Patents by Inventor Jens Niewoehner

Jens Niewoehner 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: 20200289665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-brain target agents and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens Fischer, Per-Ola Freskgard, Antonio Iglesias, Jens Niewoehner, Felix Weber
  • Publication number: 20200190212
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to antibodies that bind to STEAP-1, including bispecific antigen binding molecules e.g. for activating T cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies, and to methods of using them in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas HOFER, Maximiliane KOENIG, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Jens NIEWOEHNER, Tina WEINZIERL, Laurent LARIVIERE
  • Publication number: 20200071413
    Abstract: Herein is reported a blood brain barrier shuttle module comprising a brain effector entity, a linker and one monovalent binding entity which binds to a blood brain barrier receptor, wherein the linker couples the effector entity to the monovalent binding entity which binds to the blood brain barrier receptor wherein the monovalent binding entity does not comprise the variable domains of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3 (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 02) or of the variant anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3v (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 03).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Petra RUEGER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Jens NIEWOEHNER, Adrian HUGENMATTER, Cuiying SHAO, Francesca ROS, Gang XU
  • Publication number: 20200055931
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-transferrin receptor antibody that specifically binds to human transferrin receptor and cynomolgus transferrin receptor, which comprises i) a humanized heavy chain variable domain derived from the heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 01, and ii) a humanized light chain variable domain derived from the light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 26, wherein the antibody has an off-rate for the human transferrin receptor that is equal to or less than (i.e. at most) the off-rate of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 for the cynomolgus transferrin receptor, whereby the off-rates are determined by surface plasmon resonance, and whereby the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 has a heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 64 and a light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Dengl, Guy Georges, Ulrich Goepfert, Jens Niewoehner, Tilman Schlothauer
  • Patent number: 10562973
    Abstract: The invention provides blood-brain barrier shuttles comprising monoclonal antibody 5C1 and related antibodies linked to a monovalent binding entity for a blood-brain barrier receptor. The 5C1 antibody binds to an epitope within residues 118-126 of alpha-synuclein. The antibodies are useful, for example, for treating and/or diagnosing synucleinopathies including Lewy body diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD), Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease (LBV), Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease comorbidity, and pure autonomic failure, as well as multiple system atrophy (MSA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Prothena Bioscience Limited, Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Barbour, Kate Dora Games-Thiel, Tarlochan S. Niijar, Wagner Zago, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner, Georg Tiefenthaler
  • Patent number: 10561737
    Abstract: Herein is reported a bispecific antibody comprising a first binding specificity that specifically binds to a haptenylated payload and a second binding specificity that specifically binds to a blood brain barrier receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Ulrich Brinkmann, Guy Georges, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner
  • Publication number: 20200000929
    Abstract: Herein is reported a bispecific antibody comprising a first binding specificity that specifically binds to a haptenylated payload and a second binding specificity that specifically binds to a blood brain barrier receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Brinkmann, Guy Georges, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner
  • Publication number: 20190276530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to blood brain barrier shuttles that bind receptors on the blood brain barrier (R/BBB) and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Bohrmann, Per-Ola Freskgard, Peter Maier, Jens Niewoehner, Alain Tissot-Daguette, Eduard Urich
  • Publication number: 20190271021
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for producing a fusion-polypeptide comprising the seeps of a) cultivating a mammalian cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding a variant fusion-polypeptide wherein the amino acid sequence of the fusion-polypeptide has been modified by replacing in a pro-fusion-polypeptide the endogenous protease cleavage site between the pro-peptide and the fusion-polypeptide with an exogenous (with respect to the origins of the parts of the fusion-polypeptide) or artificial protease cleavage site, and b) recovering the fusion-polypeptide or fusion-pro-polypeptide from the cell or the cultivation median and thereby producing the (recombinant) fusion-polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Erhard KOPETZKI, Jens NIEWOEHNER, Peter MAIER
  • Patent number: 10370692
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for producing a fusion-polypeptide comprising the steps of a) cultivating a mammalian cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding a variant fusion-polypeptide wherein the amino acid sequence of the fusion-polypeptide has been modified by replacing in a pro-fusion-polypeptide the endogenous protease cleavage site between the pro-peptide and the fusion-polypeptide with an exogenous (with respect to the origins of the parts of the fusion-polypeptide) or artificial protease cleavage site, and b) recovering the fusion-polypeptide or fusion-pro-polypeptide from the cell or the cultivation medium and thereby producing the (recombinant) fusion-polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Erhard Kopetzki, Jens Niewoehner, Peter Maier
  • Patent number: 10364292
    Abstract: Herein is reported a blood brain barrier shuttle module comprising a brain effector entity, a linker and one monovalent binding entity which binds to a blood brain barrier receptor, wherein the linker couples the effector entity to the monovalent binding entity which binds to the blood brain barrier receptor wherein the monovalent binding entity does not comprise the variable domains of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3 (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 02) or of the variant anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3v (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 03).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Petra Rueger, Georg Tiefenthaler, Ekkehard Moessner, Jens Niewoehner, Adrian Hugenmatter, Cuiying Shao, Francesca Ros, Gang Xu
  • Patent number: 10323089
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-transferrin receptor antibody that specifically binds to human transferrin receptor and cynomolgus transferrin receptor, which comprises i) a humanized heavy chain variable domain derived from the heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 01, and ii) a humanized light chain variable domain derived from the light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 26, wherein the antibody has an off-rate for the human transferrin receptor that is equal to or less than (i.e. at most) the off-rate of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 for the cynomolgus transferrin receptor, whereby the off-rates are determined by surface plasmon resonance, and whereby the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 has a heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 64 and a light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Dengl, Guy Georges, Ulrich Goepfert, Jens Niewoehner, Tilman Schlothauer
  • Publication number: 20180344869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-brain target agents and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens Fischer, Per-Ola Freskgard, Antonio Iglesias, Jens Niewoehner, Felix Weber
  • Publication number: 20180291110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to trispecific antibodies binding to HER2 and a blood-brain barrier receptor (BBB-R), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Christian KLEIN, Julia KRUEGER, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Jens NIEWOEHNER
  • Publication number: 20180282408
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-transferrin receptor antibody that specifically binds to human transferrin receptor and cynomolgus transferrin receptor, which comprises i) a humanized heavy chain variable domain derived from the heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 01, and ii) a humanized light chain variable domain derived from the light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 26, wherein the antibody has an off-rate for the human transferrin receptor that is equal to or less than (i.e. at most) the off-rate of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 for the cynomolgus transferrin receptor, whereby the off-rates are determined by surface plasmon resonance, and whereby the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 128.1 has a heavy chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 64 and a light chain variable domain of SEQ ID NO: 65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Dengl, Guy Georges, Ulrich Goepfert, Jens Niewoehner, Tilman Schlothauer
  • Publication number: 20180079804
    Abstract: The invention provides humanized anti-human Tau(pS422) antibodies and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Dengl, Thomas Emrich, Guy Georges, Ulrich Goepfert, Fiona Grueninger, Adrian Hugenmatter, Anton Jochner, Hubert Kettenberger, Joerg Moelleken, Ekkehard Moessner, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner, Tilman Schlothauer, Michael Molhoj, Kevin Brady
  • Patent number: 9862763
    Abstract: The invention provides humanized anti-human Tau(pS422) antibodies and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Dengl, Thomas Emrich, Guy Georges, Ulrich Goepfert, Fiona Grueninger, Adrian Hugenmatter, Anton Jochner, Hubert Kettenberger, Joerg Moelleken, Ekkehard Moessner, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner, Tilman Schlothauer, Michael Molhoj, Kevin Brady
  • Publication number: 20170174776
    Abstract: Herein is reported a fusion polypeptide comprising i) at least one binding site, e.g. which comprises an antibody heavy chain variable domain and an antibody light chain variable domain, and which binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor, and ii) at least one pharmaceutically active compound, whereby the EC50-value of the binding pair that binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor determined at pH 5.5 is higher than the EC50-value of the same binding pair determined at pH 7.4 and its use for delivering a pharmaceutically active compound across the blood-brain-barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Roche Glycart AG
    Inventors: Bernd Bohrmann, Per-Ola Freskgard, Adrian Hugenmatter, Erhard Kopetzki, Ekkehard Moessner, Jens Niewoehner, Hadassah Sumum Sade, Pablo UmaƱa
  • Publication number: 20170174777
    Abstract: The invention provides blood-brain barrier shuttles comprising monoclonal antibody 5C1 and related antibodies linked to a monovalent binding entity for a blood-brain barrier receptor. The 5C1 antibody binds to an epitope within residues 118-126 of alpha-synuclein. The antibodies are useful, for example, for treating and/or diagnosing synucleinopathies including Lewy body diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD), Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease (LBV), Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease comorbidity, and pure autonomic failure, as well as multiple system atrophy (MSA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Robin Barbour, Kate Dora Games-Thiel, Tarlochan S. Nijar, Wagner Zago, Olaf Mundigl, Jens Niewoehner, Georg Tiefenthaler
  • Publication number: 20170051071
    Abstract: Herein is reported a blood brain barrier shuttle module comprising a brain effector entity, a linker and one monovalent binding entity which binds to a blood brain barrier receptor, wherein the linker couples the effector entity to the monovalent binding entity which binds to the blood brain barrier receptor wherein the monovalent binding entity does not comprise the variable domains of the anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3 (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 02) or of the variant anti-transferrin receptor antibody 8D3v (SEQ ID NO: 01 and SEQ ID NO: 03).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Petra RUEGER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Jens NIEWOEHNER, Adrian HUGENMATTER, Cuiying SHAO, Francesca ROS, Gang XU