal cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more cells of the retina for the treatment of retinal disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: David H. KIRN, Melissa KOTTERMAN, David SCHAFFER, Paul SZYMANSKI, Peter FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20200263145
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a replication-competent, recombinant oncolytic vaccinia virus, compositions comprising the vaccinia virus, and use of the vaccinia virus or composition for inducing oncolysis in an individual having a tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Ignite Immunotherapy, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Kirn, Liliana Maruri Avidal, Prajit Limsirichai