Patents by Inventor John Christopher Castle

John Christopher Castle 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: 20220282322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Mustafa Diken, Jan Diekmann, Michael Koslowski, Cedrik Britten, John Christopher Castle, Martin Löwer, Bernhard Renard, Tana Omokoko, Johannes Hendrikus De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20220093209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic or not. The methods of the invention are useful, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Arbel David Tadmor, John Christopher Castle, Sebastian Boegel, Martin Löwer
  • Patent number: 11248264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gGmbH, BioNTech SE
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Mustafa Diken, Jan Diekmann, Michael Koslowski, Cedrik Britten, John Christopher Castle, Martin Löwer, Bernhard Renard, Tana Omokoko, Johannes Hendrikus De Graaf
  • Patent number: 11222711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic or not. The methods of the invention are useful, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and, thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: BioNTech SE, TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gGmbH
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Arbel David Tadmor, John Christopher Castle, Sebastian Boegel, Martin Löwer
  • Publication number: 20210164034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Mustafa Diken, Jan Diekmann, Michael Koslowski, Cedrik Britten, John Christopher Castle, Martin Lower, Bernhard Renard, Tana Omokoko, Johannes Hendrikus De Graaf
  • Patent number: 10738355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gGmbH, BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Mustafa Diken, Jan Diekmann, Michael Koslowski, Cedrik Britten, John Christopher Castle, Martin Lower, Bernhard Renard, Tana Omokoko, Johannes Hendrikus De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20200237885
    Abstract: Provided are compositions useful as therapeutic vaccines (e.g., cancer vaccines), and methods of producing such compositions. The compositions disclosed herein generally employ a stress protein and at least one synthetic peptide, which may be a phosphopeptide or phosphopeptide mimetic, comprising a cancer-specific mutation present in a patient's cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Lewis Levey, John Christopher Castle, Robert Benjamin Stein, Jennifer Shanda Buell
  • Patent number: 10568948
    Abstract: Provided are compositions useful as therapeutic vaccines (e.g., cancer vaccines), and methods of producing such compositions. The compositions disclosed herein generally employ a stress protein and at least one synthetic peptide, which may be a phosphopeptide or phosphopeptide mimetic, comprising a cancer-specific mutation present in a patient's cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AGENUS INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Lewis Levey, John Christopher Castle
  • Publication number: 20160331821
    Abstract: Provided are compositions useful as therapeutic vaccines (e.g., cancer vaccines), and methods of producing such compositions. The compositions disclosed herein generally employ a stress protein and at least one synthetic peptide, which may be a phosphopeptide or phosphopeptide mimetic, comprising a cancer-specific mutation present in a patient's cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Lewis Levey, John Christopher Castle, Robert Benjamin Stein, Jennifer Shanda Buell
  • Publication number: 20160125129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for predicting T cell epitopes. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for predicting whether modifications in peptides or polypeptides such as tumor-associated neoantigens are immunogenic or not. The methods of the invention are useful, in particular, for the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and, thus, in the context of personalized cancer vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicants: BioNTech AG, TROM
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Arbel David Tadmor, John Christopher Castle, Sebastian Boegel, Martin Löwer
  • Publication number: 20140178438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor metastases. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for providing an individualized cancer vaccine comprising the steps: (a) identifying cancer specific somatic mutations in a tumor specimen of a cancer patient to provide a cancer mutation signature of the patient; and (b) providing a vaccine featuring the cancer mutation signature obtained in step (a). In a further aspect, the present invention relates to vaccines which are obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Mustafa Diken, Jan Diekmann, Michael Koslowski, Cedrik Britten, John Christopher Castle, Martin Lower, Bernhard Renard, Tana Omokoko, Johannes Hendrikus De Graaf