Patents by Inventor Nikhil Dhar

Nikhil Dhar 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).

  • Publication number: 20240082388
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fusion polypeptides comprising: (i) a fragment antigen comprising an epitope of a target protein antigen; and (ii) a complement binding polypeptide. The disclosure also provides fusion polynucleotides (e.g., mRNA) encoding the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the fusion polypeptides and fusion polynucleotides of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Backman, Nikhil Dhar, Nikolai Eroshenko, Taylor Gill, Kemo Jammeh, Marianna Keaveney, Justin Quinn, Hannu Rajaniemi, Everett Webster
  • Publication number: 20240026361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Marianna Keaveney, Kyle Backman, Everett Webster, Nikolai Eroshenko, Justin Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230407306
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Marianna Keaveney, Kyle Backman, Everett Webster, Nikolai Eroshenko, Justin Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230383287
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising 2?-O-acetylated ribose, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Kyle Backman, Dario de Jesus Davila Pasillas, Justin Sean Huang, Nikolai Eroshenko
  • Patent number: 11771758
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fusion polypeptides comprising: (i) a fragment antigen comprising an epitope of a target protein antigen; and (ii) a complement binding polypeptide. The disclosure also provides fusion polynucleotides (e.g., mRNA) encoding the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the fusion polypeptides and fusion polynucleotides of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Helix Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Backman, Nikhil Dhar, Nikolai Eroshenko, Taylor Gill, Kemo Jammeh, Marianna Keaveney, Justin Quinn, Hannu Rajaniemi, Everett Webster
  • Publication number: 20230203488
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Marianna Keaveney, Kyle Backman, Everett Webster, Nikolai Eroshenko, Justin Quinn
  • Publication number: 20230193293
    Abstract: Linear covalently closed vectors, and compositions and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Nikhil Dhar
  • Patent number: 11639501
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Helix Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Marianna Keaveney, Kyle Backman, Everett Webster, Nikolai Eroshenko, Justin Quinn
  • Publication number: 20220372477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Marianna Keaveney, Kyle Backman, Everett Webster, Nikolai Eroshenko, Justin Quinn
  • Publication number: 20220362373
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fusion polypeptides comprising: (i) a fragment antigen comprising an epitope of a target protein antigen; and (ii) a complement binding polypeptide. The disclosure also provides fusion polynucleotides (e.g., mRNA) encoding the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the fusion polypeptides and fusion polynucleotides of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle Backman, Nikhil Dhar, Nikolai Eroshenko, Taylor Gill, Kemo Jammeh, Marianna Keaveney, Justin Quinn, Hannu Rajaniemi, Everett Webster
  • Patent number: 11473090
    Abstract: Linear covalently closed vectors, and compositions and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Helix Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Nikhil Dhar
  • Publication number: 20210369759
    Abstract: Nucleic acid expression systems for delivery of oligonucleotides, such as RNA oligonucleotides, to target cells and methods of using the same are provided herein. Exemplary nucleic acid expression systems for expression of a payload sequence include at least one composition that delivers an inhibitor of a NF-?B pathway and/or an inhibitor of an IRF pathway. Provided herein are also pharmaceutical compositions that deliver an inhibitor of a NF-?B pathway and/or an inhibitor of an IRF pathway, and methods of using the same for enhancing expression of an oligonucleotide, such as an RNA oligonucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Hannu Rajaniemi, Nikhil Dhar
  • Publication number: 20210363559
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for synthesizing an RNA product are provided herein. For example, the present disclosure provides a method of producing an RNA product comprising incubating an in vitro transcription mixture, thereby producing an RNA product that comprises a plurality of single-stranded RNA molecules. In some embodiments, an in vitro transcription mixture comprises a DNA template comprising an RNA polymerase promoter sequence operatively linked to a target sequence; at least one RNA polymerase that recognizes the RNA polymerase promoter sequence; a plurality of ribonucleotides comprising at least two different types of ribonucleotides, each type comprising a different nucleoside; and a transcription buffer comprising an osmolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Nikhil Dhar, Nikolai Eroshenko, Hannu Rajaniemi
  • Publication number: 20210238240
    Abstract: Nucleic acid expression systems for delivery of RNA oligonucleotides to target cells and methods of using the same are provided herein. For example, in some embodiments, a nucleic acid expression system comprises: (i) an RNA oligonucleotide comprising a payload sequence (e.g., a Myc inhibitor), and (ii) an RNA oligonucleotide comprising a sequence that encodes a US11 polypeptide. Provided herein are also pharmaceutical compositions comprising an RNA oligonucleotide comprising a payload sequence that encodes a dominant negative variant of a Myc polypeptide or portions thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Nikhil Dhar, Taylor Gill, Marianna Keaveney, Hannu Rajaniemi
  • Patent number: 10749805
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a network apparatus for providing native load balancing within a switch or router, including a first network interface operable to communicatively couple to a first network; a plurality of second network interfaces operable to communicatively couple to a second network; one or more logic elements comprising a switching engine operable for providing network switching or routing; and one or more logic elements forming a load balancing engine operable for receiving incoming network traffic via the first network, the incoming traffic having a destination internet protocol address (IP) corresponding to a virtual IP (VIP) designated for load balancing; assigning the incoming traffic to a traffic bucket associated with the second network; and logging the assigning; wherein the switching engine and load balancing engine are configured to be provided on the same hardware as each other and as the first network interface and plurality of second network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Samar Sharma, Mouli Vytla, Nikhil Dhar
  • Publication number: 20200224194
    Abstract: Nucleic acid expression systems are provided herein that include a first synthetic oligonucleotide comprising a payload sequence and a second synthetic oligonucleotide comprising a sequence that encodes a helper polypeptide. Compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising the nucleic acid expression systems as well as methods of using the same are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Nikhil Dhar, Taylor Gill, Marianna Keaveney, Hannu Rajaniemi
  • Publication number: 20200172914
    Abstract: Linear covalently closed vectors, and compositions and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Nikolai Eroshenko, Nikhil Dhar
  • Publication number: 20190020589
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a network apparatus for providing native load balancing within a switch or router, including a first network interface operable to communicatively couple to a first network; a plurality of second network interfaces operable to communicatively couple to a second network; one or more logic elements comprising a switching engine operable for providing network switching or routing; and one or more logic elements forming a load balancing engine operable for receiving incoming network traffic via the first network, the incoming traffic having a destination internet protocol address (IP) corresponding to a virtual IP (VIP) designated for load balancing; assigning the incoming traffic to a traffic bucket associated with the second network; and logging the assigning; wherein the switching engine and load balancing engine are configured to be provided on the same hardware as each other and as the first network interface and plurality of second network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Samar Sharma, Mouli Vytla, Nikhil Dhar
  • Patent number: 10075377
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a network apparatus for providing native load balancing within a switch or router, including a first network interface operable to communicatively couple to a first network; a plurality of second network interfaces operable to communicatively couple to a second network; one or more logic elements comprising a switching engine operable for providing network switching or routing; and one or more logic elements forming a load balancing engine operable for receiving incoming network traffic via the first network, the incoming traffic having a destination internet protocol address (IP) corresponding to a virtual IP (VIP) designated for load balancing; assigning the incoming traffic to a traffic bucket associated with the second network; and logging the assigning; wherein the switching engine and load balancing engine are configured to be provided on the same hardware as each other and as the first network interface and plurality of second network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Samar Sharma, Mouli Vytla, Nikhil Dhar
  • Patent number: 10075337
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes transmitting from an appliance connected to a first virtual device context (“VDC”) instantiated on a network device a request for statistics associated with selected ones of a plurality of VDCs implemented on the network device, wherein the plurality of VDCs includes the first VDC and wherein the appliance is connected to the first VDC via a management link; and receiving at the appliance the requested statistics associated with the plurality of VDCs. The method may further comprise receiving at the appliance a configuration message, wherein the configuration message identifies at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of VDCs for which statistics are to be provided, at least one type of statistic to be provided for the selected ones of the VDCs, and a polling interval at which statistics are to be collected from the selected VDCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Biju Mathews Mammen, Samar Sharma, Nikhil Dhar, Avni Baveja, Mitali Parthasarathy