Patents Examined by Barbara Frazier
  • Patent number: 8945599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immobilized biologically active entities having heparin cofactor II binding activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Cleek, Michael D. Daly, Krzysztof R. Pietrzak
  • Patent number: 8927529
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of back pain by injection of an injectable flowable composition in the epidural space, wherein the composition is composed of microparticles of dexamethasone acetate and a polymer, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SpineThera
    Inventor: Jeff Missling
  • Patent number: 8920823
    Abstract: A disposable paper towel with an anti-microbial lotion and is provided with a chromatic transfer indicator which undergoes a delayed, visually perceptible color change at a predetermined time after the towel is wetted. An anti-microbial lotion on the towel increases water absorbency times (WAR) to further promote lotion transfer to the skin and increase lotion transfer effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Phuong Van Luu, Anthony O. Awofeso, Craig D. Yardley, Kang Chang Yeh, Bruce W. Janda
  • Patent number: 8883825
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid preparation containing (+)-(S)-4-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl)(2-pyridyl)methoxy]piperidino]butyric acid or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which is stabilized with a water-soluble metal chloride, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayo Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 8877168
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid preparation containing (+)-(S)-4-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl) (2-pyridyl)methoxy]piperidino]butyric acid or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which is stabilized with a water-soluble metal chloride, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayo Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 8877818
    Abstract: Compositions (3) and methods of using such compositions (3) to condition, clean, or disinfect the flow path of a conduit (8) of a microfluidic devices (16), such as flow cytometers or liquid chromatographs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: XY, LLC, CHD Bioscience, Inc
    Inventors: Edwin Dean Neas, Jerald Edward Kuiken, John Louis Schenk, Thomas Boyd Gilligan
  • Patent number: 8865688
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating gastrointestinal disorders, e.g., Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and diverticular disease, with a granulated mesalamine formulation. Some formulations use granulated mesalamine in capsule form. Also included are methods to extend remission of ulcerative colitis by administration of a once-daily dosage of granulated mesalamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH
    Inventor: William Forbes
  • Patent number: 8865194
    Abstract: Skin-protecting ointment compositions are disclosed that include a greasy material, a safe and minimally absorbed solid, and optionally, a phospholipid composition, and that exhibit reduced greasiness and tackiness relative to an otherwise identical composition lacking the safe and minimally absorbed solid and the optional phospholipid composition. Also disclosed are methods of making such skin-protecting ointment compositions. In one embodiment, the skin-protecting ointment composition comprises a safe and minimally absorbed solid, a lipid thickener, an ointment-like material, a volatile oil, and optionally a phospholipid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Theraplex Company, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene H. Gans, Hans R. Suess
  • Patent number: 8859623
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and compositions of stabilizing phenylephrine formations. The composition has good time-dependent stability at low temperature and has no change in its outward appearance even after having been stored at least 6 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Paragon Bioteck, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick H. Witham, Sailaja Machiraju, Lauren Mackensie-Clark Bluett
  • Patent number: 8846767
    Abstract: Compositions (3) and methods of using such compositions (3) to condition, clean, or disinfect the flow path of a conduit (8) of a microfluidic devices (16), such as flow cytometers or liquid chromatographs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: CDH Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Dean Neas, Jerald Edward Kuiken, John Louis Schenk, Thomas Boyd Gilligan
  • Patent number: 8795692
    Abstract: PEG-free, cold-preparable, prolonged-stability, low-viscosity, fine oil-in-water emulsions, their preparation from preferably clear oil phases or via preferably clear to transparent microemulsion-like concentrates, the corresponding oil phases or microemulsion-like concentrates and the use of the inventive emulsions for producing cosmetic, dermatological, pharmaceutical or industrial formulations, especially for the production of impregnating emulsions for wet wipes or for sprayable care emulsions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hameyer, Jürgen Meyer, Gabriele Polak
  • Patent number: 8784789
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid preparation containing (+)-(S)-4-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl)(2-pyridyl)methoxy]piperidino]butyric acid or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which is stabilized with a water-soluble metal chloride, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayo Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 8784899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a vitamin E analog and an arsenic compound for treating hyperproliferative cells disorders such as cancer. The composition of the invention potentiates arsenic toxicity towards cancer cells and can also prevent arsenic-mediated toxicity of non-cancerous cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wilson H. Miller, Zuanel Diaz Heredia, Hyman M. Schipper, Koren K. Mann
  • Patent number: 8778313
    Abstract: Enhanced SPF and/or reduced fluffing fluid compositions for photoprotecting the skin and/or the hair against the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation, contain: (a) at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation; and (b) at least one ester-terminated poly(ester amide) (ETPEA) polymer, formulated into (c) a topically applicable, cosmetically acceptable aqueous support therefor; the subject aqueous compositions are advantageously vaporizable, especially in the form of sprays, confined within a pressurization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Martin Josso, Cyril Chevalier, Anne-Laure Gaudry
  • Patent number: 8778320
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel deodorant composition which is excellent in the deodorizing effect, is capable of affording a deodorant composition by a convenient method, and shows no decrease in the deodorizing performance even after a long period of time, once the deodorant being prepared. Specifically, there is provided a deodorant composition containing, as the active component, a colored compound obtainable by reacting a polyphenol in a solvent showing alkalinity in the coexistence of an oxygen molecule at a reaction pH value of 6.5 or more. As a substitute for a polyphenol, use can be made of a plant extract containing a polyphenol but containing substantially no amino acid. It is also possible to further employ an amino acid. Furthermore, use can be made of a plant extract and/or a plant body containing a polyphenol and an amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Hiramoto, Ryo Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8771750
    Abstract: A process for delivering and/or removing metal from a biological system by loading a titanate sorbent with a biometal either before introduction into the system for delivery to a site within the system or after introduction into the system for delivery to a site where there is an excess accumulation of metal and thereafter the sorbent is loaded at the site with the excess metal and is removed from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: David T. Hobbs, John C. Wataha, Jill Lewis, Regina L. W. Messer
  • Patent number: 8759378
    Abstract: Methods of treating blood disorders are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Phoenicia Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan P Perrine, Regine Bohacek
  • Patent number: 8753620
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, injectable bulking compositions are provided which contain the following: (a) fibers that are configured to prevent migration to locations in the body remote from the injection site, for example, because they have a minimum length that is sufficiently large to prevent migration of the fibers and/or because they have surface features that stimulate host tissue response to lock the fibers in position and (b) a carrier in an amount effective to render the composition injectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, Michael Madden
  • Patent number: 8753691
    Abstract: We disclose a colorless composition comprising silver particles and water, wherein said particles comprise an interior of elemental silver and an exterior of ionic silver oxide, wherein the silver particles are present in the water at a level of about 5-40 ppm, and wherein the composition manifests significant antimicrobial properties including antiviral properties. Methods of use of the composition are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: American Silver, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Holladay, William D. Moeller
  • Patent number: 8741276
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition containing: (a) at least one tackifier component having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of greater than about 20° C.; (b) at least one film former chosen from a propylphenylsilsesquioxane resin having a molecular weight of from about 2,000 to about 30,000 and comprising at least about 70 mole % propyl siloxy units and at most about 30 mole % phenyl siloxy units, and a propylsilsesquioxane wax substituted with alkyl units having at least 30 carbons; (c) a liquid fatty phase comprising at least one volatile hydrocarbon compound; (d) at least one colorant; (e) optionally, water; and (f) optionally, at least one emulsifier. Also disclosed is a method of making up keratinous substrates involving applying the above composition onto the keratinous substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oréal
    Inventors: Hy Si Bui, Susan Halpern, Mohamed Kanji