Patents Examined by Devesh Khare
  • Patent number: 7470783
    Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are useful as linking groups in chemical synthesis, preferably in the solid phase synthesis of oligonucleotides and polypeptides. These compounds are generally photolabile and comprise protecting groups which can be removed by photolysis to unmask a reactive group. The protecting group has the general formula Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)-wherein: Ar is an optionally substituted fused polycyclic aryl or heteroaromatic group or a vinylogous derivative thereof; R1 and R2 are independently H, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaromatic, or a vinylogous derivative of the foregoing; and X is a leaving group, a chemical fragment linked to Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)— via a heteroatom, or a solid support; provided that when Ar is 1-pyrenyl and R1 and R2 are H, X is not linked to Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)— via a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn H. McGall, Ngo Q. Nam, Richard P. Rava
  • Patent number: 7265100
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the separation of regioisomeric mixtures of metal phthalocyanines of formula (I), to the regioisomers obtained by this process, and their use as phototherapeutic and photodiagnostic agents
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: L. Molteni & C. Dei Fratelli Alitti Societa' di Esercizio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabrio Roncucci, Francesca Giuntini, Donata Dei, Maria Paola De Filippis, Paolo Sarri, Marco Possenti, Valentina Paschetta, Giacomo Chiti
  • Patent number: 7262176
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds that are A3 adenosine receptor agonists, useful for treating various disease states, including cancer, cardiac ischemia, leukopenia, and neutropennia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: CV Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elfatih Elzein, Venkata Palle, Vaibhav Varkhedkar, Jeff Zablocki
  • Patent number: 7244840
    Abstract: A nonionic water-soluble cellulose ether is characterized in that when 3 pbw of the nonionic water-soluble cellulose ether is added to a mixture of 90 pbw of cordierite, 10 pbw of ordinary Portland cement, and 33 pbw of water, immediately followed by kneading at 20° C. and 20 rpm, a maximum torque for kneading is reached within 180 seconds from the addition. It is suitable as an admixture for extrudable hydraulic compositions. The hydraulic composition to which the inventive admixture is added can be kneaded within a brief time into a uniform mass which is smoothly extrudable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sasage, Tsutomu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7244712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aminoglycoside compounds having antibiotic activity. Moreover, the present invention relates to L-aminoglycoside compounds and diastereomers thereof which posses antibiotic activity and are not susceptible to development of resistant bacterial strains. The present invention also relates to methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of aminoglycoside compounds provided by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Robert R. Rando
  • Patent number: 7229977
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with film-forming compositions containing hydrolysates of the exopolysaccharide YAS34 for the use in pharmaceutical, veterinary, food, cosmetic or other products like films for wrapping food, aspics or jellies, preferably for predosed formulations like soft or hard capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Scott, Dominique Cade, Xiongwei He
  • Patent number: 7223744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating edematous retinal disorders. The method comprises administration of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a hydrolysis-resistant P2Y receptor agonist to stimulate the removal of pathological extraneous fluid from the subretinal and retinal spaces and thereby reduce the accumulation of said fluid associated with retinal detachment and retinal edema. The P2Y receptor agonist can be administered with therapeutic and adjuvant agents commonly used to treat edematous retinal disorders. The pharmaceutical formulation useful in this invention comprises a P2Y receptor agonist with enhanced resistance to extracellular hydrolysis, such as dinucleoside polyphosphate compounds, or hydrolysis-resistant mononucleoside triphosphate salts. The present invention also provides P1-(2?-deoxycytidine 5?-)P4-(uridine 5?-)tetraphosphate, tetra-(alkali metal) salts such as tetrasodium, tetralithium, tetrapotassium, and mixed (tetra-alkali metal) salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Yerxa, Ward M. Peterson, Janet L. Rideout, William Pendergast
  • Patent number: 7211663
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to differentially protected glycosyl phosphates. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the preparation of glycosyl phosphates from glycal precursors. In another aspect of the present invention, glycosyl phosphates are used as glycosyl donors in glycosylation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Peter H. Seeberger, Obadiah J. Plante
  • Patent number: 7208594
    Abstract: Isoflavone concentrates are described, which contain at least about ten to about twenty weight parts of polysorbate to one weight part of isoflavone containing a genistein, and/or daidcein, and/or glycitein. Further, a method for the production of an isoflavone concentrate is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Aquanova AG
    Inventor: Dariush Behnam
  • Patent number: 7205284
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory polysaccharides can be preferentially extracted from food-grade microalgae using an aqueous ethanol extraction procedure. The resulting preparations exhibit extremely potent immunostimulatory activity. The preferential extraction of these immunostimulatory polysaccharides is dependent on the concentration of ethanol used and the extraction temperature. The most efficient conditions are 50% ethanol concentration at temperatures between 60° and 70° C. The isolated polysaccharide preparations are potentially useful as a botanical or pharmaceutical preparation to improve immune function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: University of Mississippi
    Inventors: David Stanley Pasco, Nirmal Derek Pugh, Mahmoud ElSohly, Samir Ross, Nala Miazi ElSohly
  • Patent number: 7202230
    Abstract: The present invention describes the use of polysaccharide derivatives for the preparation of biocompatible and biodegradable biomaterials with absorbent properties for body fluids and physical hemostatic activity, to be used in both venous and arterial vascular anastomoses to create a physical hemostatic barrier and to prevent scar tissue formation and formation of post-surgical adherence of the vessels to the surrounding tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Fidia Advanced Biopolymers, S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alberto Rivarossa, Daniele Pressato
  • Patent number: 7202233
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition an inclusion complex and methods for treating patients and preparing said complex disclosed for transmucosal delivery comprising an inclusion complex of (a) alprazolam and (b) a water soluble 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor, wherein all the alprazolam is present in ring-closed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Farmarc Nederland BV
    Inventor: Lawrence John Penkler
  • Patent number: 7196072
    Abstract: A complex, water soluble polysaccharide fraction having potent immunostimulatory activity isolated from Aloe vera. The polysaccharide fraction has an apparent molecular weight above 2 million daltons. Its major glycosyl components are glucose, galactose, mannose and arabinose. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions containing the instant polysaccharide fraction, optionally in combination with acceptable pharmaceutical carriers and/or excipents. These pharmaceutical compositions may be used to provide immunostimulation to an individual in need of such treatment by administering to such an individual an effective amount of the composition. The polysaccharide fraction is also useful as a component of dietary supplements and as a standardization component of commercial Aloe products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: University of Mississippi
    Inventors: David Stanley Pasco, Nirmal Derek Ceri Pugh, Mahmoud ElSohly, Samir Ross
  • Patent number: 7189843
    Abstract: The methods of the present invention prepare carrageenan products from processed seaweed material having a solids content of less than 25% by weight solids, using shear stress treatment. The carrageenan products comprise at least about 60% by weight of carrageenan and at least about 2% by weight of acid insoluble material. The carrageenan products of the present invention are useful as components in food products, such as, dairy products, meats, and dessert gels as well as non-food products, such as, toothpaste formulations, cosmetics, paints, films and delivery capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Albert G. Tsai, Linnea K. S. Ledwith, Robert Kopesky, Maurice Gerard Lynch, William Ross Blakemore, Peter J. Riley
  • Patent number: 7186702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition useful for the treatment of leishmaniasis said composition comprising pharmaceutically effective amount of methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, optionally along with other anti-leishmanial agent(s) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable additives, and a method thereof, wherein the said method reduces the cholesterol levels of the plasma membrane of the infected host cells by about 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Rentala Madhubala
  • Patent number: 7183266
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of blunting the postprandial glycemic response to a meal by feeding a dual induced viscosity fiber system. The first component of the induced viscosity fiber system is soluble fiber. The second component of the induced viscosity fiber system is water-insoluble, acid-soluble multivalent cations. The third component of the induced viscosity fiber system in lightly hydrolyzed starch. The fiber system will typically be incorporated into a meal replacement nutritional. The present invention also refers to a method of delivering soluble fiber to diabetics and to persons needing to lose weight. Additionally, the invention refers to a method of promoting the feeling of fullness and satiety by feeding a nutritional product containing the induced viscosity fiber system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Bryan W. Wolf, Bruce B. Blidner, Keith A. Garleb, Chron-Si Lai, Timothy W. Schenz
  • Patent number: 7169767
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to ophthalmic compositions containing a gelling amount of a combination of galactomannan polysaccharides and borates. The compositions gel or partially gel upon administration to the eye. The present invention also discloses methods of topical ophthalmic administration of the compositions to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventor: Bahram Asgharian
  • Patent number: 7166611
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition contains an extract obtainable from a plant of the genus Trichocaulon or Hoodia containing an appetite suppressant agent having the formula (1). A process for obtaining the extract and a process for synthesizing compound (1) and its analogues and derivatives is also provided. The invention also extends to the use of such extracts and compound (1) and its analogues for the manufacture of medicaments having appetite suppressant activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Fanie Retief Van Heerden, Robert Vleggaar, Roelof Marthinus Horak, Robin Alec Learmonth, Vinesh Maharaj, Rory Desmond Whittal
  • Patent number: 7157449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of CTP synthetase, such as a glutamine analogue, and a substance capable of suppressing toxic effects thereof in vivo, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disease caused by a parasitic protozoa. More specifically, said substance capable of suppressing toxic effects may be a nucleobase, such as a purine base or a nucleoside, while the glutamine analogue advantageously is 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON). The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition as such for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease caused by a parasitic protozoa, wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, e.g. American trypanosomiasis (Chaga's disease), or African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Inventors: Anders Hofer, Lars Thelander
  • Patent number: 7153840
    Abstract: This invention is directed towards a ready-to-use aqueous composition of fludarabine phosphate. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to an aqueous fludarabine phosphate composition which comprises fludarabine phosphate, a base, and water. The concentration of fludarabine phosphate in the composition may be between about 0.5 mg/mL and about 50 mg/mL. The pH of the composition may be between about 5.5 and about 7.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sicor, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorla Mirejovsky, Peter Lindsay Macdonald