Patents Examined by Jody Karol
  • Patent number: 9439906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating patients in need of treatment with long acting injectable paliperidone palmitate formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: An Vermeulen, Alfons Wouters
  • Patent number: 9439420
    Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an electrophile containing biocide, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 9433210
    Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an electrophile containing biocide, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 9421180
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of preventing, reducing, or eliminating at least one negative effect of oxidative damage, such as an oral disease, caused by a dental device in the mouth of a patient. Another embodiment relates to a method of preventing, reducing, or eliminating at least one negative effect of inflammation. The method may include applying topically to a soft oral tissue in the patient an oral antioxidant composition. The antioxidant composition may include between 0.0001% and 5.0% w/w or at least one antioxidant, wherein the at least one antioxidant includes a natural phytochemcial antioxidant, a flavonoid, an anthocyanidin, a dihydrochalcone, a phenylpropanoid, a chalcone, a curcuminoid, a tannin, a stilbenoid, a coumarin, a carotenoid, or a vitamin, and an orally pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pH of the oral antioxidant composition may be at least 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Perio Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Zielinski, Thomas Russell Moon, Edward P. Allen
  • Patent number: 9399625
    Abstract: (A1) A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignees: Oregon Health & Science University, The United States of America
    Inventors: Michael K. Riscoe, Rolf W. Winter, Jane X. Kelly, David J. Hinrichs, Martin J. Smilkstein
  • Patent number: 9387249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating hypertension in a subject or patient needing treatment thereof by administering to said subject or patient at least one angiotensin II receptor blocker in combination with chlorthalidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventor: Stuart R. Kupfer
  • Patent number: 9375028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for delivering nutrients to subjects requiring small-volume nutritional support, such as preterm infants. The compositions may comprise an emulsion of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). The nutritional compositions are useful, for example, in correcting nutritional deficiencies by increasing a subject's intake of nutrients, such as ?-3 or ?-6 long-chain polyunsaturated acids. The nutritional compositions are suitable for enteral delivery as a nutritional supplement or for oral delivery as a human milk or infant formula fortifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: John D. Alvey, Carol Lynn Berseth, Deborah Schade, Kristin Morris
  • Patent number: 9370181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having an excellent controlling activity on a pest. The composition comprising a compound represented by Formula (1) and one or more carbamate compound(s) selected from Group (A) shows an excellent controlling activity on a pest. Group (A): a group consisting of alanycarb, aldicarb, aldoxycarb, bendiocarb, benfuracarb, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, cloethocarb, ethiofencarb, fenobucarb, fenothiocarb, fenoxycarb, furathiocarb, isoprocarb, metolcarb, methomyl, methiocarb, oxamyl, pirimicarb, propoxur, XMC, thiodicarb and xylylcarb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: So Kiguchi, Soichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9370516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating sleep disorders in patients comprising administration of a ghrelin receptor inverse agonist or antagonist. The invention also includes methods of treating sleep disorders comprising the administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a ghrelin receptor inverse agonist or antagonist and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Denney, Margaret Jackson, Gabriele Sonnenberg
  • Patent number: 9364450
    Abstract: Clenbuterol or its salt for use in the treatment of autism, in particular pediatric autism. Improved contact with surroundings, better concentration, improved ability to plan a specific task, improved understanding, calming, and reduced psychomotor anxiety were observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: STOWARZYSZENIE SW. CELESTYNA, KRYSTYNA KOBEL-BUYS
    Inventor: Krystyna Kobel-Buys
  • Patent number: 9315513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives and their pharmaceutical compositions and uses, specifically to benzimidazole derivatives of Formula (I), or their stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvates thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and n have the definitions in the description; the present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds, and use of the compounds for manufacturing of a medicament for prophylaxis and/or treatment of peptic ulcer, ulcer hemorrhage and diseases associated with gastric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: XUANZHU PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Huang, Guanglian Zhou
  • Patent number: 9308201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating skin diseases and skin conditions in a patient in need thereof which comprises of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 7-(1H-Imidazol-4-ylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline, or its individual enantiomers or the tautomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed I. Dibas, Edward C. Hsia, John E. Donello, Daniel W. Gil
  • Patent number: 9301963
    Abstract: A treatment tool and method is disclosed for gradual withdrawal from benzodiazepine dependency while reducing or even minimizing withdrawal symptom intensity. An example method includes reducing emotional stress to maintain current neurotransmitter levels, stabilizing a condition with a pre-taper plan, establishing a maximum daily dosage reduction amount of benzodiazepine, based on historical data to prevent symptom escalation, reducing a current dosage of the benzodiazepine by the maximum daily dosage amount on a daily basis for up to about two weeks, and repeating establishing the maximum daily dosage reduction amount and reducing the current dosage until the daily dosage of benzodiazepine reaches zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Julian Hill
  • Patent number: 9301934
    Abstract: Gastric retentive dosage forms for sustained release of acamprosate are described which may allow once- or twice-daily dosing for both acute and long-term treatment of a disorder including alcohol dependence, tinnitus, sleep apnea, Parkinson's disease, levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Cortical spreading depression, migraine, schizophrenia, anxiety, tardive dyskinesia, spasticity, multiple sclerosis, various types pain, or binge eating. Methods of treatment using the dosage forms and methods of making the dosage forms are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Depomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Berner, Cuiping Chen
  • Patent number: 9296698
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein ring A, B1, B2, B3, L, R1, R4, R5 and m of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and/or caused by the formation and/or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Cheng, Timothy Powers, Kate Ashton, James Brown, Scott Harried, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Ted Judd, Patricia Lopez, Thomas Nixey, Nick A. Paras, Steve F. Poon, David J. St. Jean, Jr., Qiufen Xue, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 9288983
    Abstract: A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an electrophile containing biocide, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bei Yin, Freddie L. Singleton
  • Patent number: 9283217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating skin diseases and skin conditions in a patient in need thereof which comprises of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 7-(1H-Imidazol-4-ylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline, or its individual enantiomers or the tautomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed I. Dibas, Edward C. Hsia, John E. Donello, Daniel W. Gil
  • Patent number: 9283197
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations of levorotatory-epinephrine, l-epinephrine, more potent and less toxic than existing pharmaceutical formulations of epinephrine, along with methods of producing and using these pharmaceutical formulations of l-epinephrine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventor: Jugal K. Taneja
  • Patent number: 9271944
    Abstract: Provided is a water-based patch that contains ketoprofen as an active ingredient, provides high transdermal absorbability of the ketoprofen, and has high safety and high storage stability. The water-based patch contains the ketoprofen, an amine, and polyethylene glycol. In the water-based patch, the added amount of the ketoprofen in a paste is 0.1 to 5% by weight, the added amount of the amine in the paste is 0.5 to 10% by weight, and the added amount of the polyethylene glycol in the paste is 5 to 30% by weight. Particularly, in the water-based patch, diisopropanolamine is used as the amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuha Tani
  • Patent number: 9254331
    Abstract: A stable galenic composition of a compound of general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 both represent independently of each other an alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl group, optionally substituted with one or more linear or branched groups, optionally bearing one or more heteroatoms, comprising said compound of formula I in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 15% by weight based on the total weight of the final composition; at least one anhydrous ester, the main chain and/or optionally the branched chains of which are free from free and/or reactive groups or functions, in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 99.9% by weight based on the total weight of the cosmetically and pharmaceutically acceptable composition; and optionally a cosmetically and pharmaceutically acceptable excipient for completing the 100% of the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AURIGA INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Jacques Dubois, Alfred Marchal, Damien Lacroix, Jérôme Cabou