Patents Examined by Craig Ricci
  • Patent number: 9839628
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for preventing sternal wound infections, such as mediastinitis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an antimicrobial composition including at least one bioresorbable polymer, such as a tyrosine-derived polyesteramide, and at least one antimicrobial agent, in which the composition is adapted to be topically applied to an esophageal perforation in a subject or a median sternotomy incision site in the subject, and in which the at least one antimicrobial agent is present in an amount effective to inhibit development of mediastinitis in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TYRX, Inc.
    Inventors: Raman Bahulekar, Arikha Moses, Satish Pulapura, William C. McJames, II, Fatima Buevich
  • Patent number: 9839623
    Abstract: The invention provides tricyclic compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventors: David Clark, Susan M. Cramp, Hazel J. Dyke, Thomas D. Pallin, Robert Zahler
  • Patent number: 9834555
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of certain compounds to treat peripheral or central pain syndrome and other disorders associated with the T-type calcium ion channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: VM Therapeutics LLC.
    Inventor: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu
  • Patent number: 9820953
    Abstract: Compositions with fulvate fractions alone or in combination with growth factors, bioactive fragmented peptides, or combinations thereof are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of using said compositions for the catalyzing cellular regeneration, including the healing, treatment, or prevention of skin disorders. Also disclosed are methods for extracting, isolating, and purifying fulvate fractions for use in the manufacture of said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Omni Bioceutical Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Black, Jane Christensen, Farhan Taghizadeh
  • Patent number: 9814662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphopeptide-stabilized amorphous calcium phosphate and/or amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate complex, wherein the complex is formed at a pH of below 7.0. Methods of making such complexes are also provided. The complexes are useful in dental applications, in particular in dental remineralization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventor: Eric Charles Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9814778
    Abstract: Underwater adhesive materials, methods of making the same, and methods of using the same are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Yakov Lapitsky, Yan Huang
  • Patent number: 9808436
    Abstract: Treatment of intrahepatic cholestatic diseases by therapy with MBX-8025 or an MBX-8025 salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pol Boudes, Charles A. McWherter
  • Patent number: 9795584
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, pharmaceutical formulations, methods of treating and methods of using aPKC inhibitors for treating and/or preventing of aPKC abnormalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Robert Vito Farese, Mini Paliyath Sajan
  • Patent number: 9795585
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter relates to the use of L-butylphthalide in the manufacturing of medicaments for the prevention and treatment of cerebral ischemia-induced disease. Cerebral ischemia of the animals or human induces cerebral infarction, neurological deficit, memory disorder, cerebral edema, cerebral apoplexy, metabolic disorder of energy, changes of cerebral blood flow, and the like. The in vivo experiments show that L-butylphthalide can effectively reduce the above-mentioned adverse symptoms induced by cerebral ischemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijizhuang) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhentao Liu, Hongwu Zhang, Zhanqi Niu, Dongmin Shen, Rongduan Wang, Xiaolong Feng
  • Patent number: 9795594
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AERPIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lyle Gray, Kande K. D. Amarasinghe, Cynthia Monesa Clark, Ryan Matthew Nichols, Matthew B. Maier
  • Patent number: 9783550
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to protein signalling. In particular, compounds that inhibit the Wnt protein signalling pathway are disclosed. Such compounds may be used in the treatment of Wnt protein signalling-related diseases and conditions such as cancer, degenerative diseases, type II diabetes and osteopetrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Lawrence Lum, Chuo Chen
  • Patent number: 9782420
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for removing drusen, suppressing formation of drusen, and/or treating and/or preventing age-related macular degeneration comprising the compound of formula (I) wherein Ra is independently selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxy, alkyl, halo-substituted alkyl, aryl, halo- or alkyl-substituted aryl, alkoxy, hydroxy- or carboxy-substituted alkoxy, aryloxy, halo- or alkyl-substituted aryloxy, CHO, C(O)-alkyl, C(O)-aryl, C(O)-alkyl-carboxyl, C(O)-alkylene-carboxy ester and cyano, and m is an integer selected from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventors: Akira Kakizuka, Hanako Ikeda, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Yuki Muraoka
  • Patent number: 9777407
    Abstract: Melt additive ionic and non-ionic surfactants to impart stable durable hydrophilicity to thermoplastic polymers or blends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Matthew T. Scholz, Michael R. Berrigan, Thomas P. Klun
  • Patent number: 9771321
    Abstract: A family of covalent kinetic stabilizer compounds that selectively and covalently react with the prominent plasma protein transthyretin in preference to more than 4000 other human plasma proteins is disclosed. A contemplated compound corresponds in structure to Formula I, below, where the various substituents are defined within, and reacts chemoselectively with one or two of four Lys-15 ?-amino groups within the transthyretin tetramer. The crystal structure confirms the binding orientation of the compound substructure and the conjugating amide bond. A covalent transthyretin kinetic stabilizer exhibits superior amyloid inhibition potency, compared to a non-covalent counterpart, and inhibits cytotoxicity associated with amyloidogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeffery W Kelly, Sungwook Choi
  • Patent number: 9771387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel platinum compositions having a heterocycle ligand and nanoparticles and methods using such compositions, e.g. for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PLACON THERAPEUTICS
    Inventors: Adam H. Brockman, Mark T. Bilodeau, BenoƮt Moreau, Edward R. Lee
  • Patent number: 9771434
    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: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventor: Avetik Markosyan
  • Patent number: 9763931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oral pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising buprenorphine with the dosage form releasing buprenorphine instantly upon oral, preferably sublingual, application of the dosage form. The present invention also relates to the use of such dosage forms for treating pain in a human or animal or for drug substitution therapy in drug-dependent human subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Oksche, William Heath, Timothy Holden, Derek A. Prater, Richard S. Sackler, Malcolm Walden
  • Patent number: 9765101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organo-arsenoxide compounds and to methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular proliferative diseases and disorders, including treatment of solid tumors and leukaemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
    Inventors: Philip John Hogg, Pierre Dilda
  • Patent number: 9743665
    Abstract: The present invention provides 4-substituted-3-{phenyl[(heterocyclylmethoxy)imino]methyl}-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5(4H)-one derivatives of formula (I) Wherein A and X1 to X3 and Y1 to Y5 represent various substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Rebstock, Christophe Dubost, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Simon Maechling, Helene Lachaise, Philippe Rinolfi, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Christoph Andreas Braun
  • Patent number: 9745267
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the formula (I): wherein the variables are defined herein which are suitable for the modulation of RORC and the treatment of diseases related to the modulation of RORC. The present invention also encompasses processes of making compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Brian Nicholas Cook, John D. Huber, Robert Owen Hughes, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Jr., Celina Lasota, Xiang Li, Shuang Liang, Ingo Andreas Mugge, Qiang Zhang