Patents by Inventor Timothy B. Lowinger

Timothy B. Lowinger 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: 12156870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides scaffolds and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising a stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The present disclosure also provides uses of the ADCs in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Duvall, Keith W. Bentley, Raghida A. Bukhalid, Naniye Cetinbas, Marc I. Damelin, Eugene W. Kelleher, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Dorin Toader, Ling Xu, Liping Yang
  • Patent number: 11964025
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising peptide-containing linkers and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics. Also disclosed herein are peptide-containing scaffolds useful to conjugate with a targeting moiety (e.g., an antibody), a drug, or both to produce the antibody-drug conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Natalya D. Bodyak, Bingfan Du, Dmitry R. Gumerov, Mariya Kozytska, Timothy B. Lowinger, Cheri A. Stevenson, Mao Yin
  • Patent number: 11964024
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind the human B7-H4 in soluble form, or membrane bound (i.e., when expressed on a cell surface) and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Lowinger, Chen-Ni Chin, Marc I. Damelin, Dorin Toader
  • Publication number: 20240082417
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Publication number: 20230398229
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides combinations comprising HER2-targeted STING agonist antibody-drug conjugates and HER2-targeted therapies or immunotherapies. The present disclosure also provides uses of the combinations in treatment, e.g., treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Raghida A. BUKHALID, Naniye Cetinbas, Marc I. Damelin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Dorin Toader
  • Patent number: 11786605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising peptide-containing linkers and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics. Also disclosed herein are peptide-containing scaffolds useful to conjugate with a targeting moiety (e.g., an antibody), a drug, or both to produce the antibody-drug conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Lowinger, Marc I. Damelin, Dorin Toader
  • Publication number: 20230183326
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Patent number: 11638760
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising pyrrolo[2, 1-c][1, 4]benzodiazepine (PBD) drug moieties. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using these conjugates, e.g., as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Thomas, Brian D. Jones, Timothy B. Lowinger, Shuyi Tang, Mao Yin, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy
  • Patent number: 11518812
    Abstract: This invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodies that recognize HER2. The invention further provides methods of using such monoclonal antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalya D. Bodyak, Michael J. DeVit, Eric M. Krauland, Timothy B. Lowinger, Peter U. Park, Bianka Prinz, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy
  • Patent number: 11434278
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Asana BioSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Patent number: 11135307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to antibody-drug conjugates comprising peptide-containing linkers and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics. Also disclosed herein are peptide-containing scaffolds useful to conjugate with a targeting moiety (e.g., an antibody), a drug, or both to produce the antibody-drug conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Natalya D. Bodyak, Bingfan Du, Dmitry R. Gumerov, Mariya Kozytska, Timothy B. Lowinger, Cheri A. Stevenson, Mao Yin
  • Patent number: 10947317
    Abstract: This disclosure provides NaPi2b-targeted antibody-drug conjugates (e.g., NaPi2b-targeted antibody-polymer-drug conjugates) that specifically bind to the extracellular region of SLC34A2, and to methods of using such conjugates in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Bergstrom, Natalya D. Bodyak, Timothy B. Lowinger, Peter U. Park, Laura L. Poling, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy
  • Patent number: 10772971
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of synthesis of polymeric scaffolds, e.g., those useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form PBRM-polymer-drug conjugates, and PBRM-polymer-drug conjugates thereof. The methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of polymeric scaffolds having a high purity. In some embodiments, the methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of scaffolds and conjugates thereof in better yield than previously used methods for preparing same. Also disclosed are methods of purifying polymeric scaffolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therpeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Venu Reddy Gurijala, Satyanarayan Reddy Bollu, Jacques Leblanc, Timothy B. Lowinger, Dennis McGillicuddy, Mao Yin, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy
  • Patent number: 10660901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to derivatives of pyrrolobenzodiazepines and antibody-drug conjugates thereof and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mao Yin, Joshua D. Thomas, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Patrick R. Conlon, Bingfan Du, Eugene W. Kelleher, Timothy B. Lowinger, Shuyi Tang
  • Patent number: 10603386
    Abstract: A drug conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight?5 kDa. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Charles E. Hammond, Cheri A. Stevenson, Natalya D. Bodyak, Patrick R. Conlon, Dmitry R. Gumerov
  • Patent number: 10537645
    Abstract: Auristatin compounds and conjugates thereof are provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently an Auristatin compound. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Charles E. Hammond, Cheri A. Stevenson, Natalya D. Bodyak, Patrick R. Conlon, Dmitry R. Gumerov
  • Patent number: 10526294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to derivatives of pyrrolobenzodiazepines and antibody-drug conjugates thereof and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Thomas, Mao Yin, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Patrick R. Conlon, Ahmed Hilmy, Eugene W. Kelleher, Timothy B. Lowinger, Cheri A. Stevenson, Shuyi Tang
  • Publication number: 20190241649
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Patent number: 10316080
    Abstract: A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Asana BioSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Smith, Nitin K. Damle, Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Joshua D. Thomas, Cheri A. Stevenson, Venu R. Gurijala
  • Patent number: 10226535
    Abstract: An auristatin compound conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently an auristatin compound having a molecular weight ?5 kDa. LD and LP are distinct linkers connecting the auristatin compound and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-auristatin compound-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr V. Yurkovetskiy, Mao Yin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Cheri A. Stevenson, Patrick R. Conlon