Patents Examined by Brian E McDowell
  • Patent number: 12655128
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that inhibit wild-type RET and its resistant mutants, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Brubaker, Joseph L. Kim, Kevin J. Wilson, Douglas Wilson, Lucian V. DiPietro
  • Patent number: 12653894
    Abstract: Disclosed are bifunctional compounds (degraders) that target FAK or FAK and ALK for degradation. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the degraders and methods of using the compounds to treat disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Baishan Jiang, Behnam Nabet, Tinghu Zhang, Mingfeng Hao
  • Patent number: 12653804
    Abstract: The present disclosures provides surprising insight into new technologies for treatment and/or prevention of certain types of hair loss (also known as alopecia), including androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, frontal fibrosing alopecia, and senescent alopecia. Among other things, the present disclosure provides surprising insight that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) inhibitors may be surprisingly effective and/or useful in the treatment and/or prevention of certain types of hair loss, including androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, frontal fibrosing alopecia, and senescent alopecia. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides insight that provided new technologies may not be particularly effective and/or useful in the treatment and/or prevention of other types of alopecia such as radiation-induced alopecia, chemotherapy-induced alopecia, and alopecia due to chronic discoid lupus erythematosus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Eirion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Edelson
  • Patent number: 12655123
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, crystalline free forms, crystalline salt forms, and pharmaceutical compositions of Compound 1. Also provided are methods of preparing and methods of using the same, e.g., for inhibiting a kinase and/or for treating various diseases or disorders, such as autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignees: InventisBio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Yanqin Liu, Xing Dai
  • Patent number: 12636371
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound comprising a modified tetracycline derivative, covalently coupled through a linker to a low-hydrophobicity bioactive molecule useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, wherein the modified tetracycline derivative is optionally defined by the following formula:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignees: Skybio LLC, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnias (Conicet), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Universidad de Buneos Aries, Sistema Provincial De Salud De Tucumán
    Inventors: Oscar José Varela, Rosana Nieves Chehín, Cesar Luis Ávila, Sergio Benjamin Socías, Diego Ploper, Esteban Vera Pingitore, Analía Silvina Chaves, Martin Luong, Verónica Elena Manzano, Rodrigo Hernán Tomas Grau, Maria Florencia González Lizárraga, Adriana Andrea Kolender, Agustín Osvaldo Pernicone
  • Patent number: 12617774
    Abstract: Provided herein are substituted indole compounds. In certain embodiments, the compounds are inhibitors of the alternative pathway of the complement system, and in particular, inhibitors of complement factor B (CFB). Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds provided are useful in the treatment, prevention or amelioration of a disease, condition or disorder through inhibition of the complement alternative pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Brian P. Bestvater, Jinyue Ding, Robert Gomez, Nicholas Anton Mateyko, Taro Oike, David Andrew Powell, Victoria Elizabeth Rose, Tao Sheng
  • Patent number: 12617782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazinones and related compounds which are inhibitors of PARP7 and are useful in the treatment of cancer, wherein the compounds have the formula:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Ribon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Perl, Melissa Marie Vasbinder, Kevin Wayne Kuntz
  • Patent number: 12612381
    Abstract: Provided herein are amorphous and crystalline hemisulfate salt forms of the formula. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the amorphous and crystalline hemisulfate salt forms, methods for their manufacture, and uses thereof for treating conditions associated with pyruvate kinase such as e.g., pyruvate kinase deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Rios Lizarraga, Eric Simone, Jacob P. Sizemore, Shijie Zhang, Jeffrey D. Wilson, Liting Guo, Mahmoud Mirmehrabi, Yeqing Su
  • Patent number: 12606556
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of Formula (I) for inhibiting TYK2 and treating disease associated with undesirable tyk-2 activity (tyk-2 related diseases), a method of using the compounds disclosed herein for treating inflammatory or autoimmune disease, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: BeOne Medicines I GmbH
    Inventors: Qiuwen Wang, Yunhang Guo, Zhiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12599615
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination comprising a carotenoid, a carotenoid metabolite, a carotenoid derivative, analogue or an ester or salt thereof and a second component selected from the group consisting of an inhibitor of one or more members of the BCL-2 anti-apoptotic protein family, an activator of pro-apoptotic BCL-2 family members, a senolytic agent and a senomorphic agent. The invention also relates to a food, a cosmeceutical, a nutraceutical, a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition comprising the combination of the invention and its use in a cosmetic method and it medical uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: GAT THERAPEUTICS, S.L.
    Inventors: Eugènia Ruiz Cánovas, Ariadna Emeric Casterà, Xavier Álvarez Micó, Jaume Mercadé Roca, Noelia Gesteira Pérez
  • Patent number: 12604600
    Abstract: An iridium complex which has a phenylpyridine bidentate ligand containing a group represented by the following general formula (A): (In the general formula (A), X represents a cyano group or a halogenated alkyl group. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group. R represents a substituent. n represents an integer of 0 to 4. * represents a binding site to a phenylpyridine bidentate ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: UDC Ireland
    Inventors: Kousuke Watanabe, Yuichirou Itai
  • Patent number: 12559494
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized lactam derivatives of formula (I) having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity, wherein A is selected from a group consisting of:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignees: Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Praeventix, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Canney, Benjamin E. Blass, Kevin M. Blattner, Douglas A. Pippin
  • Patent number: 12552807
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular diseases, and methods treating sepsis or septic shock, using the novel heterocyclic compounds disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael H. Serrano-Wu, Mark Chambers, Erica Goldsmith, Jason Tierney, Karamjit Jandu, David Clark, Paul Hinchliffe
  • Patent number: 12545662
    Abstract: Described herein are MK2 inhibitors of Formula (II) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitors. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, chronic inflammatory disorders, acute inflammatory disorders, auto-inflammatory disorders, fibrotic disorders, metabolic disorders, neoplastic disorders, and cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: XinThera, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynnie Trzoss, Qing Dong, Stephen W. Kaldor, Robert L. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 12545665
    Abstract: Disclosed is crystalline Form A of 6-(cyclopropanecarboxamido)-4-((2-methoxy-3-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl) amino)-N-(methyl-d3)pyridazine-3-carboxamide. Form A is a neat crystalline form. Characterization data for Form A are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Yanlei Zhang, Michael A. Galella
  • Patent number: 12528789
    Abstract: An isoindoline derivative of formula wherein X is N, C—CN or C—COR2; Y is a radical having an acidic group or a basic group; R1 is independently from one another halogen or C1-C4-alkyl, said alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with halogen; R2 is C1-C4-alkyl, said alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with halogen; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that Y does not include an acidic group if X is C—CN or C—COR2, and compositions containing the same are provided. The isoindoline derivative and the pigment composition are suitable, for example, for coloring high molecular mass organic material, especially paints, printing inks, resist formulations for color filter applications, electrophotographic toners, cosmetics, plastics, films or fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Ruch, Patrick Holzhueter, Gerardus Dekeyzer, Roman Lenz
  • Patent number: 12527790
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer. The methods include administering to a subject in need a therapeutically effective amount of a Chk1 inhibitor disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: BOUNDLESS BIO, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony B. Pinkerton, Stephen Todd Meyer, Jacques Mauger, Yen Pham Hong Truong, Rachelle Janette Elsdon
  • Patent number: 12528782
    Abstract: There are disclosed prodrugs of the compounds of the formula. The prodrugs are useful in the modulation of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFN?, by acting on Tyk-2 to cause signal transduction inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ryan M. Moslin, David S. Weinstein, Thangeswaran Ramar, Murugaiah Andappan Murugaiah Subbaiah
  • Patent number: 12522605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compounds of formula I-1, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for inhibiting the activity of FGFR enzymes with the compounds and compositions of the disclosure. The present disclosure further relates to, but is not limited to, methods for treating disorders associated with FGFR signaling with the compounds and compositions of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: Relay Therapeutics, Inc., D. E. Shaw Research, LLC
    Inventors: Bakary-Barry Touré, Heike Schoenherr, Alexander M. Taylor, Fabrizio Giordanetto, Demetri T. Moustakas, Thomas H. McLean, Brandi M. Hudson, Mary M. Mader, Pelin Ayaz, Dina A. Sharon, Ravi Kurukulasuriya, Alessandro Boezio
  • Patent number: 12516022
    Abstract: A compound having one of the following structures of Formula (IV) or (V): or a stereoisomer, salt, or tautomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 R6, R7, R8, R10, R11a R11b, R12a R12b, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds, and their use in methods of treating diseases are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Azora Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Davidson, Julie Saiki, Robert Lum, Steven R. Schow