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US 12,492,258 · App. 17/614,864 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Bispecific binding agents

Inventors: Jamie Spangler (Baltimore, MD); Denis Gaston Wirtz (Baltimore, MD); Huilin Yang (Baltimore, MD); Wentao Wang (Baltimore, MD); Michelle Karl (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
C07K16/2866C07K2317/31C07K2317/51
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Patent No.
US 12,492,258
App. No.
17/614,864
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are novel bispecific binding agents and methods of constructing and expressing the same. The methods of constructing the bispecific binding agent generally describes a combination of a knobs-in-holes assembly strategy and a single-chain Fab expression approach to generate a modular bispecific binding platform.

Claims (19)

1 . A bispecific binding agent comprising:

a first polypeptide comprising a first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof, a first polypeptide linker, and a first antibody light chain or portion thereof, wherein the first polypeptide linker connects the first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof and the first antibody light chain or portion thereof,

a second polypeptide comprising a second polypeptide antibody heavy chain or portion thereof, a second polypeptide linker, and a second polypeptide antibody light chain or portion thereof, wherein the second polypeptide linker connects the second antibody heavy chain or portion thereof and the second antibody light chain or portion thereof,

wherein the first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof comprises one or more amino acid substitutions, the second antibody heavy chain or portion thereof comprises one or more amino acid substitutions, or both, such that the first polypeptide antibody heavy chain or portion thereof and the second polypeptide antibody heavy chain or portion thereof preferentially associate with each other to form the bispecific binding agent;

wherein the first linker comprises a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 13, and

wherein the second linker comprises a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 13.

2 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof comprises a C H 1 domain or portion thereof, a C H 2 domain or portion thereof, a C H 3 domain or portion thereof, and a V H domain or portion thereof.

3 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the second antibody heavy chain or portion thereof, comprises a C H 1 domain or portion thereof, a C H 2 domain or portion thereof, a C H 3 domain or portion thereof, and a V H domain or portion thereof.

4 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the first antibody light chain comprises a C L domain or portion thereof and a V L domain or portion thereof.

5 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the second antibody light chain comprises a C L domain or portion thereof and a V L domain or portion thereof.

6 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the first polypeptide linker connects a C L domain of the first antibody light chain to a V H domain of the first antibody heavy chain.

7 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the second polypeptide linker connects a C L domain of the second antibody light chain to a V H domain of the second antibody heavy chain.

8 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein a V H domain of the first polypeptide antibody heavy chain and a V L domain of the first polypeptide antibody light chain form a first binding site.

9 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein a V H domain of the second polypeptide antibody heavy chain and a V L domain of the second polypeptide antibody light chain form a second binding site.

10 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the bispecific binding agent binds a first target and a second target.

11 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 10 , wherein the first target and the second target are different.

12 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the first target and the second target are different epitopes on the same protein.

13 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the one or more amino acid substitutions in the first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof comprises an amino acid substitution in a CH 3 domain of the first antibody heavy chain or portion thereof corresponding to at least one or more of positions 249, 251, and 290 of SEQ ID NO: 6.

14 . The bispecific binding agent of claim 1 , wherein the one or more amino acid substitutions in the second antibody heavy chain or portion thereof comprises an amino acid substitution in a CH 3 domain of the second antibody heavy chain or portion thereof corresponding to position 642 of SEQ ID NO: 11.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: SPANGLER, JAMIE; WIRTZ, DENIS GASTON; YANG, HUILIN; WANG, WENTAO; KARL, MICHELLE
To: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 058343/0576 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62855665 · May 31, 2019
Related Publication 20220251223A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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