Patents Examined by Jennifer M Kim
  • Patent number: 9907751
    Abstract: Oral liquid colchicine formulations are described herein. Methods of using the oral liquid colchicine formulations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: RxOMEG Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Indu Muni, Naomi Vishnupad
  • Patent number: 9895342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cannabinoids for use in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Preferably the cannabinoids are one or more phytocannabinoids of: cannabigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabidivarin (CBDV) or tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV). More preferably the phytocannabinoids are isolated and/or purified from cannabis plant extracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GW Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Sabatino Maione, Francesco Rossi, Geoffrey Guy, Colin Stott, Tetsuro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9895356
    Abstract: Methods of treating a TRPC5 mediated disorder in a subject by administering an effective amount of a TRPC5 antagonist, such as a compound disclosed herein, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayhong A. Chong, Christopher Fanger, Magdalene M. Moran, Elisha Singer, Timothy Strassmaier, Howard Ng
  • Patent number: 9890152
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds which are inhibitors of T790M containing EGFR mutants, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy for the prevention or treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Marian C. Bryan, Bryan Chan, Emily Hanan, Timothy Heffron, Hans Purkey, Richard Leonard Elliott, Robert Heald, Jamie Knight, Michael Lainchbury, Eileen M. Seward
  • Patent number: 9872915
    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: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: KemPharm, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mickle, Sven Guenther, Christal Mickle, Guochen Chi, Jaroslaw Kanski, Andrea K. Martin, Bindu Bera
  • Patent number: 9833460
    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: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SEMNUR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Mahendra G. Shah
  • Patent number: 9808470
    Abstract: The invention relates to the prophylactic and therapeutic applications of certain estrogenic components, such as estetrol in neurological disorders, such as diffuse white matter injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Foidart, Ekaterine Tskitishvili, Renaud Viellevoye
  • Patent number: 9782365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid preparations containing ambroxol which are obtainable by melt extrusion of the mixture consisting of a) 30 to 80% by weight of ambroxol hydrochloride, b) 2 to 68% by weight of at least one hydrogenated vegetable oil, c) 2 to 68% by weight of at least one mixture containing fatty acid ester and/or hydroxy fatty acid ester and d) 0 to 66% by weight of one or more pharmaceutical adjuvants, based in each case on the total amount of the preparation and its use for secretolytic treatment in acute and chronic bronchopulmonary diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf-Stefan Brickl, Herrad-Odilia Krenkel
  • Patent number: 9775850
    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 methods of curing a patient of migraines having trigeminal or occipital neuralgia involves administering, by subcutaneous injection during a single treatment session, a combination of dexamethasone, lidocaine and thiamine to several craniofacial nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Faro Owiesy
  • Patent number: 9770444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modulator of glucocorticoid biosynthesis, degradation and/or receptor activation for use in preventing or treating symptoms and/or diseases associated with jet lag. The compositions of the invention may be used as a lead compound for developing a drug for preventing or treating symptoms and/or diseases associated with jet lag. The invention relates to the discovery that administration of the modulator(s) to a subject results in a directional change of the time point of maximum amounts of glucocorticoids in the subject as compared to the time point of maximum amounts of glucocorticoids in a subject not treated with the modulator(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT-ZUR-FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V
    Inventors: Gregor Eichele, Henrik Oster, Silke Kiessling
  • Patent number: 9763954
    Abstract: New applications of eslicarbazepine and eslicarbazepine acetate in the treatment of intractable conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BIAL—PORTELA & CA, S.A.
    Inventor: Patricio Manuel Vieira Araújo Soares Da Silva
  • Patent number: 9758511
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Curtin, Kenton Longenecker, Todd M. Hansen, Richard F. Clark, Bryan Sorensen, Howard R. Heyman, Zhiqin Ji
  • Patent number: 9730906
    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: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    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: 9730889
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition combination which comprises (a) a corticosteroid and (b) b-adrenergic receptor antagonist characterised in that active ingredients (a) and (b) form part of a single composition. Further provided is a method of treating a human or animal patient suffering from or susceptible to a respiratory disease or condition, said method comprises simultaneously, concurrently, separately or sequentially administering to the patient an effective amount of a b-adrenergic receptor antagonist and a corticosteroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Richard A. Bond, Burton F. Dickey, Michael J. Tuvim
  • Patent number: 9724315
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to topically delivered medication (compounded) for treatment of pain, inflammation, muscle fatigue, spasms, and/or other ailments. A transdermal cream may provide the effective topical administration of multiple medications simultaneously. The transdermal cream may include a salt load of approximately 30% or greater. The transdermal cream may include a unique base composition such that the transdermal cream may be able to remain stable and avoid degradation for six months or more and capable of effective delivery of active ingredient concentrations exceeding approximately 40% or more of the total formulation weight. The active ingredients may include a nerve depressant, NSAID, muscle relaxant, opiate agonist, local anesthetic, NMDA receptor antagonist, and a tricyclic antidepressant. In one embodiment, the transdermal cream may comprise ketamine HCL, gabapentin, clonidine HCL and baclofen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: CMPD Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Richard Ray, II, Charles D. Hodge
  • Patent number: 9717704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease or the symptoms associated therewith by daily administration of a drink formula comprising fresh marine omega-3 oil in an emulsion and resveratrol or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Smartfish AS
    Inventors: Janne Sande Mathisen, Henrik Mathisen
  • Patent number: 9700512
    Abstract: A method of preparing hesperetin nanoparticles includes dissolving hesperetin in an organic solvent to form a solution; spraying the solution in boiling water while applying ultrasonic energy to form a mixture; and stirring the mixture for at least about 15 minutes at a speed of about 200-800 rpm to obtain the hesperetin nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mai Abdelrahman Elobeid Wagealla, Lulwah Saleh Mohammed Al-Hassan, Manal Ahmed Gasmelseed Awad, Nouf Abdullah Mureet Al-Ghamdi, Promy Virk, Awatif Ahmed Hendi
  • Patent number: 9700537
    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: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hideki Origasa, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yuji Matsuzawa, Yasushi Saito
  • Patent number: 9687456
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions and methods of making and using the nutritional compositions are provided. In a general embodiment, a nutritional composition includes exogenous vitamin K2. The nutritional compositions may further include an additional component selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iron, copper, manganese, calcium, vitamin D, osteopontin and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Douglas Richard Bolster, Zamzam Kabiry Roughead
  • Patent number: 9676744
    Abstract: Long-chain carboxychromanol compounds useful for treating conditions associated with the need to inhibit cyclooxygenase-1, cyclooxygenase-2, and/or 5-lipoxygenase, and pharmaceutical formulations containing the compounds are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Qing Jiang