Patents by Inventor Yuetian Yan

Yuetian Yan 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: 11982166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for segmented simultaneous water injection and oil recovery through double pipes in horizontal section, comprising several packers, several oil-extracting mechanisms and several water-injection mechanisms, wherein each of the packers, each of the oil-extracting mechanisms, and each of the water-injection mechanisms has an injection channel and a production channel, when several packers, several oil-extracting mechanisms and several water-injection mechanisms are combined, each of the injection channels is connected in turn, and each of the production channels is also connected in turn, the oil-extracting mechanism can extract oil through the production channel, the water-injection mechanism can inject water through the injection channel. The beneficial effects of this disclosure include: the oil in the oil production section can be produced while the water injection section is injected with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nanniwan Oil Production Plant, Yanchang Oilfield Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pingtian Fan, Yuetian Liu, Weichu Yu, Ping Li, Yongdong Wang, Ying Zhang, Baolin Guan, Fengping Yan, Yuanping Hu, Min Sun
  • Publication number: 20240110924
    Abstract: The present invention provides rapid, sensitive high-throughput methods and systems for characterizing peptides or proteins using hydrophobic interaction chromatography-coupled native mass spectrometry to improve manufacturing process of biopharmaceutical products, such as identifying impurities during antibody purification, monitoring post-translational modification variants during production, or characterizing drug-to-antibody ratio of antibody-drug conjugates. The separation profiles of the peptides or proteins are generated and compared to identify or qualify the peptides or proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Patent number: 11899023
    Abstract: Methods and system for identification of dimer species using online chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry are provided. Also provided are methods and system for quantitation of heterodimer species using immunoprecipitation and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20240036056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protein characterization, and in particular to methods for identifying critical quality attributes of therapeutic proteins by implementing a workflow including using a competitive binding assay with insufficient capture molecule followed by LC-MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Zhengqi Zhang, Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang, Jethro Prinston, Jennifer Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11885811
    Abstract: The present invention provides rapid, sensitive high-throughput methods and systems for characterizing peptides or proteins using hydrophobic interaction chromatography-coupled native mass spectrometry to improve manufacturing process of biopharmaceutical products, such as identifying impurities during antibody purification, monitoring post-translational modification variants during production, or characterizing drug-to-antibody ratio of antibody-drug conjugates. The separation profiles of the peptides or proteins are generated and compared to identify or qualify the peptides or proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230375565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protein characterization, and in particular to methods for identifying critical quality attributes of therapeutic proteins by implementing a workflow including using a competitive binding assay with insufficient capture molecule followed by LC-MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Zhengqi Zhang, Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230348533
    Abstract: The present invention generally pertains to methods of characterizing antibodies and related products. In particular, the present invention pertains to the use of immunoprecipitation and postcolumn denaturation-assisted native size exclusion chromatography-mass spectrometry to specifically and sensitively detected and quantitate antibodies and related products in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230314446
    Abstract: Methods and system for identifying and/or quantifying a protein are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230314388
    Abstract: Methods and system for identifying and quantifying antibody fragments and identifying the site of fragmentation on an antibody are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230266286
    Abstract: Disclosed are native liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems and methods of use. A native liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system can include a liquid chromatography system capable of separating a sample; and an electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) system in fluid communication with the liquid chromatography system, wherein the ESI-MS system comprises a multi-nozzle electrospray ionization emitter and a system for modifying a desolvation gas and a mass spectrometer, wherein the mass spectrometer is configured to receive ions and characterize mass to charge ratio of ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Shunhai Wang, Yuetian Yan
  • Publication number: 20230251266
    Abstract: The present invention provides rapid, sensitive high-throughput methods and systems for characterizing peptides or proteins using hydrophobic interaction chromatography-coupled native mass spectrometry to improve manufacturing process of biopharmaceutical products, such as identifying impurities during antibody purification, monitoring post-translational modification variants during production, or characterizing drug-to-antibody ratio of antibody-drug conjugates. The separation profiles of the peptides or proteins are generated and compared to identify or qualify the peptides or proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Patent number: 11714092
    Abstract: Methods and system for identifying and/or quantifying a protein are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230110712
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize dimerization interfaces at the subdomain level of a protein are provided. An exemplary method includes digesting a protein dimer sample into subdomains, labeling the digested protein sample, isolating labeled dimeric and monomeric subdomain fragments, and peptide mapping the labeled sample to determine where the dimer fragments are labeled and where the dimer fragments are not labeled. Regions that show decreased labeling extents in the dimer fraction than that in the monomer fraction are likely involved or in close proximity to the dimerization interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shunhai Wang, Yuetian Yan
  • Publication number: 20230084196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protein characterization, and in particular to methods for characterizing high molecular weight species of a therapeutic protein by implementing a workflow including using a post-column denaturation-assisted SEC-MS method that allows highly specific, sensitive, and comprehensive characterization of high molecular weight species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230077710
    Abstract: Liquid chromatography-free methods for quantitating a target protein in a sample are provided. One embodiment provides a liquid chromatography-free method for quantifying target antibodies in a sample including the steps of spiking the sample with a labeled internal standard antibody, digesting the antibodies in the sample to produce peptides, fractionating the peptides; and quantifying the target antibodies using a direct infusion MS2 system containing one or more ion traps and two or more quadrupole mass filters and an electrospray ionizer, wherein the method is liquid chromatography-free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230070556
    Abstract: Methods and system for identification of dimer species using online chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry are provided. Also provided are methods and system for quantitation of heterodimer species using immunoprecipitation and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Patent number: 11598756
    Abstract: Disclosed are native liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems and methods of use. A native liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system can include a liquid chromatography system capable of separating a sample; and an electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) system in fluid communication with the liquid chromatography system, wherein the ESI-MS system comprises a multi-nozzle electrospray ionization emitter and a system for modifying a desolvation gas and a mass spectrometer, wherein the mass spectrometer is configured to receive ions and characterize mass to charge ratio of ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunhai Wang, Yuetian Yan
  • Publication number: 20230045769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protein characterization, and in particular to methods for identifying critical quality attributes of therapeutic proteins expressed in host cells by implementing a workflow including using a competitive binding assay with insufficient antigen followed by SCX-MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhengqi Zhang, Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230032322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protein characterization, and in particular to methods for identifying critical quality attributes of therapeutic proteins by implementing a workflow including using a competitive binding assay with insufficient capture molecule followed by LC-MS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Zhengqi Zhang, Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang
  • Publication number: 20230017454
    Abstract: The present invention generally pertains to methods of characterizing antibodies and related products. In particular, the present invention pertains to the use of immunoprecipitation and native strong cation exchange chromatography-mass spectrometry to specifically and sensitively detected and quantitate antibodies and related products in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yuetian Yan, Shunhai Wang