IP Library Granted Patent US 12,304,965
Granted Patent B2
US 12,304,965 · App. 18/664,201 · Granted May 20, 2025

Variant nucleic acid libraries for coronavirus

Inventors: Aaron Sato (Burlingame, CA); Qiang Liu (Palo Alto, CA); Tom Yuan (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Twist Bioscience Corporation
C07K16/2896C07K16/005C07K16/1003A61K2039/505C07K2317/565C07K2317/76C07K2317/92
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Patent No.
US 12,304,965
App. No.
18/664,201
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to libraries of optimized antibodies having nucleic acids encoding for an antibody comprising modified sequences. Libraries described herein comprise nucleic acids encoding SARS-CoV-2 or ACE2 antibodies. Further described herein are protein libraries generated when the nucleic acid libraries are translated. Further described herein are cell libraries expressing variegated nucleic acid libraries described herein.

Claims (19)

1. A VHH antibody that binds to ACE2 protein, comprising a variable domain, heavy chain region (VH) wherein VH comprises complementarity determining regions CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3, wherein:

the amino acid sequence of CDRH1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 780; the amino acid sequence of CDRH2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 921; and the amino acid sequence of CDRH3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1063;

the amino acid sequence of CDRH1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 782; the amino acid sequence of CDRH2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 923; and the amino acid sequence of CDRH3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1065;

the amino acid sequence of CDRH1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 869; (b) the amino acid sequence of CDRH2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1010; and (c) the amino acid sequence of CDRH3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1152;

the amino acid sequence of CDRH1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 889; (b) the amino acid sequence of CDRH2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1030; and (c) the amino acid sequence of CDRH3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1172; or

the amino acid sequence of CDRH1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 908; the amino acid sequence of CDRH2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1049; and the amino acid sequence of CDRH3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1191.

2. A method of treating a SARS-COV-2 infection in an individual, comprising administering the VHH antibody of claim 1 .

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the antibody is administered prior to exposure to SARS-COV-2.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is administered at least about 1 week prior to exposure to SARS-COV-2.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is administered at least about 1 month prior to exposure to SARS-COV-2.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the antibody is administered at least about 5 months prior to exposure to SARS-COV-2.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the antibody is administered after exposure to SARS-COV-2.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the antibody is administered at most about 24 hours after exposure to SARS-COV-2.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the antibody is administered at most about 1 week after exposure to SARS-COV-2.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the antibody is administered at most about 1 month after exposure to SARS-COV-2.

11. A method of treating an individual with a SARS-COV-2 infection with the VHH antibody of claim 1 comprising:

(a) obtaining or having obtained a sample from the individual;

(b) performing or having performed an expression level assay on the sample to determine expression levels of SARS-COV-2 antibodies; and

(c) if the sample has an expression level of the SARS-COV-2 antibodies then administering to the individual the VHH antibody of claim 1 , thereby treating the SARS-COV-2 infection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2026
From: SATO, AARON; LIU, QIANG; YUAN, TOM
To: TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION
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Continuity (8)
Continuation 17242170 · Apr 27, 2021
Provisional Application 63115568 · Nov 18, 2020
Provisional Application 63104465 · Oct 22, 2020
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