Patents by Inventor Els Beirnaert

Els Beirnaert 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: 8188223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are capable of binding to serum albumin, which sequences do not significantly reduce or inhibit the binding of serum albumin to FcRn or significantly reduce the half-life of serum albumin. It further relates to proteins and polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of such amino acid sequences; to nucleic acids that encode such amino acid sequences, proteins or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides; and to uses of such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Els Beirnaert, Hilde Adi Pierrette Revets, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom
  • Publication number: 20090028880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are capable of binding to serum albumin, which sequences do not significantly reduce or inhibit the binding of serum albumin to FcRn or significantly reduce the half-life of serum albumin. It further relates to proteins and polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of such amino acid sequences; to nucleic acids that encode such amino acid sequences, proteins or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides; and to uses of such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Ablynx NV
    Inventors: Els Beirnaert, Hilde Adi Pierrette Revets, Hendricus Renerus Hoogenboom
  • Publication number: 20070269422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are capable of binding to serum albumin; to compounds, proteins and polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of such amino acid sequences; to nucleic acids that encode such amino acid sequences, proteins or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides; and to uses of such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides. Particularly, the amino acid sequences and compounds of the present invention bind to or otherwise associate with serum albumin in such a way that, when the amino acid sequence or compound is bound to or otherwise associated with a serum albumin molecule in a primate, it exhibits a serum half-life of at least 50% of the natural half-life of serum albumin in said primate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Els Beirnaert, Hilde Adi Pierrette Revets, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus Hoogenboom, Heidi Maria Florence Jonckheere, Torsten Dreier
  • Publication number: 20060034833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides derived from single domain heavy chain antibodies directed to interferon gamma. It further relates to single domain antibodies that are Camelidae VHHs. It further relates to methods of administering said polypeptides. It further relates to protocols for screening for agents that modulate the IFN-gamma receptor, and the agents resulting from said screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: Els Beirnaert
  • Publication number: 20050214857
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an isolated polypeptide micro-scaffold displaying immunoglobulin CDR2 or CDR3 polypeptide sequences, comprising a CDR2 or CDR3 polypeptide sequence interconnecting fragments of the adjacent framework polypeptide sequences, which are arranged to form two anti-parallel ?-strands. The present invention is further related to a method to search, select or screen for immunoglobulin CDR2 or CDR3 polypeptide sequences that bind to a given antigen or mixture of antigens, comprising the steps of: Creating a CDR library with the method of claim 13 from the genetic information of an individual or group of individuals; Select a CDR, which binds to said antigen or mixture of antigens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicants: Algonomics N.V., ABLYNX N.V.
    Inventors: Ignace Lasters, Jurgen Pletinckx, Nathalie Boutonnet, Marc Lauwereys, Els Beirnaert