Patents by Inventor Gordana Wozniak-Knopp

Gordana Wozniak-Knopp 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: 11827720
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multivalent immunoglobulin or part thereof binding specifically to at least two cell surface molecules of a single cell with at least one modification in at least one structural loop region of the immunoglobulin determining binding to an epitope of the cell surface molecules wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to the epitope, its use and methods for producing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: F-star Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Florian Ruker, Gottfried Himmler, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20230340696
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Patent number: 11623963
    Abstract: A specific antigen-binding member (ABM) comprising a specific antigen-binding moiety and an antibody Fc region comprising a CH2 domain, which is engineered for a cysteine substitution at position 108 and/or 113, wherein numbering is according to the IMGT, and wherein the antibody Fc region does not comprise an antigen-binding CH3 domain; and an ABM conjugate (ABMC) comprising the ABM and at least one heterologous molecule covalently conjugated to one or both of the cysteines at positions 108 and 113 of the CH2 domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Gordana Wozniak-Knopp, Florian Rüker, Gerhard Stadlmayr, Jakub Rybka, Nicolas Rasche, Stephan Dickgiesser
  • Patent number: 11499249
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: F-Star Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20210395725
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of producing a protein comprising a target-specific extravesicular domain (TED) of an extracellular vesicle (EV) surface protein comprising modifying a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the extravesicular domain (ED) of an EV surface protein by a mutagenesis method within at least one modified region within the ED amino acid sequence with a length of 3-20 contiguous amino acids flanked by regions of the wild-type ED sequence at its N-terminus and C-terminus, to incorporate a target binding site within the ED, thereby producing a repertoire of polynucleotides encoding a variety of TEDs, each comprising a different target binding site, and selecting a TED specifically recognizing a predetermined target, and producing the protein comprising the selected TED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP, Stefan VOGT, Gerhard STADLMAYR, Florian RUEKER, Johannes GRILLARI, Madhusudhan Reddy BOBBILI
  • Publication number: 20210388339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for engineering an immunoglobulin comprising a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of said immunoglobulin and determining the binding of said immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, comprising the steps of: providing a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin comprising at least two structural loops, modifying at least one nucleotide residue of each of said structural loops, transferring said modified nucleic acid in an expression System, expressing said modified immunoglobulin, contacting the expressed modified immunoglobulin with an epitope, and determining whether said modified immunoglobulin binds to said epitope, immunoglobulins produced by such a method and libraries of immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Gerda Redl, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Patent number: 11084868
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: F-star Biotechnologische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsges M.B.H.
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Patent number: 10982008
    Abstract: The invention provides for a domain-exchanged antibody comprising a light chain (LC) composed of VL-CH3, and a heavy chain (HC) comprising VH-CH3-CH2-CH3, wherein the VL-CH3 of the LC is dimerising with the VH-CH3 of the HC thereby forming a domain-exchanged LC/HC dimer comprising a CH3LC/CH3HC domain pair, and means and method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Gordana Wozniak-Knopp, Sylvia Dietrich, Florian Rüker, Alec Gross, Stefan Becker
  • Publication number: 20200277399
    Abstract: A specific antigen-binding member (ABM) comprising a specific antigen-binding moiety and an antibody Fc region comprising a CH2 domain, which is engineered for a cysteine substitution at position 108 and/or 113, wherein numbering is according to the IMGT, and wherein the antibody Fc region does not comprise an antigen-binding CH3 domain; and an ABM conjugate (ABMC) comprising the ABM and at least one heterologous molecule covalently conjugated to one or both of the cysteines at positions 108 and 113 of the CH2 domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP, Florian RÜKER, Gerhard STADLMAYR, Jakub RYBKA, Nicolas RASCHE, Stephan DICKGIESSER
  • Publication number: 20200079837
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20190382470
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Patent number: 10385118
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: F-star Biotechnologische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsges.m.b.H
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20180051095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multivalent immunoglobulin or part thereof binding specifically to at least two cell surface molecules of a single cell with at least one modification in at least one structural loop region of said immunoglobulin determining binding to an epitope of said cell surface molecules wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, its use and methods for producing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Florian RUKER, Gottfried HIMMLER, Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP
  • Publication number: 20180016354
    Abstract: The invention provides for a domain-exchanged antibody comprising a light chain (LC) composed of VL-CH3, and a heavy chain (HC) comprising VH-CH3-CH2-CH3, wherein the VL-CH3 of the LC is dimerising with the VH-CH3 of the HC thereby forming a domain-exchanged LC/HC dimer comprising a CH3LC/CH3HC domain pair, and means and method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP, Sylvia DIETRICH, Florian RÜKER, Alec GROSS, Stefan BECKER
  • Patent number: 9856311
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: F-star Biotechnologische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsges.m.b.H
    Inventors: Florian Ruker, Gottfried Himmler, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20170369868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for engineering an immunoglobulin comprising a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of said immunoglobulin and determining the binding of said immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, comprising the steps of: providing a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin comprising at least two structural loops, modifying at least one nucleotide residue of each of said structural loops, transferring said modified nucleic acid in an expression System, expressing said modified immunoglobulin, contacting the expressed modified immunoglobulin with an epitope, and determining whether said modified immunoglobulin binds to said epitope, immunoglobulins produced by such a method and libraries of immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Gottfried HIMMLER, Gerda REDL, Florian RUKER, Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP
  • Publication number: 20170247432
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method of preparing a genetic package displaying oligomers of modular antibody domains binding to a target and to a scaffold ligand as well as to vectors and libraries of genetic packages produced thereby. The invention further relates to methods of selecting suitable linker sequences for use in such oligomer display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Gottfried HIMMLER, Geert MUDDE, Gerda REDL, Florian RUKER, Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP
  • Publication number: 20170204164
    Abstract: Libraries of immunoglobulins which each have one or more amino acid modifications in at least one structural loop region of such immunoglobulins, where the modified loop region specifically binds to an epitope of an antigen to which an unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Gottfried HIMMLER, Florian RUKER, Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP
  • Patent number: 9651559
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method of preparing a genetic package displaying oligomers of modular antibody domains binding to a target and to a scaffold ligand as well as to vectors and libraries of genetic packages produced thereby. The invention further relates to methods of selecting suitable linker sequences for use in such oligomer display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: F-star Biotechnologische Forschungs— und Entwicklungsges.m.b.H
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Geert Mudde, Gerda Redl, Florian Ruker, Gordana Wozniak-Knopp
  • Publication number: 20150376603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for engineering an immunoglobulin comprising a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of said immunoglobulin and determining the binding of said immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, comprising the steps of: providing a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin comprising at least two structural loops, modifying at least one nucleotide residue of each of said structural loops, transferring said modified nucleic acid in an expression system, expressing said modified immunoglobulin, contacting the expressed modified immunoglobulin with an epitope, and determining whether said modified immunoglobulin binds to said epitope, immunoglobulins produced by such a method and libraries of immunoglobulins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Gottfried Himmler, Gerda Redl, Florian Ruker, Gordana WOZNIAK-KNOPP