Patents by Inventor Yizhou Dong

Yizhou Dong 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: 20240140960
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating cancers, immune disorders, and other preventive and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG, Xucheng HOU
  • Patent number: 11890377
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Translate Bio, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Publication number: 20240024394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Karl Dane Wittrup, Ron Weiss, Yingzhong Li, Noor Momin, Yizhou Dong
  • Patent number: 11845929
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to genome editing systems and methods and compounds and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) genome editing systems. Disclosed herein are modified nucleic acids that modulate the activity of genome editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Bin Li
  • Publication number: 20230303598
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11717548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Karl Dane Wittrup, Ron Weiss, Yingzhong Li, Noor Momin, Yizhou Dong
  • Publication number: 20230181743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG, Wenqing LI, Jingyue YAN
  • Publication number: 20230124955
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Thomas Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11622942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide derived ester lipid compounds, compositions, lipid-like nanoparticles, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Xinfu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230000908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antigen presenting cells and uses thereof for treating sepsis. In some aspects, disclosed herein is an antigen presenting cell, comprising: a lipid-based nanoparticle, comprising: a recombinant polynucleotide, comprising: a first nucleic acid encoding an antimicrobial peptide; a second nucleic acid encoding cathepsin B; and a third nucleic acid encoding a linker; and a vitamin-lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Xucheng HOU, Xinfu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220347099
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Publication number: 20220347115
    Abstract: The present application relates to nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of CRISPR/Cas13 systems, and their therapeutic use to treat diseases and disorders such as prostate cancer and COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: DUKE UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Qianben Wang, Zhifen Cui, Yizhou Dong
  • Patent number: 11458158
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Thomas Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220162618
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a series of engineered mRNA sequences and methods of use for improving protein expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Chunxi ZENG, Weiyu ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220152085
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for regulating the immune system and for treating cancers and other immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Wenqing LI, Chengxiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10959953
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Translate Bio, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Publication number: 20210069336
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to biomimetic nanomaterials, compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Xinfu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200383930
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide derived ester lipid compounds, compositions, lipid-like nanoparticles, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Xinfu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200330501
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200281994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Karl Dane Wittrup, Ron Weiss, Yingzhong Li, Noor Momin, Yizhou Dong