Patents by Inventor Stephen Tomlinson

Stephen Tomlinson 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: 20240018247
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and methods for targeting complement inhibition to sites of p-selectin expression, and compositions for inhibiting p-selectin and complement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, Ali Alawieh, Pablo Engel
  • Patent number: 11806389
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and method for improving outcomes after injury to the central nervous system wherein complement signaling is activated. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent comprising a targeted inhibitor molecule comprising a targeting portion and an inhibitor portion, wherein the molecule inhibits complement, and wherein therapeutic agent is administered in combination with rehabilitation therapy or thrombolytic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation For Research Development, United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, DeAnna Adkins, Ali Alawieh
  • Publication number: 20230103708
    Abstract: Recombinant vectors operably encoding a CR2-FH fusion protein comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the recombinant vector, are described. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment eye diseases such as macular degeneration or glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Monica Vetter, Alejandra Bosco, Baerbel Rohrer, Stephen Tomlinson, William W. Hauswirth
  • Publication number: 20210388080
    Abstract: The present invention provides targeted delivery methods and constructs for treating inflammatory diseases and/or detecting in vivo tissue injuries in an individual. The targeted delivery approach utilizes an antibody that recognizes an epitope found to be present at sites of inflammation. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting complement-driven inflammation in the eye in an individual, comprising administering to the individual an antibody or a fragment thereor or compositions thereof, wherein the antibody or fragment thereof specifically binds to Annexin IV or phospholipid. Also provided are related methods of treating a complement-associated ocular disease or an ocular disease involving oxidative damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Baerbel M. Rohrer, V. Michael Holers, Stephen Tomlinson, Joshua M. Thurman, Carl Atkinson, Liudmila Kulik
  • Patent number: 11191851
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Pablo Engel
  • Publication number: 20210369823
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and method for improving outcomes after injury to the central nervous system wherein complement signaling is activated. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent comprising a targeted inhibitor molecule comprising a targeting portion and an inhibitor portion, wherein the molecule inhibits complement, and wherein therapeutic agent is administered in combination with rehabilitation therapy or thrombolytic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, DeAnna Adkins, Ali Alawieh
  • Publication number: 20210371534
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and methods for targeting complement inhibition to sites of p-selectin expression, and compositions for inhibiting p-selectin and complement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, Ali Alawieh, Pablo Engel
  • Patent number: 11007254
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and method for improving outcomes after injury to the central nervous system wherein complement signaling is activated. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent comprising a targeted inhibitor molecule comprising a targeting portion and an inhibitor portion, wherein the molecule inhibits complement, and wherein therapeutic agent is administered in combination with rehabilitation therapy or thrombolytic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation For Research Development, United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, DeAnna Adkins, Ali Alawieh
  • Publication number: 20200308295
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers
  • Publication number: 20190247478
    Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and method for improving outcomes after injury to the central nervous system wherein complement signaling is activated. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent comprising a targeted inhibitor molecule comprising a targeting portion and an inhibitor portion, wherein the molecule inhibits complement, and wherein therapeutic agent is administered in combination with rehabilitation therapy or thrombolytic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen TOMLINSON, DeAnna ADKINS, Ali ALAWIEH
  • Publication number: 20190247511
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing an injury associated with transplant. Specifically, the disclosure provides a composition for treating or preventing an injury associated with transplantation, comprising (a) a targeted inhibitor molecule wherein the targeted inhibitor molecule comprises a targeting portion and an inhibitor portion, wherein the molecule inhibits complement pathways, and (b) a sub-therapeutic dose of an immunosuppressant agent. Further provided are methods of treating or preventing an injury associated with transplantation with activated complement by using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen TOMLINSON, Carl ATKINSON, Xue-Zhong YU
  • Patent number: 9815890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and materials for modulating the complement alternative pathway (CAP), the complement classical pathway (CCP), the complement lectin/mannose pathway (CMP), or combinations thereof, as well as methods and materials for targeting diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic agents to localized areas of tissue within the body where they may more directly exert their effects upon the intended target cells or tissue, with reduced, associated systemic effects compared with administration of the same or similar agents in an untargeted, systemic manner. The methods and materials of the present invention may therefore allow for increased efficacy, lower threshold effective dosages and/or lower effective maintenance doses, and/or reduced associated undesired or adverse effects in terms of frequency or severity of occurrence, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik, Stephen Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20160083469
    Abstract: The present invention provides targeted delivery methods and constructs for treating inflammatory diseases and/or detecting in vivo tissue injuries in an individual. The targeted delivery approach utilizes an antibody that recognises an epitope found to be present at sites of inflammation. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting complement-driven inflammation in the eye in an individual, comprising administering to the individual an antibody or a fragment thereof or compositions thereof, wherein the antibody or fragment thereof specifically binds to Annexin IV or phospholipid. Also provided are related methods of treating a complement-associated ocular disease or an ocular disease involving oxidative damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Baerbel M. Rohrer, Michael Holers, Stephen Tomlinson, Joshua M. Thurman, Carl Atkinson, Liudmila Kulik
  • Patent number: 9212212
    Abstract: The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Gary Gilkeson, Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Baerbel Rohrer
  • Patent number: 9066925
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, for stimulating liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, massive liver resection and toxic injury, or following liver transplantation, including small-for-size liver transplantation, by inhibiting activation of complement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, Songqing He, Carl Atkinson
  • Patent number: 8911733
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of agents and compositions that selectively inhibit the alternative complement pathway for the inhibiting or treating physiological damage resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), or related conditions. Preferred reagents for use in inhibition of damage resulting from TBI or SCI include those that inhibit factor B, with anti-factor B antibodies representing a particularly preferred agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Vernon Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Stephen Tomlinson, Philip F. Stahel
  • Publication number: 20140073572
    Abstract: The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate
    Inventors: Gary GILKESON, Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Baerbel Rohrer
  • Patent number: 8569225
    Abstract: The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Gary Gilkeson, Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Baerbel Rohrer
  • Patent number: 8540997
    Abstract: Modulation of the complement system represents a therapeutic modality for numerous pathologic conditions associated with complement activation. In a strategy to prepare complement inhibitors that are targeted to sites of complement activation and disease, compositions comprising a complement inhibitor linked to complement receptor (CR) 2 are disclosed. The disclosed are compositions can be used in methods of treating pathogenic diseases and inflammatory conditions by modulating the complement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers
  • Patent number: RE49339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and materials for modulating the complement alternative pathway (CAP), the complement classical pathway (CCP), the complement lectin/mannose pathway (CMP), or combinations thereof, as well as methods and materials for targeting diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic agents to localized areas of tissue within the body where they may more directly exert their effects upon the intended target cells or tissue, with reduced, associated systemic effects compared with administration of the same or similar agents in an untargeted, systemic manner. The methods and materials of the present invention may therefore allow for increased efficacy, lower threshold effective dosages and/or lower effective maintenance doses, and/or reduced associated undesired or adverse effects in terms of frequency or severity of occurrence, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: The Regents of The University of Colorado, A Body Corporate, MUSC Foundation For Research Development
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik, Stephen Tomlinson