Patents by Inventor Kurt Iver Kamrud

Kurt Iver Kamrud 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: 20240209379
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to nucleic acid molecules for use in regulating gene expression. Disclosed herein include nucleic acid molecules containing one or more structural elements of the viral capsid enhancer operably linked to a coding sequence of a gene of interest. In some embodiments, the viral capsid enhancer comprises a Downstream Loop (DLP) from a viral capsid protein, or a variant of the DLP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Kurt Iver KAMRUD, Maung Nyan WIN, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Jason L. DEHART
  • Publication number: 20240042005
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the use of different self-amplifying RNA molecules to enhance immune responses, for example immune responses following prophylactic vaccination or therapeutic administration. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a subject using prime-boost immunization regimens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kurt Iver KAMRUD, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Parinaz ALIAHMAD, Jason L. DEHART
  • Patent number: 11845939
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to nucleic acid molecules for use in regulating gene expression. Disclosed herein include nucleic acid molecules containing one or more structural elements of the viral capsid enhancer operably linked to a coding sequence of a gene of interest. In some embodiments, the viral capsid enhancer comprises a Downstream Loop (DLP) from a viral capsid protein, or a variant of the DLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Maung Nyan Win, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Jason L. DeHart
  • Patent number: 11826416
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the use of different self-amplifying RNA molecules to enhance immune responses, for example immune responses following prophylactic vaccination or therapeutic administration. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a subject using prime-boost immunization regimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Parinaz Aliahmad, Jason L. Dehart
  • Publication number: 20230227850
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecule of interests in recombinant host cells. The disclosure particularly relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified arterivirus genome or replicon RNA in which at least some of its original viral sequence has been deleted. Also included in the disclosure are viral-based expression vectors including one or more expression cassettes encoding heterologous polypeptides. In some embodiments, the expression cassettes are configured and positioned at defined locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression of the heterologous polypeptides in a tunable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kurt Iver KAMRUD, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Martina FELDERMAN, Nancy C. CARRICO
  • Publication number: 20230126773
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecules of interest. The disclosure relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified replicon RNA which includes a modified 5?-unstranslated region (5?-UTR) and, optionally, at least some of its original viral sequence encoding structural proteins having been deleted. Also disclosed are methods for producing polypeptides of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Kurt Iver KAMRUD
  • Patent number: 11555205
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecule of interests in recombinant host cells. The disclosure particularly relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified arterivirus genome or replicon RNA in which at least some of its original viral sequence has been deleted. Also included in the disclosure are viral-based expression vectors including one or more expression cassettes encoding heterologous polypeptides. In some embodiments, the expression cassettes are configured and positioned at defined locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression of the heterologous polypeptides in a tunable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Martina Felderman, Nancy C. Carrico
  • Patent number: 11364310
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecules of interest. The disclosure relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified replicon RNA which includes a modified 5?-unstranslated region (5?-UTR) and, optionally, at least some of its original viral sequence encoding structural proteins having been deleted. Also disclosed are methods for producing polypeptides of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt Iver Kamrud
  • Publication number: 20210330781
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the use of different self-amplifying RNA molecules to enhance immune responses, for example immune responses following prophylactic vaccination or therapeutic administration. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a subject using prime-boost immunization regimens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Iver KAMRUD, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Parinaz ALIAHMAD, Jason L. DEHART
  • Patent number: 11083786
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the use of different self-amplifying RNA molecules to enhance immune responses, for example immune responses following prophylactic vaccination or therapeutic administration. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a subject using prime-boost immunization regimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Parinaz Aliahmad, Jason DeHart
  • Publication number: 20200123573
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecule of interests in recombinant host cells. The disclosure particularly relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified arterivirus genome or replicon RNA in which at least some of its original viral sequence has been deleted. Also included in the disclosure are viral-based expression vectors including one or more expression cassettes encoding heterologous polypeptides. In some embodiments, the expression cassettes are configured and positioned at defined locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression of the heterologous polypeptides in a tunable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt Iver KAMRUD, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Martina FELDERMAN, Nancy C. CARRICO
  • Publication number: 20200109178
    Abstract: The invention provides RNA replicons useful for administering a heterologous protein or peptide into a mammal and eliciting a reduced immune response or no immune response from the mammal. The RNA replicons have RNA sequences encoding for a heterologous protein or peptide, New World alphavirus nonstructural proteins nsP1, nsP2, and nsP4; and an alphavirus nsP3 protein macro domain, central domain, and hypervariable domain. The encoded hypervariable domain can have an amino acid sequence derived from an Old World alphavirus nsP3 hypervariable domain; or can have an amino acid sequence derived from a portion of a New World alphavirus nsP3 hypervariable domain, and another portion derived from an Old World alphavirus nsP3 hypervariable domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jason L. DEHART, Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Parinaz ALIAHMAD, Shigeki MIYAKE-STONER, Kurt Iver KAMRUD
  • Patent number: 10538786
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecule of interests in recombinant host cells. The disclosure particularly relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified arterivirus genome or replicon RNA in which at least some of its original viral sequence has been deleted. Also included in the disclosure are viral-based expression vectors including one or more expression cassettes encoding heterologous polypeptides. In some embodiments, the expression cassettes are configured and positioned at defined locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression of the heterologous polypeptides in a tunable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Martina Felderman, Nancy C. Carrico
  • Publication number: 20190224299
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the use of different self-amplifying RNA molecules to enhance immune responses, for example immune responses following prophylactic vaccination or therapeutic administration. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a subject using prime-boost immunization regimens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Parinaz Aliahmad, Jason DeHart
  • Patent number: 10004797
    Abstract: A method of quickly producing a vaccine for a biotype of pathogenic microorganism is described, where a nucleic acid molecule or fragment thereof is obtained from a biological sample from an animal exposed to the microorganism, a protective molecule is prepared based on the nucleic acid molecule of interest or fragment thereof, and administered to an animal which has been or is as risk of being exposed to the microorganism. A protective response to the biotype of the microorganism is obtained in the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Harrisvaccines, Inc.
    Inventors: Delbert Linn Harris, Matthew Erdman, Kurt Iver Kamrud, Jonathan Fowler Smith, John Dustin Loy, Lyric Colleen Bartholomay, Ed Scura
  • Publication number: 20180171340
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to nucleic acid molecules for use in regulating gene expression. Disclosed herein include nucleic acid molecules containing one or more structural elements of the viral capsid enhancer operably linked to a coding sequence of a gene of interest. In some embodiments, the viral capsid enhancer comprises a Downstream Loop (DLP) from a viral capsid protein, or a variant of the DLP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Maung Nyan Win, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Jason L. DeHart
  • Publication number: 20180104359
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecules of interest. The disclosure relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified replicon RNA which includes a modified 5?-unstranslated region (5?-UTR) and, optionally, at least some of its original viral sequence encoding structural proteins having been deleted. Also disclosed are methods for producing polypeptides of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Kurt Iver Kamrud
  • Publication number: 20170314043
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viral-based expression systems suitable for the production of molecule of interests in recombinant host cells. The disclosure particularly relates to nucleic acid constructs, such as expression vectors, containing a modified arterivirus genome or replicon RNA in which at least some of its original viral sequence has been deleted. Also included in the disclosure are viral-based expression vectors including one or more expression cassettes encoding heterologous polypeptides. In some embodiments, the expression cassettes are configured and positioned at defined locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression of the heterologous polypeptides in a tunable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kurt Iver Kamrud, Nathaniel Stephen Wang, Martina Felderman, Nancy C. Carrico
  • Patent number: 9650634
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of protecting aquatic invertebrates from disease is shown. In one embodiment, dsRNA or antisense RNA to a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is prepared and delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, the RNA or nucleic acid molecule is delivered to the animal by replicon particle. In a further embodiment, the protective molecule is delivered to the digestive tract of the animal. Protection from disease is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Harrisvaccines, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dustin Loy, Lyric Colleen Bartholomay, Delbert Linn Harris, Ed Scura, Kurt Iver Kamrud
  • Publication number: 20140371295
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of protecting aquatic invertebrates from disease is shown. In one embodiment, dsRNA or antisense RNA to a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is prepared and delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, the RNA or nucleic acid molecule is delivered to the animal by replicon particle. In a further embodiment, the protective molecule is delivered to the digestive tract of the animal. Protection from disease is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: John Dustin Loy, Lyric Colleen Bartholomay, Delbert Linn Harris, Ed Scura, Kurt Iver Kamrud