Patents by Inventor Steven E. Cwirla

Steven E. Cwirla 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: 11248025
    Abstract: Peptidyl IL-2R? ligands and compounds comprising the IL-2R? ligands are disclosed. The IL-2R? ligands and compounds such as synthetic monomers, homodimers, or heteromers and recombinant fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands can be used as targeting or imaging agents, as diagnostics or to treat cancers and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Michael C. Needels, Ronald W. Barrett, Alice V. Bakker, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20210253670
    Abstract: IL-7R??c binding compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the IL-7R??c binding compounds are disclosed. IL-7R??c bonding compounds can act as IL-7R agonists and are useful in treating cancer, viral diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20210253669
    Abstract: IL-7R? ligands and compounds comprising IL-7R? ligands are disclosed. The IL-7R? binding compounds include fusion proteins comprising the IL-7R? ligands and can act as IL-7R agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20210198336
    Abstract: IL-2R??c binding compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the IL-2R??c binding compounds are disclosed. IL-2R??c binding compounds can act as IL-2R agonists and are useful in treating cancer, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20210130424
    Abstract: Dual receptor binding compounds comprising IL-2R?, IL-7R?, and R?c ligands, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dual receptor binding compounds are disclosed. The dual receptor binding compounds can act as IL-2R and IL-7R agonists and are useful in treating cancer, viral diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20210115106
    Abstract: Provided herein are modified T cell receptors (TCRs), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for making and discovering the same. The modified TCRs described herein are modified with a peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: David CAMPBELL, Ramesh BHATT, Thomas R. DIRAIMONDO, Steven E. CWIRLA, Blake M. WILLIAMS, Praechompoo PONGTORNPIPAT, William J. DOWER
  • Publication number: 20200399314
    Abstract: Peptidyl IL-2R? ligands and compounds comprising the IL-2R? ligands are disclosed. The IL-2R? ligands and compounds such as synthetic monomers, homodimers, or heteromers and recombinant fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands can be used as targeting or imaging agents, as diagnostics or to treat cancers and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20200385440
    Abstract: Provided herein are modified T cell receptors (TCRs), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for making and discovering the same. The modified TCRs described herein are modified with a peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: David CAMPBELL, Ramesh BHATT, Thomas R. DIRAIMONDO, Steven E. CWIRLA, Blake M. WILLIAMS, Praechompoo PONGTORNPIPAT, William J. DOWER
  • Publication number: 20200291067
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20200291066
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Patent number: 10703776
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Michael C. Needels, Ronald W. Barrett, Alice V. Bakker, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Patent number: 10689417
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Michael C. Needels, Ronald W. Barrett, Alice V. Bakker, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20200040036
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Michael C. Needels, Ronald W. Barrett, Alice V. Bakker, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20200040034
    Abstract: IL-2R? ligands and IL-2R?c ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2R? ligands and/or the IL-2R?c ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: MEDIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. DOWER, MICHAEL C. NEEDELS, RONALD W. BARRETT, ALICE V. BAKKER, STEVEN E. CWIRLA
  • Publication number: 20180339043
    Abstract: Provided herein are modified antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for making and discovering the same. The modified antibodies described herein are modified with a peptide. The peptide binds at or near the antigen binding site of the antibody at physiological pH, thus reducing binding affinity of the antibody for a target antigen. At acidic pH, the binding interaction of the peptide at or near the antigen binding site is disrupted, thus enabling binding with a target antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: David Campbell, Ramesh Bhatt, William J. Dower, Steven E. Cwirla, Blake M. Williams
  • Patent number: 8227422
    Abstract: Described are peptides and peptide mimetics that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor. Such peptides and peptide mimetics are useful in methods for treating hematological disorders and particularly, thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transfusions as well as in diagnostic methods employing labeled peptides and peptide mimetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxosmithkline LLC
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Ronald W. Barrett, Steven E. Cwirla, David J. Duffin, Christian M. Gates, Sherril S. Haselden, Larry C. Mattheakis, Peter J. Schatz, Christopher R. Wagstrom, Nicholas C. Wrighton
  • Patent number: 7741062
    Abstract: Reagents and methods for detecting target proteins in a sample are provided. The reagents include a replicable genetic package, a protein displayed on an exterior surface of the package that is expressed from a heterologous nucleic acid borne by the package, and one or more antibodies complexed with the expressed protein and which have an open binding site for a target protein. Thus, a segment of the nucleic acid encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed polypeptide and the target protein. The reagents can be utilized individually or as part of a library or an array to bind target proteins within protein samples to form one or more complexes. By determining the sequence of the segment of the heterologous nucleic acid of a package within a complex, one can identify the target protein since the segment encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed and target proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20090280999
    Abstract: Reagents and methods for detecting target proteins in a sample are provided. The reagents include a replicable genetic package, a protein displayed on an exterior surface of the package that is expressed from a heterologous nucleic acid borne by the package, and one or more antibodies complexed with the expressed protein and which have an open binding site for a target protein. Thus, a segment of the nucleic acid encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed polypeptide and the target protein. The reagents can be utilized individually or as part of a library or an array to bind target proteins within protein samples to form one or more complexes. By determining the sequence of the segment of the heterologous nucleic acid of a package within a complex, one can identify the target protein since the segment encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed and target proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20090233808
    Abstract: Replicable genetic packages and collections thereof that display various compounds are provided. In some instances, the replicable genetic packages include nucleic acid tags that serve to record a characteristic of the compound or compounds that are attached to the replicable genetic package. The invention further provides a number of different methods for using the replicable genetic packages to screen a library of compounds for a desired biological activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Barrett, William J. Dower, Mark Gallop, Thomas F. Woiwode, Steven E. Cwirla
  • Publication number: 20090214489
    Abstract: Described are peptides and peptide mimetics that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor. Such peptides and peptide mimetics are useful in methods for treating hematological disorders and particularly, thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transfusions as well as in diagnostic methods employing labeled peptides and peptide mimetics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Ronald W. Barrett, Steven E. Cwirla, David J. Duffin, Christian M. Gates, Sherril S. Haselden, Larry C. Mattheakis, Peter J. Schatz, Christopher R. Wagstrom, Nicholas C. Wrighton