Patents by Inventor Steven Geysens

Steven Geysens 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: 20220125892
    Abstract: The present invention provides glucocerebrosidase preparations, uses thereof as well as methods employing such, particularly in therapy of conditions involving glucocerebrosidase deficiency, such as Gaucher disease and glucocerebrosidase-associated alpha-synucleinopathies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 11098337
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically, to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase and a glycoprotein are present. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular, without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production. According to one specific aspect, the eukaryotic cells are glyco-engineered yeast cells in which, additionally, at least one exogenous enzyme needed for complex glycosylation is present, e.g., allowing easier separation of differentially glycosylated glycoproteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico L. M. Callewaert, Karen De Pourcq, Steven Geysens, Leander Meuris
  • Patent number: 11040114
    Abstract: The present invention provides new forms of human ?-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (NAGAL) polypeptide or a functionally active variant or fragment thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and related products and uses, including use in methods of treating Fabry disease, Schindler disease or Kanzaki disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Publication number: 20180360991
    Abstract: The present invention provides new forms of human ?-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (NAGAL) polypeptide or a functionally active variant or fragment thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and related products and uses, including use in methods of treating Fabry disease, Schindler disease or Kanzaki disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 8815580
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase and a glycoprotein are present. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production. According to one specific aspect, the eukaryotic cells and methods are glyco-engineered yeast cells in which additionally at least one exogenous enzyme needed for complex glycosylation is present, e.g. allowing easier separation of differentially glycosylated glycoproteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico L. M. Callewaert, Karen De Pourcq, Steven Geysens, Leander Meuris
  • Publication number: 20110191913
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase and a glycoprotein are present. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production. According to one specific aspect, the eukaryotic cells and methods are glyco-engineered yeast cells in which additionally at least one exogenous enzyme needed for complex glycosylation is present, e.g. allowing easier separation of differentially glycosylated glycoproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicants: VIB VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Nico L.M. Callewaert, Karen De Pourcq, Steven Geysens, Leander Meuris
  • Publication number: 20090087882
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a glucosidase II mutation to increase protein secretion in yeast cells. The invention relates further to the use of yeast cells, comprising a mutant glucosidase II gene, possibly in combination with the expression of a recombinant ?-1,2-mannosidase gene and/or a recombinant N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase gene, as a host for protein secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Roland Contreras, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 7491510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a glucosidase II mutation to increase protein secretion in eukaryotic cells. The present invention relates further to the use of eukaryotic cells, comprising a mutant glucosidase II gene, possibly in combination with the expression of a recombinant ?-1,2-mannosidase gene and/or a recombinant N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase gene, as a host for protein secretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignees: Vlaams Interuniversitair Institute voor Biotechnologie vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Roland Contreras, Steven Geysens
  • Publication number: 20080009037
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetically engineered strains of methylotrophic yeast including Pichia and especially Pichia pastoris capable of producing proteins with reduced or modified glycosylation. Methods of producing glycoproteins with reduced and/or modified glycosylation using such genetically engineered strains of Pichia are also provided. Vectors, which comprise coding sequences for ?-1,2-mannosidase I, glucosidase II, GlcNAc-tranferase I and mannosidase II or comprising OCH1 disrupting sequence, for transforming methylotrophic yeasts are contemplated by the present invention. Kit for providing the comtemplated vectors are also included in this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Flanders Interuniversity Institute For Biotechnology
    Inventors: Roland Contreras, Nico Callewaert, Steven Geysens, Vladimir Kaigorodov, Vervecken Wouter
  • Publication number: 20060110795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a glucosidase II mutation to increase protein secretion in eukaryotic cells. The present invention relates further to the use of eukaryotic cells, comprising a mutant glucosidase II gene, possibly in combination with the expression of a recombinant ?-1,2-mannosidase gene and/or a recombinant N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase gene, as a host for protein secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Roland Contreras, Steven Geysens