Patents Examined by Craig D Ricci
  • Patent number: 11279773
    Abstract: Various organic molecules, ingredients and compositions are prepared from Stevia rebaudiana plant. The compositions can be used as bulking agents, and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventor: Avetik Markosyan
  • Patent number: 11278510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sterile medical product for parenteral nutrition comprising a polymeric container having at least a first and a second chamber which are separated by a non-permanent peel seal, wherein the first chamber contains a composition of amino acids and optionally electrolytes, and wherein the second chamber contains a dextrose solution, and wherein the product is characterized by a high protein (nitrogen) content per volume. The reconstituted solution is configured to be administered peripherally or centrally for the treatment of patients suffering from malnutrition and/or having a need for increased uptake of amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Vanja Pinoie, Preeti Sharma, Julianna Roth Jakubowski, Mary Hise Brown
  • Patent number: 11278561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination treatment for hematological cancers. More specifically; a combination of a telomerase inhibitor and a Bcl-2 inhibitor are useful in treating hematological cancers, including AML. In certain embodiments, the telomerase inhibitor is imetelstat or imetelstat sodium and the Bcl-2 inhibitor is ABT-199.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Geron Corporation
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Joshua J. Rusbuldt, Aleksandra Rizo
  • Patent number: 11274078
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an anti-cancer drug for treating tumor diseases and providing antibacterial, antivirus, and anti-inflammatory effects. The drug contains a naphthalene dicarboxamide compound with a structural formula as shown in Formula I or a biologically acceptable salt or ester form of the compound with the formula I as an active ingredient. The drug is able to help inhibit the growth of tumor cells and possesses certain antibacterial, antivirus, and anti-inflammatory effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jianyou Shi, Baowen Qi
  • Patent number: 11268145
    Abstract: Methods are provided for assessing a clinical response to a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist (GRA) in a human subject and for diagnosing Cushing's syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph K. Belanoff, Hazel Hunt, John Francis Unitt, Andreas G. Moraitis
  • Patent number: 11266630
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid dispersion and a preparation method therefor. The solid dispersion contains a glucokinase activator, an isotopic label thereof, or a medicinal salt thereof and a polymer support. Further disclosed is a solid dispersion composition containing the solid dispersion and an excipient. Also disclosed is an oral preparation of the glucokinase activator, containing the solid dispersion or the solid dispersion composition. Also disclosed is a tablet and a capsule of the glucokinase activator and a preparation method therefor. In addition, also disclosed is the uses of the solid dispersion, the solid dispersion composition and the oral preparations comprising the tablet and the capsule, which can be used for treating and/or preventing selected diseases or medical conditions and especially one or more diseases selected from type I diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose and hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hua Medicine (Shanghai) Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Yongguo Li, Gaosen Wang
  • Patent number: 11260135
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the use of dyes to enhance visualization of tissues and boundaries of openings in tissues during cataract surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Excel-Lens, Inc.
    Inventor: David Mordaunt
  • Patent number: 11260053
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of utilizing bile acid transport inhibitors and/or enteroendocrine peptide enhancing agents for the treatment of obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SATIOGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Bronislava Gedulin, Andrew A. Young, Howard E. Greene
  • Patent number: 11253472
    Abstract: Oral cannabinoid formulations, including an aqueous-based oral dronabinol solution, that are stable at room or refrigerated temperatures and may possess improved in vivo absorption profiles with faster onset and lower inter-subject variability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Benuvia Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Venkat R. Goskonda, Ashok Chavan, Amit Kokate, Howard Gill
  • Patent number: 11253453
    Abstract: A method of combatting colour loss from a dyed material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an amine salt of a carboxylic acid wherein the carboxylic acid has 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Innospec Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Dixon, Matthew Robert Giles, Kimberley Elizabeth Griffiths, Tony Gough, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
  • Patent number: 11253507
    Abstract: Methods of preventing or delaying onset of myopia in pre-myopic patients and also methods of reducing or preventing progression of myopia in patients having low myopia through the use of compositions comprising less than 0.025% of atropine are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Singapore Health Services Ptd Ltd
    Inventors: Donald Tiang Hwee Tan, Audrey Chia, Roger Beuerman, Amutha Barathi Veluchamy
  • Patent number: 11247994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 6-dithio-substituted-2?-deoxyguanosine compound and a preparation method thereof and use thereof in anti-tumor drugs. According to the present invention, a series of brand-new thioredoxin-1 (Trx-1) inhibitors are designed and synthesized by using 2?-deoxyguanosine as a structure mother nucleus. The compound according to the present invention is a structure of formula I, and Trx-1 activity inhibition testing is performed on the type of compounds, showing apparent inhibitory activity. It is indicated from in vitro and vivo researches that these compounds show significant anti-tumor effects on multiple types of tumors, can be applied to drugs for tumors related to human body cell proliferation, and provide a new path for the research of anticancer drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Lushan Yu, Su Zeng, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11241372
    Abstract: Compositions are provided for removing nail polish that include a co-mixture that consists of C2-C3 monoalcohol, glycerin, and a solvent selected from acetone, a C2-C4 alkyl acetate, and combinations thereof. The compositions are essentially free of water. The glycerin and the solvent are present in a glycerin to solvent weight ratio of at least 1.2. The concentration of C2-C3 monoalcohol is from 5% by weight to 50% by weight. If the solvent includes C2-C4 alkyl acetate, then the concentration of C2-C3 monoalcohol is from 15% by weight to 50% by weight and the glycerin and the solvent are present in a glycerin to solvent weight ratio of at least 2.0. The composition further includes a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Andrea E. Schott, Aline Guimont, Daniella Gonzalez-Toro
  • Patent number: 11241389
    Abstract: Materials and methods for preparing a payload-containing microcapsule with walls that have hexahydrotriazine (HT) and/or hemiaminal (HA) structures are disclosed. To an HT small molecule or a HA small molecule, or a combination thereof, in a solvent is added a cross-linking agent, NH4Cl, and a copolymer. The solution is acidified, and a payload agent is added. The HT small molecule and HA small molecule may have orthogonal functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Rudy J. Wojtecki
  • Patent number: 11241403
    Abstract: Ketogenic compositions including a plurality of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) salts are formulated to induce or sustain ketosis in a subject to which the ketogenic compositions are administered. The BHB mixed salt is formulated to provide a biologically balanced set of cationic electrolytes and avoid detrimental health effects associated with imbalanced electrolyte ratios. A ketogenic composition includes BHB salts selected from sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium salts. The BHB composition may also include transition metal cations (e.g., zinc or iron), one or more BHB-amino acid salts, a short-, medium-, or long-chain fatty acid source, vitamins, minerals, flavorants, or other excipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AXCESS GLOBAL SCIENCES, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Millet
  • Patent number: 11241423
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I for treating, preventing or managing cancer are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating, preventing or managing cancer, such as leukemia, comprising administering the compounds. In certain embodiments, the method of treatment comprise administering a compound provided herein in combination with a second agent. Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms comprising the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Cathers, Joshua Hansen, Ehab M. Khalil, Antonia Lopez-Girona, Kyle MacBeth, Hon-Wah Man, George W. Muller, Michael Pourdehnad, Raj Raheja
  • Patent number: 11234454
    Abstract: Cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, and low-density lipoproteins in a companion animal can be improved by adjusting the diet of the animal to increase the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates the cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, or low-density lipoproteins or adjusting the diet of the animal to decrease the amount of a compound which positively or negatively modulates cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, or low-density lipoproteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
    Inventors: Rondo P Middleton, Brian M Zanghi, Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Steven S Hannah
  • Patent number: 11236115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid forms of a substituted benzoxaborole compound, specifically crystalline forms of a compound of formula I, compositions comprising crystalline forms of the compound of formula (I), and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: 5Metis, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Yu Liu, Marissa Caroline Aubrey, Yong-Kang Zhang, Michael Samuels
  • Patent number: 11229230
    Abstract: Provided herein are antioxidant-enriched multivitamin compositions comprising vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B 12, biotin, pantothenic acid, zinc, selenium, coenzyme Q10, lutein, lycopene, and zeaxanthin for the treatment of fat malabsorption diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Also provided are methods of treating vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies in subjects suffering from cystic fibrosis by administering an antioxidant-enriched multivitamin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Callion Pharma, LLC
    Inventor: Konstantinos Andreas Papas
  • Patent number: 11220502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein, and their prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers or diastereomers thereof, and compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: Chungen Liang, Jianping Wang, Hongying Yun, Kun Miao