Patents Examined by Andrea Olson
  • Patent number: 12697597
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, devices, systems and methods for DNA oligomer synthesis. Further provided are devices comprising addressable electrodes controlling polynucleotide synthesis (deprotection, extension, or cleavage, etc.). The compositions, devices, systems and methods described herein provide improved synthesis, storage, density, and retrieval of biomolecule-based information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Twist Bioscience Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Lackey, David Dodd, Stefan Pitsch
  • Patent number: 12692490
    Abstract: Provided is a method for collecting RNA contained in skin surface lipids (SSL). A method for preparing SSL-derived RNA. In this method, an aqueous solution containing RNA prepared from SSL of a subject is mixed with a water-soluble organic solvent, and the resulting mixture is allowed to contact with a solid phase material to separate RNA. By adjusting the concentration of the water-soluble organic solvent in the mixture, the yield of RNA improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kuwano, Takayoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12691116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds that inhibit SETBP1 or XP01 activities. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds to increase the expression of embryonic and fetal hemoglobin molecules, and to treat sickle cell disease and ?-thalassemia. The present invention relates to unexpected findings that transcription factor SETBP1 regulates embryonic and fetal hemoglobin repression, and inhibition of SETBP1 can induce the expression of embryonic and fetal hemoglobins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Du, Nhu Nguyen, Kristbjorn Gudmundsson
  • Patent number: 12692495
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for preparing compositions containing oligonucleotides. Methods of this disclosure involve subjecting an aqueous solution of a oligonucleotide to ultrafiltration/diafiltration (UF/DF) in order to form a retentate containing the oligonucleotide, where the ultrafiltration/diafiltration (UF/DF) is carried out using an aqueous buffer solution containing one or more salts. Also disclosed herein are oligonucleotide-containing compositions obtained by these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: BIOGEN MA INC.
    Inventors: Robert S. Gronke, Jonas P. Immel-Brown, Geetha Govindan
  • Patent number: 12692524
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, genetically engineered cells, sialyltransferases and nucleic acid molecules encoding said sialyltransferases for producing sialylated oligosaccharides as well as the use of said sialylated oligosaccharides for providing nutritional compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Stefan Jennewein, Dirk Wartenberg
  • Patent number: 12691139
    Abstract: Ester and sulfated derivatives of hyaluronic acid are described for use in the prevention and treatment of the initial stage of SARS-CoV-2 disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: FIDIA FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventor: Carlo Pizzocaro
  • Patent number: 12685742
    Abstract: Disclosed is an application of Stachyose in preparation of a drug for treating castration-resistant prostate cancer, belonging to the technical field of biological medicine. The disclosure proposes a new strategy of using Stachyose in combination with an androgen receptor antagonist to prepare a drug for treating CRPC for the first time, and conducts multi-angle and multi-level verification research. The drug composition of the Stachyose in combination with the androgen receptor in the disclosure can be used for treating castration-resistant prostate cancer, and significantly improves the effect of Enzalutamide on inhibiting castration-resistant prostate cancer. The natural compound is applied to the advanced stage of cancer, and has important clinical therapeutic significance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Rong Wang, Yongquan Chen, Lu Xu, Xiaoying Wang, Shenglong Zhu
  • Patent number: 12686687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of BAF-related disorders, such as cancers and viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Sabine K. Ruppel, Zhaoxia Yang, Jason T. Lowe, Johannes H. Voigt, Matthew Netherton, Francois Brucelle
  • Patent number: 12679905
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field for preparation of chitosan oligosaccharide, and particularly relates to a chitosan oligosaccharide sulfate and a preparation method thereof. The method is as follows: adding an equal volume of 1.0%-2.0% by mass of potassium sulfate solution into 2.0%-4.0% by mass of chitosan oligosaccharide hydrochloride solution and evenly mixing to obtain a mixed solution, allowing a molar ratio of amino to sulfate ions in the mixed solution to be 2:1, then adding absolute ethyl alcohol to obtain a chitosan oligosaccharide sulfate suspension, standing, filtering, collecting precipitates, washing, drying and smashing to finally obtain the chitosan oligosaccharide sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Jiangxi Normal University
    Inventors: Qinghui You, Manying Wang
  • Patent number: 12673070
    Abstract: The invention relates to dextran sulfate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in treatment of sepsis and hypercytokinemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: TX MEDIC AB
    Inventor: Lars Bruce
  • Patent number: 12668790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lysis, binding and/or wash reagent for isolating and/or purifying nucleic acids and a method for isolating and/or purifying nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: QIAGEN GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Fabis, Anke Homann, Thorsten Voss, Thomas Hanselle
  • Patent number: 12668669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing cellulose and lignin oil by depolymerizing lignocellulose without exogenous hydrogen, including: performing reaction on the lignocellulose dispersed into an aqueous medium at 120° C. to 180° C. under the action of a catalyst; and separating a reaction product to obtain the cellulose and the lignin oil. The catalyst includes a carrier and an active ingredient loaded on the carrier, where the active ingredient is selected from one of platinum, palladium, ruthenium and nickel; the carrier is selected from one of a metal oxide, a metal composite material, silicon dioxide, nitrogen-doped carbon, molybdenum carbide and molybdenum nitride; and the metal oxide is selected from one of niobium oxide, tantalum oxide, tungsten oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide and molybdenum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: East China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yanqin Wang, Hao Zhou, Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu
  • Patent number: 12668577
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for rapid isolation of nucleic acids from a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Ptomega Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiyang Zeng, Wenhui Zhou, Douglas R. Storts, Poncho Meisenheimer, Ian Marozas, Andrew Taft, Spencer Hermanson, Connor Fitzgerald, Kasen Riemersma
  • Patent number: 12662494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound of formula (1a) wherein a-d and p are 1 or 2, R1-R4 are hydrogen atom or the like, and R18 is —CF3 or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an anticancer effect by inhibiting the binding between a MLL fusion protein that is fused with AF4, AF9, or the like, which is a representative fusion partner gene causing MLL leukemia, and menin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kamioka, Naoaki Shimada, Hitoshi Ban, Kazuto Yamazaki, Akihiko Arakawa, Wataru Hirose
  • Patent number: 12661333
    Abstract: Provided is DHA, or a composition comprising DHA, for use in treatment of a biofilm in a subject and for use in treatment of a disease or infection associated or caused by a biofilm in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN
    Inventors: Gordon Cooke, Emma Caraher, Jonathan Brady
  • Patent number: 12662471
    Abstract: 7- or 8-hydroxy-isoquinoline and 7- or 8-hydroxy-quinoline derivatives as alpha-1-antitrypsin modulators for treating alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Simon Giroux, Michael Philip Clark, Michael Aaron Brodney, Peter Jones, Michael Paul Deninno, Wenxin Gu, Qing Tang, Steven David Stone, Timothy J. Senter, Zachary Gale-Day, Diane Marie Boucher, Lev T.D. Fanning, Amy B. Hall, Dennis James Hurley, Mac Arthur Johnson, Jr., John Patrick Maxwell, Rebecca Jane Swett, Timothy Lewis Tapley, Stephen A. Thomson, Veronique Damagnez, Kevin Michael Cottrell
  • Patent number: 12648956
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to pentagalloyl glucose compositions and uses in managing microbial infections and compositions related thereto. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to compositions of pentagalloyl glucose. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing a microbial infection, e.g., an antimicrobial resistant microbial infection, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of pentagalloyl glucose or salt thereof. In certain embodiments, the microbe is bacteria or fungi resistant to one or more antibiotic agents or antifungal agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignees: EMORY UNIVERSITY, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cassandra Quave, Francois Chassagne, Lewis Marquez, Micah Dettweiler, Julia Kubanek, Anne M. Sweeney-Jones, Bhuwan Khatri Chhetri
  • Patent number: 12649758
    Abstract: Disclosed is an industrial method for simultaneously preparing Stevia rebaudiana chlorogenic acid and stevioside. The industrial method includes carrying out alcohol extraction on Stevia rebaudiana which is used as a raw material, and then adjusting the feed liquid state to allow chlorogenic acid to be in a free molecular state; carrying out extraction separation by a water-insoluble moderate-polarity organic solvent; enriching the Stevia rebaudiana chlorogenic acid in an organic layer; and enriching the stevioside in a water layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Chenguang Biotech Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunhe Lian, Meili Xu, Wei Gao, Zhiping Niu, Yanfang Wang
  • Patent number: 12636299
    Abstract: Terpenoid derivatives for use in the medicinal applications and compositions containing these derivatives. This new generation of compounds possesses selective anti-neurodegenerative properties on neuronal cells and tissues and can be particularly used in the treatment and prophylaxis of neurodegenerative disease, particularly in the treatment and prophylaxis of Parkinson's and Huntington's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI
    Inventors: Milan Urban, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jirí Hodon, Miroslav Strnad
  • Patent number: 12637488
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of synthesizing an organometallic iridium monomer compound includes obtaining a dimeric iridium compound having a halogenated bridge, refluxing a mixture comprising the dimeric iridium compound, a base, an ancillary ligand, and 1,2-dimethoxyethane for forming a precipitate of an organometallic iridium monomer, and filtering the refluxed mixture to collect the organometallic iridium monomer precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Dean Sanner