Patents by Inventor William L. Jorgensen

William L. Jorgensen 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: 9643922
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Patent number: 9540322
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Patent number: 9487476
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel catechol diether compounds, pharmaceutical compositions therefrom and methods for inhibiting reverse transcriptase and treating HIV infections, especially included drug resistant strains of HIV 1 and 2 and/or secondary disease states and/or conditions which occur as a consequence of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Karen S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9382245
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nanomolar and picomolar inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, pharmaceutical compositions therefrom and methods for inhibiting reverse transcriptase and treating HIV infections, especially included drug resistant strains of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and/or secondary disease states and/or conditions which occur as a consequence of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Karen S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9018209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C14 hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group (preferably CH3, CH2CH3 or CF3), halogen (preferably F, Cl, Br), OR, CN, NO2, a C1-C6 thioether, a C1-C6 thioester group, an optionally substituted CO2R group, an optionally substituted COR group or an optionally substituted OCOR group (preferably R4 is H); R is H or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group; RHET is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorphs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Juliana Ruiz-Caro, Andrew D. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20150105351
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nanomolar and picomolar inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, pharmaceutical compositions therefrom and methods for inhibiting reverse transcriptase and treating HIV infections, especially included drug resistant strains of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and/or secondary disease states and/or conditions which occur as a consequence of HIV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Karen S. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20140378443
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel compositions useful for preventing or treating an HIV-1 infection in a subject in need thereof. The present invention further includes a novel method of preventing or treating an HIV-1 infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of the invention. In one embodiment, the subject is further administered at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Karen S. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20140288017
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel catechol diether compounds, pharmaceutical compositions therefrom and methods for inhibiting reverse transcriptase and treating HIV infections, especially included drug resistant strains of HIV 1 and 2 and/or secondary disease states and/or conditions which occur as a consequence of HIV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Karen S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8492415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, including oxadiazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the inhibition of reverse transcriptase and the treatment of HIV (1 and 2) infections, AIDS and ARC and other viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventor: William L. Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20120040974
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Publication number: 20120004261
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Publication number: 20100267714
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Publication number: 20100222352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C14 hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group (preferably CH3, CH2CH3 or CF3), halogen (preferably F, Cl, Br), OR, CN, NO2, a C1-C6 thioether, a C1-C6 thioester group, an optionally substituted CO2R group, an optionally substituted COR group or an optionally substituted OCOR group (preferably R4 is H); R is H or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group; RHET is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorphs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Juliana Ruiz-Caro, Andrew D. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20100168190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, including oxadiazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the inhibition of reverse transcriptase and the treatment of HIV (1 and 2) infections, AIDS and ARC and other viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: William L. Jorgensen