Patents by Inventor Dragan Grabulovski

Dragan Grabulovski 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: 20170052195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 as well as a method for selecting from a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 one or more of said derivatives having a specific binding affinity to a protein or peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Dragan GRABULOVSKI, Dario NERI
  • Publication number: 20160368957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new IL-17 inhibiting polypeptides, corresponding fusion proteins, compositions and medical uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Dragan GRABULOVSKI, Michela Silacci Melkko, Frederic Mourlane, Simon Sebastian Brack, Julian Bertschinger, Nadia Beaenziger, Sarah Batey
  • Patent number: 9513296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 as well as a method for selecting from a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 one or more of said derivatives having a specific binding affinity to a protein or peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH
    Inventors: Dragan Grabulovski, Dario Neri
  • Patent number: 9376477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new IL-17 inhibiting polypeptides, corresponding fusion proteins, compositions and medical uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Covagen AG
    Inventors: Dragan Grabulovski, Michela Silacci Melkko, Frédéric Mourlane, Simon Sebastian Brack, Julian Bertschinger, Nadja Baenziger, Sarah Batey
  • Patent number: 9315557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide inhibiting the activity of glycosylated IL-17A, wherein the polypeptide comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X1)(X2)(X3)(X4)(X5)(X6) DLSFHKGEKFQIL STHEYEDWWEARSLTTGETGYIPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein amino acid positions (X1) to (X6) may be any amino acid sequence; and (b) an amino acid sequence which is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of (a), wherein the identity determination excludes amino acid positions (X1) to (X6) and provided that the amino acid sequence STHEYE (SEQ ID NO: 2) in amino acid positions 31 to 36 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is conserved. The invention also relates to fusion constructs, compositions and medical uses comprising said polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Covagen AG
    Inventors: Michela Sillacci Melkko, Nadja Banziger, Richard Woods, Wenjuan Zha, Isabella Attinger, Roger Santimaria, Wibke Lembke, Sarah Batey, Ulrike Von Der Bey, Julian Bertschinger, Dragan Grabulovski
  • Publication number: 20160076011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide binding to human serum albumin and comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X1)(X2)(X3)(X4)(X5) (X6)D(X7)SFHKGEKFQIL(X8)(X9)(X10)(X11)(X12)G(X13)(X14)W(X15)(X16)RSLTTG(X17)(X18)G(X19)IPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein (X1) is A, V, I, L, M, G, P, S, T, N, Q, C, R, H, K, D or E; (X2) is R, H, K, A, V, I, L, M, G, P, S, T, N, Q or C; (X3) is R, H, K, S, T, N, Q, C, F, Y, W, A, V, I, L, M, G or P; (X4) is S, T, N, Q, C, A, V, I, L, M, G, P, R, H, K, F, Y, W, D or E; (X5) is S, T, N, Q, C, D, E, F, Y, W, A, V, I, L, M, G, P, R, H or K; (X6) is F, Y, W, A, V, I, L, M, G, P, R, H, K, S, T, N, Q or C; (X7) is A, V, I, L, M, G, P, R, H or K; (X8) is S, T, N, Q, C, D or E; (X9) is S, T, N, Q, C, D, E, A, V, I, L, M, G, P, F, Y or W; (X10) is A, V, I, L, M, G or P; (X11) is F, Y, W, R, H or K; (X12) is S, T, N, Q, C, F, Y or W; (X13) is F, Y, W, R, H, K, S, T, N, Q, C, D, E, A, V, I, L, M, G or P; (X14) is
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: COVAGEN AG
    Inventors: Fabian Buller, Ulrich Wüllner, Irene Zbinden, Isabella Attinger-Toller, Ulrike Von Der Bey, Susann König-Friedrich, Julian Bertschinger, Dragan Grabulovski, Patricia Henne
  • Publication number: 20150322125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide inhibiting the activity of glycosylated IL-17A, wherein the polypeptide comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X1)(X2)(X3)(X4)(X5)(X6) DLSFHKGEKFQIL STHEYEDWWEARSLTTGETGYIPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein amino acid positions (X1) to (X6) may be any amino acid sequence; and (b) an amino acid sequence which is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of (a), wherein the identity determination excludes amino acid positions (X1) to (X6) and provided that the amino acid sequence STHEYE (SEQ ID NO: 2) in amino acid positions 31 to 36 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is conserved. The invention also relates to fusion constructs, compositions and medical uses comprising said polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michela SILACCI MELKKO, Nadja BANZIGER, Richard WOODS, Wenjuan ZHA, Isabella ATTINGER, Roger SANTIMARIA, Wibke LEMBKE, Sarah BATEY, Ulrike VON DER BEY, Julian BERTSCHINGER, Dragan GRABULOVSKI
  • Patent number: 9085760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide binding to a chymase (EC 3.4.21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: COVAGEN AG
    Inventors: Simon Brack, Sarah Batey, Dragan Grabulovski, Julian Bertschinger, Daniel Schlatter, Jörg Benz, David Banner, Michael Hennig
  • Publication number: 20150105285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 as well as a method for selecting from a library comprising recombinant derivatives of the SH3 domain of the Fyn kinase of SEQ ID NO: 1 one or more of said derivatives having a specific binding affinity to a protein or peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Dragan GRABULOVSKI, Dario NERI
  • Publication number: 20150047065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binding molecule that specifically binds to two different epitopes of an antigen expressed on tumor cells, wherein the binding molecule comprises: (a) a first binding (poly)peptide that specifically binds to a first epitope of said antigen expressed on tumor cells, wherein said first binding (poly)peptide is a Fyn SH3-derived polypeptide; and (b) a second binding (poly)peptide that specifically binds to a second epitope of said antigen expressed on tumor cells. The present invention further relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the binding molecule of the invention, a vector comprising said nucleic acid molecule as well as a host cell or a non-human host transformed with said vector. The invention further relates to a method of producing a binding molecule of the invention as well as to pharmaceutical and diagnostic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Brack, Frédéric Mourlane, Isabella Toller, Richard Woods, Julian Bertschinger, Dragan Grabulovski, Babette Schade, Kristina Klupsch, Helen Hachemi
  • Publication number: 20140162936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide binding to a chymase (EC 3, 4, 21,39), wherein the polypeptide comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X1)A(X2)(X3)(X4)(X5) (X6)LSFHKGEKFQIL(X7 (X8)(X9)(X10) (X11)(X12)G(X13)(X14)WEARSLTTGETGYIPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein (X1) is R, N, Q, E, K, H, S, T, C, or D; (X2) is E, T, D, Q, L, P, A, S, C, M, N, E, G, A, V or I; (X3) is R, T, H, N, K, S, C, N or Q; (X4) is S, W, T, C, N, Q, For Y; (X5) is T, H, L, F, C, S, M, N, Q, R, K, G, A, V, I, P, Y or W; (X6) is D, Q, H, E, S, T, C, N, R or K; (X7) is D, N, R, E, Q, S, T, C, K or D; (X8) is M, W, G, F, A, S, T, C, S, N, Q, Y, V, L, I or P; (X9) is T, H, S, D, C, N, Q, R, K, E or absent; (X10) is V, T, Q, G, A, L, I, P, S, C, M, N or absent; (X11) is P, A, D, G, K, V, L, I, E, R, M, H or absent; (X12) is N, V, P, I, E, T, S, A, G, L, C, M, Q or D; (X13) is D, E, T, P, G, A, V, L, I, S, C, M, N or Q, and (X14) is W, Y, L, G, A, V, I, P, M, or F; (b)
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: COVAGEN AG
    Inventors: Simon Brack, Sarah Batey, Dragan Grabulovski, Julian Bertschinger, Daniel Schlatter, Jörg Benz, David Banner, Michael Hennig
  • Publication number: 20130005659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new IL-17 inhibiting polypeptides, corresponding fusion proteins, compositions and medical uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Covagen AG
    Inventors: Dragan Grabulovski, Michela Silacci Melkko, Frédéric Mourlane, Simon Sebastian, Julian Bertschinger, Nadja Baenziger, Sarah Batey
  • Publication number: 20100119446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant binding protein comprising at least one derivative of the Src homology 3 domain (SH3) of the FYN kinase, wherein at least one amino acid in or positioned up to two amino acids adjacent to the src loop and/or at least one amino acid in or positioned up to two amino acids adjacent to the RT loop is substituted, deleted or added. Furthermore, the invention is directed to fusion proteins comprising a binding protein according to the invention fused to a pharmaceutically and/or diagnostically active component. In addition, the invention concerns nucleotides coding for these binding and/or fusion proteins as well as corresponding vectors and host cells. Last but not least, the present invention relates to the use of binding and/or fusion proteins of the present invention for preparing a medicament or a diagnostic means as well as to pharmaceutical or diagnostic compositions comprising said binding and/or fusion proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH
    Inventors: Dragan Grabulovski, Dario Neri