Patents by Inventor Michael Gordon Joyce
Michael Gordon Joyce 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).
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Patent number: 11130785Abstract: Disclosed are Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) antigens including a recombinant RSV F protein stabilized in a prefusion conformation. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the antigens and methods of producing the antigens. Methods for generating an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the antigen to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Peter D. Kwong, Barney S. Graham, Jason S. McLellan, Jeffrey Boyington, Lei Chen, Man Chen, Gwo-Yu Chuang, Ivelin Stefanov Georgiev, Jason Gorman, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Gilad Ofek, Marie Pancera, Mallika Sastry, Cinque Soto, Sanjay Srivatsan, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Yongping Yang, Baoshan Zhang, Tongqing Zhou
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Publication number: 20210283240Abstract: Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic, Institute for Research in BiomedicineInventors: Peter Kwong, Michael Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Yongping Yang, Peter Collins, Ursula Buchholz, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Guillaume Stewart-Jones
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Publication number: 20210275664Abstract: Coronavirus S ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to coronavirus in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing coronavirus infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic, The Scripps Research Institute, Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeInventors: Barney Graham, Jason McLellan, Andrew Ward, Robert Kirchdoerfer, Christopher Cottrell, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Nianshuang Wang, Jesper Pallesen, Hadi Yassine, Hannah Turner, Kizzmekia Corbett
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Publication number: 20210198324Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles that can be used to display two different trimeric antigens at an equal ratio. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles and methods of producing the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles. Methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicInventors: Peter Kwong, Ivelin Georgiev, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Aliaksandr Druz, Ulrich Baxa, Joseph Van Galen, Cheng Cheng, John Mascola, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Yongping Yang, Barney Graham, Syed Mohammad Moin, Jeffrey Boyington
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Publication number: 20210171610Abstract: Anti-EBV gH antibodies, anti-EBV gL antibodies, anti-EBV gH/gL antibodies, and compositions of matter useful for the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Epstein Barr Virus infection in humans, and methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: The U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.Inventors: Masaru Kanekiyo, Michael Gordon Joyce, Wei Bu, Jeffrey I. Cohen, Yaroslav Tsybovsky
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Patent number: 11027007Abstract: Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Institute for Research in BiomedicineInventors: Peter Kwong, Michael Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Yongping Yang, Peter Collins, Ursula Buchholz, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Guillaume Stewart-Jones
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Patent number: 10961283Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles that can be used to display two different trimeric antigens at an equal ratio. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles and methods of producing the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles. Methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Peter Kwong, Ivelin Georgiev, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Aliaksandr Druz, Ulrich Baxa, Joseph Van Galen, Cheng Cheng, John Mascola, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Yongping Yang, Barney Graham, Syed Mohammad Moin, Jeffrey Boyington
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Patent number: 10960070Abstract: Coronavirus S ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to coronavirus in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing coronavirus infection.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Scripps Research Institute, Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeInventors: Barney Graham, Jason McLellan, Andrew Ward, Robert Kirchdoerfer, Christopher Cottrell, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Nianshuang Wang, Jesper Pallesen, Hadi Yassine, Hannah Turner, Kizzmekia Corbett
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Patent number: 10858400Abstract: Disclosed are immunogens including a recombinant RSV F protein stabilized in a prefusion conformation. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the immunogens and methods of producing the immunogens. Methods for generating an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the immunogen to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Peter Kwong, Barney Graham, Jason McLellan, Man Chen, Baoshan Zhang, Tongqing Zhou, Michael Gordon Joyce, Yongping Yang
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Patent number: 10759846Abstract: Methods of inducing an immune response in a subject to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are provided. In several embodiments, the immune response is a protective immune response that inhibits or prevents MERS-CoV infection in the subject. Recombinant MERS-CoV polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding same are also provided. Additionally, neutralizing antibodies that specifically bind to MERS-CoV S protein and antigen binding fragments thereof are disclosed. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments are useful, for example, in methods of detecting MERS-CoV S protein in a sample or in a subject, as well as methods of preventing and treating a MERS-CoV infection in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: The U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Barney Graham, Wing-Pui Kong, Kayvon Modjarrad, Lingshu Wang, Wei Shi, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, John Mascola
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Publication number: 20200230229Abstract: Embodiments of immunogens based on the HIV-1 Env fusion peptide and methods of their use and production are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the immunogens are also provided. In several embodiments, the immunogens can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 Env in a subject, for example, to treat or prevent an HIV-1 infection in the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICInventors: Peter Kwong, Rui Kong, Tongqing Zhou, John Mascola, Kai Xu, Michael Gordon Joyce, Cheng Cheng, Gwo-Yu Chuang, Kevin Liu, Baoshan Zhang, Li Ou, Wing-Pui Kong, Yongping Yang
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Publication number: 20200190168Abstract: Antibodies and compositions of matter useful for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Epstein Barr Virus infection in mammals, and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. Also disclosed are proteins, referred to as anti-gp350 antibody probes, and anti-gp350 B-cell probes, that maintain the epitope structure of the CR2-binding region of gp350, but do not bind CR2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Wei BU, Masaru KANEKIYO, Michael Gordon JOYCE, Jeffrey I. COHEN
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Publication number: 20200061185Abstract: Coronavirus S ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to coronavirus in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the coronavirus S ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing coronavirus infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic, The Scripps Research Institute, Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeInventors: Barney Graham, Jason McLellan, Andrew Ward, Robert Kirchdoerfer, Christopher Cottrell, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Nianshuang Wang, Jesper Pallesen, Hadi Yassine, Hannah Turner, Kizzmekia Corbett
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Publication number: 20200009243Abstract: Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic, Institute for Research in BiomedicineInventors: Peter Kwong, Michael Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Yongping Yang, Peter Collins, Ursula Buchholz, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Guillaume Stewart-Jones
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Publication number: 20190389915Abstract: HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion mature closed conformation and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing HIV-1 infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: The U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Peter Kwong, Marie Pancera, Tongqing Zhou, Ivelin Georgiev, Michael Gordon Joyce, Priyamvada Acharya, Jason Gorman, Yongping Yang, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Rita Chen, Gwo-Yu Chuang, John Mascola, Baoshan Zhang, Cheng Cheng, Mallika Sastry
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Publication number: 20190330279Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles that can be used to display two different trimeric antigens at an equal ratio. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles and methods of producing the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles. Methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human ServiceInventors: Peter Kwong, Ivelin Georgiev, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Aliaksandr Druz, Ulrich Baxa, Joseph Van Galen, Rita Chen, Cheng Cheng, John Mascola, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Yongping Yang, Paul Thomas, Barney Graham, Syed Mohammad Moin, Jeffrey Boyington, Kizzmekia Corbett
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Patent number: 10420834Abstract: Metapneumovirus (MPV) F proteins stabilized in a prefusion conformation, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding these proteins, and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the MPV F proteins and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to MPV in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the MPV F ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing MPV infection.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Institute for Research in BiomedicineInventors: Peter Kwong, Michael Gordon Joyce, Baoshan Zhang, Yongping Yang, Peter Collins, Ursula Buchholz, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Guillaume Stewart-Jones
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Patent number: 10400015Abstract: HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion mature closed conformation and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing HIV-1 infection.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Peter Kwong, Marie Pancera, Tongqing Zhou, Ivelin Georgiev, Michael Gordon Joyce, Priyamvada Acharya, Jason Gorman, Yongping Yang, Aliaksandr Druz, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Rita Chen, Gwo-Yu Chuang, Ulrich Baxa, John Mascola, Rebecca Lynch, Baoshan Zhang, Cheng Cheng
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Publication number: 20190256579Abstract: Methods of inducing an immune response in a subject to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are provided. In several embodiments, the immune response is a protective immune response that inhibits or prevents MERS-CoV infection in the subject. Recombinant MERS-CoV polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding same are also provided. Additionally, neutralizing antibodies that specifically bind to MERS-CoV S protein and antigen binding fragments thereof are disclosed. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments are useful, for example, in methods of detecting MERS-CoV S protein in a sample or in a subject, as well as methods of preventing and treating a MERS-CoV infection in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: The U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Barney Graham, Wing-Pui Kong, Kayvon Modjarrad, Lingshu Wang, Wei Shi, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, John Mascola
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Patent number: 10301377Abstract: Methods of inducing an immune response in a subject to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are provided. In several embodiments, the immune response is a protective immune response that inhibits or prevents MERS-CoV infection in the subject. Recombinant MERS-CoV polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding same are also provided. Additionally, neutralizing antibodies that specifically bind to MERS-CoV S protein and antigen binding fragments thereof are disclosed. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments are useful, for example, in methods of detecting MERS-CoV S protein in a sample or in a subject, as well as methods of preventing and treating a MERS-CoV infection in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Barney Graham, Wing-Pui Kong, Kayvon Modjarrad, Lingshu Wang, Wei Shi, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, John Mascola