Patents by Inventor Ralph Adams

Ralph Adams 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: 12637507
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human IL-13, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing the antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Daniel John Lightwood, Ralph Adams, Roger Thomas Palframan
  • Patent number: 12545720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies binding alpha synuclein and fragments thereof capable of binding alpha synuclein as a monomer and in fibrils and preventing alpha synuclein aggregation induced by alpha synuclein fibrils. The antibodies of the present invention are for use in the treatment of alpha synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Patrick Downey, Terence Seward Baker, Kerry Louise Tyson, Lorenzo De Lichtervelde, Daniel John Lightwood, David James Mcmillan
  • Publication number: 20250346654
    Abstract: This invention is in the area of improved anti-aP2 antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target the lipid chaperone aP2/FABP4 (referred to as “aP2”) for use in treating disorders such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and/or cancer, among others. In one aspect, improved treatments for aP2 mediated disorders are disclosed in which serum aP2 is targeted and the biological activity of aP2 is neutralized or modulated using low-binding affinity aP2 monoclonal antibodies, providing lower fasting blood glucose levels, improved systemic glucose metabolism, increased systemic insulin sensitivity, reduced fat mass, reduced liver steatosis, reduced cardiovascular disease and/or a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Mehmet F. Burak, Feyza Engin, Scott B. Widenmaier, Karen Inouye, Elisabeth Helen Roberts, Adrian Richard Moore, Carl Brendan Doyle, Ralph Adams, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Shauna Mhairi Wales, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20250266122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generation of multi-domain proteins, more particular antibodies, with an improved native state colloidal stability. The present disclosure provides a method of producing an IgG1 or IgG4 antibody with an improved colloidal stability comprising, in embodiments: calculating for each domain of said IgG1 or IgG4 antibody the total net charge at a given pH; introducing one or more modifications to the amino acid residues of the constant region of said IgG1 or IgG4 antibody to minimize the charge sign difference between the domains, wherein said one or more modification is, or each are, a substitution of a charged amino acid by a polar (non-charged) amino acid; and producing the modified multi-domain protein with improved colloidal stability at the given pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, James HEADS, Sebastian KELM, Alastair David Griffiths LAWSON
  • Patent number: 12327614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generation of multi-domain proteins, more particular antibodies, with an improved native state colloidal stability. The present disclosure provides a method of producing an IgG1 or IgG4 antibody with an improved colloidal stability comprising, in embodiments: calculating for each domain of said IgG1 or IgG4 antibody the total net charge at a given pH; introducing one or more modifications to the amino acid residues of the constant region of said IgG1 or IgG4 antibody to minimize the charge sign difference between the domains, wherein said one or more modification is, or each are, a substitution of a charged amino acid by a polar (non-charged) amino acid; and producing the modified multi-domain protein with improved colloidal stability at the given pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, James Heads, Sebastian Kelm, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Patent number: 12247068
    Abstract: This invention is in the area of improved anti-aP2 antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target the lipid chaperone aP2/FABP4 (referred to as “aP2”) for use in treating disorders such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and/or cancer, among others. In one aspect, improved treatments for aP2 mediated disorders are disclosed in which serum aP2 is targeted and the biological activity of aP2 is neutralized or modulated using low-binding affinity aP2 monoclonal antibodies, providing lower fasting blood glucose levels, improved systemic glucose metabolism, increased systemic insulin sensitivity, reduced fat mass, reduced liver steatosis, reduced cardiovascular disease and/or a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Mehmet F. Burak, Feyza Engin, Scott B. Widenmaier, Karen Inouye, Elisabeth Helen Roberts, Adrian Richard Moore, Carl Brendan Doyle, Ralph Adams, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Shauna Mhairi Wales, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20250011473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target IgE, for instance: for use in treating disorders caused by IgE (such as allergic responses, or certain autoimmune responses); and, in particular, disorders caused by the interaction of IgE with the Fc?RI receptor. In particular, this invention relates to improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents related to novel mutants of omalizumab (Xolair®). The improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents of the invention may have improved affinity for IgE and/or an improved interaction with the C?2 domain of IgE and/or an improved modified epitope on IgE (for instance further involving the C?2 domain of IgE) and/or the ability to disassociate IgE from the Fc?RI receptor for instance at pharmaceutically-relevant concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, Thomas Allen CESKA, Anna Marie DAVIES, Alistair James HENRY, Xiaofeng LIU, James Michael MCDONNELL, Brian John SUTTON, Marta Katarzyna WESTWOOD
  • Publication number: 20240376191
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20240352083
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies comprising a variable (V) domain and an insert polypeptide, wherein the insert polypeptide is within the framework 3 region of the V domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Patent number: 12091450
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody of the class IgG4 comprising at least one heavy chain which comprises a CH1 domain and a hinge region, wherein in each heavy chain: a. the inter-chain cysteine at position 127, numbered according to the Kabat numbering system, in the CH1 domain is substituted with another amino acid; and b. one or more of the amino acids positioned in the upper hinge region is substituted with cysteine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: David Paul Humphreys, Ralph Adams, James Heads, Shirley Jane Peters
  • Patent number: 12054559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target IgE, for instance: for use in treating disorders caused by IgE (such as allergic responses, or certain autoimmune responses); and, in particular, disorders caused by the interaction of IgE with the Fc?RI receptor. In particular, this invention relates to improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents related to novel mutants of omalizumab (Xolair®). The improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents of the invention may have improved affinity for IgE and/or an improved interaction with the C?2 domain of IgE and/or an improved modified epitope on IgE (for instance further involving the C?2 domain of IgE) and/or the ability to disassociate IgE from the Fc?RI receptor for instance at pharmaceutically-relevant concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Thomas Allen Ceska, Anna Marie Davies, Alistair James Henry, Xiaofeng Liu, James Michael McDonnell, Brian John Sutton, Marta Katarzyna Westwood
  • Patent number: 11999772
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies comprising a variable (V) domain and an insert polypeptide, wherein the insert polypeptide is within the framework 3 region of the V domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11919950
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20240067758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies binding to IL13 and IL22. The invention provides novel multi-specific antibodies that bind to both IL13 and IL22 and compositions comprising an antibody that binds to IL13 and an antibody that binds to IL22. The invention further relates to therapeutic uses of the combination of anti-IL13 and anti-IL22 antibodies and multi-specific antibodies that bind to both IL13 and IL22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Michael David RASTRICK, John Paul SILVA, Daniel John LIGHTWOOD, Ralph ADAMS, Roger Thomas PALFRAMAN, Kerry Louise TYSON, Peter Charles ELLIOTT, Seema MAYANK, Andrea Julie CROSBY, Emily Mary Cairistine BARRY, Seppe Frans Roman LEYSEN, Zainab AHDASH
  • Publication number: 20230374148
    Abstract: The present invention provides binding molecule or molecules that are able to multimerise CD45 to induce cell death of a cell expressing CD45 without also inducing significant cytokine release. For example, the invention provides antibodies against CD45, wherein the antibodies comprise at least two different paratopes each specific for a different epitope of CD45. The antibodies may be used to cross-link CD45 on the surface of cells. The antibodies may be used in a variety of therapeutic ways including to deplete cells, for example prior to cell transplantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Edward RAPECKI, Ralph ADAMS, David Paul HUMPHREYS, Helen Margaret FINNEY, Rosemary Frances BITHELL
  • Publication number: 20230135399
    Abstract: This invention provides binding proteins, including antibodies, antibody derivatives and antibody fragments, that specifically bind a CD154 (CD4OL) protein. This invention also provides a chimeric, humanized or fully human antibody, antibody derivative or antibody fragment that specifically binds to an epitope to which a humanized Fab fragment comprising a variable heavy chain sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and comprising a variable light chain sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 2 specifically binds. CD154 binding proteins of this invention may elicit reduced effector function relative to a second anti-CD154 antibody. CD154 binding proteins of this invention are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic methods, such as in the treatment and prevention of diseases including those that involve undesirable immune responses that are mediated by CD154-CD40 interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: LINDA C. BURKLY, JANINE L. FERRANT-ORGETTAS, ELLEN A. GARBER, YEN-MING HSU, LIHE SU, FREDERICK R. TAYLOR, RALPH ADAMS, DEREK THOMAS BROWN, ANDREW GEORGE POPPLEWELL, MARTYN KIM ROBINSON, ANTHONY SHOCK, KERRY LOUISE TYSON
  • Publication number: 20230084464
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human IL-13, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing the antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel John Lightwood, Ralph Adams, Roger Thomas Palframan
  • Patent number: 11466076
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of modulating the half-life of a binding domain specific to a serum carrier protein by mutating the sequence and a modulated binding domain specific to a serum carrier protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Sam Philip Heywood
  • Publication number: 20220235146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the area of improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target IgE, for instance: for use in treating disorders caused by IgE (such as allergic responses, or certain autoimmune responses); and, in particular, disorders caused by the interaction of IgE with the Fc?RI receptor. In particular, this invention relates to improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents related to novel mutants of omalizumab (Xolair®). The improved anti-IgE antibodies and antigen binding agents of the invention may have improved affinity for IgE and/or an improved interaction with the C?2 domain of IgE and/or an improved modified epitope on IgE (for instance further involving the C?2 domain of IgE) and/or the ability to disassociate IgE from the Fc?RI receptor for instance at pharmaceutically-relevant concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, Thomas Allen CESKA, Anna Marie DAVIES, Alistair James HENRY, Xiaofeng LIU, James Michael MCDONNELL, Brian John SUTTON, Marta Katarzyna WESTWOOD
  • Publication number: 20220220192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies binding alpha synuclein and fragments thereof capable of binding alpha synuclein as a monomer and in fibrils and preventing alpha synuclein aggregation induced by alpha synuclein fibrils. The antibodies of the present invention are for use in the treatment of alpha synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, Patrick DOWNEY, Terence Seward BAKER, Kerry Louise TYSON, Lorenzo DE LICHTERVELDE, Daniel John LIGHTWOOD, David James MCMILLAN