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).

  • Patent number: 9512073
    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: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    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: 20160280827
    Abstract: Described herein are polymers, polymeric gels, or a composition thereof, for drug delivery. The polymers, which include boronic-acid containing moieties (e.g., and polyol-containing moieties (e.g., are prepared by free-radical polymerization and can self-assemble into polymeric gels such as hydrogels. Also provided are methods or preparing the polymers, kits involving the polymers and/or polymeric gels or a composition thereof, for use as materials or delivery applications of an agent to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Griffith Anderson, Eric Andrew Appel, Yizhou Dong, Robert S. Langer, Benjamin C. Tang, Omid Veiseh, Weiheng Wang, Matthew J. Webber, Kun Xue
  • Patent number: 9315472
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione derivatives, such as compounds of any one of Formulae (I) and (II), and salts thereof, and methods of preparing the compounds. Also provided are compositions including a compound of the invention and an agent (e.g., an siRNA, mRNA, or plasmid DNA). The present invention also provides methods and kits using the compositions for delivering an agent to a subject (e.g., to the liver, spleen, or lung of the subject) or cell and for treating and/or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, liver diseases, and lung diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Akinleye C. Alabi, Hao Yin, Joseph R. Dorkin, Delai Chen, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Ahmed A. Eltoukhy
  • Publication number: 20160067346
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides brush-poly(glycoamidoamine)-lipids (PGALs) (e.g., polymers of any one of Formulae (I)-(IV)) and methods of preparing the PGALs. A described PGAL may include poly(glycoamidoamine)-derived moieties (e.g., such as which may assist the PGAL and/or a complex of the PGAL and an agent to pass through cell membranes or be taken up by cells. Also provided are compositions including a described PGAL and an agent (e.g., polynucleotide, small molecule, peptide, or protein).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Joseph R. Dorkin, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150140070
    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: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Publication number: 20140329884
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione derivatives, such as compounds of any one of Formulae (I) and (II), and salts thereof, and methods of preparing the compounds. Also provided are compositions including a compound of the invention and an agent (e.g., an siRNA, mRNA, or plasmid DNA). The present invention also provides methods and kits using the compositions for delivering an agent to a subject (e.g., to the liver, spleen, or lung of the subject) or cell and for treating and/or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, liver diseases, and lung diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Akinleye C. Alabi, Hao Yin, Joseph R. Dorkin, Delai Chen, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Ahmed A. Eltoukhy
  • Publication number: 20110275707
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulas I are described, along with methods of using such compounds for the treatment of cancer and pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Yizhou Dong, Qian Shi, Kenneth F. Bastow, Pei-Chi Wu