Patents Examined by Barbara P. Badio
  • Patent number: 12215127
    Abstract: A composition having the following structure: wherein: R1 is OH, ester group, ether group, amine, thiol, thioether, halide, or a group containing an alkynyl or azido functionality; R2 is H, OH, ester group, ether group, amine, thiol, thioether, halide, or a group containing an alkynyl or azido functionality; R3 is a group containing a reactive functionality capable of covalent binding to a thiol or amine; and R4 is H, OH, ester group, ether group, amine, thiol, thioether, halide, or a group containing an alkynyl or azido functionality; wherein one of R1, R2 and R4 is a group containing an alkynyl or azido functionality. Also disclosed is a method for profiling changes in BSH enzyme activity by attaching active BSH enzymes in a sample to the probe shown above, attaching a tag to the probe, and detecting the active BSH enzymes to obtain an activity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Pamela Chang, Bibudha Parasar, Lin Han
  • Patent number: 12202785
    Abstract: A method of treating Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), tobacco use, pain, or proinflammatory disorders comprising: providing a subject with an effective amount of a modified tetracycline or derivative thereof to ameliorate or eliminate the AUD, SUD, tobacco use, pain, or proinflammatory disorder, and wherein the modified tetracycline or derivative thereof has reduced binding to a microbial ribosome and has the formula: wherein R1 is acetyl, R2 is OH or acetyl, R3 is acetyl, R4 is H or acetyl, and R5 is acetyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Susan E. Bergeson, Peter Syapin, Ted W. Reid, Mayank Shastri, Phat Tran
  • Patent number: 12180248
    Abstract: Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein, R1, R2a, R2b, R3 and A are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Martinez Botella, Francesco G. Salituro, Albert Jean Robichaud, Boyd L. Harrison
  • Patent number: 12168639
    Abstract: The present invention includes DNP derivatives that are useful for preventing or treating a metabolic disease or disorder in a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject is further administered at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Gerald I. Shulman, David A. Spiegel
  • Patent number: 12161623
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising unequal mixtures of (R)-amisulpride and (S)-amisulpride, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where the amount of (R)-amisulpride is greater than the amount of (S)-amisulpride, compositions and medicaments comprising the same used for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and methods of using same for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, including, but not limited to, dosage regimens. In addition, provided are various formulations thereof, including, but not limited to, formulations employing polymorphs of enantiomeric amisulpride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Cabot Hopkins, Kenneth Stephen Koblan, John R. Snoonian, Harold Scott Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12162886
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in treating conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channel function where the compounds are 11,13-modified saxitoxins according to Formula (I): (Formula (I)); where R1, and R2 are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SITEONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hassan Pajouhesh, Xiang Zhou, John Mulcahy
  • Patent number: 12162905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: wherein R1 is H, halogen, C1-C3 alkyl, or C1-C3 alkoxy; R2 is H or halogen; and X is O, OCH2, or CH2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus nephritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Ryan Edward Stites, Jacqueline Mary Wurst
  • Patent number: 12157725
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to conducting reactions in Leidenfrost-levitated droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert Graham Cooks, Christopher Pulliam, Ryan M. Bain
  • Patent number: 12150945
    Abstract: Methods of treating a liver disease or condition, or a symptom thereof, in a subject in need of treatment, are disclosed and described. One method comprises orally administering to a subject, a pharmaceutical composition having an amount of a testosterone, or an ester thereof, sufficient to treat the liver disease or condition, or symptom thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mahesh V. Patel, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Satish K. Nachaegari, Burke Byrne, Kilyoung Kim, Jonathan A. Baker
  • Patent number: 12144817
    Abstract: Testosterone ester triglyceride formulations, optionally further including adducts. Methods of in-situ control of the manufacture or formation of such adducts are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: Shaowei Ong
  • Patent number: 12139508
    Abstract: Steroid derivative regulators, a method for preparing the same, and uses thereof are described. Specifically, a compound of formula (I), a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and uses thereof as a regulator the of GABAA receptor for treating depression, convulsion, Parkinson's disease, and nervous system diseases are described, wherein the substituents of the formula (I) are as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yidong Su, Haining Deng, Xiaopo Chen, Rudi Bao, Fujun Zhang
  • Patent number: 12129275
    Abstract: Compounds are provided according to Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z is a group of the formula (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v), and wherein L1, L2, L3, X1, X2, Y, Rz4, Rz5, Rz6, n, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R6a, R6b, R7a, R7b, R11a, R11b, R14, R17, R19, R20, R23a, R23b, and R24 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ravindra B. Upasani, Boyd L. Harrison, Benny C. Askew, Jean-Cosme Dodart, Francesco G. Salituro, Albert Jean Robichaud
  • Patent number: 12110501
    Abstract: A neurogenesis stimulant containing a compound having a structure represented by the following formula. R1 to R3 each are an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and the broken line means presence or absence of a bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LAIMU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Tai, Takeru Koga, Sachio Wakayama
  • Patent number: 12097207
    Abstract: Methods of treating a liver disease or condition, or a symptom thereof, in a subject in need of treatment, are disclosed and described. One method comprises orally administering to a subject, a pharmaceutical composition having an amount of a testosterone, or an ester thereof, sufficient to treat the liver disease or condition, or symptom thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: Mahesh V. Patel, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Satish K. Nachaegari, Burke Byrne, Kilyoung Kim, Jonathan A. Baker
  • Patent number: 12071453
    Abstract: Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein -------, R1, R2, R3, A and L are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Martinez Botella, Boyd L. Harrison, Albert Jean Robichaud, Francesco G. Salituro, Robert Jason Herr, Robert Borbo Kargbo
  • Patent number: 12065464
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the compound: N-((4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,12aS,14aR,14bS)-11-cyano-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10,14-dioxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,12a,14,14a,14b-octadecahydropicen-4a-yl)-2,2-difluoropropanamide, polymorphic forms thereof, methods for preparation and use thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and kits and articles of manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: REATA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Xiaofeng Liu, Andrea Decker
  • Patent number: 12065465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stereodefined polycyclic (e.g., tetracyclic) compounds that contain quaternary centers at one or multiple ring fusions, synthetic methods for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat a disease, such as a brain tumor and, particularly, a glioma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventor: Glenn C. Micalizio
  • Patent number: 12053470
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical combination comprising an ALK inhibitor, in free form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a SHP2 inhibitor, in free form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for simultaneous or sequential administration; the uses of such combination in the treatment of proliferative diseases; and methods of treating a subject suffering from a proliferative disease comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of such combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: NOVARTIS AG, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leila Dardaei Alghalandis, Jeffrey Adam Engelman, Huaixiang Hao, Matthew J. Lamarche, Fang Li, Hui-Qin Wang
  • Patent number: 12053448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid forms of (S)—N-(4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide and process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Thomas G. Bird, Tai Ahn, David A. Dickason, Seoung-Soo Hong
  • Patent number: 12049617
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an improved method for production of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), an important intermediate towards biotechnological production of vitamin D3 or derivatives/metabolites thereof. The invention features modified yeast strains expressing enzymes having improved C-8 sterol isomerase activity leading to increased ratios of 7-DHC in the sterol mix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Farrell, Lisa Ann Laprade, Otto Martin Lehmann, Joshua Trueheart, Bastien Jean Wolfgang Chevreux