Patents by Inventor Sanghwan KO

Sanghwan KO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240425612
    Abstract: Provided are Fc variants having improved half-life by binding to and unbinding from FcRn in a pH-dependent manner, which have improved capacity to selectively bind to Fc? receptors. The human Fc domain variants have lower capacity to bind to immune-inhibiting receptor Fc?RIIb and have higher capacity to bind to immune activating receptor Fc?RIIIa (increased A/I ratio) than a wild-type human antibody Fc domain and conventional antibodies approved as antibody therapeutic agents, thereby having remarkably improved ADCC induction ability and having maximized half-life in blood in which excellent pH-selective FcRn binding and unbinding capacity is exhibited, and thus bind to numerous peptide drug therapeutics having a low half-life and retention time in the body to enable the peptide drug therapeutics to have an increased blood half-life and exhibit long-term drug efficacy, and can maximize the immune mechanism of therapeutic protein drugs to be effectively used as an improved antibody drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek JUNG, Munsu KYUNG, Sanghwan KO, Migyeong JO, Suyeon KIM, Woo Hyung KO
  • Patent number: 11650209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide including an Fc-gamma receptor mutant. The Fc-gamma receptor mutant of the present disclosure is optimized by substituting a part of an amino acid sequence of an Fc-gamma receptor with a different amino acid sequence, so as to provide an excellent selective binding ability to immunoglobulins. Therefore, it can be usefully used for increasing in vivo half-life of drugs, detecting and purifying immunoglobulins, inhibiting organ transplant rejections, or preventing or treating autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek Jung, Migyeong Jo, Sanghwan Ko, Bora Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230061390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide including an Fc variant produced by substituting a portion of the amino acid sequence of the Fc domain of a human antibody with a different amino acid sequence. The present invention also relates to an antibody including the polypeptide. The Fc variant can find application in a wide range of antibodies and Fc-fusion constructs. In one aspect, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is a therapeutic, diagnostic or laboratory reagent, preferably a therapeutic reagent. The Fc variant is suitable for use in the treatment of cancer because its in vivo half-life can be maximized by optimization of the portion of the amino acid sequence. The antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to kill target cells that bear a target antigen, for example cancer cells. Alternatively, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to block, antagonize or agonize a target antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, OSONG MEDICAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek JUNG, Sanghwan KO, Tae Gyu LEE, So Young CHOI, Soo Han LEE, Myung Ho SOHN, Su Jin KIM, So Ra PARK, Jong Shik PARK, Ju Hyeon LIM
  • Patent number: 11492415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide including an Fc variant produced by substituting a portion of the amino acid sequence of the Fc domain of a human antibody with a different amino acid sequence. The present invention also relates to an antibody including the polypeptide. The Fc variant can find application in a wide range of antibodies and Fc-fusion constructs. In one aspect, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is a therapeutic, diagnostic or laboratory reagent, preferably a therapeutic reagent. The Fc variant is suitable for use in the treatment of cancer because its in vivo half-life can be maximized by optimization of the portion of the amino acid sequence. The antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to kill target cells that bear a target antigen, for example cancer cells. Alternatively, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to block, antagonize or agonize a target antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY, OSONG MEDICAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek Jung, Sanghwan Ko, Tae Gyu Lee, So Young Choi, Soo Han Lee, Myung Ho Sohn, Su Jin Kim, So Ra Park, Jong Shik Park, Ju Hyeon Lim
  • Publication number: 20200408778
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide including an Fc-gamma receptor mutant. The Fc-gamma receptor mutant of the present disclosure is optimized by substituting a part of an amino acid sequence of an Fc-gamma receptor with a different amino acid sequence, so as to provide an excellent selective binding ability to immunoglobulins. Therefore, it can be usefully used for increasing in vivo half-life of drugs, detecting and purifying immunoglobulins, inhibiting organ transplant rejections, or preventing or treating autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek JUNG, Migyeong JO, Sanghwan KO, Bora HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200223938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide including an Fc variant produced by substituting a portion of the amino acid sequence of the Fc domain of a human antibody with a different amino acid sequence. The present invention also relates to an antibody including the polypeptide. The Fc variant can find application in a wide range of antibodies and Fc-fusion constructs. In one aspect, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is a therapeutic, diagnostic or laboratory reagent, preferably a therapeutic reagent. The Fc variant is suitable for use in the treatment of cancer because its in vivo half-life can be maximized by optimization of the portion of the amino acid sequence. The antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to kill target cells that bear a target antigen, for example cancer cells. Alternatively, the antibody or Fc fusion construct of the present invention is used to block, antagonize or agonize a target antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, OSONG MEDICAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Taek JUNG, Sanghwan KO, Tae Gyu LEE, So Young CHOI, Soo Han LEE, Myung Ho SOHN, Su Jin KIM, So Ra PARK, Jong Shik PARK, Ju Hyeon LIM