Patents Examined by Adam M Weidner
  • Patent number: 8951519
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical agents and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Thomas M. Wisniewski, Fernando Goni
  • Patent number: 8945576
    Abstract: This invention relates to a vaccine for preventing or treating tautopathy, comprising a vector, as an active ingredient, comprising a nucleic acid encoding a mutant tau protein linked to a secretion signal sequence, wherein the vaccine is capable of inducing an antibody against an (optionally phosphorylated) tau protein in a subject in a more sustained manner compared with a case where the mutant tau protein is administered directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Kyoto University, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
    Inventors: Haruhisa Inoue, Hiroki Takeuchi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Makoto Higuchi, Bin Ji, Tetsuya Suhara
  • Patent number: 8940699
    Abstract: The invention provides animal models and clinical trials for assessing agents for potential use in treating and effecting prophylaxis stroke and other neurological diseases, particularly those mediated at least in part by excitoxitity. The invention also provides preferred dosage and infusion regimes and pharmaceutical compositions for clinical application of such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NoNO Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tymianski, Jonathan David Garman
  • Patent number: 8940306
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid ? peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid ? peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid ? peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid ? peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
    Inventors: Junichi Matsuda, Kazuyoshi Kaminaka, Chikateru Nozaki
  • Patent number: 8926974
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a tauopathy, involving administering an anti-Tau antibody. The present disclosure also provides anti-Tau antibodies, and formulations comprising same, for use in the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: iPierian, Inc.
    Inventors: Irene Griswold-Prenner, Nancy E. Stagliano, Vu Dang, Sami Hussain, Jessica Michelle Bright
  • Patent number: 8920801
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject suffering from a deficiency in arylsulfatase A in the CNS. The methods include systemic administration of a bifunctional fusion antibody comprising an antibody to a human insulin receptor and an arylsulfatase A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: ArmaGen Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Pardridge, Ruben J. Boado
  • Patent number: 8921320
    Abstract: A targeted osmotic lysis (TOL) of tumor cells that over-express voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) has been developed that uses a combined therapy of a drug that blocks sodium, potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na+, K+-ATPase) that is then followed by an activation of VGSCs, for example, by electrical or pharmacological stimulation. Activation of VGSCs conducts sodium into the cancer cells in much greater amounts than non-cancer cells. Water follows this sodium gradient into the cancer cells, causing swelling and lysis. Because non-cancerous cells do not over-express VGSCs, less sodium and less water will enter the cells, and the non-cancerous cells will not lyse. This method is applicable to all cells that over-express VGSCs, including, but not limited to, highly invasive breast cancer, prostate cancer, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung carcinoma, lymphoma, mesothelioma, neuroblastoma, and cervical cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Dennis J. Paul, Harry J. Gould
  • Patent number: 8895018
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the treatment of subjects with cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairment induced by substance addiction and for increasing cognitive function in a subject with substance addiction. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule including covalently linked first, second, and third domains; wherein the first domain is an MHC class II ?1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class II ?1 domain; or wherein the first domain is an MHC class I ?1 domain and the second domain is an MHC class I ?2 domain; and wherein the third domain is covalently linked to the first domain and comprises an antigen of the central or peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Oregon Health & Science University, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Arthur A. Vandenbark, Gregory G. Burrows
  • Patent number: 8894999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) proteins which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family, and have now been shown to be important for regulating apoptosis in cells of the nervous system. In addition, it has been discovered that p75 is a ligand for DR6. As a result, this invention relates to methods for inhibiting the interaction of DR6 and p75 using DR6 and/or p75 antagonists. In addition, the methods described herein include methods of promoting survival of cells of the nervous system using DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with p75 antagonists, and methods of treating neurodegenerative conditions by the administration of a DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with a p75 antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Sha Mi, Kenneth J. Rhodes, R. Blake Pepinsky
  • Patent number: 8877207
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition immunologically targeted to Alzheimer's disease (AD), the composition containing amine functionalized nanoparticles of Cerium oxide coated with polyethylene glycol and bearing an antibody specific for an amyloid-beta antigen associated with AD. The invention also includes a medication manufactured with the targeted nanoceria particles and methods of treatment by administering the targeted nanoceria particles to patients in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., University of l'Aquila
    Inventors: Annamaria Cimini, Barbara D'Angelo, Soumen Das, Sudipta Seal
  • Patent number: 8859501
    Abstract: Antibodies and fragments thereof have high affinity for human ?-synuclein protofibrils and low binding of ?-synuclein monomers, wherein the antibodies or fragments have specified Complementarity Determining Region (CDR) sequences. Compositions comprise such an antibody or fragment and methods of detecting ?-synuclein protofibrils use such an antibody or fragment. In further embodiments, methods of preventing, delaying onset of or treating a neurodegenerative disorder with ?-synuclein pathology comprise administering such an antibody or fragment, and such an antibody or fragment is used in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a neurodegenerative disorder with ?-synuclein pathology. Such an antibody or fragment is used in the diagnosis or monitoring of the development of a neurodegenerative disorder with ?-synuclein pathology, and in methods for reducing or inhibiting ?-synuclein aggregation by administration of such an antibody or fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BioArctic Neuroscience AB
    Inventors: Eva Nordström, Alex Kasrayan, Monica Ekberg, Valentina Screpanti Sundquist, Lars Lannfelt, Mats Holmquist
  • Patent number: 8841260
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating or preventing Huntington's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Miller, Edward J. Rebar, H. Steve Zhang
  • Patent number: 8822518
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are antagonists or inverse agonists at one or more of the opioid receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Cunyu Zhang, David Lee Musso, Gary Martin Green, Rodolfo Cadilla, Paul Kenneth Spearing, Michael Joseph Bishop, Jason Daniel Speake
  • Patent number: 8809278
    Abstract: Cyclic tetrapeptides that are kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists can be used in therapeutic applications for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing drug addiction, drug use, or drug seeking behavior in a subject. This can include subjects that have a history of drug addiction. The drug can be selected from cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, nicotine, opiate, or combinations thereof. These cyclic tetrapeptides can also be useful for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing stress-induced drug seeking behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Jane V. Aldrich, Nicolette C. Ross, Santosh Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8809275
    Abstract: Provided herein are peptoids capable of inhibiting or reversing amyloid ? (A?) fibril or plaque production. The peptoids form a helical structure with three monomers per helical turn and have at least two monomers with a side-chain having an arylalkyl group having the same chirality positioned such that the side-chains are on the same side of the peptoid. Also provided are methods of using the peptoids to inhibit or reverse aggregation of A? and methods of treating subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or slowing the progression of AD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Shannon Servoss, Melissa Moss
  • Patent number: 8794236
    Abstract: A method of using CPAP equipment to sense cardiogenic oscillations in a patient's airflow, and to monitor and treat the patient's cardiac condition. The apparatus diagnoses cardiac morbidity conditions, such as the existence of arrhythmias or other cardiac abnormalities, and influences and optimizes cardiac stroke volume. The apparatus further monitors pulse-transit time, changes in the heart pre-ejection period, and the duration of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Chee Keong Phuah, Steven Paul Farrugia, Dion Charles Chewe Martin, Christine Wei Chih Chan
  • Patent number: 8791072
    Abstract: A method may include administering botulinum toxin to a tissue of a patient and administering a neuropeptide of the CRF family to the tissue of the patient. In some examples, the botulinum toxin is periodically administered to the tissue of the patient and/or the neuropeptide of the CRF family is periodically administered to the tissue of the patient. The periods with which the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered may be the same or may be different. In some examples, the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered to the tissue at substantially the same time, while in other embodiments, the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered to the tissue at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Shi-young Lee, Andrew R. Harrison, Linda K. McLoon
  • Patent number: 8778343
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions and methods related to Tau oligomers and Tau oligomer specific antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventor: Rakez Kayed
  • Patent number: 8754044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for neuroprotection. In particular, provided herein are compositions (e.g., hepatocyte secretory factors) for alleviating and/or protecting against neuronal damage (e.g., resulting from stroke), and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventor: Shu Q. Liu
  • Patent number: 8747841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides transiently activating Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA) GTPase, polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides or said polynucleotides. The present invention further relates to the use of said polypeptides, said polynucleotides or said pharmaceutical compositions for long-term treatment of damage of the peripheral or central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Gudrun Ahnert-Hilger, Gisela Groβe, Fred Hofmann, Ingo Just, Markus Höltje, Stefanie Hülsenbeck