Patents by Inventor Gunasekaran Kannan

Gunasekaran Kannan 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: 10421824
    Abstract: Described herein are bispecific proteins specific for BAFF and B7RP1, nucleic acids encoding such proteins, methods of making such proteins, and uses for such proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Hailing Hsu, Ming Zhang, Gunasekaran Kannan, Frederick Jacobsen, Wayne Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10421823
    Abstract: Described herein are bispecific proteins specific for BAFF and B7RP1, nucleic acids encoding such proteins, methods of making such proteins, and uses for such proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Hailing Hsu, Ming Zhang, Gunasekaran Kannan, Frederick W. Jacobsen, Wayne Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20190270817
    Abstract: Provided herein are PD-1 antigen-binding proteins and related nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, kits and pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making PD-1 antigen-binding proteins and methods of treating a subject are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Khaled M.K.Z. Ali, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal, Gunasekaran Kannan, Ian Foltz, Zhulun Wang, Daren Bates, Marissa Mock, Shunsuke Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20190248906
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from antigen binding proteins capable of inducing B-Klotho, and or FGF21-like mediated signaling. In embodiments, the antigen binding proteins specifically bind to a complex comprising ?-Klotho and at least one of (i) FGFR1c, (ii) FGFR2c and (iii) FGFR3c. In some embodiments the antigen binding proteins induce FGF21-like signaling. In some embodiments, an antigen binding protein is a fully human, humanized, or chimeric antibodies, binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and polypeptides that specifically bind to a complex comprising ?-Klotho and at least one of (i) FGFR1c, (ii) FGFR2c and (iii) FGFR3c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang LI, Jennitte LeAnn STEVENS, Chadwick Terence KING, Ian Nevin FOLTZ, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Junming YIE, Shaw-Fen Sylvia HU
  • Patent number: 10336798
    Abstract: GDF15 polypeptides, constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof are provided. In various embodiments the GDF15 polypeptides, constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof, can be of use in the treatment or ameliorating a metabolic disorder. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventors: Yumei Xiong, Yi Zhang, Jackie Z. Sheng, Agnes Eva Hamburger, Murielle M. Veniant-Ellison, Grant Shimamoto, Xiaoshan Min, Zhulun Wang, Jie Tang, Gunasekaran Kannan, Kenneth W. Walker, Bryan Lemon
  • Publication number: 20190192628
    Abstract: This disclosure provides polypeptides comprising an antibody Fc region having a deletion of one or more cysteine residues in the hinge region and substitution with a sulfhydryl-containing residue of one or more CH3-interface amino acids. Also, provided are Fc-fusion proteins and antibodies containing said polypeptides, nucleic acids and vectors encoding said polypeptides, along with host cells and methods for making said polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Gunasekaran KANNAN, Jennifer LAVALLEE, Frederick W. JACOBSEN
  • Publication number: 20190153086
    Abstract: The present application is directed to heterodimeric antibodies and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Gunasekaran Kannan, Monica Florio, Zhi Liu, Wei Yan
  • Publication number: 20190119407
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antigen binding proteins that bind TL1A, including bispecific antigen binding proteins (e.g., antibodies) to TL1A and TNF-?. Such bispecific antibodies can be in a tetrameric immunoglobulin format, in which one heavy chain-light chain pair of the antibody is directed to TL1A and the other to TNF-?. The bispecific antigen binding proteins may also be comprised in an IgG-scFv fusion, in which a conventional tetrameric antibody directed to one antigen is fused to a pair of single chain Fv units directed to the other. The bispecific antigen binding protein may also be comprised in an IgG-Fab fusion, in which a Fab molecule that binds to one antigen is fused to each heavy chain of a conventional tetrameric antibody directed to the other antigen. The invention further relates to uses of the anti-TL1A binding proteins and anti-TL1A/anti-TNF-? antigen binding proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Hailing HSU, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Kenneth W. WALKER, Michelle HORTTER, Edward J. BELOUSKI
  • Patent number: 10233237
    Abstract: The present application is directed to heterodimeric antibodies and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Gunasekaran Kannan, Monica Florio, Zhi Liu, Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 10220090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, polynucleotide sequences encoding said antigen binding proteins, and compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases. The present invention also relates to BCMA antibody drug conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Armitage, Michelle Blake, William C. Fanslow, III, Jason Charles O'Neill, Gunasekaran Kannan, Jiangchun Xu, Mark Edward Tometsko
  • Publication number: 20190046611
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same for use in methods of treating a disease. Related conjugates, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical compositions and kits are also provided herein. Methods of making the IL-21 muteins and fusion proteins comprising the same, as well as methods of treating a subject in need thereof, are provided by the present disclosure. Further provided are PD-1 antigen-binding proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Khaled M.K.Z. Ali, Neeraj Jagdish Agrawal, Gunasekaran Kannan, Ian Foltz, Zhulun Wang, Darren Bates, Marissa Mock, Shunsuke Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20190008974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, polynucleotide sequences encoding said antigen binding proteins, and compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases. The present invention also relates to BCMA antibody drug conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. ARMITAGE, Michelle BLAKE, William C. FANSLOW, III, Jason Charles O'NEILL, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Jiangchun XU, Mark Edward TOMETSKO
  • Publication number: 20180319859
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-2 muteins and IL-2 mutein Fc-fusion molecules that preferentially expand and activate T regulatory cells and are amenable to large scale production. Also provided herein are variant human IgG1 Fc molecules lacking or with highly reduced effector function and high stability despite lacking glycosylation at N297. Also, provided herein are linker peptides that are glycosylated when expressed in mammalian cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. GAVIN, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Li LI, Joshua T. PEARSON, Margaret KAROW
  • Patent number: 10093711
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-2 muteins and IL-2 mutein Fc-fusion molecules that preferentially expand and activate T regulatory cells and are amenable to large scale production. Also provided herein are variant human IgG1 Fc molecules lacking or with highly reduced effector function and high stability despite lacking glycosylation at N297. Also, provided herein are linker peptides that are glycosylated when expressed in mammalian cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventor: Gunasekaran Kannan
  • Publication number: 20180237542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetravalent bispecific and tetraspecific antigen binding proteins that are capable of binding to multiple targets. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bispecific and tetraspecific antigen binding proteins as well as methods for producing them are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Gunasekaran KANNAN, Michelle HORTTER, Edward J. BELOUSKI
  • Publication number: 20180237489
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-2 muteins and IL-2 mutein Fc-fusion molecules that preferentially expand and activate T regulatory cells and are amenable to large scale production. Also provided herein are variant human IgG1 Fc molecules lacking or with highly reduced effector function and high stability despite lacking glycosylation at N297. Also, provided herein are linker peptides that are glycosylated when expressed in mammalian cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventor: Gunasekaran KANNAN
  • Patent number: 9932380
    Abstract: Provided herein are IL-2 muteins and IL-2 mutein Fc-fusion molecules that preferentially expand and activate T regulatory cells and are amenable to large scale production. Also provided herein are variant human IgG1 Fc molecules lacking or with highly reduced effector function and high stability despite lacking glycosylation at N297. Also, provided herein are linker peptides that are glycosylated when expressed in mammalian cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. Gavin, Gunasekaran Kannan, Li Li, Joshua T. Pearson, Margaret Karow
  • Publication number: 20180079790
    Abstract: Constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof are provided. In various embodiments the constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof, can be of use in the treatment or ameliorating a metabolic disorder. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Yumei XIONG, Yi ZHANG, Jackie Z. SHENG, Agnes Eva HAMBURGER, Murielle M. VENIANT-ELLISON, Grant SHIMAMOTO, Xiaoshan MIN, Zhulun WANG, Jie TANG, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Marissa MOCK, Kenneth William WALKER
  • Patent number: 9862752
    Abstract: Constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof are provided. In various embodiments the constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof, can be of use in the treatment or ameliorating a metabolic disorder. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Yumei Xiong, Yi Zhang, Jackie Z. Sheng, Agnes Eva Hamburger, Murielle Veniant-Ellison, Grant Shimamoto, Xiaoshan Min, Zhulun Wang, Jie Tang, Gunasekaran Kannan, Marissa Mock, Kenneth Walker
  • Patent number: 9822173
    Abstract: The present application is directed to heterodimeric antibodies and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Gunasekaran Kannan, Monica Florio, Zhi Liu, Wei Yan