Patents by Inventor Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld

Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld 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: 11703511
    Abstract: The present invention can be included in the field of medicine. Specifically, the present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof which can bind isoAsp7 amyloid ? (A?) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. IsoAsp7 A? can be found in plaques of Alzheimer's patients and is thus a suitable target for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof and the pharmaceutical composition comprising either can be used to treat and/or prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Further, the present invention provides hybridoma cell lines, the use of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease and a method for detecting isoAsp7 A? in an isolated sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Anke Piechotta, Kathrin Gnoth, Holger Cynis, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Stephan Schilling, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Patent number: 11186572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial glutaminyl cyclases and inhibitors thereof for use in the treatment of periodontitis and related conditions, and provides a bacterial glutaminyl cyclase (bacQC); an antibody which recognizes the bacQC, a method for identifying an inhibitor of the bacQC; a compound according to Formula (I); a pharmaceutical composition comprising a bacQC inhibitor compound; a bacQC inhibitor compound and/or a pharmaceutical composition for use in a method for treatment of the human or animal body, for use in a method for therapy or prophylaxis of a bacterial infection, and for use in a method for therapy and/or prophylaxis of an acute, chronic or recurrent periodontal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Jan Potempa, Sigrun Eick, Nadine Taudte, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Mirko Buchholz, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Patent number: 11045533
    Abstract: The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (A? N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of A? N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the humanized antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Anke Piechotta, Stephan Schilling, Stephen Gillies
  • Publication number: 20210032315
    Abstract: The invention relates to humanized and de-immunized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (A? N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of monoclonal antibodies of the invention to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of A? N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jens-Ulrich RAHFELD, Stephen Gillies, Thore HETTMANN, Stephan SCHILLING, Martin KLEINSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20200264197
    Abstract: The present invention can be included in the field of medicine. Specifically, the present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof which can bind isoAsp7 amyloid ? (A?) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. IsoAsp7 A? can be found in plaques of Alzheimer's patients and is thus a suitable target for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof and the pharmaceutical composition comprising either can be used to treat and/or prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Further, the present invention provides hybridoma cell lines, the use of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of a neurodegenerative disease and a method for detecting isoAsp7 A? in an isolated sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Anke PIECHOTTA, Kathrin GNOTH, Holger CYNIS, Jens-Ulrich RAHFELD, Stephan SCHILLING, Hans-Ulrich DEMUTH
  • Publication number: 20200138922
    Abstract: The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (A? N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of A? N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the humanized antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Anke Piechotta, Stephan Schilling, Stephen Gillies
  • Patent number: 10603367
    Abstract: The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (A? N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of A? N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the humanized antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Anke Piechotta, Stephan Schilling, Stephen Gillies
  • Publication number: 20190367511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bacterial glutaminyl cyclases and inhibitors thereof for use in the treatment of periodontitis and related conditions, and provides a bacterial glutaminyl cyclase (bacQC); an antibody which recognizes the bacQC, a method for identifying an inhibitor of the bacQC; a compound according to Formula (I); a pharmaceutical composition comprising a bacQC inhibitor compound; a bacQC inhibitor compound and/or a pharmaceutical composition for use in a method for treatment of the human or animal body, for use in a method for therapy or prophylaxis of a bacterial infection, and for use in a method for therapy and/or prophylaxis of an acute, chronic or recurrent periodontal disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jan Potempa, Sigrun Eick, Nadine Taudte, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Mirko Buchholz, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20180140689
    Abstract: The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (A? N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of A? N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the humanized antibodies of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Anke Piechotta, Stephan Schilling, Steven Gillies
  • Publication number: 20170363645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly sensitive method for the detection of pGlu-Abeta (pGlu-A?) peptides and the use of this method in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. The invention further concerns a novel method for monitoring the effectiveness of a treatment of neurode-generative diseases by monitoring changes in the level of pGlu-A? peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Torsten Hoffmann, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Stephan Schilling, Beena Punnamoottil, Michael Adler
  • Patent number: 9676843
    Abstract: Diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, in particular Alzheimer's disease, and related aspects. In particular, monoclonal antibodies and an antibody assay are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Martin Kleinschmidt, Kathrin Gnoth, Anita Reisenauer-Schaupp, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Sonja Kampfer
  • Patent number: 9657089
    Abstract: Diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, in particular Alzheimer's disease, and related aspects. In particular, monoclonal antibodies and an antibody assay are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Martin Kleinschmidt, Stephan Schilling, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Kristin Ebermann, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20170097365
    Abstract: A method for predicting, diagnosing and prognosticating a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and neurodegeneration in Down's syndrome (NDS) using glutaminyl cyclase (QC) as a diagnostic/prognostic indicator. The use of antibodies binding to QC and kits for performing said diagnostic method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Astrid Kehlen, Monique Haegele
  • Publication number: 20160053001
    Abstract: Novel diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, in particular Alzheimer's disease, and related aspects. In particular, monoclonal antibodies and an antibody assay are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Martin Kleinschmidt, Kathrin Gans, Anita Reisenauer-Schaupp, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Sonja Kampfer
  • Publication number: 20150361167
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies which bind specifically to the proinflammatory cytokine pyroglutamate MCP-1 (MCP-1 N1pE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Holger Cynis, Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Stephan Schilling, Kathrin Gans, Sonja Kampfer
  • Patent number: 9157918
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies which bind specifically to the proinflammatory cytokine pyroglutamate MCP-1 (MCP-1 N1pE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Holger Cynis, Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Stephan Schilling, Kathrin Gans, Sonja Kampfer
  • Patent number: 9156907
    Abstract: Diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, in particular, Alzheimer's disease, and related aspects. In particular, monoclonal antibodies and an antibody assay are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Martin Kleinschmidt, Kathrin Gans, Anita Reisenauer-Schaupp, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Sonja Kampfer
  • Publication number: 20150247180
    Abstract: A method for predicting, diagnosing and prognosticating a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and neurodegeneration in Down's syndrome (NDS) using glutaminyl cyclase (QC) as a diagnostic/prognostic indicator. The use of antibodies binding to QC and kits for performing said diagnostic method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Martin Kleinschmidt, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Astrid Kehlen, Monique Bornack
  • Patent number: 8889709
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to an inhibitor of a glutaminyl peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL), and the use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of an inflammatory disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of (a) chronic and acute inflammations, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, pancreatitis; (b) other inflammatory diseases, e.g. neuropathic pain, graft rejection/graft failure/graft vasculopathy, HIV infections/AIDS, gestosis, tuberous sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinizing polyradiculoneuropathy and multiple sclerosis; (c) neuroinflammation; and (d) neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration in Down Syndrome, Familial British Dementia, and Familial Danish Dementia, which may result from neuroinflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Michael Wermann, Holger Cynis, Astrid Kehlen, Daniel Friedrich, Torsten Hoffmann, Kathrin Gans, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Ulrich Heiser, Michael Almstetter, Robert Sommer, Ulf-Torsten Gaertner, Antje Hamann, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml
  • Patent number: 8859250
    Abstract: Novel crystal structures of human and murine glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5), methods of preparing the crystals, as well as the use of said crystal structures for identifying inhibitors of human and murine glutaminyl cyclase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schilling, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Birgit Koch, Michael Wermann, Christoph Parthier, David Ruiz-Carillo, Milton T. Stubbs