Patents by Inventor Christine E. McInnis

Christine E. McInnis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10807943
    Abstract: Non-lactone carbocyclic modulators of bacterial quorum sensing. Pharmaceutical composition containing such modulators. Methods employing such modulators for modulation of quorum sensing. Compounds are exemplified by those of formula: A-[Z]n-L1-[Y]—NH-L2-HG, where A is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group having one or two 5- or 6-member rings with up to 1-3 heteroatoms in a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 acyclic aliphatic group and HG is an optionally substituted cyclopentyl group. Compounds include those where n is 1 or 0, Z is —CO—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —NH—CO—, —CO—NH—, —NH—CO—NH—, —O—, —S—, or —NH2, Y is —NH—CO—, —CO—CH2—C(Y1)-, or —SO2—, where Y1 is —OH, —SH, —NH2 or —F; and L1 and L2 independently are —[CH2]p1- and —[CH2]p2-, where p1 and p2, independently, are 0 or integers ranging from 1-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Helen E. Blackwell, Christine E. McInnis
  • Publication number: 20170334835
    Abstract: Non-lactone carbocyclic and heterocyclic antagonists and agonists of bacterial quorum sensing. Pharmaceutical composition containing antagonists. Methods employing antagonists and agonists for modulation of quorum sensing. Compounds are exemplified by those of formula: A-[Z]n-L1-[Y]q-W-[V]m-L2-HG, where A is an acyclic aliphatic group, and HG is an optionally substituted phenyl group. Compounds include those where m and n are both 0, W is —NH—, Y is present and is —CO—CH2—CO—, and L1 and L2 independently are —[CH2]p1— and —[CH2]p2—, where p1 and p2, independently, are 0 or integers ranging from 1-10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Helen E. BLACKWELL, Christine E. McINNIS
  • Patent number: 9758472
    Abstract: Non-lactone carbocyclic and heterocyclic antagonists and agonists of bacterial quorum sensing. Pharmaceutical composition containing antagonists. Methods employing antagonists and agonists for modulation of quorum sensing. Compounds are exemplified by those of formula: A-[Z]n-L1-[Y]q-W-[V]m-L2-HG, where A is an acyclic aliphatic group, and HG is an optionally substituted phenyl group. Compounds include those where m and n are both 0, W is —NH—, Y is present and is —CO—CH2—CO—, and L1 and L2 independently are —[CH2]p1— and —[CH2]p2—, where p1 and p2, independently, are 0 or integers ranging from 1-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Helen E. Blackwell, Christine E. McInnis
  • Publication number: 20140142156
    Abstract: Compounds which modulate quorum sensing in quorum sensing bacteria. Compounds of the invention inhibit quorum sensing and/or activate quorum sensing in various bacteria. Compounds that inhibit quorum sensing are particularly useful for inhibition of detrimental bacterial biofilm formation. Compounds that activate quorum sensing are particularly useful for promoting growth and biofilm formation of beneficial bacterial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Helen E. BLACKWELL, Christine E. McINNIS
  • Patent number: 8624063
    Abstract: Compounds which modulate quorum sensing in quorum sensing bacteria. Compounds of the invention inhibit quorum sensing and/or activate quorum sensing in various bacteria. Compounds that inhibit quorum sensing are particularly useful for inhibition of detrimental bacterial biofilm formation. Compounds that activate quorum sensing are particularly useful for promoting growth and biofilm formation of beneficial bacterial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Helen E. Blackwell, Christine E. McInnis
  • Publication number: 20110046195
    Abstract: Compounds which modulate quorum sensing in quorum sensing bacteria. Compounds of the invention inhibit quorum sensing and/or activate quorum sensing in various bacteria. Compounds that inhibit quorum sensing are particularly useful for inhibition of detrimental bacterial biofilm formation. Compounds that activate quorum sensing are particularly useful for promoting growth and biofilm formation of beneficial bacterial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Helen E. BLACKWELL, Christine E. McInnis