Patents by Inventor Kerry Benenato

Kerry Benenato 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: 20200376081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polynucleotides comprising an open reading frame of linked nucleosides encoding human interleukin-12 (IL12), functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising IL12. In some embodiments, the open reading frame is sequence-optimized. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides sequence-optimized polynucleotides comprising nucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence of human IL12, or sequences having high sequence identity with those sequence optimized polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua FREDERICK, Susannah HEWITT, Ailin BAI, Stephen HOGE, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Iain MCFADYEN, Kerry BENENATO, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE
  • Publication number: 20200354429
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MODERNATX, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Ticho, Nadege Briancon-Eris, Zhinan Xia, Athanasios Dousis, Seymour de Picciotto, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen Hoge, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20200338004
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to nanoparticles comprising a lipid component and a modified RNA encoding a VEGF-A polypeptide. Aspects of the disclosure further relate to uses of nanoparticles comprising a lipid component and a modified RNA encoding a VEGF-A polypeptide, for improving wound healing in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: MODERNATX, INC.
    Inventors: Kenny Mikael Hansson, Kerry Benenato, Maria Wågberg, Annika Pålsson, Regina Fritsche-Danielson
  • Patent number: 10730924
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Ticho, Nadege Briancon-Eris, Zhinan Xia, Athanasios Dousis, Seymour de Picciotto, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen Hoge, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20200206362
    Abstract: This disclosure provides improved lipid-based compositions, including lipid nanoparticle compositions, and methods of use thereof for delivering agents in vivo including nucleic acids and proteins. These compositions are not subject to accelerated blood clearance and they have an improved toxicity profile in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Moderna TX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Besin, Stephen Hoge, Joseph Senn, Kerry Benenato, Staci Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20200149052
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of Fabry disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human the ?-galactosidase A (GLA), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising GLA. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of GLA expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient GLA activity in subjects, namely Gb3 and lyso-Gb3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Paolo MARTINI, Stephen G. HOGE, Kerry BENENATO, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Iain MCFADYEN, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE, Xuling ZHU, Lin Tung GUEY, Staci SABNIS
  • Patent number: 10646549
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polynucleotides comprising an open reading frame of linked nucleosides encoding human interleukin-12 (IL12), functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising IL12. In some embodiments, the open reading frame is sequence-optimized. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides sequence-optimized polynucleotides comprising nucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence of human IL12, or sequences having high sequence identity with those sequence optimized polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Frederick, Susannah Hewitt, Ailin Bai, Stephen Hoge, Vladimir Presnyak, Iain Mcfadyen, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20200113844
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of combinations of immunomodulatory polynucleotides (e.g., mRNAs) encoding an immune response primer polypeptide (e.g., an interleukin 23 (IL-23) polypeptide or an interleukin 36? (IL-36-gamma) polypeptide), and an immune response co-stimulatory signal polypeptide (e.g., an OX40L polypeptide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua P. FREDERICK, Ailin BAI, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Stephen G. HOGE, Kerry BENENATO, Iain MCFADYEN, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE, Susannah HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20200085916
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP). mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising PBGD. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to affect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of PBGD expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient PBGD activity in subjects, namely porphobilinogen and aminolevulinate (PBG and ALA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Paolo Martini, Stephen Hoge, Kerry Benenato, Vladimir Presnyak, Lei Jiang, Iain McFadyen, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe, Antonio Fontanellas Roma, Pedro Berraondo Lopez, Matias Antonio Avila Zaragoza, Lin Tung Guey, Staci Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20200078314
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to polynucleotides comprising an open reading frame of linked nucleosides encoding human methylmalonyl-CoA mutase precursor, human methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM) mature form, or functional fragments thereof. In some embodiments, the disclosure includes methods of treating methylmalonic acidemia in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an mRNA encoding an MCM polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Martini, Vladimir Presnyak, Kerry Benenato, Stephen Hoge, Iain McFadyen, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20200054747
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of nucleic acid (e.g., mRNA) combination therapies for the treatment of cancer. The disclosure provides compositions, and methods for their preparation, manufacture, and therapeutic use, wherein those compositions comprise at least two polynucleotides (e.g., mRNAs) in combination wherein the at least two polynucleotides are selected from the group consisting of (i) a polynucleotide encoding an immune response primer (e.g., IL23), (ii) a polynucleotide encoding an immune response co-stimulatory signal (e.g., OX40L), (iii) a polynucleotide encoding a checkpoint inhibitor (e.g., an anti CTLA-4 antibody), and, (iv) a combination thereof. The therapeutic methods disclosed herein comprise, e.g., the administration of a combination therapy disclosed herein for the treatment of cancer, e.g., by reducing the size of a tumor or inhibiting the growth of a tumor, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua P. FREDERICK, Susannah HEWITT, Ailin BAI, Stephen G. HOGE, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Iain MCFADYEN, Kerry BENENATO, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE
  • Patent number: 10556018
    Abstract: This disclosure provides improved lipid-based compositions, including lipid nanoparticle compositions, and methods of use thereof for delivering agents in vivo including nucleic acids and proteins. These compositions are not subject to accelerated blood clearance and they have an improved toxicity profile in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventors: Gilles Besin, Stephen Hoge, Joseph Senn, Kerry Benenato, Staci Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20200030432
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to Lassa virus, Nipah virus, and betacoronavirus ribonucleic acid vaccines as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ciaramella, Sunny Himansu, Vladimir Presnyak, Kerry Benenato, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Patent number: 10519455
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of Fabry disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human the ?-galactosidase A (GLA), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising GLA. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of GLA expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient GLA activity in subjects, namely Gb3 and lyso-Gb3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Martini, Stephen G. Hoge, Kerry Benenato, Vladimir Presnyak, Iain McFadyen, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe, Xuling Zhu, Lin Tung Guey, Staci Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20190390181
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human lipoprotein lipase (LPL), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising LPL. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto, mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of LPL expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of triglycerides associated with deficient LPL activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kerry Benenato, Stephen Hoge, Paolo Martini, Iain McFadyen, Vladimir Presnyak, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe
  • Publication number: 20190382774
    Abstract: The invention related to polyribonucleotides comprising an open reading frame of linked nucleosides encoding a polypeptide of interest (e.g., a therapeutic polypeptide), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising the polypeptide. In some embodiments, the open reading frame is sequence-optimized. In particular embodiments, the invention provides sequence-optimized polyribonucleotides comprising nucleotides encoding the sequence of the polypeptide of interest, or sequence having high sequence identity with those sequence optimized polyribonucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen G. HOGE, Kerry BENENATO, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Iain MCFADYEN, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE, Staci SABNIS, William BUTCHER
  • Patent number: 10494636
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of Fabry disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human the ?-galactosidase A (GLA), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising GLA. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of GLA expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient GLA activity in subjects, namely Gb3 and lyso-Gb3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Martini, Stephen G. Hoge, Kerry Benenato, Vladimir Presnyak, Iain McFadyen, Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe, Xuling Zhu, Lin Tung Guey, Staci Sabnis
  • Patent number: 10485885
    Abstract: This disclosure provides improved lipid-based compositions, including lipid nanoparticle compositions, and methods of use thereof for delivering agents in vivo including nucleic acids and proteins. These compositions are not subject to accelerated blood clearance and they have an improved toxicity profile in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Besin, Stephen Hoge, Joseph Senn, Kerry Benenato, Staci Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20190314291
    Abstract: The disclosure features immune cell delivery lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions that allow for enhanced delivery of agents, e.g., nucleic acids, such as therapeutic and/or prophylactic RNAs, to immune cells, in particular T cells, as well as B cells, dendritic cells and monocytes. The LNPs comprise an effective amount of an immune cell delivery potentiating lipid such that delivery of an agent by an immune cell delivery LNP is enhanced as compared to an LNP lacking the immune cell delivery potentiating agent. Methods of using the immune cell delivery LNPs for delivery of agents, e.g., nucleic acid delivery, for protein expression, for modulating immune cell activity and modulating immune responses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Gilles BESIN, Luis BRITO, Stephen G. HOGE, Edward HENNESSY, Mark CORNEBISE, Kerry BENENATO, Staci SABNIS, Michael W. DANNEMAN
  • Publication number: 20190298658
    Abstract: The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising CFTR. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of CFTR expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient CFTR activity in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry BENENATO, Stephen HOGE, Iain McFADYEN, Vladimir PRESNYAK, Paolo MARTINI, Ellalahewage Sathyajith KUMARASINGHE