Patents by Inventor Yue-Mei Zhang

Yue-Mei Zhang 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: 20240116985
    Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure provides various agents. In some embodiments, provided agents can bind to beta-catenin. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides technologies for modulating beta-catenin functions. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides technologies for preventing and/or treating conditions, disorders or diseases associated with beta-catenin. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides designed amino acids which can provide improved properties and/or activities. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides agents comprising such amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Halbert White, Yaguang Si, Martin Robert Tremblay, Deborah Gail Conrady, Yue-Mei Zhang, Ivan Tucker Jewett, Lorenzo Josue Alfaro-Lopez, Sarah Isabelle Cappucci, Zhi Li, John Hanney McGee
  • Publication number: 20240117000
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) fusion peptide coupled to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yue-Mei ZHANG, Raul CAMACHO, Martin A. CASE, Ellen CHI, Suzanne EDAVETTAL, Wilson EDWARDS, Lisa NORQUAY, Mark J. WALL, Rui ZHANG, Songmao ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20240018208
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: Z4, Z7, Z9, Z11, Z22, Z23, Z26, Z30, Z34, Z35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mark MACIELAG, Raymond J. PATCH, Rui ZHANG, Martin A. CASE, Mark J. WALL, Yue-Mei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230365644
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mark MACIELAG, Raymond J. PATCH, Rui ZHANG, Martin A. CASE, Shamina M. RANGWALA, James N. LEONARD, Raul C. CAMACHO, Michael J. HUNTER, Katharine E. D'AQUINO, Wilson EDWARDS, Ronald V. SWANSON, Wenying JIAN, Yue-Mei ZHANG, Mark WALL, Ellen CHI
  • Publication number: 20230357320
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides stapled peptides and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, provided peptides can bind to and modulate functions of estrogen receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory L. Verdine, John Hanney McGee, Santosh Kumar Choudary, Yue-Mei Zhang, Martin Robert Tremblay
  • Patent number: 11780900
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) fusion peptide coupled to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Yue-Mei Zhang, Raul Camacho, Martin A. Case, Ellen Chi, Suzanne Edavettal, Wilson Edwards, Lisa Norquay, Mark J. Wall, Rui Zhang, Songmao Zheng
  • Patent number: 11767354
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J. Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A. Case, Shamina M. Rangwala, James N. Leonard, Raul C. Camacho, Michael J. Hunter, Katharine E. D'Aquino, Wilson Edwards, Ronald V. Swanson, Wenying Jian, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark J. Wall, Ellen Chi
  • Publication number: 20230271917
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides amino acid compounds that are useful for producing products such as peptides. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides peptides comprising residues of provided amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ivan Tucker Jewett, Lorenzo Josue Alfaro-Lopez, Yue-Mei Zhang, Brian Halbert White
  • Patent number: 11732019
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: Z4, Z7, Z9, Z11, Z22, Z23, Z26, Z30, Z34, Z35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J. Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A. Case, Mark J. Wall, Yue-Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11591379
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J. Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A. Case, Shamina M. Rangwala, James N. Leonard, Raul C. Camacho, Michael J. Hunter, Katharine E. D'Aquino, Wilson Edwards, Ronald V. Swanson, Wenying Jian, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark J. Wall, Ellen Chi
  • Publication number: 20230046728
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods and reagents for the identification of compounds that traverse he cell membrane of an animal cell. In some embodiments, the invention provides additional methods for determining if a candidate compound that traverses an animal cell membrane is able to modulate an intracellular target, as well as reagents and kits for reagents and kits for performing the disclosed methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Amrita Singh Chandhoke, James Andrew Madsen, Yue-Mei Zhang, John Hanney McGee, Marco Peter Fekkes
  • Patent number: 11401315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody platform designed to be coupled to therapeutic peptides to increase the half-life of the therapeutic peptide in a subject. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J. Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A. Case, Shamina M. Rangwala, James N. Leonard, Raul C. Camacho, Michael J. Hunter, Katharine E. D'Aquino, Wilson Edwards, Ronald V. Swanson, Wenying Jian, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark J. Wall, Ellen Chi
  • Patent number: 11230526
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cycloalkenyl derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the GPR120 and/or GPR40 receptors. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are agonists of GPR120 and/or GPR40, useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, dyslipidemia, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: James C. Lanter, Mark J. Macielag, Mark Wall, Michael P. Winters, Yue-Mei Zhang, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20210253661
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) fusion peptide coupled to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yue-Mei ZHANG, Raul CAMACHO, Martin A. CASE, Ellen CHI, Suzanne EDAVETTAL, Wilson EDWARDS, Lisa NORQUAY, Mark J. WALL, Rui ZHANG, Songmao ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210206822
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: Z4, Z7, Z9, Z11, Z22, Z23, Z26, Z30, Z34, Z35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Mark MACIELAG, Raymond J. PATCH, Rui ZHANG, Martin A. CASE, Mark J. WALL, Yue-Mei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210179665
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides powerful technologies for the development, production, characterization, and/or use of stapled peptide compositions. Among other things, the present disclosure provides strategies for defining amino acid sequences particularly amenable or useful for stapling, as well as technologies, reagents, and systems for developing, producing, characterizing, and/or using stapled peptides having such amino acid sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: John Hanney McGee, Ty Matthew Thomson, Sebastian Christof Theodor Wahl, Gregory L. Verdine, Raheleh Rezaei Araghi, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark Joseph Mulvihill
  • Publication number: 20210163566
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Mark MACIELAG, Raymond J. PATCH, Rui ZHANG, Martin A. CASE, Shamina M. RANGWALA, James N. LEONARD, Raul C. CAMACHO, Michael J. HUNTER, Katharine E. D'AQUINO, Wilson EDWARDS, Ronald V. SWANSON, Wenying JIAN, Yue-Mei ZHANG, Mark J. WALL, Ellen CHI
  • Patent number: 10968264
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: Z4, Z7, Z9, Z11, Z22, Z23, Z26, Z30, Z34, Z35, p, m, n, q, and BRIDGE are defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel compounds are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A Case, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark Wall
  • Patent number: 10968265
    Abstract: The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark Macielag, Raymond J. Patch, Rui Zhang, Martin A. Case, Shamina M. Rangwala, James N. Leonard, Raul C. Camacho, Michael J. Hunter, Katharine E. D'Aquino, Wilson Edwards, Ronald V. Swanson, Wenying Jian, Yue-Mei Zhang, Mark J. Wall, Ellen Chi
  • Publication number: 20210094998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody platform designed to be coupled to therapeutic peptides to increase the half-life of the therapeutic peptide in a subject. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mark MACIELAG, Raymond J. PATCH, Rui ZHANG, Martin A. CASE, Mark J. WALL, Yue-Mei ZHANG, Shamina M. RANGWALA, James N. LEONARD, Raul C. CAMACHO, Michael J. HUNTER, Katharine E. D'AQUINO, Wilson EDWARDS, Ronald V. SWANSON, Wenying JIAN, Ellen CHI