Patents by Inventor Toni CATHOMEN

Toni CATHOMEN 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: 11957794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable multilayer nanocapsule for the delivery of at least one biologically active agent into at least one target cell consisting of at least two layers of at least two biodegradable polymers which are laid one onto the other and whereby the biologically active agent is layered onto a layer of a biodegradable polymer and covered with a further layer of a biodegradable polymer, whereby one biologically active agent is a nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Queen Mary University of London
    Inventors: Gleb Sukhorukov, Irina Nazarenko, Yana Tarakanchikova, Toni Cathomen, Tatjana Cornu, Valentina Pennucci, Jamal Alzubi
  • Publication number: 20240043819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified Cas9 nuclease comprising a substantial part of a Cas9 nuclease and fused thereto at least one substantial part of a dominant negative effector on non-homologous end-joining selected from the group consisting of RNF168, 53BP1, Ku80 and DNA-PK which compete with NHEJ promoting factors and CtIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Claudio MUSSOLINO, Toni CATHOMEN, Tatjana CORNU, Antonio CARUSILLO
  • Patent number: 11767512
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of cell therapy and HIV treatments. It provides with highly specific reagents for reducing or inactivating expression of CCR5 in primate and human primary cells, especially under the form of TALE-nucleases. These reagents allow the production of safer primary hematopoietic cells made resistant to HIV, stem cells or differentiated cells, for their infusion into HIV patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: CELLECTIS, ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAT FREIBURG
    Inventors: Toni Cathomen, Tatjana Cornu, Philippe Duchateau, Claudio Mussolino, Marianna Romito, Agnes Gouble
  • Publication number: 20230039030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an antigen-binding fragment which binds specifically to PSMA antigen, and a method of manufacturing high-quality CAR T cell products by transfection and/or transduction of T cells therewith, which allows to effectively treat tumors in vivo alone or in combination with pharmaceutical drugs, such chemotherapies, biopharmaceutical drugs, such as antibodies, or small-molecule drugs, such as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Philipp WOLF, Jamal ALZUBI, Susanne SCHULTZE-SEEMANN, Irina KUCKUCK
  • Publication number: 20220233462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable multilayer nanocapsule for the delivery of at least one biologically active agent into at least one target cell consisting of at least two layers of at least two biodegradable polymers which are laid one onto the other and whereby the biologically active agent is layered onto a layer of a biodegradable polymer and covered with a further layer of a biodegradable polymer, whereby one biologically active agent is a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Queen Mary University of London
    Inventors: Gleb SUKHORUKOV, Irina NAZARENKO, Yana TARAKANCHIKOVA, Toni CATHOMEN, Tatjana CORNU, Valentina PENNUCCI, Jamal ALZUBI
  • Patent number: 11319580
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for high-throughput detection of genome-wide modifications in a nucleic acid genome obtained from a cell or tissue caused by the activity of a designer nuclease comprising the following steps: a) Extraction of the genomic DNA from cells that were exposed to a designer nuclease under conditions which allow the designer nuclease to introduce a DNA double-strand break (DSB) in the genomic DNA of the cell, b) fragmentation of the nucleic acid to obtain random fragments, c) performing an end repair in order to obtain blunt ends, d) ligation with a linker comprising a sequence complementary to a so called “linker primer”, e) performing a first nucleic acid amplification reaction with a “linker primer” and a so called “ON-target primer”, whereby one primer is located upstream and one primer is located downstream of the on-target site, wherein at least one decoy primer is present in the reaction mixture, f) performing a second nucleic acid amplification reaction whereby so called “nested prim
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Toni Cathomen, Giandomenico Turchiano, Georges Blattner, Gianni Monaco, Melanie Boerries, Geoffroy Andrieux
  • Patent number: 11253482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable multilayer nanocapsule for the delivery of at least one biologically active agent into at least one target cell consisting of at least two layers of at least two biodegradable polymers which are laid one onto the other and whereby the biologically active agent is layered onto a layer of a biodegradable polymer and covered with a further layer of a biodegradable polymer, whereby one biologically active agent is a nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Queen Mary University of London
    Inventors: Gleb Sukhorukov, Irina Nazarenko, Yana Tarakanchikova, Toni Cathomen, Tatjana Cornu, Valentina Pennucci, Jamal Alzubi
  • Publication number: 20210371491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an antigen-binding fragment which binds specifically to PSMA antigen, and a method of manufacturing high-quality CAR T cell products by transfection and/or transduction of T cells therewith, which allows to eradicate tumors in vivo alone or in combination with pharmaceutical drugs, such chemotherapies, biopharmaceutical drugs, such as antibodies, or small-molecule drugs, such as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Jamal ALZUBI, Viviane DETTMER, Philipp WOLF, Susanne SCHULTZE-SEEMANN, Irina KUCKUCK, Hinrich ABKEN, Johannes KUEHLE
  • Publication number: 20210317514
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for high-throughput detection of genome-wide modifications in a nucleic acid genome obtained from a cell or tissue caused by the activity of a designer nuclease comprising the following steps: a) Extraction of the genomic DNA from cells that were exposed to a designer nuclease under conditions which allow the designer nuclease to introduce a DNA double-strand break (DSB) in the genomic DNA of the cell, b) fragmentation of the nucleic acid to obtain random fragments, c) performing an end repair in order to obtain blunt ends, d) ligation with a linker comprising a sequence complementary to a so called “linker primer”, e) performing a first nucleic acid amplification reaction with a “linker primer” and a so called “ON-target primer”, whereby one primer is located upstream and one primer is located downstream of the on-target site, wherein at least one decoy primer is present in the reaction mixture, f) performing a second nucleic acid amplification reaction whereby so called “nested prim
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Giandomenico TURCHIANO, Georges BLATTNER, Gianni MONACO, Melanie BOERRIES, Geoffroy ANDRIEUX
  • Publication number: 20210228643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the in vivo delivery system of the DNA modifying enzymes comprising the stem cells-derived extracellular vesicles collected in serum-free conditions, characterized in that the said extracellular vesicles are the population of extracellular vesicles defined by the expression of surface markers. Moreover, the present invention is dedicated for use in a treatment of a genetic disease and/or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sylwia BOBIS-WOZOWICZ, Ewa ZUBA-SURMA, Toni CATHOMEN
  • Patent number: 11072782
    Abstract: Herein described is a construct for epigenomic modification of genes composed of: (a) a Krüppel-associated box zinc finger protein or homologous, (b) a DNA region capable of binding to the target gene or homologous, (c) a human DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A or homologous and (d) a murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3L or homologous, wherein components a), b), c) and d) are linked to each other either directly or via at least one linker. The construct is a designer epigenome modifier that can be used to silence genes coding for a protein in leukocytes that avoids the internalization of HI viruses in immune cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Toni Cathomen, Claudio Mussolino, Tatjana I. Cornu, Tafadzwa Mlambo, Sandra Nitsch, Jamal Alzubi, Marianna Romito
  • Publication number: 20200392459
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of cell therapy and HIV treatments. It provides with highly specific reagents for reducing or inactivating expression of CCR5 in primate and human primary cells, especially under the form of TALE-nucleases. These reagents allow the production of safer primary hematopoietic cells made resistant to HIV, stem cells or differentiated cells, for their infusion into HIV patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Tatjana CORNU, Philippe DUCHATEAU, Claudio MUSSOLINO, Marianna ROMITO, Agnes GOUBLE
  • Publication number: 20200375914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable multilayer nanocapsule for the delivery of at least one biologically active agent into at least one target cell consisting of at least two layers of at least two biodegradable polymers which are laid one onto the other and whereby the biologically active agent is layered onto a layer of a biodegradable polymer and covered with a further layer of a biodegradable polymer, whereby one biologically active agent is a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Queen Mary University of London
    Inventors: Gleb SUKHORUKOV, Irina NAZARENKO, Yana TARAKANCHIKOVA, Toni CATHOMEN, Tatjana CORNU, Valentina PENNUCCI, Jamal ALZUBI
  • Publication number: 20190024072
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a construct for epigenomic modification of genes that includes the following components: a) a Krüppel-associated box zinc finger protein or homologous, b) a DNA region capable of binding to the target gene or homologous, c) a human DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A or homologous and d) a murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3L or homologous whereby components a), b), c) and d) are linked to each other either directly or via at least one linker. The construct is a designer epigenome modifier which can be used to silence genes coding for a protein in leukocytes which avoids the internalization of HI viruses in immune cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Claudio MUSSOLINO, Tatjana I. CORNU, Tafadzwa MLAMBO, Sandra NITSCH, Jamal ALZUBI, Marianna ROMITO
  • Publication number: 20190024090
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a construct for epigenomic modification of genes comprising the following components: a) a Krüppel-associated box zinc finger protein or homologous, b) a DNA region capable of binding to the target gene or homologous, c) a human DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A or homologous and d) a murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3L or homologous whereby components a), b), c) and d) are linked to each other either directly or via at least one linker. The construct is a designer epigenome modifier which can be used to silence genes coding for a protein in leukocytes which avoids the internalization of HI viruses in immune cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Toni CATHOMEN, Claudio MUSSOLINO, Tatjana I. CORNU, Tafadzwa MLAMBO, Sandra NITSCH, Jamal ALZUBI, Marianna ROMITO