Patents by Inventor Yijie Peng

Yijie Peng 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).

  • Compositions and methods for imaging tissues, organs and tumors
    Patent number: 8747810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and related technetium and rhenium complexes thereof which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of imaging tissues, organs, or tumors using radiolabeled metal complexes, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer, particularly those cancer lines which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides methods of imaging and/or inhibiting receptors or neuroreceptors using compounds or complexes of the invention which have an affinity for the receptor or neuroreceptor to be imaged and/or inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Ashfaq Mahmood, Alun G. Jones, Naengnoi Limpa-Amara, Yijie Peng, Zeynep Akgun
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING TISSUES, ORGANS AND TUMORS
    Publication number: 20120269724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and related technetium and rhenium complexes thereof which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of imaging tissues, organs, or tumors using radiolabeled metal complexes, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer, particularly those cancer lines which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides methods of imaging and/or inhibiting receptors or neuroreceptors using compounds or complexes of the invention which have an affinity for the receptor or neuroreceptor to be imaged and/or inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Ashfaq Mahmood, Alun G. Jones, Naengnoi Limpa-Amara, Yijie Peng, Zeynep Akgun