Patents Examined by Uma Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 9586961
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n are defined as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, as JAK kinase and protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and complications thereof, including, for example, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Type I diabetes, asthma, cancer, autoimmune thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's disease, leukaemia, eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration as well as other autoimmune diseases and indications where immuno-suppression would be desirable for example in organ transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LEO PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Simon Felbdæk Nielsen, Daniel R. Greve, Gunnar Grue-Sørensen, Carsten Ryttersgaard, Søren Christian Schou, Anette Graven Sams
  • Patent number: 9585851
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating a subject for a condition caused by an abnormality in the subject's autonomic nervous system. In accordance with the subject methods, at least a portion of a subject's autonomic nervous system is pharmacologically modulated with at least one beta-blocker in a manner that is effective to treat the subject for the condition. The subject methods find use in the treatment of a variety of different conditions, where such conditions include various disease conditions. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing the subject methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Palo Alto Investors
    Inventors: Anthony Joonkyoo Yun, Patrick Yuarn-Bor Lee
  • Patent number: 9586938
    Abstract: The invention provides novel cyclic amine azaheterocyclic carboxamide according to Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Xiaoling Chen, Constantin Neagu, Reinaldo Jones, Yufang Xiao, Igor Mochalkin
  • Patent number: 9545445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic drug or a preventive drug for hypertension or high-normal blood pressure, comprising (a) and (b) as active ingredients: (a) a 2-phenylthiazole compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (b) at least one compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof selected from the group consisting of calcium antagonists, renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, diuretics, sympatholytic agents, vasodilators, and medicinally acceptable salts of these. The present invention also relates to a therapeutic method or a preventive method for hypertension or high-normal blood pressure, comprising administering the above (a) and (b) in amounts effective for treating or preventing hypertension or high-normal blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Shirakura, Mizuho Tamura, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Ippei Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 9545400
    Abstract: Disclosed is an analgesic composition including an opioid analgesic and a therapeutically effective amount of P7C3, and the present analgesic composition may treat acute and facilitated pain very effectively, and has a significantly high synergistic effect compared to the effect by administration of individual drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Myung Ha Yoon, Sang Wan Ryu
  • Patent number: 9526725
    Abstract: The invention relates to Histamine H4 receptor antagonists or inhibitors of Histamine H4 receptor gene expression for the treatment and/or the prevention of vestibular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE)
    Inventors: Giles Desmadryl, Christian Chabbert
  • Patent number: 9498469
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided that enhance cognition in a human to which the composition is orally administered. Remarkably, clinical studies have proven that contemplated compositions achieved the desired effects using a minimal number of active ingredients at or near threshold active dosages, wherein such compositions almost exclusively comprise huperzine A, vinpocetine or rhodiola, and acetyl-L-carnitine, and optionally further include alpha lipoic acid, rhodiola, and biotin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KeyView Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Josh Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9499518
    Abstract: Provided are methods for using bis-quaternary ammonium compounds to treat inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain and nociceptive pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, University of Utah
    Inventors: Joseph R. Holtman, Peter A. Crooks, Linda P. Dwoskin, J. Michael McIntosh, Elzbieta Pogonowska Wala
  • Patent number: 9492405
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns the discovery of the use of fenoterol and (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogs for the treatment of a tumor expressing a ?2-adrenergic receptor, such as a primary brain tumor, including a glioblastoma or astrocytoma expressing a ?2-adrenergic receptor. In one example, the method includes administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of fenoterol, a specific fenoterol analog or a combination thereof to reduce one or more symptoms associated with the tumor, thereby treating the tumor in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, SRI International
    Inventors: Irving W. Wainer, Michel Bernier, Lawrence Robert Toll, Lucita Arenas Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9486449
    Abstract: The subject invention provides for cancer therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Malka Cohen-Armon
  • Patent number: 9468637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) inhibitors for the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, mania, or bipolar disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Allen A. Fienberg, Lawrence P. Wennogle, Sharon Mates
  • Patent number: 9457084
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound with EP4 antagonistic activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt with EP4 receptor antagonistic activities, which is useful in the treatment of immune disease or allergy. This invention also relates to a compound of formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (Va) or (Vb), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with EP4 receptor antagonistic activities, which is useful in the treatment of immune disease or allergy. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of immune disease or allergy which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (Va) or (Vb), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: RAQUALIA PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Nonomura, Takako Okumura, Shinichi Koizumi
  • Patent number: 9452147
    Abstract: Compositions, formulations, methods, and systems for treating regional fat deposits comprise contacting a targeted fat deposit with a composition comprising long acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a compound that reduces desensitization of the target tissue to the long acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, for example, glucocorticosteroids and/or ketotifen. Embodiments of the composition are administered, for example, by injection, and/or transdermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NEOTHETICS, INC.
    Inventor: John Daniel Dobak
  • Patent number: 9446029
    Abstract: Methods for managing visceral pain in mammalian subjects are described, in which a NK-1 receptor antagonist is administered to the subject before, during or after administration of general anesthesia. The methods and uses of NK-1 receptor antagonists described herein provide improved visceral pain management and MAC reduction when used with volatile anesthetics for general anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Pedro Boscan, David Twedt
  • Patent number: 9415026
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of inactivating and/or decolonizing bacteria on a surface. The present invention also discloses methods for treatment of epithelial conditions caused or aggravated by bacteria, such as acne vulgaris, in a subject in need thereof. The present invention additionally discloses inventive compounds and compositions that exhibit anti-bacterial and/or anti-inflammatory effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SIGNUM BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffry B. Stock, Maxwell Stock
  • Patent number: 9399014
    Abstract: The invention provides pharmaceutical stable semisolid topical compositions comprising between 0.2 to 5% of a des-fluoroquinolone compound, and a suitable carrier to manufacture an ointment or a cream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: FERRER INTERNACIONAL, S.A.
    Inventors: Cristina Tarrago, Benjamin Santos, Manuel Raga, Antonio Guglietta
  • Patent number: 9381450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to defoaming compositions comprising compounds having the formula C5H11CH(CH2CH2CH3)CH2O(CH2CH(X)O)nH (I) where X?(CH2)aCH3 where a=0 or 1 and where n=0.5-5; and one or more hydrotropes selected from the group consisting of branched or linear C4-C10 alkyl glycosides and optionally one or more anionic hydrotrope selected from the group consisting of fatty acid soaps where the acyl group contains 10-22 carbon atoms, and which could be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched; or a sulfonate chosen from the group cumene sulfonate and xylene sulfonate, and the use of such compositions as defoaming and/or antifoaming agents. The invention also pertains to a composition comprising a) a compound C5H11CH(CH2CH2CH3)CH2O(CH2CH(X)O)nH (I) where X?(CH2)aCH3 where a=0 or 1 and n=0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL N.V.
    Inventors: Adrian Lang, Mahnaz Company
  • Patent number: 9375474
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions that are useful in preventing or treating metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer. The present invention also includes methods of preventing or treating metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one CX3CR1 or fractalkine antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Drexel University, Alliance Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Fatatis, Joseph M. Salvino, Olimpia Meucci, Whitney L. Gladney
  • Patent number: 9370498
    Abstract: Compositions, formulations, methods, and systems for treating regional fat deposits comprise contacting a targeted fat deposit with a composition comprising long acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a compound that reduces desensitization of the target tissue to the long acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, for example, glucocorticosteroids and/or ketotifen. Embodiments of the composition are administered, for example, by injection, and/or transdermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: NEOTHETICS, INC.
    Inventor: John Daniel Dobak
  • Patent number: 9365514
    Abstract: A composition which comprises substance represented by Formula (I), [Meanings of the symbols that are included in the formula are given in the specification as definitions] a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a dissolution aid is useful for improving solubility, oral absorbability and/or absorbability in blood of a poorly water-soluble or water insoluble tetracyclic compounds having an ALK inhibitory activity that are useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, depression, and cognitive function disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Furumoto, Koji Shiraki, Tomoaki Hirayama