Patents Examined by Stephanie Springer
  • Patent number: 10017491
    Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian W. Metcalf, Chihyuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 9938221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted aromatic compounds of Formula I and their pharmaceutical uses. Particular aspects of the invention relate to the use of those compounds in the prevention and/or treatment of various diseases and conditions in subjects, including the prevention or treatment of (i) blood disorders, (ii) renal disorders, a nephropathies, or renal disorder complications; (iii) inflammatory-related diseases; and/or (iv) oxidative stress related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PROMETIC PHARMA SMT LIMITED
    Inventors: Boulos Zacharie, Christopher Penney, Lyne Gagnon, Jean-Francois Bienvenu, Valérie Perron, Brigitte Grouix
  • Patent number: 9889115
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assay for determining the biochemical fitness of a biochemical species in a mutant replicating biological entity relative to its predecessor. The present invention further provides a continuous fluorogenic assay for measuring the anti-HIV protease activity of protease inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method of administering a therapeutic compound that reduces the chances of the emergence of drug resistance in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: John W. Erickson, Sergei V. Gulnik, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Arun E. Ghosh
  • Patent number: 9850225
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compounds useful as immunomodulators. Provided herein are compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of their use. The disclosure further pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to the disclosure that are useful for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Louis S. Chupak, Min Ding, Scott W. Martin, Xiaofan Zheng, Piyasena Hewawasam, Timothy P. Connolly, Ningning Xu, Kap-Sun Yeung, Juliang Zhu, David R. Langley, Paul Michael Scola
  • Patent number: 9808442
    Abstract: Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SILVERGATE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gerold L. Mosher, David W. Miles
  • Patent number: 9796705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Fused Tricyclic Compounds, compositions comprising at least one Fused Tricyclic Compound, and methods of using Fused Tricyclic Compounds for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin X. Chen, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Joseph A. Kozlowski, F. George Njoroge
  • Patent number: 9775823
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Tarek A. Zeidan, Scott Duncan, Christopher P. Hencken, Thomas Andrew Wynn, Carlos N. Sanrame
  • Patent number: 9765019
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention relate to compounds, compositions and methods that are useful for treating or preventing a disease in a subject by enhancing the degradation of a protein. In other aspects, said compounds can be useful research tools for investigating protein degradation. In other aspects, said compounds are useful research tools for investigating protein function. In certain embodiments, the degraded protein is implicated in a disease or disorder whose pathology is related at least in part to the excessive expression of the protein or the expression of a mutant form of the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Brandeis University
    Inventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Marcus Long, Deviprasad R. Gollapalli
  • Patent number: 9763894
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for central nervous system inflammation comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid agonist having efficacy at the CB2 receptor but having substantially no efficacy at the CB1 receptor at that amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Virginia Commonwealth University, Organix, Inc., Temple University
    Inventors: Billy R. Martin, Mohamad Imad Damaj, Martin W. Adler, Ronald F. Tuma, Ming Zhang, Anu Mahadevan, Raj K. Razdan
  • Patent number: 9751857
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NOVIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: George D. Hartman, Osvaldo A. Flores
  • Patent number: 9732038
    Abstract: Compositions that modulate the activity of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) activity as well as their methods of use, such as treatment and imaging are provided. Compositions contain small molecules such as substituted pyrazoles and are useful in treatment of diseases related to the activity of STAT3 including, for example, cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: David J. Daniels, Ian F. Parney, Timothy E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 9724336
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hyperlipidemia comprising (4S,5R)-5-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-({2-[4-fluoro-2-methoxy-5-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}methyl)-4-methyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt; and an angiotensin II receptor blocker as active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Wook Lee, Sang-Ho Lee, Taek-Joo Lim, Eun-Ji Koh
  • Patent number: 9701693
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Alectos Therapeutics Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tong-Shuang Li, Ernest J. Mceachern, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 9688596
    Abstract: Disclosed are 2-methylene analogs of vitamin D3 and related compounds, their biological activities, and various pharmaceutical uses for these analogs. Particularly disclosed are 1?-hydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, (20S)-1?-hydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, and (5E)-1?,25-dihydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, their biological activities, and various pharmaceutical uses for these compounds including methods of treating and/or preventing bone diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hector F. DeLuca, Izabela K. Sibilska, Rafal R. Sicinski, Lori A. Plum
  • Patent number: 9676747
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: NOVIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: George D. Hartman, Osvaldo A. Flores
  • Patent number: 9669008
    Abstract: Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerold L. Mosher, David W. Miles
  • Patent number: 9662339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination comprising compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein, and an additional active agent. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these combinations, and methods of using these combinations to treat various diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventor: Lars Anders Bylock
  • Patent number: 9655974
    Abstract: Analogs of FGF21 carrying a modifying, substituted ethylene or benzyl group can be used for treatment or prevention of diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and/or Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Tina Moeller Tagmose, Patrick William Garibay, Xujia Zhang, Henning Thoegersen, Peter Kresten Nielsen, Kristian Sass Bak-Jensen, Helle Fabricius Woeldike
  • Patent number: 9650360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of anti-mycobacterial therapeutics, in particular the treatment of tuberculosis, especially including pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with applications in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XXDR-TB), preferably in combination therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Vasu Nair, Maurice O. Okello, Machhindra G. Gund, Byung I. Seo, Pankajkumar R. Singh, Naveen K. Mangu
  • Patent number: 9642845
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of nicotinic acid alkyl esters, especially myristyl nicotinate, to inhibit side effects associated with retinoic acid therapy. Also a part of the invention is a method for improving skin cell differentiation by administering the nicotinic acid alkyl ester in an amount sufficient to increase expression of caspase 14 and filaggrin. Deficiencies in expression of these molecules can be treated in this way as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Elaine L. Jacobson, Myron K. Jacobson, Russell Coyle, Hyuntae Kim, Donna L. Coyle