Patents by Inventor Todd C. Zion

Todd C. Zion 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: 20240101635
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine and feline diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine or feline origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20240101636
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of insulin-Fc fusion proteins and their use to treat feline diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Patent number: 11919935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20240016921
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain (SARS-CoV-2-RBD) fragment or an analog thereof linked to a human Fc fragment for use in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients that have recovered from COVID-19 as a booster vaccination, to antibody naïve patients to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enable the patients to become convalescent plasma donors, to patients who have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and have contracted COVID-19 in order to limit the scope of the infection and ameliorate the disease, and as a prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine. Exemplary Fc fusion proteins and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster, Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan, Kexin Huang
  • Patent number: 11814418
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of insulin-Fc fusion proteins and their use to treat feline diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Patent number: 11773151
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine and feline diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine or feline origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20230272031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of fusion proteins, e.g., insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and their use to treat cancer cells and cancer tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster
  • Publication number: 20230250148
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for lowering the blood glucose of a target subject, including for treating diabetes, by administering recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Patent number: 11707517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain (SARS-CoV-2-RBD) fragment or an analog thereof linked to a human Fc fragment for use in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients that have recovered from COVID-19 as a booster vaccination, to antibody naïve patients to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enable the patients to become convalescent plasma donors, to patients who have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and have contracted COVID-19 in order to limit the scope of the infection and ameliorate the disease, and as a prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine. Exemplary Fc fusion proteins and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster, Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan, Kexin Huang
  • Patent number: 11673934
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine and feline diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine or feline origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Patent number: 11667689
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of fusion proteins, e.g., insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and their use to treat cancer cells and cancer tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster
  • Publication number: 20230072260
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of fusion proteins, e.g., insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and their use to treat cancer cells and cancer tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster
  • Patent number: 11555058
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cells engineered to express recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of human origin. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, cells engineered to express the fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Patent number: 11359001
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to compositions of insulin-Fc (e.g., proinsulin-Fc) fusion proteins and their use to treat autoimmune disease, e.g., autoimmune diabetes, e.g., Type 1 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion, Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan, Sylaja Murikipudi
  • Patent number: 11352407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of human origin. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Akston Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20220098266
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions of insulin-Fc fusion proteins and their use to treat diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster
  • Publication number: 20220088182
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured fusion proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain (SARS-CoV-2-RBD) fragment or an analog thereof linked to a human Fc fragment for use in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Embodiments include the administration of the fusion proteins to patients that have recovered from COVID-19 as a booster vaccination, to antibody naïve patients to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enable the patients to become convalescent plasma donors, to patients who have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and have contracted COVID-19 in order to limit the scope of the infection and ameliorate the disease, and as a prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine. Exemplary Fc fusion proteins and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Todd C. Zion, Thomas M. Lancaster, Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan, Kexin Huang
  • Patent number: 11267862
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine and feline diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine or feline origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AKSTON BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20220064250
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating canine diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of canine origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, does not induce anti-drug antibodies, and substantially retains is potency over multiple administrations, requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and species-specific Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion
  • Publication number: 20220064251
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinantly manufactured ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins for use in treating diabetes. The insulin-Fc fusion proteins comprise an insulin polypeptide linked via a peptide linker to an Fc-fragment of human origin. Based on the results obtained, creating a treatment that is amenable to low cost manufacturing, exhibits sufficient in vivo bioactivity, displays extended duration of bioactivity, and does not exhibit immunogenicity requires a non-obvious combination of insulin polypeptide, peptide linkers, and Fc fragment, in addition to selective mutations on one or more of these components. Exemplary ultra-long acting insulin-Fc fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding these insulin-Fc fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical formulations of exemplary insulin-Fc fusion proteins are provided, in addition to methods of use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Todd C. Zion