Patents by Inventor Dong-Ki Choi

Dong-Ki Choi 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: 20230416325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11692019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11078249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200385428
    Abstract: Presented herein are cyclic peptides that specifically bind to a cell surface molecule, thereby allowing cell/tissue-specific targeting. The cyclic peptides can be attached to an agent, for example, a polypeptide such as an antibody, e.g., a cell-penetrating antibody. Cyclic peptide-containing cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein are capable of targeted delivery in a cell type-specific or tissue-specific (i.e., cell/tissue-specific) manner. The cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein can be used as an effective anticancer agent for cancer that overexpresses a cell membrane protein that specifically binds to the fused cyclic peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong Sung KIM, Ji Sun KIM, Jae Yeong PARK, Seong Wook PARK, Sei Yong JUN, Dong-Ki CHOI
  • Patent number: 10851177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting intracellular activated (GTP-bound) RAS using an intact immunoglobulin-type antibody having the ability to penetrate the cytosol, and to the use thereof. The disclosure further relates to a heavy-chain variable region (VH) which induces an intact immunoglobulin-type antibody to penetrate the cytosol and bind to activated RAS in the cytosol, and to an antibody comprising the same. The disclosure correspondingly provides a method for inhibiting the growth of cancer or tumor cells using the antibody, and a method for treating cancer or tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Kim, Dong-Ki Choi, Seung-Min Shin, Sung-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10844136
    Abstract: A method is described of localizing an intact immunoglobulin-format antibody in cytosol by permeating the cell membrane, thereby avoiding the necessity to use a special external protein delivery system. The method achieves high effects on the treatment and diagnosis of tumor and disease-related factors that show structurally complex interactions through a wide and flat surface between protein and protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Kim, Dong-Ki Choi, Seung-Min Shin, Sung-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200362004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200362005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200339681
    Abstract: A tumor-specific cytosol-internalized RAS-inhibiting antibody, in which modified heavy-chain variable region and a light-chain variable region are combined, according to the present disclosure facilitates development into a therapeutic drug due to a high production yield, and can effectively suppress mutant RAS by means of tumor-specific internalization into the cytosol, and thus effective anti-cancer activity can be expected as a stand-alone drug or in combination treatment with existing medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Dong Ki Choi, Seung Min Shin, Seong-Wook Park
  • Patent number: 10787487
    Abstract: Presented herein are cyclic peptides that specifically bind to a cell surface molecule, thereby allowing cell/tissue-specific targeting. The cyclic peptides can be attached to an agent, for example, a polypeptide such as an antibody, e.g., a cell-penetrating antibody. Cyclic peptide-containing cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein are capable of targeted delivery in a cell type-specific or tissue-specific (i.e., cell/tissue-specific) manner. The cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein can be used as an effective anticancer agent for cancer that overexpresses a cell membrane protein that specifically binds to the fused cyclic peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Ji Sun Kim, Jae Yeong Park, Seong Wook Park, Sei Yong Jun, Dong-Ki Choi
  • Patent number: 10696722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20190389910
    Abstract: Presented herein are cyclic peptides that specifically bind to a cell surface molecule, thereby allowing cell/tissue-specific targeting. The cyclic peptides can be attached to an agent, for example, a polypeptide such as an antibody, e.g., a cell-penetrating antibody. Cyclic peptide-containing cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein are capable of targeted delivery in a cell type-specific or tissue-specific (i.e., cell/tissue-specific) manner. The cell/tissue-specific cell-penetrating antibodies described herein can be used as an effective anticancer agent for cancer that overexpresses a cell membrane protein that specifically binds to the fused cyclic peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong Sung KIM, Ji Sun KIM, Jae Yeong PARK, Seong Wook PARK, Sei Yong JUN, Dong-Ki CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190169252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Sung Kim, Keunok Jung, Ji Hee Ha, Dong Ki Choi, Hye Ji Choi, Ye Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20170218084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of localizing an intact immunoglobulin-format antibody in cytosol by permeating membrane of cells. The present invention also relates to a light-chain variable region (VL) that induces an intact immunoglobulin-format antibody to penetrate the membrane of living cells and be localized in the cytosol, and to an antibody comprising the same. The present invention also relates to a biologically active molecule fused to the antibody and selected from the group consisting of peptides, proteins, small-molecule drugs, nanoparticles and liposomes. The present invention also relates to a composition for prevention, treatment or diagnosis of cancer, comprising: the antibody; or a biological active molecule fused to the antibody and selected from the group consisting of peptides, proteins, small-molecule drugs, nanoparticles and liposomes. The present invention also relates to a polynucleotide that encodes the light-chain variable region and the antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ORUM THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Kim, Dong-Ki Choi, Seung-Min Shin, Sung-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170158777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting intracellular activated RAS using an intact immunoglobulin-type antibody having the ability to penetrate the cytosol. The present invention also relates to a heavy-chain variable region (VH) which induces an intact immunoglobulin-type antibody to actively penetrate the cytosol of living cells through endocytosis and endosomal escape and to bind to activated RAS in the cytosol, and to an antibody comprising the same. The present invention also relates to a method of inhibiting the growth of cancer or tumor cells and a method of treating cancer or tumor, by use of the antibody. The present invention also relates to a method for screening a heavy-chain variable region that binds specifically to RAS in the cytosol. The present invention also relates to a biologically active molecule fused to the antibody and selected from the group consisting of peptides, proteins, small-molecule drugs, nanoparticles and liposomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Kim, Dong-Ki Choi, Seung-Min Shin, Sung-Hoon Kim