Patents Examined by Celeste A Roney
  • Patent number: 11344557
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising -(4-Chloro-2-(morpholin-4-yl)thiazol-5-yl)-7-(1-ethylpropyl)-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo(1,5-a)pyrimidine and methods of using the same for the treatment of Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Spruce Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Howerton, Hal Gerber, Michael Huang
  • Patent number: 11324222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiviral dispersion liquid, a method for producing the same, and an antiviral formed product. This dispersion liquid contains copper compound fine particles and a stabilizer in a non-aqueous solvent, and the copper compound fine particles are coated with fatty acid. The copper compound fine particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium homogeneously and stably, thereby to exhibit efficiently the antiviral properties of the copper compound fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Ogata, Kazuaki Ohashi, Yasuhiro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 11318087
    Abstract: A tooth paste composition comprising black cumin oil (Nigella sativa) and fluoride-doped bioactive glass, zinc oxide, and/or titanium oxide is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Abdul Samad Khan
  • Patent number: 11311618
    Abstract: The invention provides an adjuvant for use in the prevention and/or treatment of an autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE, GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
    Inventors: Sandra Morel, Charlotte Véronique Pouchy, Benoit Laurent Salomon, Nathalie Raoul Liliane Vanerheyde
  • Patent number: 11311549
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising -(4-Chloro-2-(morpholin-4-yl)thiazol-5-yl)-7-(1-ethylpropyl)-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo(1,5-a)pyrimidine and methods of using the same for the treatment of Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Howerton, Hal Gerber, Michael Huang
  • Patent number: 11285113
    Abstract: Room-temperature stable dosage forms for oral delivery of calcitonin are disclosed herein. Dosage forms for oral delivery of calcitonin with low water content are also disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are methods for producing such room-temperature stable dosage forms and low-water content dosage forms. Methods of treatment comprising the administration of such room-temperature stable dosage forms and low-water content dosage forms are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: TAURUS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC, ENTERIS BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: James P. Gilligan, George R. Maurer, Aniruddha M. Railkar, Phillip Bauer, Thomas A. Daggs, Paul P. Shields
  • Patent number: 11278494
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to commercial manufacturing processes for making bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hall, David J. Turnbull, John J. Grigsby, Jr., Soroush M. Ardekani, Paige N. Davis, Louie D. Garcia, Stephanie M. Kurz, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 11278479
    Abstract: A hydrating cosmetic composition for keratinous substrates that includes a stabilized anhydrous balm that includes at least one glycol humectant dispersed in a stabilized anhydrous fatty phase that includes at least one plant derived butter, a blend of structuring waxes, and a blend of fatty compounds and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Zachary Maron, Allison Nicole Elder
  • Patent number: 11278566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent comprising anion-exchange groups that are suitable for adsorbing bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and/or lipoteichoic acids (LTA), for use in the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions and/or diseases of the oral cavity or in the vaginal region. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises an agent of this kind and can adhere to mucosa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Dietrich Seidel
  • Patent number: 11273125
    Abstract: The present document describes a compressible delivery formulation for transmucosal delivery of at least one compound which includes a micronized powder base; and a desiccated liposome formulation comprising at least one liposome containing at least one compound, process of making the same and process for making dosage forms from the formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mountain Valley MD
    Inventor: Michael Farber
  • Patent number: 11273109
    Abstract: There are provided a cosmetic ink that can be applied to a light-transmitting sheet to form an image with high hiding power and a method for producing a cosmetic sheet using the cosmetic ink. There are also provided a cosmetic ink with good drying characteristics and a method for producing a cosmetic sheet using the cosmetic ink. Such a cosmetic ink contains a reflecting agent, a higher alcohol having 3 or more carbon atoms, purified water, and a binder. The cosmetic sheet includes a sheet and a film of a solidified product of the cosmetic ink formed on the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mari Onodera, Masayo Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11266822
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a microneedle array which is capable of suppressing aggregation of liposomes in a case where a water-soluble polymer is mixed with liposomes during production of the microneedle array and is capable of localizing a drug at a tip of a needle. According to the present invention, provided is a microneedle array including: a sheet; and a plurality of needles which are present on an upper surface of the sheet, in which each needle contains a water-soluble polymer, a drug, a liposome, and a salt, a zeta potential of the liposome is ?10 mV or less, the zeta potential is a zeta potential of a liquid obtained by diluting the liposome to 0.1 mg/mL with 10 mmol/L of a phosphoric acid aqueous solution having a pH of 7, and a content of the salt in a portion of each needle which contains the liposome is 2.5 mmol/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Shimada
  • Patent number: 11266590
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a skin care composition for providing ultraviolet (UV) protection to skin with desired sensory feels by the consumers. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a UV-blocking skin care composition having both proper stringiness and proper viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lu Zhang, Namrata Manohar Bhandarkar, Paul Robert Tanner, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Patent number: 11229602
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for making and using proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutic agents are disclosed. The proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutics, as well as medicaments and dosage forms that include such formulations, can be used with treatment regimens for bladder cancer and urothelial cancer. Hence, the formulations, medicaments, and dosage forms of the invention are suitable to treat bladder cancers by intravesical administration and to treat urothelial cancers. The formulations according to the invention include (a) a taxane (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel) or cisplatin, (b) a first phospholipid, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), and (c) a second phospholipid, dimyrsityl phosphatidyl glycerol sodium (DMPG). The proliposomal formulations form liposomes upon contact with an aqueous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, TESORX PHARMA, LLC
    Inventors: Guru V. Betageri, Natarajan Venkatesan, Michael G. Oefelein, Ramachandran Thirucote, Nitin Kumar Swarnakar, Teresa Hong
  • Patent number: 11229616
    Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing (a) at least one liposome includes at least one vesicle-forming phospholipid; and (b) treprostinil encapsulated within the liposome. The ratio of treprostinil to phospholipid is equal to or higher than 0.035 and provides a controlled release of treprostinil. Also provided is the use of the pharmaceutical compositions to treat respiratory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: PHARMOSA BIOPHARM INC.
    Inventors: Pei Kan, Yi Fong Lin, Ko Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 11219588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of inducing or promoting darkening of the skin and/or melanogenesis, a method of treating a skin condition or disorder, in particular hypopigmentation, comprising administration of a polycationic aliphatic amine, wherein said polycationic aliphatic amine preferably is putrescine, spermidine and spermine. The invention further includes corresponding methods of reducing or preventing darkening of skin and/or melanogenesis, or related methods of treating a skin condition or disorder, comprising administration of at least an inhibitor of polycationic aliphatic amine transport or synthesis, wherein said inhibitor is preferably trimer44NMe or difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Leah Vardy, Aishwarya Sridharan
  • Patent number: 11202838
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions useful for localized and sustained release of therapeutic agents, and more particularly to functionalized liposomes embedded in a polyelectrolyte multilayer. Methods of preparing the compositions, methods of treating diseases, devices, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Srivatsan Kidambi, Stephen L. Hayward
  • Patent number: 11197842
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions of dimethyl fumarate. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are in the form of a bead and comprise (i) an inert core; (ii) a first layer surrounding the inert core, wherein the first layer comprises dimethyl fumarate; and (iii) an enteric coating surrounding the first layer. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a bead comprising a core and an enteric coating surrounding the core, wherein the core comprises dimethyl fumarate. Methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention for treating multiple sclerosis are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: BIOGEN MA INC.
    Inventors: Shyam B. Karki, Peter Zawaneh, Cheuk-Yui Leung, Kalyan Vasudevan, Yiqing Lin, Jin Xu, Andrea Trementozzi
  • Patent number: 11197480
    Abstract: A separation agent for avoiding and/or destroying microbial growth in a store for a liquid hydrocarbon is provided wherein an interface between a phase of a liquid hydrocarbon and a phase of water can be reduced. The agent has a density which is higher than the density of a liquid hydrocarbon and lower than the density of water. By using the agent, simple, economical, efficient and long-lasting avoidance and/or destruction of microbial growth in a store for a liquid hydrocarbon is ensured. The avoidance and/or destruction includes inhibition of the increase in the microorganisms already present in the store and/or the killing thereof and a high quality of the respective liquid hydrocarbon is ensured. A method for avoiding and/or destroying microbial growth in a store for a liquid hydrocarbon, and a store for a liquid hydrocarbon which is suitable for the avoidance and/or destruction of microbial growth are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FAUDI Aviation GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Wildschütz
  • Patent number: 11198638
    Abstract: A bioactive borate glass composition including, for example: 30 to 60% B2O3; 0.5 to 20% ZrO2; 3 to 30% Na2O; 0.1 to 15% K2O; 0.1 to 15% MgO; 5 to 30% CaO; and 1 to 5% P2O5 in mole percents based on 100 mol % of the total composition. Also disclosed is a method of making and method of using the compositions and the bioactive borate glass dentin treatment formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Huayun Deng, Qiang Fu, Ying Wei