Patents by Inventor Gunnar Kaufmann

Gunnar Kaufmann 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: 20230357793
    Abstract: Recombinant oncolytic viruses that produce and secrete novel immunomodulatory fusion proteins are described. The fusion proteins encode a single chain variable fragment antibody (ScFv) that specifically binds PD-1 OR PD-L1 fused via an antibody Fc region to the ectodomain of the TGF? receptor II (TGF?RIIecto). The immunomodulatory fusion proteins have dual function: blocking inhibitory pathways mediated by PD-1/PD-L1 and blocking the immune-dampening activity of TGF?. In addition, dual gene oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) are provided that include, in addition to a gene encoding an ScFv-Fc-TGF?RIIecto fusion protein, a gene encoding IL12, a T cell stimulatory factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert ALLEN, Colin POWERS, Gunnar KAUFMANN, Joe CONNER
  • Publication number: 20230070988
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of treating a cancer in an individual comprising administering a tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) antagonist and an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor. In some embodiments, the ROR1 antagonist is cirmtuzumab. In some embodiments, the EGFR inhibitor is osimertinib. In some embodiments, the cancer is a lung cancer such as a non-small cell lung cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Gunnar KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20130224203
    Abstract: There is disclosed a recombinant pharmaceutical composition comprising a large plurality of recombinant immunoglobulins made by expression of a wide diversity of antibodies from a recombinant antibody library, preferably obtained from a wide diversity of human sources, synthetic or semi-synthetic germline immunoglobulin sequences, or a combination thereof, and then purified. Mammalian cell expression antibody libraries normally produce antibodies with significant diversity or different antibodies that bind to different targets. There is further disclosed a recombinant pharmaceutical composition made from a mammalian expression library configured to excrete, rather than display their antibodies on the cell surface, and then purified to form the pharmaceutical composition from the excreted antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tien-Li Lee, Jane Wu Lee, Gunnar Kaufmann, Henry Ji