Patents by Inventor Robert Mook

Robert Mook 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: 11987579
    Abstract: Described are niclosamide analogue compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the corner pounds and compositions for treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, such as cancer, fatty liver, antibiotic resistance, and viral infection. The disclosed compounds and compositions may also be used for modulating mitochondrial function and for treating certain non-cancer diseases and/or diorders, such as diabetes, fibrotic disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Robert A. Mook, Wei Chen, Jiangbo Wang, Xiu-Rong Ren, Herbert Kim Lyerly
  • Publication number: 20240159201
    Abstract: A monolithic heat exchanger body for inputting heat to a closed-cycle engine includes heating walls and heat sink, such as heat transfer regions. The heating walls are configured and arranged in an array of spirals or spiral arcs relative to a longitudinal axis of an inlet plenum. Adjacent portions of the heating walls respectively define corresponding heating fluid pathways fluidly communicating with the inlet plenum. At least a portion of the heat sink is disposed about at least a portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. The heat sink includes working-fluid bodies including working-fluid pathways that have a heat transfer relationship with the heating fluid pathways. Respective ones of the heat transfer regions have a heat transfer relationship with a corresponding semiannular portion of the heating fluid pathways. Respective ones of the heat transfer regions include working-fluid pathways fluidly communicating between a heat input region and a heat extraction region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Tyler Mook, Kevin Michael VandeVoorde, Aigbedion Akwara, Michael Robert Notarnicola, Jason Joseph Bellardi, Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, Mohamed Osama, Zachary William Nagel, Victor Luis Marrero Ortiz
  • Patent number: 11976610
    Abstract: A constant density heat exchanger and method of operating are provided. The constant density heat exchanger includes a housing extending between a first end and a second end and defining a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A first plate is positioned at the first end of the housing and rotatable about an axis of rotation such that the first plate selectively allows a working fluid to flow into the inlet of the chamber. A second plate is positioned at the second end of the housing and rotatable about the axis of rotation such that the second plate selectively allows the working fluid to flow out of the outlet of the chamber. The first plate and the second plate are rotatable about the axis of rotation so as to hold a volume of the working fluid at constant density as a heat source imparts thermal energy thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hyliion Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Notarnicola, Joshua Tyler Mook, Kevin Michael VandeVoorde, Aigbedion Akwara, Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Scott Douglas Waun, Michael Thomas Gansler
  • Publication number: 20230265121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified neuroactive steroids. The modified neuroactive steroids may comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of a therapeutic agent and/or a modifying moiety. The modified neuroactive steroid can have modified characteristics as compared to native neuroactive steroids that do not include a modifying moiety and/or therapeutic agent. The modified neuroactive steroid may be, for example, modified pregnenolone, pregnenolone metabolites, allopregnanolone, and/or allopregnanolone metabolites. The modified neuroactive steroids can be used to treat, prevent and/or ameliorating a phenotypic state of interest in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Christine Marx, Robert Mook
  • Publication number: 20220340614
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified neuroactive steroids. The modified neuroactive steroids may comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of a therapeutic agent and/or a modifying moiety. The modified neuroactive steroid can have modified characteristics as compared to native neuroactive steroids that do not include a modifying moiety and/or therapeutic agent. The modified neuroactive steroid may be, for example, modified pregnenolone, pregnenolone metabolites, allopregnanolone, and/or allopregnanolone metabolites. The modified neuroactive steroids can be used to treat, prevent and/or ameliorating a phenotypic state of interest in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christine Marx, Robert Mook
  • Publication number: 20210179615
    Abstract: Described are niclosamide analogue compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the corner pounds and compositions for treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, such as cancer, fatty liver, antibiotic resistance, and viral infection. The disclosed compounds and compositions may also be used for modulating mitochondrial function and for treating certain non-cancer diseases and/or diorders, such as diabetes, fibrotic disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Robert A. Mook, Wei Chen, Jiangbo Wang, Xiu-Rong Ren, Herbert Kim Lyerly
  • Patent number: 10905665
    Abstract: Described are methods of treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway. The methods include identifying subjects in need of therapy, administering inhibitors of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating cancer, bacterial and viral infection, lupus, type II diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Robert A. Mook, Jr., Jiangbo Wang, Xiu-rong Ren, Minyong Chen, Lawrence S. Barak, Herbert Kim Lyerly, David Needham
  • Patent number: 10562864
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that down-regulate immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are provided. Also provided are methods of treating a disease by down-regulating immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4. The methods are useful for treating cancer and viral infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Xiu-rong Ren, Jiangbo Wang, Hongtao Guo, Amy Hobeika, Robert A. Mook, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200038350
    Abstract: Described are methods of treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway. The methods include identifying subjects in need of therapy, administering inhibitors of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating cancer, bacterial and viral infection, lupus, type II diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Robert A. Mook, JR., Jiangbo Wang, Xiu-rong Ren, Minyong Chen, Lawrence S. Barak, Herbert Kim Lyerly, David Needham
  • Publication number: 20190269752
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of preventing or treating epilepsy comprising administering a receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) inhibitor. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods of treating a subject susceptible to the development of epilepsy, methods of inducing remission of epilepsy in a subject, and methods of transforming medically refractory epilepsy in a subject to medically responsive epilepsy comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a TrkB inhibitor or a phospholipase C?1 (PLC?1) inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: James O. McNamara, Gumei Liu, Bin Gu, Xiao-Ping He, Kamesh Krishnamurthy, Yangzhong Huang, Robert Mook
  • Publication number: 20190083638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are conjugates of a therapeutic compound and polypeptides, such as a conjugate of niclosamide and an elastin-like polypeptide. These conjugates may form nanoparticles through self-assembly, which improve the solubility, bioavailability, and pharmacokinetic profiles of the therapeutic compound. Also disclosed are methods for treating cancer, parasite infection, bacterial infection, viral infection, metabolic diseases, Type II diabetes, NASH, NAFLD, artery constriction, endometriosis, neuropathic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, sclerodermatous graft-versus-host disease, and systemic sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Jayanta Bhattacharyya, Xiu-Rong Ren, Robert A. Mook, Jiangbo Wang, Ivan Spasojevic, Richard Premont, Xinghai Li, Ashutosh Chilkoti
  • Publication number: 20190077772
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that down-regulate immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are provided. Also provided are methods of treating a disease by down-regulating immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4. The methods are useful for treating cancer and viral infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Xiu-rong Ren, Jiangbo Wang, Hongtao Guo, Amy Hobeika, Robert A. Mook
  • Publication number: 20190070154
    Abstract: Described are methods of treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway. The methods include identifying subjects in need of therapy, administering inhibitors of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating cancer, bacterial Sand viral infection, lupus, type II diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Robert A. Mook, Jr., Jiangbo Wang, Xiu-rong Ren, Minyong Chen, Lawrence S. Barak, Herbert Kim Lyerly
  • Patent number: 10189797
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that down-regulate immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are provided. Also provided are methods of treating a disease by down-regulating immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4. The methods are useful for treating cancer and viral infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Xiu-rong Ren, Jiangbo Wang, Hongtao Guo, Amy Hobeika, Robert A. Mook
  • Publication number: 20180340005
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified neuroactive steroids. The modified neuroactive steroids may comprise, consist of or consist essentially of a therapeutic agent and/or a modifying moiety. The modified neuroactive steroid can have modified characteristics as compared to native neuroactive steroids that do not include a modifying moiety and/or therapeutic agent. The modified neuroactive steroid may be, for example, modified pregnenolone, pregnenolone metabolites, allopregnanolone, and/or allopregnanolone metabolites. The modified neuroactive steroids can be used to treat, prevent and/or ameliorating a phenotypic state of interest in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Christine Marx, Robert Mook, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170190675
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that down-regulate immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are provided. Also provided are methods of treating a disease by down-regulating immune checkpoints such as PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4. The methods are useful for treating cancer and viral infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Xiu-rong Ren, Jiangbo Wang, Hongtao Guo, Amy Hobeika, Robert A. Mook
  • Patent number: 9512106
    Abstract: Compounds of general Formulas (I), (IA), (IB) are described, along with compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof, inhibiting the hedgehog pathway in a cell or inhibiting unwanted proliferation of a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Jiangbo Wang, Robert A. Mook, Jr., Lawrence S. Barak, H. Kim Lyerly, Anthony Angelo Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20150166509
    Abstract: Compounds of general Formulas (I), (IA), (IB) are described, along with compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof, inhibiting the hedgehog pathway in a cell or inhibiting unwanted proliferation of a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Jiangbo Wang, Robert A. Mook, JR., Lawrence S. Barak, H. Kim Lyerly, Anthony Angelo Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20130245253
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified neuroactive steroids. The modified neuroactive steroids may comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of a therapeutic agent and/or a modifying moiety. The modified neuroactive steroid can have modified characteristics as compared to native neuroactive steroids that do not include a modifying moiety and/or therapeutic agent. The modified neuroactive steroid may be, for example, modified pregnenolone, pregnenolone metabolites, allopregnanolone, and/or allopregnanolone metabolites. The modified neuroactive steroids can be used to treat, prevent and/or ameliorating a phenotypic state of interest in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicants: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christine Marx, Robert Mook
  • Publication number: 20130005802
    Abstract: Methods of treating Wnt/Frizzled-related diseases, comprising administering niclosamide compounds are provided. Methods of predicting whether a disease will respond to treatment with a niclosamide compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Minyong Chen, H. Kim Lyerly, Lawrence S. Barak, Robert Mook, Takuya Osada, Michael A. Morse