Patents Examined by Jennifer M Kim
  • Patent number: 11273145
    Abstract: A treatment for acid related gastrointestinal disorders. The methods and compounds described include gastric acid secretion inhibitors in combination with alpha lipoic acid (ALA) or related compounds. ALA is not known as a treatment for acid related gastrointestinal disorders; however, when combined with certain compounds used in the treatment of acid related gastrointestinal disorders, ALA significantly improves existing treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Muslim D. Shahid
  • Patent number: 10849981
    Abstract: The presently described technology provides methods of treating a patient having moderate to severe pain, narcotic or opioid abuse or narcotic or opioid withdrawal. The presently described methods are carried out by comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising acetaminophen and benzoate-hydrocodone hydrochloride. The composition has reduced side effects when compared with unconjugated hydrocodone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KemPham, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mickle, Sven Guenther, Christal Mickle, Guochen Chi, Jaroslaw Kanski, Andrea K. Martin, Bindu Bera
  • Patent number: 10842801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for altering the pharmacokinetics of mifepristone upon oral administration. Mifepristone absorption into the blood is increased upon administration with meals. The method of the invention can benefit patients suffering from conditions including psychiatric illnesses and hormonal disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Belanoff, Robert Roe, Caroline Loewy
  • Patent number: 10821119
    Abstract: Provided is a rocuronium preparation designed to reduce vascular pain to be induced. The rocuronium preparation contains rocuronium and a buffer solution, and has titratable acidity of 100 mEg or less. The buffer solution may be an acetate buffer solution, a citrate buffer solution, a formate buffer solution, a tartrate buffer solution, a phosphate buffer solution, a glycine-hydrochloric acid buffer solution, or a citric acid-phosphate buffer solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MARUISHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Jinbo, Yutaka Itsuji
  • Patent number: 10786516
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and compositions for curing migraine headaches. In particular, compositions are described involving the combination of dexamethasone, lidocaine, and thiamine. The compositions are administered to patients having migraines having trigeminal or occipital neuralgia by subcutaneous injection during a single treatment session, a combination of dexamethasone, lidocaine and thiamine to several craniofacial nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Faro Owiesy
  • Patent number: 10772866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of blood-brain barrier disorder and central nervous system diseases containing fluoxetine and vitamin C as active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tae Young Yune, Hyung-Hwan Baik, Jee Youn Lee, Sam Kim
  • Patent number: 10772882
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension containing as an active ingredient a compound that has not been known for a therapeutic effect on pulmonary hypertension heretofore. The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension containing emetine or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimokawa, Hidetoshi Tokuyama, Hirofumi Ueda, Jyunken Aoki, Takayuki Doi, Kuniyuki Kano, Kimio Satoh, Ryo Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 10752641
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jun Shi, William R. Ewing, Donald J. P. Pinto
  • Patent number: 10744144
    Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous pharmaceutical compositions which provide sustained released delivery of corticosteroid compounds. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an insoluble corticosteroid; a soluble corticosteroid; and at least one viscosity enhancing agent. Also provided are methods for using the pharmaceutical compositions in an epidural injection, intra-articular injection, intra-lesional injection, or an intra-ocular injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Mahendra G. Shah
  • Patent number: 10736857
    Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) including; autistic disorder, Asperger's syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), Rett's disorder, and PDD-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Guy M. Miller, Viktoria Kheifets
  • Patent number: 10716775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition which is useful for preventing the occurrence of a cardiovascular event, particularly a composition which is expected to show a prophylactic effect on a cardiovascular event occurring in a hypercholesterolemia patient despite providing the patient with a treatment with HMG-CoA RI or a cardiovascular event occurring in a multiple risk patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hideki Origasa, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yuji Matsuzawa, Yasushi Saito
  • Patent number: 10709704
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, a myodegenerative disease or a prion disease in a subject comprising administering a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventor: Charbel Moussa
  • Patent number: 10695330
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to use of certain aldehyde compounds for treating pulmonary fibrosis, hypoxia, and connective tissue and autoimmune disease such as scleroderma, lupus, arthritis and related conditions in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Li, Jason R. Harris
  • Patent number: 10653657
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating, controlling or mitigating hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), comprising administering a monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound to a patient in need thereof, as well as compositions useful therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Enzychem Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Young Sohn, Jae Wha Kim
  • Patent number: 10654863
    Abstract: The presently described technology provides methods of treating a patient having moderate to severe pain, narcotic or opioid abuse or narcotic or opioid withdrawal. The presently described methods are carried out by comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising acetaminophen and benzoate-hydrocodone hydrochloride. The composition has reduced side effects when compared with unconjugated hydrocodone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KemPharm, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mickle, Sven Guenther, Christal Mickle, Guochen Chi, Jaroslaw Kanski, Andrea K. Martin, Bindu Bera
  • Patent number: 10633413
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of stimulating the activity of the human and animal enteric nervous system. The method comprises orally administering an aminosterol, such as squalamine, a naturally occurring aminosterol isolated from Squalus acanthias, or derivatives thereof, to a subject in need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ENTERIN, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Zasloff
  • Patent number: 10632084
    Abstract: An aquaporin 4 function promotor contains a compound represented by Formula (1) or (2) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. (In the formula, n11 represents an integer of 1 to 10, and R21 represents one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alicyclic heterocyclic group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and an aromatic heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nakada, Vincent Huber, Hironaka Igarashi, Yuji Suzuki, Ingrid Kwee
  • Patent number: 10624887
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oral, therapeutically effective modified release pharmaceutical compositions of (?)-17-(cyclobutylmethyl)morphinan-3,14-diol and it pharmaceutically acceptable salts and the use thereof, including delayed onset and extended release dosage forms. The present invention is also directed at modified release dosage forms of oral (?)-17-(cyclobutylmethyl)morphinan-3,14-dial which provide robust efficacy and reduced potential for abuse and misuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Najib Babul
  • Patent number: 10588883
    Abstract: Alpha-derivatives of cis-monounsaturated fatty acids for use as medicines. The present invention refers to pharmaceutically acceptable compounds of Formula I, their salts and derivatives, where (a) and (b) can take any value between 0 and 14, (X) can be substituted by any atom or group of atoms with an atomic/molecular weight between 4 and 200 Da and (R) can be substituted by any atom or group of atoms with an atomic/molecular weight between 1 and 200 Da, for use as medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Pablo Vicente Escribá Ruiz, Xavier Busquets Xaubet, Gwendolyn Barceló Coblijn, Victoria Lladó Cañellas, Rafael Álvarez Martínez, Silvia Teres Jiménez, Daniel López, Juana Barceló Estarellas, Julian Taylor Green, Gerardo Ávila Martín
  • Patent number: 10588875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral composition showing increased adsorption performance of an oil-soluble medicinal ingredient such as glycyrrhetinic acid and tocopherol to the gums and oral mucosa. The invention relates to an oral composition comprising the following ingredients (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) 0.01 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less of one or more oil-soluble medicinal ingredients selected from the group consisting of glycyrrhetinic acid, tocopherol, and a tocopherol derivative; (B) 4 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less of a higher alcohol having 12 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms comprising (b1) cetanol and (b2) stearyl alcohol; (C) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Takahashi, Ikuhisa Ichimura, Takuya Asada, Susumu Nakatsu