Patents by Inventor Uwe Wessels

Uwe Wessels 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: 11970550
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-variant Fc-region antibodies which specifically bind to an antibody that has the mutation P329G or the mutations P329G/L234A/L235A or the mutations 1253A/H310A/H435A in the Fc-region, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Kowalewsky, Mirko Ritter, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 11340234
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-drug antibody immunoassay for the determination of the presence of an anti-drug antibody against an effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody in a sample comprising the incubation of a sample comprising mammalian blood serum with full length human Fcgamma receptor I or an Fc-region binding fragment thereof so that a complex between the anti-drug antibody against the effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody present in the sample and the human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof forms, whereby the full length human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof is conjugated to a detectable label, and the determination of the formed complex by the detectable label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Pablo Umana, Uwe Wessels, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch
  • Publication number: 20210163626
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-variant Fc-region antibodies which specifically bind to an antibody that has the mutation P329G or the mutations P329G/L234A/L235A or the mutations 1253A/H310A/H435A in the Fc-region, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Kowalewsky, Mirko Ritter, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20210055304
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody, which specifically binds to a second binding specificity of the bispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding specificity, whereby the anti-idiotypic antibody is bound to a solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar STUBENRAUCH, Uwe WESSELS
  • Patent number: 10899845
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-variant Fc-region antibodies which specifically bind to an antibody that has the mutation P329G or the mutations P329G/L234A/L235A or the mutations I253A/H310A/H435A in the Fc-region, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Kowalewsky, Mirko Ritter, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 10761097
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody, which specifically binds to a second binding specificity of the bispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding specificity, whereby the anti-idiotypic antibody is bound to a solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 10502746
    Abstract: One aspect as reported herein is a method for detecting a rat antibody in a serum or plasma sample (obtained) from a mouse comprising the steps of a) providing the sample to be analyzed, b) incubating said serum or plasma sample with an antibody that specifically binds to rat IgG and that does not specifically bind to mouse IgG, wherein the antibody is i) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat kappa light chain and an antibody binding to rat lambda light chain, or ii) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat IgG1 with an avidity of 4.1×1010 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2a with an avidity of 8.6×109 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2b with an avidity of 6.4×1010 M?1 or more and an antibody binding to rat IgG2c with an avidity of 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20180346602
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-variant Fc-region antibodies which specifically bind to an antibody that has the mutation P329G or the mutations P329G/L234A/L235A or the mutations I253A/H310A/H435A in the Fc-region, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Kowalewsky, Mirko Ritter, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20180328942
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody, which specifically binds to a second binding specificity of the bispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding specificity, whereby the anti-idiotypic antibody is bound to a solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar STUBENRAUCH, Uwe WESSELS
  • Patent number: 9957331
    Abstract: Herein are reported the cell lines DSM ACC3006, DSM ACC3007, and DSM ACC3008, as well as the antibodies obtained from the cell lines and the use of an antibody obtained from the cell lines in an immunoassay. Also are reported antibodies binding to human or chimpanzee IgG and not binding to canine and marmoset IgG and antibodies specifically binding to an IgG 1 that comprises a kappa light chain constant domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Essig, Stefan Klostermann, Frank Kowalewsky, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Rudolf Vogel, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 9945869
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody, which specifically binds to a second binding specificity of the bispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding specificity, whereby the anti-idiotypic antibody is bound to a solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 9933433
    Abstract: The invention provides an antibody binding specifically to Cynomolgus IgG characterized by not binding to Human IgG, and a method for the immunological determination of an immune complex (DA/ADA complex) of a drug antibody (DA) and an antibody against said drug antibody (anti-drug antibody, ADA) in a sample of a monkey species using a double antigen bridging immunoassay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Ulrich Essig, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Rudolf Vogel, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20170370941
    Abstract: One aspect as reported herein is a method for detecting a rat antibody in a serum or plasma sample (obtained) from a mouse comprising the steps of a) providing the sample to be analyzed, b) incubating said serum or plasma sample with an antibody that specifically binds to rat IgG and that does not specifically bind to mouse IgG, wherein the antibody is i) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat kappa light chain and an antibody binding to rat lambda light chain, or ii) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat IgG1 with an avidity of 4.1×1010 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2a with an avidity of 8.6×109 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2b with an avidity of 6.4×1010 M?1or more and an antibody binding to rat IgG2c with an avidity of 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20170343560
    Abstract: Herein is reported an anti-drug antibody immunoassay for the determination of the presence of an anti-drug antibody against an effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody in a sample comprising the incubation of a sample comprising mammalian blood serum with full length human Fcgamma receptor I or an Fc-region binding fragment thereof so that a complex between the anti-drug antibody against the effector function suppressed human or humanized drug antibody present in the sample and the human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof forms, whereby the full length human Fcgamma receptor I or the Fc-region binding fragment thereof is conjugated to a detectable label, and the determination of the formed complex by the detectable label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Umana, Uwe Wessels, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch
  • Patent number: 9766251
    Abstract: Herein are reported a monoclonal antibody specifically binding to a human IgG1 antibody and not specifically binding to the immunoglobulin of an experimental animal and the use of the antibody in immunoassays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Ulrich Essig, Stefan Klostermann, Frank Kowalewsky, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Rudolf Vogel, Uwe Wessels
  • Patent number: 9671394
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody that specifically binds to a second binding site of the multispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding site, and thereby depleting the multispecific antibody from the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20160266135
    Abstract: One aspect as reported herein is a method for detecting a rat antibody in a serum or plasma sample (obtained) from a mouse comprising the steps of a) providing the sample to be analyzed, b) incubating said serum or plasma sample with an antibody that specifically binds to rat IgG and that does not specifically bind to mouse IgG, wherein the antibody is i) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat kappa light chain and an antibody binding to rat lambda light chain, or ii) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat IgG1 with an avidity of 4.1×1010 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2a with an avidity of 8.6×109 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2b with an avidity of 6.4×1010 M?1or more and an antibody binding to rat IgG2c with an avidity of 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20160077100
    Abstract: One aspect as reported herein is a method for detecting a rat antibody in a serum or plasma sample (obtained) from a mouse comprising the steps of a) providing the sample to be analyzed, b) incubating said serum or plasma sample with an antibody that specifically binds to rat IgG and that does not specifically bind to mouse IgG, wherein the antibody is i) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat kappa light chain and an antibody binding to rat lambda light chain, or ii) a mixture of an antibody binding to rat IgG1 with an avidity of 4.1×1010 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2a with an avidity of 8.6×109 M?1 or more, an antibody binding to rat IgG2b with an avidity of 6.4×1010 M?1 or more and an antibody binding to rat IgG2c with an avidity of 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels
  • Publication number: 20150323543
    Abstract: Herein are reported a monoclonal antibody specifically binding to a human IgG1 antibody and not specifically binding to the immunoglobulin of an experimental animal and the use of the antibody in immunoassays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: ULRICH ESSIG, STEFAN KLOSTERMANN, FRANK KOWALEWSKY, KAY-GUNNAR STUBENRAUCH, RUDOLF VOGEL, UWE WESSELS
  • Publication number: 20150072359
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the detection of free antigen of a multispecific antibody in a sample, whereby the antigen to be detected can be specifically bound by a first binding site of the multispecific antibody, comprising the step of incubating a sample comprising free antigen and multispecific antibody with an anti-idiotypic antibody that specifically binds to a second binding site of the multispecific antibody, which is different from the first binding site, and thereby depleting the multispecific antibody from the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Uwe Wessels