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: 10406251
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel polypeptides comprising fibronectin type III tenth (10Fn3) domains which specifically bind to Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1), as well as imaging agents based on the same for diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul E. Morin, David Donnelly, Dasa Lipovsek, Jochem Gokemeijer, Maria N. Jure-Kunkel, David Fabrizio, Martin C. Wright, Douglas Dischino, Samuel J. Bonacorsi, Jr., Ralph Adam Smith, Virginie Lafont, Daniel Cohen
  • Publication number: 20190233530
    Abstract: This invention provides binding proteins, including antibodies, antibody derivatives and antibody fragments, that specifically bind a CD154 (CD40L) 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: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    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: 20190184042
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel 10Fn3 domains which specifically bind to PD-L1, as well as imaging agents based on the same for diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Paul E. MORIN, David DONNELLY, Dasa LIPOVSEK, Jochem GOKEMEIJER, Maria JURE-KUNKEL, David FABRIZIO, Martin C. WRIGHT, Douglas DISCHINO, Samuel J. BONACORSI, Jr., Ralph Adam SMITH, Virginie LAFONT, Daniel COHEN, David K. LEUNG
  • Patent number: 10308723
    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: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki
  • Publication number: 20190161536
    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: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Mehmet F. Burak, Feyza Engin, Scott B. Widenmaier, Elisabeth Helen Roberts, Adrian Richard Moore, Carl Brendan Doyle, Ralph Adams, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Shauna Mhairi Wales, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20190144529
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, Sam Philip HEYWOOD
  • Publication number: 20190144565
    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 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    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: 10160798
    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: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Mehmet F. Burak, Feyza Engin, Scott B. Widenmaier, Elisabeth Helen Roberts, Adrian Richard Moore, Carl Brendan Doyle, Ralph Adams, Karine Jeannine Madeleine Hervé, Shauna Mhairi Wales, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20180346561
    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: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Patent number: 10023631
    Abstract: A serum albumin binding antibody or fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:2 and/or comprising a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4, in particular comprising a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:3 or a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO:4. The disclosure also extends to polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, vectors comprising same and host cells capable of expressing the polynucleotides. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies or fragments and therapeutic used of any one of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Pallavi Bhatta, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
  • Patent number: 9988446
    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: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20180134774
    Abstract: A serum albumin binding antibody or fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:2 and/or comprising a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4, in particular comprising a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:3 or a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO:4. The disclosure also extends to polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, vectors comprising same and host cells capable of expressing the polynucleotides. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies or fragments and therapeutic used of any one of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph ADAMS, Pallavi BHATTA, Sam Philip HEYWOOD, David Paul HUMPHREYS
  • Patent number: 9890219
    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: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki
  • Patent number: 9873735
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human OX40, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma Sprl
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Pallavi Bhatta, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
  • Patent number: 9803004
    Abstract: A serum albumin binding antibody or fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:2 and/or comprising a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4, in particular comprising a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:3 or a heavy chain variable domain and a light chain variable domain having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO:4. The disclosure also extends to polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, vectors comprising same and host cells capable of expressing the polynucleotides. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies or fragments and therapeutic used of any one of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Pallavi Bhatta, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
  • Publication number: 20170306052
    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: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki
  • Publication number: 20170275355
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antibody molecule having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-17, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecule and methods for producing said antibody molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Simon Peter Tickle
  • Publication number: 20170258948
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel 10Fn3 domains which specifically bind to PD-L1, as well as imaging agents based on the same for diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Paul E. MORIN, David DONNELLY, Dasa LIPOVSEK, Jochem GOKEMEIJER, Maria N. JURE-KUNKEL, David FABRIZIO, Martin C. WRIGHT, Douglas DISCHINO, Samuel J. BONACORSI, Jr., Ralph Adam SMITH, Virginie LAFONT, Daniel COHEN
  • Publication number: 20170182159
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-6, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Evan Gelinas, Mitra Choudhury Singhal, Yi Zhang, Andrew George Popplewell, Ralph Adams
  • Patent number: 9631015
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-6, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Evan Gelinas, Mitra Choudhury Singhal, Yi Zhang, Andrew George Popplewell, Ralph Adams