Patents by Inventor Sandra Grau-Richards

Sandra Grau-Richards 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: 11821897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new cell based assay for determining antibody or ligand binding and function using lipid-like compounds capable of spontaneous integration into cell membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Regula Buser, Sandra Grau-Richards, Virginie Steinhart
  • Patent number: 11639394
    Abstract: The invention relates to bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to OX40, and (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Pablo Umaña, Maria Amann, Laurene Pousse
  • Publication number: 20230123178
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules having at least one moiety capable of specific binding to PD1 and a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, the first polypeptide having two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and the second polypeptide having a single ectodomain of the same TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Claudia Ferrara Koller, Christina Claus, Christian Klein, Stefan Seeber, Maria Amann, Sandra Grau-Richards, Peter Bruenker, Pablo Umana, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner
  • Patent number: 11536716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new cell based assay for combined determination of antibody or ligand binding and function in the same vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rosmarie Albrecht, Maria Amann, Christina Claus, Sandra Grau-Richards, Joerg Zielonka
  • Patent number: 11453722
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to OX40, and (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to tenascin C (TnC), and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffmann La-Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Mudita Pincha, Pablo Umaña
  • Publication number: 20220267395
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20220259326
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20220259327
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
  • Patent number: 11306154
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20220073646
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) four moieties capable of specific binding to a costimulatory TNF receptor family member, (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, and (c) a Fc domain composed of a first and second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria AMANN, Peter BRUENKER, Christina CLAUS, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Ralf HOSSE, Christian KLEIN, Viktor LEVITSKI, Samuel MOSER, Pablo UMANA
  • Patent number: 11267903
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hofmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
  • Patent number: 11214622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies comprising at least one antigen binding site specific for DR5 and at least one antigen binding site specific for FAP, antibodies specific for DR5, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ROCHE GLYCART AG
    Inventors: Peter Bruenker, Sherif Daouti, Ningping Feng, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Guy Georges, Sandra Grau-Richards, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Maximiliane Koenig, Joerg Moelleken, Ekkehard Moessner, Huifeng Niu, Kathryn E. Packman, Valeria Runza, Stefan Seeber, Pablo Umana, Inja Waldhauer, Huisheng Wang, Barbara Weiser
  • Publication number: 20210324108
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antibodies consisting of two fusion polypeptides comprising two antigen binding domains capable of specific binding to a first target and one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to a second target, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria AMANN, Claudia FERRARA KOLLER, Reto FLURY, Guy GEORGES, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Alexander HAAS, Friederike HESSE, Sabine IMHOF-JUNG, Christian KLEIN
  • Patent number: 11149083
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one antigen binding moiety capable of specific binding to Tenascin-C (TnC) and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, wherein the antigen binding molecules are characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or two fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof. The invention further relates to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20210009656
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) one Fab domain capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and (c) a first polypeptide comprising two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and a second polypeptide comprising one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof, wherein the first polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of one of the subunits of the Fc domain and wherein the second polypeptide is fused at its N-terminus to the C-terminus of the other subunit of the Fc domain, wherein the TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecule is monovalent for the binding to the target cell antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Peter BRUENKER, Claudia Ferrara KOLLER, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Christian KLEIN, Ekkehard MOESSNER, Pablo UMANA, Maria AMANN, Christina CLAUS, Wei XU
  • Publication number: 20200392237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies employing tumor targeted bispecific OX40 antibodies, in particular anti-FAP/anti-OX40 antibodies in combination with T-cell activating anti-CD3 bispecific antibodies specific for a tumor-associated antigen, the use of these combination therapies for the treatment of cancer and methods of using the combination therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Marina BACAC, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Christian KLEIN, Johannes SAM, Pablo UMANA, Sabine LANG, Maria AMANN, Mudita PINCHA
  • Publication number: 20200277392
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to OX40, and (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to tenascin C (TnC), and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria AMANN, Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Christian KLEIN, Mudita PINCHA, Pablo UMAÑA
  • Publication number: 20200270321
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20200247904
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen and (b) a first and a second polypeptide that are linked to each other by a disulfide bond, characterized in that the first polypeptide comprises two ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by a peptide linker and in that the second polypeptide comprises only one ectodomain of said TNF ligand family member or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Amann, Peter Bruenker, Christina Claus, Claudia Ferrara Koller, Sandra Grau-Richards, Christian Klein, Viktor Levitski, Ekkehard Moessner, Joerg Thomas Regula, Pablo Umana
  • Publication number: 20200231691
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to OX40, and (b) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra GRAU-RICHARDS, Christian KLEIN, Pablo UMAÑA, Maria AMANN, Laurene POUSSE