Patents by Inventor V. Michael Holers

V. Michael Holers 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: 11407820
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Colorado
    Inventors: Joshua M. Thurman, V. Michael Holers
  • Publication number: 20210388080
    Abstract: The present invention provides targeted delivery methods and constructs for treating inflammatory diseases and/or detecting in vivo tissue injuries in an individual. The targeted delivery approach utilizes an antibody that recognizes an epitope found to be present at sites of inflammation. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting complement-driven inflammation in the eye in an individual, comprising administering to the individual an antibody or a fragment thereor or compositions thereof, wherein the antibody or fragment thereof specifically binds to Annexin IV or phospholipid. Also provided are related methods of treating a complement-associated ocular disease or an ocular disease involving oxidative damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Baerbel M. Rohrer, V. Michael Holers, Stephen Tomlinson, Joshua M. Thurman, Carl Atkinson, Liudmila Kulik
  • Patent number: 11191851
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Pablo Engel
  • Publication number: 20210213110
    Abstract: The present invention provides delivery methods and constructs for treating inflammatory diseases in an individual. The targeted delivery approach utilizes an antibody that recognizes an epitope found to be present at sites of inflammation. The antibody is used to deliver a MAp44 polypeptide or fragment thereof to sites of inflammation, where it inhibits the lectin pathway of complement activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of The University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Nirmal Banda, Liudmila Kulik
  • Publication number: 20200308295
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers
  • Patent number: 10413620
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions and kits comprising light-emitting versions of the monoclonal antibody to C3d (mAB 3d29) for imaging and methods of use thereof for detecting infectious and inflammatory cells in vivo. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides methods for detecting and/or monitoring a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection in a subject, as well as methods of treating a M. tuberculosis infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Martin G. Pomper, Catherine A. Foss, Joshua M. Thurman, V. Michael Holers
  • Publication number: 20190240355
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions and kits comprising light-emitting versions of the monoclonal antibody to C3d (mAB 3d29) for imaging and methods of use thereof for detecting infectious and inflammatory cells in vivo. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides methods for detecting and/or monitoring a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection in a subject, as well as methods of treating a M. tuberculosis infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Martin G. Pomper, Catherine A. Foss, Joshua M. Thurman, V. Michael Holers
  • Patent number: 10278986
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to the treatment of pain, such as pain from rheumatoid arthritis. By creating conjugates of antibodies that target C5aR and siRNA's that target C5 expression, a dual mode therapeutic that targets two different aspects of C5's inflammatory signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Nirmal Kumar Banda, V. Michael Holers
  • Patent number: 10239937
    Abstract: Methods for treating subjects having complement-mediated hemolytic disorders, such as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and other hemolytic anemias, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a composition that inhibits the activity of the complement alternative pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Antonio M. Risitano
  • Patent number: 10233235
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: Joshua M. Thurman, V. Michael Holers
  • Publication number: 20190002541
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua M. THURMAN, V. Michael HOLERS
  • Publication number: 20180371069
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua M. THURMAN, V. Michael HOLERS
  • Patent number: 9815890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and materials for modulating the complement alternative pathway (CAP), the complement classical pathway (CCP), the complement lectin/mannose pathway (CMP), or combinations thereof, as well as methods and materials for targeting diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic agents to localized areas of tissue within the body where they may more directly exert their effects upon the intended target cells or tissue, with reduced, associated systemic effects compared with administration of the same or similar agents in an untargeted, systemic manner. The methods and materials of the present invention may therefore allow for increased efficacy, lower threshold effective dosages and/or lower effective maintenance doses, and/or reduced associated undesired or adverse effects in terms of frequency or severity of occurrence, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik, Stephen Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20170290930
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions and kits comprising light-emitting versions of the monoclonal antibody to C3d (mAB 3d29) for imaging and methods of use thereof for detecting infectious and inflammatory cells in vivo. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides methods for detecting and/or monitoring a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection in a subject, as well as methods of treating a M. tuberculosis infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Martin G. Pomper, Catherine A. Foss, Joshua M. Thurman, V. Michael Holers
  • Publication number: 20170239284
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to the treatment of pain, such as pain from rheumatoid arthritis. By creating conjugates of antibodies that target C5aR and siRNA's that target C5 expression, a dual mode therapeutic that targets two different aspects of C5's inflammatory signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Nirmal Kumar BANDA, V. Michael HOLERS
  • Patent number: 9650447
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods directed to soluble proteins which can selectively deliver modulators of complement activity. Targeted delivery of these modulators is accomplished by selectively mutating particular amino acids in a targeting protein portion of the composition corresponding to at least the first two N-terminal SCR domains of CR2. Depending on the particular combination of mutations introduced into the targeting portion, a complement activity modulator can be selectively delivered to particular ligands of CR2 at sites where complement system activation or suppression is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: James M. Kovacs, Jonathan P. Hannan, V. Michael Holers
  • Patent number: 9259488
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik
  • Patent number: 9212212
    Abstract: The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Gary Gilkeson, Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Baerbel Rohrer
  • Publication number: 20150306254
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of using the same for detecting complement activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik
  • Patent number: RE49339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and materials for modulating the complement alternative pathway (CAP), the complement classical pathway (CCP), the complement lectin/mannose pathway (CMP), or combinations thereof, as well as methods and materials for targeting diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic agents to localized areas of tissue within the body where they may more directly exert their effects upon the intended target cells or tissue, with reduced, associated systemic effects compared with administration of the same or similar agents in an untargeted, systemic manner. The methods and materials of the present invention may therefore allow for increased efficacy, lower threshold effective dosages and/or lower effective maintenance doses, and/or reduced associated undesired or adverse effects in terms of frequency or severity of occurrence, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: The Regents of The University of Colorado, A Body Corporate, MUSC Foundation For Research Development
    Inventors: V. Michael Holers, Joshua M. Thurman, Liudmila Kulik, Stephen Tomlinson