Patents by Inventor Wouter Vervecken

Wouter Vervecken 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: 20220204952
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for producing activated type I sulfatases, or functional fragments thereof, using Formylglycine Generating Enzymes (FGEs). Also featured by the disclosure are recombinant fungal (e.g., Yarrowia lipolytica) cells expressing the FGE and, in some embodiments, type I sulfatases, or functional fragments thereof, and/or additional accessory enzymes. The disclosure also provides activated type I sulfatases or functional fragments thereof, made by the disclosed methods and therapeutic methods using the activated type I sulfatases or functional fragments thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Stefan Simonne Prudent Eugène Christine Ryckaert, Albena Vergilieva Valevska
  • Publication number: 20220125892
    Abstract: The present invention provides glucocerebrosidase preparations, uses thereof as well as methods employing such, particularly in therapy of conditions involving glucocerebrosidase deficiency, such as Gaucher disease and glucocerebrosidase-associated alpha-synucleinopathies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 11225646
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered fungal cells useful for producing target molecules containing mammalian-like complex N-glycans or containing intermediates in a mammalian glycosylation pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Oxyrane UK Limited
    Inventors: Steven Christian Jozef Geysens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Patent number: 11040114
    Abstract: The present invention provides new forms of human ?-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (NAGAL) polypeptide or a functionally active variant or fragment thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and related products and uses, including use in methods of treating Fabry disease, Schindler disease or Kanzaki disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 10648044
    Abstract: This document relates to molecular complexes having acid alpha glucosidase activity and at least one modification that results in enhanced ability of the molecular complex to be transported to the interior of a mammalian cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Oxyrane UK Limited
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Jan Robert Ludo Stout, Gwenda Noëlla Pynaert
  • Patent number: 10392609
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for uncapping a mannose-6-phosphate residue on an oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Oxyrane UK Limited, VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Nico Luc Marc Callewaert, Wouter Vervecken, Petra Sophie Tiels, Han Karel Remaut, Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens
  • Publication number: 20190233802
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered fungal cells useful for producing target molecules containing mammalian-like complex N-glycans or containing intermediates in a mammalian glycosylation pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Christian Jozef Geysens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Patent number: 10344310
    Abstract: Methods for demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans on a glycoprotein are described that use a mannosidase capable of hydrolyzing a terminal alpha-1,2 mannose linkage when the underlying mannose is phosphorylated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Oxyrane UK Limited, VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Patent number: 10287557
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered fungal cells useful for producing target molecules containing mammalian-like complex N-glycans or containing intermediates in a mammalian glycosylation pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Oxyrane UK Limited
    Inventors: Steven Christian Jozef Geysens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Publication number: 20190040368
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for producing activated type I sulfatases, or functional fragments thereof, using Formylglycine Generating Enzymes (FGEs). Also featured by the disclosure are recombinant fungal (e.g., Yarrowia lipolytica) cells expressing the FGE and, in some embodiments, type I sulfatases, or functional fragments thereof, and/or additional accessory enzymes. The disclosure also provides activated type I sulfatases or functional fragments thereof, made by the disclosed methods and therapeutic methods using the activated type I sulfatases or functional fragments thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Wouter VERVECKEN, Stefan Simonne Prudent Eugène Christine Ryckaert, Albena Vergilieva Valevska
  • Publication number: 20180360991
    Abstract: The present invention provides new forms of human ?-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (NAGAL) polypeptide or a functionally active variant or fragment thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, and related products and uses, including use in methods of treating Fabry disease, Schindler disease or Kanzaki disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wouter Vervecken, Steven Geysens
  • Patent number: 10023854
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for producing an altered N-glycosylation form of a target molecule. Also described are methods and molecules with altered N-glycosylation useful for treating a variety of disorders such as metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Oxyrane UK Limited, VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico Luc Marc Callewaert, Wouter Vervecken, Karen Jacqueline Marcel De Pourcq, Steven Christian Jozef Geysens, Mouna Guerfal
  • Patent number: 10011857
    Abstract: The invention provides mannosidases capable of uncapping mannose-1-phospho-6-mannose moieties and demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans, methods of using such mannosidases, glycoproteins produced using the methods, as well as methods of facilitating mammalian cellular uptake of glycoproteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Oxyrane UK Limited
    Inventors: Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Wouter Vervecken, Albena Vergilieva Valevska, Gwenda Noëlla Pynaert
  • Publication number: 20170306379
    Abstract: Methods for demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans on a glycoprotein are described that use a mannosidase capable of hydrolyzing a terminal alpha-1,2 mannose linkage when the underlying mannose is phosphorylated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Publication number: 20170226493
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for uncapping a mannose-6-phosphate residue on an oligosaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Nico Luc Marc Callewaert, Wouter Vervecken, Petra Sophie Tiels, Han Karel Remaut, Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens
  • Patent number: 9689015
    Abstract: Methods for demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans on a glycoprotein are described that use a mannosidase capable of hydrolyzing a terminal alpha-1,2 mannose linkage when the underlying mannose is phosphorylated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Oxyrane UK Limited
    Inventors: Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Wouter Vervecken
  • Patent number: 9598682
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for uncapping a mannose-6-phosphate residue on an oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent, Oxyrane UK Limited, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Nico Luc Marc Callewaert, Wouter Vervecken, Petra Sophie Tiels, Han Karel Remaut, Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens
  • Patent number: 9493756
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and genetically engineered cells useful for uncapping a mannose-6-phosphate residue on an oligosaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: VIB vzw, Universiteit Gent, Oxyrane UK Limited, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Inventors: Nico Luc Marc Callewaert, Wouter Vervecken, Petra Sophie Tiels, Han Karel Remaut, Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens
  • Publication number: 20160279254
    Abstract: This document relates to molecular complexes having acid alpha glucosidase activity and at least one modification that results in enhanced ability of the molecular complex to be transported to the interior of a mammalian cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: WOUTER VERVECKEN, KATHLEEN CAMILLA TELESPHORE ALIDA MARIA PIENS, JAN ROBERT LUDO STOUT, GWENDA NOËLLA PYNAERT
  • Publication number: 20160251693
    Abstract: The invention provides mannosidases capable of uncapping mannose-1-phospho-6-mannose moieties and demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans, methods of using such mannosidases, glycoproteins produced using the methods, as well as methods of facilitating mammalian cellular uptake of glycoproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kathleen Camilla Telesphore Alida Maria Piens, Wouter Vervecken, Albena Vergilieva Valevska, Gwenda Noëlla Pynaert