Patents by Inventor Roger AOKI

Roger AOKI 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).

  • DEGRADABLE CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS
    Publication number: 20240018500
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Femandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20230279083
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton E. Garay, Lina Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20230235031
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton E. Garay, Lina Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • Immuno-based botulinum toxin serotype A activity assays
    Patent number: 11332518
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton E. Garay, Lina Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20220144925
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton E. Garay, Lina Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • Immuno-based botulinum toxin serotype A activity assays
    Patent number: 11261240
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton E. Garay, Lina Wong, D. Diane Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • Fusion proteins comprising a non-cytotoxic protease, a translocation domain, and a targeting moiety that binds a galanin receptor and methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating pain using such fusion proteins
    Patent number: 11248219
    Abstract: Single chain polypeptide fusion protein, comprising: a non-cytotoxic protease capable of cleaving a protein of the exocytic fusion apparatus of a nociceptive sensory afferent; a galanin targeting moiety; a protease cleavage site; a translocation domain; a first spacer located between the non-cytotoxic protease and the protease cleavage site; and a second spacer located between the galanin targeting moiety and the translocation domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited, Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James, Keith Foster, John Chaddock, Roger Aoki, Lance Steward, Joseph Francis
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20210340229
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Diane Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20210171614
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Diane Hodges, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20200392212
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Rogers Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20200369749
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Rogers Aoki
  • Immuno-based botulinum toxin serotype A activity assays
    Patent number: 10703806
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Rogers Aoki
  • DEGRADABLE CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS
    Publication number: 20200190496
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Fernandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki
  • Non-cytotoxic protein conjugates
    Patent number: 10619146
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-cytotoxic protein conjugates for inhibition or reduction of exocytic fusion in a nociceptive sensory afferent cell. The protein conjugates comprise: (i) a Targeting Moiety (TM), wherein the TM is an agonist of a receptor present on a nociceptive sensory afferent cell, and wherein the receptor undergoes endocytosis to be incorporated into an endosome within the nociceptive sensory afferent cell; (ii) a non-cytotoxic protease or a fragment thereof, wherein the protease or protease fragment is capable of cleaving a protein of the exocytic fusion apparatus of the nociceptive sensory afferent cell; and (iii) a Translocation Domain, wherein the Translocation Domain translocates the protease or protease fragment from within the endosome, across the endosomal membrane, and into the cytosol of the nociceptive sensory afferent cell wherein the Targeting Moiety is selected from the group consisting of BAM, ?-endorphin, bradykinin, substance P, dynorphin and/or nociceptin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited, Allergan Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Foster, John Chaddock, Charles Penn, Kei Roger Aoki, Joseph Francis, Lance Steward
  • Degradable clostridial toxins
    Patent number: 10501731
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Fernandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki
  • FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR TREATING, PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING PAIN
    Publication number: 20190309277
    Abstract: A single chain, polypeptide fusion protein, comprising: a non-cytotoxic protease, which protease is capable of cleaving a protein of the exocytic fusion apparatus of a nociceptive sensory afferent (eg clostridial neurotoxin L-chain or IgA protease); a galanin Targeting Moiety that is capable of binding to a Binding Site on the nociceptive sensory afferent, which Binding Site is capable of undergoing endocytosis to be incorporated into an endosome within the nociceptive sensory afferent (eg GALR1, GALR2, or GALR3 receptor); a protease cleavage site at which site the fusion protein is cleavable by a protease, wherein the protease cleavage site is located between the non-cytotoxic protease and the galanin Targeting Moiety; a translocation domain that is capable of translocating the protease from within an endosome, across the endosomal membrane and into the cytosol of the nociceptive sensory afferent (eg HN domain of clostridial neurotoxin); a first spacer located between the non-cytotoxic protease and the prote
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: IPSEN BIOINNOVATION LIMITED, ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Peter JAMES, Keith FOSTER, John CHADDOCK, Roger AOKI, Lance STEWARD
  • DEGRADABLE CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS
    Publication number: 20180119126
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Fernandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki
  • Degradable clostridial toxins
    Patent number: 9850476
    Abstract: The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance E. Steward, Sanjiv Ghanshani, Ester Fernandez-Salas, Marcella A. Gilmore, Joseph Francis, Kei Roger Aoki
  • IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYS
    Publication number: 20170283487
    Abstract: The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, ?-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing ?-BoNT/A antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ester Fernandez-Salas, Joanne Wang, Patton Garay, Lina S. Wong, D. Dianne Hodges, Kei Rogers Aoki
  • NON-CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20160369257
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-cytotoxic protein conjugates for inhibition or reduction of exocytic fusion in a nociceptive sensory afferent cell. The protein conjugates comprise: (i) a Targeting Moiety (TM), wherein the TM is an agonist of a receptor present on a nociceptive sensory afferent cell, and wherein the receptor undergoes endocytosis to be incorporated into an endosome within the nociceptive sensory afferent cell; (ii) a non-cytotoxic protease or a fragment thereof, wherein the protease or protease fragment is capable of cleaving a protein of the exocytic fusion apparatus of the nociceptive sensory afferent cell; and (iii) a Translocation Domain, wherein the Translocation Domain translocates the protease or protease fragment from within the endosome, across the endosomal membrane, and into the cytosol of the nociceptive sensory afferent cell wherein the Targeting Moiety is selected from the group consisting of BAM, ?-endorphin, bradykinin, substance P, dynorphin and/or nociceptin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicants: Ipsen Bioinnovation Ltd., Allergan Inc.
    Inventors: Keith FOSTER, John CHADDOCK, Charles PENN, Kei Roger AOKI, Joseph FRANCIS, Lance STEWARD