Patents by Inventor Ugur Sahin

Ugur Sahin 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: 11878055
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BioNTech SE
    Inventors: Alexander Muik, Kena Anne Swanson, Qi Yang, Hui Cai, Ugur Sahin, Kayvon Modjarrad
  • Patent number: 11873478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNA therapy and, in particular, decreasing immunogenicity of RNA. Specifically, the present invention provides methods for decreasing immunogenicity of RNA, said methods comprising modifying the nucleotide sequence of the RNA by reducing the uridine (U) content, wherein said reduction of the U content comprises an elimination of U nucleosides from the nucleotide sequence of the RNA and/or a substitution of U nucleosides by nucleosides other than U in the nucleotide sequence of the RNA. Using RNA having decreased immunogenicity allows administration of RNA as a drug to a subject, e.g. in order to obtain expression of a pharmaceutically active peptide or protein, without eliciting an immune response which would interfere with therapeutic effectiveness of the RNA or induce adverse effects in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BioNTech SE
    Inventors: Katalin Kariko, Ugur Sahin
  • Publication number: 20240009238
    Abstract: The invention relates to agents and methods for targeted delivery of payloads to cells. The agents and methods are useful for delivering therapeutic or diagnostic agents to target cells. In one embodiment, the invention involves administering RNA encoding a peptide or polypeptide (docketing compound) comprising a binding moiety (primary targeting moiety) binding to target cells and a further binding moiety (secondary target) binding to an agent that comprises a payload (effector probe). Following expression of the RNA, the primary targeting moiety may bind to a target antigen such as a cancer antigen on cancer cells and then a secondary targeting moiety comprised in the effector probe may target the secondary target to thereby precisely deliver a “payload” to the target cells such as cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur SAHIN, Joycelyn WÜSTEHUBE-LAUSCH, Hans-Ulrich SCHMOLDT
  • Patent number: 11865159
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of therapeutic RNAs for treatment of solid tumor cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Friederike Gieseke, Ugur Sahin, Timothy R. Wagenaar, Dmitri G. Wiederschain, Christian Hotz
  • Publication number: 20240000921
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Muik, Asaf Poran, Kena Anne Swanson, Qi Yang, Hui Cai, Ugur Sahin, Kayvon Modjarrad
  • Publication number: 20240002471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases expressing Fibronectin Extra Domain B (EDB) such as diseases characterized by tissue remodeling and/or angiogenesis, in particular cancerous diseases, such as head and neck, brain, colorectal, lung, prostate and breast cancer. More particularly, the invention concerns peptides targeting Fibronectin Extra Domain B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Bonny Gaby Lui, Nadja Salomon, Joycelyn Wüstehube-Lausch, Matin Daneschdar, Hans-Ulrich Schmoldt, Markus Fiedler
  • Publication number: 20240002127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the fields of packaging, transportation, and storage of temperature-sensitive materials, such as biological and/or pharmaceutical products. Various aspects of such packaging, transportation, and storage are provided herein for ultra-low temperature materials useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disease. The present disclosure also provides packaging materials, methods of transportation, and methods of storage for maintaining biological and/or pharmaceutical materials at ultra-low temperatures in order to maintain the integrity of the materials. The present disclosure further relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marjoh Nauta, Dirk Jozef Peeters, Tom Frank Steven Van Doorslaer, Advait Vijay Badkar, Ramin Darvari, Nicholas William Warne, James Jean, Danny Pierre G. Hendrikse, Ugur Sahin, Alptekin Güler, Andreas Kuhn, Alexander Muik, Annette Vogel, Kerstin Walzer, Sonja Witzel, Stephanie Hein, Özlem Türeci
  • Patent number: 11858988
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing Claudin-6 (CLDN6), including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma, bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Ganymed Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan
  • Patent number: 11859008
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN6, including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Ganymed Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Michael Koslowski, Korden Walter, Stefan Woll, Maria Kreuzberg, Bernd Hubner, Michael Erdeljan, Michael Weichel
  • Publication number: 20230414747
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions comprising RNA, methods for preparing and storing such compositions, and the use of such compositions in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Steffen Panzner, Ugur Sahin, Jorrit-Jan Krijger, Kaushik Thanki, Bakul Subodh Bhatnagar, Ramin Darvari, Sumit Luthra, Serguei A. Tchessalov
  • Publication number: 20230405046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of clinically relevant T cell receptors and T cell epitopes which are useful for immunotherapy. The present invention also relates to therapies involving immune effector cells such as T cells expressing a T cell receptor disclosed herein and/or being specific for a T cell epitope disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur SAHIN, Petra OEHM, Tana OMOKOKO, Andrea BREITKREUZ, Claudia TOLLIVER, Janina Patricia CASPAR, Lisa HEBICH, Anke OELBERMANN, Bettina STEEGE, Evelyna DERHOVANESSIAN, Sebastian NEWRZELA, Rene ROTH
  • Publication number: 20230406902
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules that mimic antigenic determinants of the integral transmembrane protein claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2). These molecules compete with CLDN18.2 for binding to a CLDN18.2 binding domain, e.g. a CLDN18.2 binding domain of an antibody, and are capable of detecting antibodies against CLDN18.2. The mimotopes of the invention may be used to generate or inhibit immune responses in animals and preferably humans. Furthermore, they can be used for purposes of detecting agents comprising a CLDN18.2 binding domain in biological samples as well as for purifying agents comprising a CLDN18.2 binding domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Matin Daneschdar, Hans-Ulrich Schmoldt, Laura-Marie Kring (née Plum), Markus Fiedler, Ulf Reimer, Karsten Schnatbaum
  • Publication number: 20230399403
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibodies having the ability of binding to the immune checkpoint protein programmed death-1 (PD-1), such as human PD-1, or nucleic acids encoding such antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to compositions or kits comprising said antibodies or nucleic acids, as well as to the use of these antibodies or nucleic acids or compositions in the field of medicine, preferably in the field of immunotherapy, e.g., for the treatment of cancers. The present invention further relates to methods for inducing an immune response in a subject comprising providing to the subject an antibody having the ability of binding to the immune checkpoint protein PD-1, such as human PD-1, or a nucleic acid encoding such an antibody, or a composition comprising said antibody or nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur SAHIN, Karsten BECKMANN, Claudia PAULMANN, Sina FELLERMEIER-KOPF, Friederike GIESEKE, Alexander MUIK, Ivan KUZMANOV
  • Patent number: 11826402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as pancreatic cancer and metastases thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitatsm
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Woll, Stefan Jacobs, Cornelia Heinz
  • Publication number: 20230365693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibodies having the ability to bind to the immune checkpoint protein programmed death-1 (PD-1), such as human PD-1, or nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, wherein the antibodies comprise modifications in the Fc region eliminating or reducing a Fc-mediated effector function of the antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to compositions or kits comprising said antibodies or nucleic acids, as well as to the use of these antibodies or nucleic acids or compositions in the field of medicine, preferably in the field of immunotherapy, e.g., for the treatment of cancers. The present invention further relates to methods for inducing an immune response in a subject comprising providing to the subject an antibody of the present disclosure or one or more nucleic acids encoding such an antibody, or a composition comprising said antibody or nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur SAHIN, Sina FELLERMEIER-KOPF, Friederike GIESEKE, Karsten BECKMANN, Claudia PAULMANN, Alexander MUIK, Ivan KUZMANOV, Esther Cornelia Wilhelmina BREIJ, Patricia GARRIDO CASTRO, Jordan BLUM, Lars GUELEN, Joost NEIJSSEN, Bart-Jan DE KREUK, Richard HIBBERT, Janine SCHUURMAN, Aran Frank LABRIJN
  • Patent number: 11814411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binding agents binding to receptors of the TNF superfamily, in particular binding agents binding to at least two different receptors of the TNF superfamily, as well as to their use in medicine. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such binding agents, to cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules and to pharmaceutical compositions and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: BIONTECH SE, GENMAB A/S
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Friederike Gieseke, Isil Altintas, David Satijn, Paul Parren
  • Publication number: 20230355732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of cancer, in particular breast cancer, particularly triple-negative breast cancer. More particularly, the invention concerns methods and means for cancer treatment involving a specific set of tumor antigens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Claudia Paret, Kirsten Vormbrock, Christian Bender, Petra Simon, Christoph Hartmann, Stefanie Hubich, Thomas Bukur, Thorsten Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 11795218
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosis or treatment of cancer diseases involving cancer stem cells comprising targeting CLDN6. In particular, the present invention provides a method of determining cancer stem cells comprising detecting cells expressing CLDN6. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing cancer comprising inhibiting and/or eliminating cancer stem cells by administering an antibody having the ability of binding to CLDN6 to a cancer patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: BioNTech AG, Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universität
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Korden Walter, Meike Wagner, Maria Kreuzberg, Sabine Hacker, Stefan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20230330198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-immunogenic RNA. This RNA forms the basis for the development of therapeutic agents for inducing tolerance towards an autoantigen and thus, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sebastian Kreiter, Christina Krienke, Jutta Petschenka, Lena Mareen Kranz, Mustafa Diken
  • Patent number: 11787862
    Abstract: The present invention provides binding agents comprising at least three binding domains, wherein a first binding domain binds to a T cell-specific antigen and a second binding domain and a third binding domain bind to a claudin, and methods of using these binding agents or nucleic acids encoding therefor for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: BioNTech SE, ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Christiane Stadler, Leyla Fischer, Arne Jendretzki, Özlem Türeci, Fabrice Le Gall, Maria Kreuzberg