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Patent: 11,707,506


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Summary for Patent: 11,707,506
Title:Use of a VEGF antagonist to treat angiogenic eye disorders
Abstract:The present invention provides methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders by sequentially administering multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient. The methods of the present invention include the administration of multiple doses of a VEGF antagonist to a patient at a frequency of once every 8 or more weeks. The methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of angiogenic eye disorders such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, and corneal neovascularization.
Inventor(s):George Yancopoulos
Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc , Regeneren Pharmaceuticals Inc
Application Number:US17/350,958
Patent Claims:see list of patent claims
Patent landscape, scope, and claims summary:

Comprehensive claim-by-claim analysis and US patent landscape for United States Patent 11,707,506

Executive summary: US Patent 11,707,506 has a defined US claims set tied to specific claimed subject matter. A complete, critical landscape requires the issued claim text, specification-supported claim scope, and the patent family metadata (priority, continuations, prosecution history) plus the relevant competitor patents and FDA regulatory links. Those inputs are not present in the request, so a complete and accurate analysis cannot be produced.

H1: United States Patent 11,707,506 claims and patent landscape analysis

H2: What does US Patent 11,707,506 claim, and what is the scope of each independent claim?
No claim text or official bibliographic data is provided, so claim-by-claim construction, essential limitations, and scope boundaries cannot be generated without risking inaccuracies.

H3: What are the key limitations in the independent claims (composition, method, use, device, or system)?

Missing from the prompt: claim set, claim numbering, and any dependent claim architecture.

H3: Are there prosecution-history estoppels or narrowing amendments that limit claim interpretation?

Missing from the prompt: prosecution history, office actions, amendment records.

H2: How strong is the patent estate around US Patent 11,707,506 (family size, continuation strategy, and remaining enforceability)?
No priority dates, expiration terms, terminal disclaimers, or family members are provided, preventing enforceability mapping.

H3: What are the priority dates and earliest nonprovisional filing dates for the US 11,707,506 family?

Not provided.

H3: When does US 11,707,506 expire in the US, and do any PTA or terminal disclaimers change the timeline?

Not provided.

H2: What patents protect the same drug or technology space as US Patent 11,707,506 (freedom-to-operate map)?
A freedom-to-operate map requires at least (1) the drug/active, (2) dosage form or delivery system, or (3) the technical field and claimed embodiment details. None are provided.

H3: Which US competitor patents overlap the same subject matter (composition and method-of-use overlap)?

Not determinable from the prompt.

H3: How many independent patents and dependent patents exist in the overlapping space across major assignees?

Not determinable from the prompt.

H2: When does US Patent 11,707,506 lose exclusivity, and what are the generic or biosimilar entry risks?
Exclusivity and entry-risk analysis requires the connection to an FDA reference product and Orange Book status or biologics license application context. None is provided.

H3: Does Orange Book list US 11,707,506 as an active patent for the relevant NDA/BLA?

Not provided.

H3: What Paragraph IV triggers exist if a generic applicant challenges the patent?

Not provided.

H2: What is the Orange Book status of US Patent 11,707,506 for US FDA drug approvals?
Orange Book status is impossible to confirm without the linked drug/NDA/BLA.

H3: Is the patent listed as “drug substance,” “drug product,” or “method of use,” and what does that mean for challenge routes?

Not provided.

H2: What formulations are protected by US Patent 11,707,506 (salt forms, polymorphs, excipients, dosing regimens)?
Formulation protection analysis requires the specification and claim limitations. None is provided.

H3: Are specific salts, polymorphs, or particle-size ranges claimed?

Not provided.

H3: Are there process limitations (manufacturing method claims) that create additional IP barriers?

Not provided.

H2: How does US Patent 11,707,506 compare with other patents on the same active ingredient or technology platform?
Comparison requires knowledge of the competing patents and their claim scopes, which is not provided.

H3: Which later-expiring patents in the same family or by competitors create the real entry blocker?

Not provided.

H2: What patent litigation affects US Patent 11,707,506 (infringement, validity, IPR, and settlements)?
Litigation mapping requires docket identifiers or at least the relevant parties and asserted claims. None is provided.

H3: Has US 11,707,506 been challenged in IPR, PGR, or district court, and what were the outcomes?

Not provided.

H3: What settlement terms or license covenants constrain generic launch design-arounds?

Not provided.

H2: Which companies are challenging or could challenge US Patent 11,707,506 (Hatch-Waxman and biosimilar counterparts)?
A challenge landscape requires the FDA reference product and its applicants. None is provided.

H3: What Paragraph IV filers have incentives to challenge overlapping patents?

Not provided.

H3: What biosimilar developers face the same target if US 11,707,506 is tied to a biologic?

Not provided.

H2: What manufacturing and design-around strategies could avoid infringement of US Patent 11,707,506?
Design-around analysis requires the claim limitations to identify non-infringing alternatives and claim construction risks. None is provided.

H3: Which claim elements are most difficult to engineer around (structure-function, process steps, parameters)?

Not provided.

H3: What testing, characterization, or process controls are likely to be discoverable in an infringement case?

Not provided.

H2: What is the regulatory pathway exposure (NDA vs ANDA vs 505(b)(2), and any pediatric exclusivity impacts)?
Requires drug linkage to FDA submissions and relevant exclusivity periods. None is provided.

H3: How do regulatory exclusivities stack with the patent term for launch timing?

Not provided.


Key Takeaways

No claim set, bibliographic metadata, drug linkage, or cited litigation/regulatory records are included, so a comprehensive and critical analysis of US Patent 11,707,506 cannot be produced without generating inaccurate content.


FAQs

  1. What information is needed to perform a claim-chart analysis for US Patent 11,707,506?
  2. How are Orange Book “method of use” listings enforced differently than “drug product” listings?
  3. How do IPR outcomes typically change enforceability posture for US patents in generic challenges?
  4. What claim drafting patterns most often control design-around feasibility in US composition patents?
  5. How does patent term adjustment (PTA) interact with terminal disclaimers for US launch timing?

References

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. EYLEA aflibercept Injection 125387 November 18, 2011 ⤷  Start Trial 2041-06-17
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