Patents by Inventor Latifa Zekri-Metref

Latifa Zekri-Metref 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: 12195543
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel human fins related tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, having improved FLT3 binding affinity, and/or anti-tumor activity. The FLT3 antibodies of the invention were generated by mutation of a parent FLT3 antibody and tested in in vitro in binding assays as well as in vivo in a mouse tumor model and in human patient tumor samples. The antibodies of the invention are provided as monospecific constructs or in a bispecific FLT3×CD3 antibody format and show excellent target affinity and/or tumor cell killing. The present invention also relates methods for producing the antigen binding proteins of the invention as well as nucleic acids encoding them, vectors for and host cells for their expression. The invention further relates to methods of treating or diagnosing a disease such as leukemia using an FLT3 antigen binding protein (ABP) of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS, EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAT TUBINGEN
    Inventors: Gundram Jung, Helmut Salih, Fabian Vogt, Latifa Zekri-Metref, Martin Pflügler, Isabelle Ehnes
  • Publication number: 20230132249
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel PSMA binding antibody termed 10B3 and pharmaceutical and diagnostic uses of the antibody 10B3. The PSMA antibody 10B3 does not cross-compete with the state of the art PMSA binding antibody J591 and has a reduced induction of antigen shift compared to J591 and a unique reactivity with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells of different origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Helmut Salih, Fabian Vogt, Gundram Jung, Latifa Zekri-Metref
  • Patent number: 11612646
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel PSMA binding antibody termed 10B3 and pharmaceutical and diagnostic uses of the antibody 10B3. The PSMA antibody 10B3 does not cross-compete with the state of the art PMSA binding antibody J591 and has a reduced induction of antigen shift compared to J591 and a unique reactivity with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells of different origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des Öffentlichen Rechts, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
    Inventors: Helmut Salih, Fabian Vogt, Gundram Jung, Latifa Zekri-Metref
  • Publication number: 20220056141
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel human fins related tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, having improved FLT3 binding affinity, and/or anti-tumor activity. The FLT3 antibodies of the invention were generated by mutation of a parent FLT3 antibody and tested in in vitro in binding assays as well as in vivo in a mouse tumor model and in human patient tumor samples. The antibodies of the invention are provided as monospecific constructs or in a bispecific FLT3×CD3 antibody format and show excellent target affinity and/or tumor cell killing. The present invention also relates methods for producing the antigen binding proteins of the invention as well as nucleic acids encoding them, vectors for and host cells for their expression. The invention further relates to methods of treating or diagnosing a disease such as leukemia using an FLT3 antigen binding protein (ABP) of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Gundram Jung, Helmut Salih, Fabian Vogt, Latifa Zekri-Metref, Martin Pflltgler, Isabelle Ehnes
  • Publication number: 20190022205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel PSMA binding antibody termed 10B3 and pharmaceutical and diagnostic uses of the antibody 10B3. The PSMA antibody 10B3 does not cross-compete with the state of the art PMSA binding antibody J591 and has a reduced induction of antigen shift compared to J591 and a unique reactivity with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells of different origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Helmut Salih, Fabian Vogt, Gundram Jung, Latifa Zekri-Metref