Patents by Inventor Omkar U. Kawalekar

Omkar U. Kawalekar 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).

  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICACY AND EXPANSION OF IMMUNE CELLS
    Publication number: 20210246423
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making immune effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells) that can be engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), compositions and reaction mixtures comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Felipe Bedoya, Saba Ghassemi, Carl H. June, Omkar U. Kawalekar, Bruce L. Levine, Jan J. Melenhorst, Michael C. Milone, Daniel J. Powell, Jr., Zoe Zheng
  • Methods for improving the efficacy and expansion of immune cells
    Patent number: 10829735
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making immune effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells) that can be engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), compositions and reaction mixtures comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Felipe Bedoya, Saba Ghassemi, Carl H. June, Omkar U. Kawalekar, Bruce L. Levine, Jan J. Melenhorst, Michael Milone, Daniel J. Powell, Jr., Zoe Zheng
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICACY AND EXPANSION OF IMMUNE CELLS
    Publication number: 20170137783
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making immune effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells) that can be engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), compositions and reaction mixtures comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Felipe Bedoya, Saba Ghassemi, Carl H. June, Omkar U. Kawalekar, Bruce L. Levine, Jan J. Melenhorst, Michael Milone, Daniel J. Powell, JR., Zoe Zheng