Patents by Inventor Thomas Weimer

Thomas Weimer 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: 11890327
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a recombinant polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a blood coagulation disorder, said treatment or prophylaxis comprising administering the recombinant polypeptide and a Factor VIII protein (FVIII) extravascular to a subject having a blood coagulation disorder, wherein said recombinant polypeptide is capable of binding to said FVIII, and wherein the molar ratio of the recombinant polypeptide to be administered to the FVIII to be administered is higher than 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CSL Behring Lengnau AG
    Inventors: Sabine Pestel, Elmar Raquet, Thomas Weimer
  • Patent number: 11814421
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) and a half-life extending moiety, for use in the treatment of a blood coagulation disorder, said treatment comprising administering the polypeptide to a subject having a blood coagulation disorder and having endogenous Factor VIII (FVIII), wherein the activity level of endogenous FVIII in said subject before treatment with said polypeptide is reduced relative to the activity level of FVIII in normal human plasma (NHP) provided that the activity level of endogenous FVIII in said subject is at least 0.5% of the activity level of endogenous FVIII in normal human plasma (NHP), wherein the polypeptide is capable of binding to endogenous FVIII and wherein the endogenous FVIII level is increased following administration of said polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schulte, Thomas Weimer, Sabine Pestel, Hubert Metzner, Steve Dower
  • Patent number: 11564976
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schulte, Hans-Wilhelm Beltz, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer, Matthias Pelzing
  • Publication number: 20220348637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising (i) a VWF moiety and (ii) an erythrocyte-binding moiety, wherein the polypeptide is capable of binding to blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). The erythrocyte-binding moiety may be selected from the group consisting of a peptide ligand, an antibody, an antibody fragment, and a single chain antigen binding domain (scFv). The polypeptides may be provided as a heterodimer. The polypeptides are useful for inducing tolerance to FVIII.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marco HOFMANN, Adriana BAZ MORELLI, Ingela VIKSTROM, Thomas WEIMER
  • Publication number: 20220154161
    Abstract: This invention provides Factor IX variants, molecules comprising the variants, nucleic acids encoding the variants, compositions comprising the variants or the nucleic acids encoding the variants, and their use in methods for the modulation of hemostasis, for example in the prophylaxis or treatment of hemophilia B. The Factor IX variants have improved biological properties relative to other Factor IX variants and/or relative to wild-type Factor IX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp CLAAR, Thomas WEIMER, Walid AZAR, Holger LIND, Marco HOFMANN
  • Patent number: 11155601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modified VWF molecule for use in the treatment of a blood coagulation disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Michael Moses, Stefan Schulte, Gerhard Dickneite, Uwe Kalina, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer
  • Patent number: 11141466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) capable of binding to blood coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) for use in reducing the immunogenicity of Factor VIII (FVIII) wherein said recombinant polypeptide and a blood coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) protein are co-administered to a subject suffering from a 10 blood coagulation disorder. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits for said use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CSL Behring Lengnau AG
    Inventors: Anne Verhagen, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer, Marco Hofmann, Huy Huynh, Eugene Maraskovsky
  • Publication number: 20210268071
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a recombinant polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a blood coagulation disorder, said treatment or prophylaxis comprising administering the recombinant polypeptide and a Factor VIII protein (FVIII) extravascular to a subject having a blood coagulation disorder, wherein said recombinant polypeptide is capable of binding to said FVIII, and wherein the molar ratio of the recombinant polypeptide to be administered to the FVIII to be administered is higher than 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sabine PESTEL, Elmar RAQUET, Thomas WEIMER
  • Publication number: 20210121535
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULTE, Hans-Wilhelm BELTZ, Sabine PESTEL, Thomas WEIMER, Matthias PELZING
  • Patent number: 10905747
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schulte, Hans-Wilhelm Beltz, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer, Matthias Pelzing
  • Publication number: 20200368327
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULTE, Hans-Wilhelm BELTZ, Sabine PESTEL, Thomas WEIMER, Matthias PELZING
  • Patent number: 10772936
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schulte, Hans-Wilhelm Beltz, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer, Matthias Pelzing
  • Publication number: 20200197495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) capable of binding to blood coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) for use in reducing the immunogenicity of Factor VIII (FVIII) wherein said recombinant polypeptide and a blood coagulation Factor VIII (FVIII) protein are co-administered to a subject suffering from a 10 blood coagulation disorder. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits for said use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Anne VERHAGEN, Sabine PESTEL, Thomas WEIMER, Marco HOFMANN, Huy HUYNH, Eugene MARASKOVSKY
  • Patent number: 10688157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) for use in the treatment of a blood coagulation disorder, wherein the polypeptide carries a half-life extending moiety and is administered in molar excess over Factor VIII and/or endogenous VWF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schulte, Hubert Metzner, Sabine Pestel, Thomas Weimer
  • Publication number: 20200095567
    Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic fusion proteins in which a coagulation factor is fused to a half-life enhancing polypeptide, and in which both are connected by a linker peptide that is proteolytically cleavable. The cleavage of such linkers liberates the coagulation factor from activity-compromising steric hindrance caused by the half-life enhancing polypeptide and thereby allows the generation of fusion proteins may show relatively high molar specific activity when tested in coagulation-related assays. Furthermore, the fact that the linker is cleavable can enhance the rates of inactivation and/or elimination after proteolytic cleavage of the peptide linker compared to the rates measured for corresponding therapeutic fusion proteins linked by the non-cleavable linker having the amino acid sequence GGGGGGV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hubert METZNER, Thomas WEIMER, Stefan SCHULTE
  • Publication number: 20190263890
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) and a half-life extending moiety, for use in the treatment of a blood coagulation disorder, said treatment comprising administering the polypeptide to a subject having a blood coagulation disorder and having endogenous Factor VIII (FVIII), wherein the activity level of endogenous FVIII in said subject before treatment with said polypeptide is reduced relative to the activity level of FVIII in normal human plasma (NHP) provided that the activity level of endogenous FVIII in said subject is at least 0.5% of the activity level of endogenous FVIII in normal human plasma (NHP), wherein the polypeptide is capable of binding to endogenous FVIII and wherein the endogenous FVIII level is increased following administration of said polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULTE, Thomas WEIMER, Sabine PESTEL, Hubert METZNER, Steve DOWER
  • Publication number: 20180161402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a truncated von Willebrand Factor (VWF) for use in the treatment of a blood coagulation disorder, wherein the polypeptide carries a half-life extending moiety and is administered in molar excess over Factor VIII and/or endogenous VWF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULTE, Hubert METZNER, Sabine PESTEL, Thomas WEIMER
  • Publication number: 20180153968
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified von Willebrand Factor molecules, methods for their preparation and uses thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan SCHULTE, Hans-Wilhelm BELTZ, Sabine PESTEL, Thomas WEIMER, Matthias PELZING
  • Publication number: 20180119128
    Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic fusion proteins in which a coagulation factor is fused to a half-life enhancing polypeptide, and in which both are connected by a linker peptide that is proteolytically cleavable. The cleavage of such linkers liberates the coagulation factor from activity-compromising steric hindrance caused by the half-life enhancing polypeptide and thereby allows the generation of fusion proteins may show relatively high molar specific activity when tested in coagulation-related assays. Furthermore, the fact that the linker is cleavable can enhance the rates of inactivation and/or elimination after proteolytic cleavage of the peptide linker compared to the rates measured for corresponding therapeutic fusion proteins linked by the non-cleavable linker having the amino acid sequence GGGGGGV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: CSL Behring GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert METZNER, Thomas WEIMER, Stefan SCHULTE
  • Publication number: 20180092966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a covalent complex of von Willebrand Factor (VWF) and Factor VIII, wherein the complex is modified such that it has an extended half-life in vivo. The invention further relates to a method of producing the complex, as well as the therapeutic or prophylactic use of the complex for treating or preventing bleeding events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hubert Metzner, Stefan Schulte, Thomas Weimer