Patents by Inventor Nicholas Keen

Nicholas Keen 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: 20250066421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of Nectin-4. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by Nectin-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Beswick, Liuhong Chen, Gemma Elizabeth Mudd, Peter Park, Katerine Van Rietschoten, Michael Rigby, Stephen Blakemore, Tara Gelb, Nicholas Keen
  • Publication number: 20250051392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of Nectin-4. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by Nectin-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Stephen J. Blakemore, Tara Gelb, Nicholas Keen, Michael Rigby
  • Publication number: 20250002536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of Nectin-4. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by Nectin-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Stephen J. Blakemore, Tara Gelb, Nicholas Keen, Michael Rigby
  • Publication number: 20240325554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a cancer in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Gemma Elizabeth MUDD, Johanna LAHDENRANTA, Kristen HUROV, Sailaja BATTULA, Philip E. BRANDISH, Punit UPADHYAYA, Kevin MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20240197897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell, conjugated via a linker to one or more second peptide ligands, which bind to one or more components present on a natural killer (NK) cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Gemma MUDD, Phil BRANDISH, Katie GAYNOR, Liuhong CHEN, Fay DUFORT, Chris LEITHEISER, Kevin MCDONNELL, Liz REPASH, Sandra UHLENBROICH
  • Publication number: 20240108738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which bind to natural killer (NK) cells. The invention also includes multimeric binding complexes comprising at least two of said bicyclic peptide ligands. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands or said multimeric binding complexes and the use of said peptide ligands, multimeric binding complexes and pharmaceutical compositions in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by natural killer (NK) cells, such as inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disease and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Gemma MUDD, Fay DUFORT, Katie GAYNOR, Liuhong CHEN, Phil BRANDISH, Cris LEITHEISER, Sandra UHLENBROICH, Liz REPASH, Kevin MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20240108737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multimers of polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. The invention also describes the multimerization of polypeptides through various chemical linkers and hinges of various lengths and rigidity using different sites of attachments within polypeptides. In particular, the invention describes multimers of peptides which are high affinity binders of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), particularly the spike protein S1 of SARS-CoV-2. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and to the use of said polypeptides in suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by infection of SARS-CoV-2 or for providing prophylaxis to a subject at risk of infection of SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Gemma MUDD, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN, Katie GAYNOR, Liuhong CHEN, Maximilian HARMAN, Michael SKYNNER, Paul BESWICK, Mehdi AMOURA, Simone GIORGI, Giulia LATTANZI, Iain LINGARD
  • Publication number: 20240091368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multimers of polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. The invention also describes the multimerization of polypeptides through various chemical linkers and hinges of various lengths and rigidity using different sites of attachments within polypeptides. In particular, the invention describes multimers of peptides which are high affinity binders of ACE2. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and to the use of said polypeptides in suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by ACE2, such as infection of COVID-19 or for providing prophylaxis to a subject at risk of infection of COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN, Liuhong CHEN, Maximilian HARMAN, Paul BESWICK, Paul BESWICK
  • Publication number: 20240083944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multimers of polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. The invention also describes the multimerization of polypeptides through various chemical linkers and hinges of various lengths and rigidity using different sites of attachments within polypeptides. In particular, the invention describes multimers of peptides which are high affinity binders of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), particularly the spike protein S1 of SARS-CoV-2. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and to the use of said polypeptides in suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by infection of SARS-CoV-2 or for providing prophylaxis to a subject at risk of infection of SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Gemma MUDD, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN, Katie GAYNOR, Liuhong CHEN, Maximilian HARMAN, Michael SKYNNER, Paul BESWICK, Mehdi AMOURA, Simone GIORGI, Giulia LATTANZI, Iain LINGARD
  • Publication number: 20240083945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the COVID-19 nucleocapsid protein (N-protein). The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and to the use of said polypeptides in suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by the COVID-19 nucleocapsid protein (N-protein), such as infection of COVID-19 or for providing prophylaxis to a subject at risk of infection of COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Liuhong CHEN, Maximilian HARMAN, Michael SKYNNER, Paul BESWICK, Yuliya DEMYDCHUK
  • Publication number: 20230183291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of ACE2. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and to the use of said polypeptides in suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by ACE2, such as infection of COVID-19 or for providing prophylaxis to a subject at risk of infection of COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN, Liuhong CHEN, Maximilian HARMAN, Michael SKYNNER, Paul BESWICK, Yuliya DEMYDCHUK
  • Patent number: 11613560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which bind to OX40. The invention also relates to multimeric binding complexes of polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold that are functional agonists of OX40. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides and complexes, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands, complexes and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by OX40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Tom Li Stephen, Kevin McDonnell, Nicholas Keen, Liuhong Chen, Helen Harrison, Peter U. Park, Michael Skynner, Harvey Che
  • Patent number: 11609286
    Abstract: A monitoring system for use in combination with, in particular a ferromagnetic, detection system of the kind that generates a warning signal to indicate a detection event when the detection system detects movement of a door protecting an entrance to a protected area. The monitoring system may include a processor configured to present information to a user to alert the user when the warning signal indicates a detection event; and a user interface configured to accept a user input in response to the presentation of the detection event that generates a user generated signal indicative of whether the detection event was the result of an unintentional action or an intentional action. The processor may be configured to automatically store data relating to the detection event in a memory unit when the user generated signals indicates that the detection event was the result of an unintentional action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MFTRASENS LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas John Horton, Sami Khan, Mark Nicholas Keene
  • Publication number: 20230008076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on an immune cell, conjugated via a linker to a second peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas KEEN, Kevin MCDONNELL, Peter PARK, Punit UPADHYAYA, Gemma Elizabeth MUDD
  • Patent number: 11550074
    Abstract: An apparatus including two or more spaced apart ferromagnetic sensors arranged to detect and screen ferromagnetic objects, and, when a ferromagnetic object is detected, the screening is configured to be substantially independent of the sensor-object distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Metrasens Limited
    Inventor: Mark Nicholas Keene
  • Patent number: 11453703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on an immune cell, conjugated via a linker to a second peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BICYCLETX LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Keen, Kevin McDonnell, Peter Park, Punit Upadhyaya, Gemma Mudd
  • Publication number: 20210299210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes which comprise a first peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on an immune cell, conjugated via a linker to a second peptide ligand, which binds to a component present on a cancer cell. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complexes in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Keen, Kevin McDonnell, Peter Park, Punit Upadhyaya
  • Patent number: 10884153
    Abstract: A security screening apparatus for differentiating between ferromagnetic objects having different magnetisation comprises at least one magnetic sensor (106) arranged to produce a signal indicative of an ambient magnetic field or gradient over a zone of sensitivity (128) around the sensor, and a signal processing circuit which receives as an input the signal from the magnetic sensor and a detection circuit that determines whether a signal is above a detection threshold, which, in response to a detection, emits an alert signal; and detection zone defining means for defining a detection zone within the zone of sensitivity, the detection zone including an inner bound at a predetermined distance from the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Metrasens Limited
    Inventor: Mark Nicholas Keene
  • Publication number: 20200354406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which bind to OX40. The invention also relates to multimeric binding complexes of polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold that are functional agonists of OX40. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides and complexes, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands, complexes and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by OX40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Tom Li STEPHEN, Kevin MCDONNELL, Nicholas KEEN, Liuhong CHEN, Helen HARRISON, Peter U. PARK, Michael SKYNNER, Harvey CHE
  • Publication number: 20200291096
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Keen, Kevin McDonnell, Peter U. Park