Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Kurz

Jeffrey Kurz 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).

  • Aptamer therapeutics useful in the treatment of complement-related disorders
    Publication number: 20070048248
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Claude Benedict, David Epstein, Dilara McCauley, Jeffrey Kurz, Markus Kurz, Thomas McCauley, James Rottman, Charles Wilson
  • Multivalent aptamer therapeutics with improved pharmacodynamic properties and methods of making and using the same
    Publication number: 20070009476
    Abstract: Materials and methods are provided for producing aptamer therapeutics having improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodymanic properties, as well as increased target valency. The aptamers produced by the methods of the invention are useful as therapeutics for treating disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Wilson, David Epstein, Jeffrey Kurz, Markus Kurz
  • Aptamer therapeutics useful in the treatment of complement-related disorders
    Publication number: 20060105980
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Benedict, John Diener, David Epstein, Dilara Grate, Sara Keene, Jeffrey Kurz, Markus Kurz, Thomas McCauley, James Rottman, Kristin Thompson, Charles Wilson, Anna Zoltoski
  • Aptamer therapeutics useful in the treatment of complement-related disorders
    Publication number: 20060018871
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Benedict, John Diener, David Epstein, Dilara Grate, Sara Keene, Jeffrey Kurz, Markus Kurz, Thomas McCauley, James Rottman, Kristin Thompson, Charles Wilson, Anna Zoltoski
  • Aptamer therapeutics useful in ocular pharmacotherapy
    Publication number: 20040253243
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutic compositions capable of binding to cytokines, growth factors and cell surface proteins, individually or in combinations of two or more, and methods for delivering these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of glaucoma and other proliferative diseases of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: David Epstein, Dilara Grate, Jeffrey Kurz, Nicholas Marsh, Thomas Greene McCauley, Charles Wilson
  • Multivalent aptamer therapeutics with improved pharmacodynamic properties and methods of making and using the same
    Publication number: 20040180360
    Abstract: Materials and methods are provided for producing aptamer therapeutics having improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, as well as increased target valency. The aptamers produced by the methods of the invention are useful as therapeutics for treating disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Wilson, David Epstein, Jeffrey Kurz
  • Compositions selective for adenosine diphosphate and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20040018515
    Abstract: Compositions which recognize and report on the concentration selectively adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and methods of making and using them are provided. The invention further relates to methods of using the compositions to monitor function of biological agents. Reagents and systems for performing the methods are also provided. The methods of the invention are useful in diagnostic applications and drug optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: John L. Diener, Jayaram Srinivasan, Nobuko Hamaguchi, Jill Blanchard, Jeffrey Kurz, Markus Kurz, Sharon T. Cload, David Epstein, Charles Wilson, Martin Stanton