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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Arvinas Operations, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);

Inventors:

Andrew P. Crew, Chester, CT (US);

Hanqing Dong, Madison, CT (US);

Brian Hamman, Orange, CT (US);

Taavi K. Neklesa, Orange, CT (US);

Yimin Qian, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Jing Wang, Milford, CT (US);

Kurt Zimmermann, Durham, CT (US);

Assignee:

Arvinas Operations, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/55 (2017.01); A61K 31/277 (2006.01); A61K 31/4166 (2006.01); A61K 31/551 (2006.01); A61K 38/05 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G16B 15/00 (2019.01); G16B 15/30 (2019.01); G16B 20/00 (2019.01); G16B 20/30 (2019.01); G16C 20/50 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/277 (2013.01); A61K 31/4166 (2013.01); A61K 31/551 (2013.01); A61K 38/05 (2013.01); A61K 47/55 (2017.08); G01N 33/6845 (2013.01); G16B 15/30 (2019.02); G16B 20/00 (2019.02); G16B 20/30 (2019.02); G16C 20/50 (2019.02); G16B 15/00 (2019.02);
Abstract

The present disclosure is based on the surprising and unexpected discovery that a ligand molecule with certain characteristics is able to bind to two protein molecules simultaneously and recruit them to form a transient or stable protein-protein interaction complex. The protein-protein interaction and other cross-domain interactions gained in this process contribute additional stabilization energy to the complex beyond the combination of the binary binding energies, and therefore, largely increase the binding potency of the ligand. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a Protein-Protein Interaction Inducing Technology (PPIIT), which includes a method to design and identify the tripartite or bifunctional compounds and use such compounds to induce protein-protein interactions in various contexts. The present disclosure also provides a composition for the purpose of inducing protein-protein interactions.


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