Patents by Inventor Franz Michael Gerner

Franz Michael Gerner 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: 20210393802
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treatment of Batten disease. Such compositions include a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV), said rAAV comprising an AAV capsid, and a vector genome packaged therein, said vector genome comprising (a) an AAV 5? inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence; (b) a promoter; (c) a CLN2 coding sequence encoding a human TPP1; (d) an AAV 3? ITR. Also provided herein are methods of treating Batten disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof the rAAV described herein via more than one route. Also provide herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the rAAV described herein and related methods of treating Batten disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bhargavi Kondragunta, Subha Karumuthil Melethil, Matthieu Pierre Guibert, Andrew Christopher Mercer, Micheal James Carrell, Robert Thomas Stadelman, Franz Michael Gerner, Nicholas Alexander Piers Sascha Buss, Jared Bee, Tristan James Marshall, Roberto DePaz
  • Publication number: 20210010025
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are described for the delivery of a fully human post-translationally modified (HuPTM) therapeutic VEGF-Trap (VEGF-TrapHuPTM)—to a human subject diagnosed with an ocular disease or condition or cancer associated with neovascularization and indicated for treatment with the therapeutic mAb. Delivery may be advantageously accomplished via gene therapy—e.g., by administering a viral vector or other DNA expression construct encoding the VEGF-TrapHuPTM to a patient (human subject) diagnosed with an ocular condition or cancer indicated for treatment with the VEGF-Trap—to create a permanent depot in a tissue or organ of the patient that continuously supplies the VEGF-TrapHuPTM, i.e., a human-glycosylated transgene product. Alternatively, the VEGF-TrapHuPTM, for example, produced in cultured human cell culture, can be administered to the patient for treatment of the ocular disease or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier Danos, Zhuchun Wu, Franz Michael Gerner, Sherri Van Everen
  • Publication number: 20200093939
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for the delivery of fully human post-translationally modified therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. The fully human post-translationally modified therapeutic monoclonal antibodies may be preferably delivered by gene therapy methods, particularly as a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector to the appropriate tissue. Methods of manufacture of the AAV vectors, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also provided. In addition, provided are methods of producing therapeutic antibodies that are “biobetters” as fully human post-translationally modified. These fully human post-translationally modified therapeutic antibodies may be administered to a subject in need of treatment with the therapeutic antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Olivier Danos, Zhuchun Wu, Franz Michael Gerner, Sherri Van Everen