Patents by Inventor Francois Coutard

Francois Coutard 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: 10363496
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for purification of monoclonal antibodies or of a fusion protein between the Fc segment of an antibody and a second polypeptide, including a) an affinity chromatography step on a resin having as a matrix a crosslinked methacrylate polymer gel, on which the protein A is grafted, b) a viral inactivation step, c) a chromatography step exchanging cations on a resin having a crosslinked agarose gel matrix, on which sulfonate groups (—SO3—) are grafted using dextran-based spacer arms, d) a chromatography step exchanging anions on a hydrophilic membrane of polyethersulfone coated with a crosslinked polymer on which quaternary amine groups (Q) are grafted, and e) a nanofiltration step using a filter having an asymmetric polyethersulfone double membrane with a porosity of approximately 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LABORATOIRE FRANCAIS DU FRACTIONNEMENT ET DES BIOTECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Francois Coutard
  • Publication number: 20170274299
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for purification of monoclonal antibodies or of a fusion protein between the Fc segment of an antibody and a second polypeptide, including a) an affinity chromatography step on a resin having as a matrix a crosslinked methacrylate polymer gel, on which the protein A is grafted, b) a viral inactivation step, c) a chromatography step exchanging cations on a resin having a crosslinked agarose gel matrix, on which sulfonate groups (—SO3—) are grafted using dextran-based spacer arms, d) a chromatography step exchanging anions on a hydrophilic membrane of polyethersulfone coated with a crosslinked polymer on which quaternary amine groups (Q) are grafted, and e) a nanofiltration step using a filter having an asymmetric polyethersulfone double membrane with a porosity of approximately 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Francois COUTARD
  • Patent number: 9581603
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing von Willebrand disease and novel polypeptides which bind to von Willebrand factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: NVH Medicinal, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
    Inventors: David Vandroux, Emmanuel De Maistre, Francois Coutard, Laure Dumont Di Leone
  • Patent number: 9551009
    Abstract: A transcription unit constituted by a polynucleotide including the hCMVie virus enhancer, the enhancer having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, or a nucleotide acid having at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 and essentially having transcription activation properties, and the promoter region of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9 (CDK9), the promoter region having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide acid having at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 and essentially having a promoter activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LABORATOIRE FRANCAIS DU FRACTIONNEMENT ET DES BIOTECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Alexandre Fontayne, Francois Coutard
  • Patent number: 9512230
    Abstract: Novel transcription units that may be used in expression vectors. The transcription unit allow antibodies to be produced whose gain in productivity is not linked to a particular antigenic target antibody and therefore by extrapolation to a given recombinant protein, nor linked to the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LABORATOIRE FRANCAIS DU FRACTIONNEMENT ET DES BIOTECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Alexandre Fontayne, Francois Coutard
  • Publication number: 20150276762
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing von Willebrand disease and novel polypeptides which bind to von Willebrand factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: David Vandroux, Emmanuel De Maistre, Francois Coutard, Laure Dumont Di Leone
  • Publication number: 20150072368
    Abstract: Novel transcription units that may be used in expression vectors. The transcription unit allow antibodies to be produced whose gain in productivity is not linked to a particular antigenic target antibody and therefore by extrapolation to a given recombinant protein, nor linked to the culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: LABORATOIRE FRANCAIS DU FRACTIONNEMENT ET DES BIOTECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Alexandre Fontayne, François Coutard
  • Publication number: 20140242638
    Abstract: A transcription unit constituted by a polynucleotide including the hCMVie virus enhancer, the enhancer having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, or a nucleotide acid having at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 and essentially having transcription activation properties, and the promoter region of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9 (CDK9), the promoter region having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide acid having at least 70% sequence identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 and essentially having a promoter activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Alexandre Fontayne, Francois Coutard