Patents by Inventor Farah Kondori Babakhani

Farah Kondori Babakhani 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: 8916527
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani
  • Publication number: 20130274175
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with the use of antibiotics or cancer chemotherapies or antiviral therapies, such as colitis, pseudomembranous colitis, antibiotic associated diarrhea and infections due to C. difficile, C. perfringens, Staphylococcus species including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Enterococcus including vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) with Compound I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani, Franklin W. Okumu, Pamela Suzanne Sears, Starr Louise Miller-Shangle, Robert Brian Walsh
  • Publication number: 20130252912
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani
  • Patent number: 8445654
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani
  • Publication number: 20120040922
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani
  • Patent number: 8044030
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani
  • Publication number: 20100035833
    Abstract: The invention encompasses an active metabolite of the 18-membered macrocyclic antimicrobial agents, specifically, a metabolite of tiacumicin B and in certain embodiments, R-Tiacumicin B or and its related compounds. In particular, the invention encompasses a compound that acts as a potent antibiotic agent for the treatment of bacterial infections, specifically GI infections caused by toxin producing strains of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshi Ichikawa, Yu-Hung Chiu, Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani