Patents Examined by Jia-Hai Lee
  • Patent number: 10624968
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BICYCLERD LIMITED
    Inventors: Gavin Bennett, Daniel Paul Teufel
  • Patent number: 10617975
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for the separation of peptide aggregates and fragments from solutions containing target peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Romas Skudas, Klaus Adrian, Bianca Edelmann, Matthias Joehnck
  • Patent number: 10584146
    Abstract: Heme released as a result of sustained injury leads to toxicity and triggers an inflammatory response and tissue damage. Heme oxygenase, an enzyme, recognizes, binds free heme and breaks it down as a part of the anti-inflammatory response. The present disclosure relates to a class of peptide amphiphiles that mimic the heme oxygenase function, and have shown that the designed peptide is able to bind and break down heme thus validating its potential as an anti-inflammatory agent that promotes tissue repair and useful in wound healing. The disclosed peptide sequence design provides control of amphiphile peptides' supramolecular structure and function. Applicants have shown that the incorporated heme molecule can transport CO, which suggests that the peptides can also transport NO, O2 and reactive oxygens, the molecules which are responsible for vasodilation, neurotransmission and cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Harry C. Fry, Lee A. Solomon
  • Patent number: 10583174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations, pharmaceutical compositions and fusion molecules comprising an FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) compound and a GLP-1R (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor) agonist with optimized GLP-1R agonist/FGF21 compound activity ratio. It further relates to their use as medicaments, in particular for the treatment of obesity, being overweight, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) and/or atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Britta Göbel, Mark Sommerfeld, Oliver Boscheinen, Thomas Langer, Christine Rudolph, Andreas Evers
  • Patent number: 10577391
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays for amino acid and peptide synthesis on microarrays. In certain embodiments, methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays including one-step coupling, e.g., for synthesis of peptides in a C?N orientation are disclosed. In some embodiments, disclosed herein are formulations and methods for high efficiency coupling of biomolecules to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Vibrant Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Vasanth Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 10538558
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising peptides derived from amino acid sequences (or from combinations thereof) of fusion and other protein regions of various viruses, including but not limited to, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, herpesvirus saimiri, human herpesvirus 6, Lassa virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Mopeia virus, Tacaribe virus, Friend murine leukemia virus; human T lymphotropic virus type 1; herpesvirus ateles; Marburg virus; Sudan Ebola virus; Zaire Ebola virus, and comprising L- and/or D-amino acids and combinations thereof, which affect T cells by acting on the T cell antigen receptor (TCR). More specifically, the peptides act on the TCR??-CD3??-CD3??-?? signaling complex. Yet more specifically, the peptides act on the TCR?/CD3??/?? signaling module of TCR. The present invention further relates to the prevention and therapy of various T cell-related disease states involving the use of these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNABLOK, INC
    Inventor: Alexander B. Sigalov
  • Patent number: 10532084
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel peptide capable of preventing or treating ocular surface disease by inhibiting or improving pathological changes caused by neovascularization, opacification, fibrosis and inflammation of the cornea, the peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and more particularly, provides a collagen type II ?1-based peptide isolated from an animal chondrocyte cell-derived extracellular matrix and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: EYEBIO KOREA
    Inventor: Jae Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 10532085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bioactive agent capable of increasing the intracellular concentration and/or activity of Hsp70 for use in the treatment of a lysosomal storage disease which arise from a defect in an enzyme whose activity is not directly associated with the presence of lysosomal BMP as a co-factor; such as glycogen storage diseases, gangliosidoses, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, cerebrotendinous cholesterosis, Wolman's disease, cholesteryl ester storage disease, disorders of glycosaminoglycan metabolism, mucopolysaccharidoses, disorders of glycoprotein metabolism, mucolipidoses, aspartylglucosaminuria, fucosidosis, mannosidoses, and sialidosis type II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Orphazyme A/S
    Inventors: Thomas K. Jensen, Anders Mørkeberg Hinsby
  • Patent number: 10526369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell penetrating peptide dimer by oxidative modification, in which each monomer is connected with each other by the disulfide linkage. The drugability of the peptide dimer has been improved through enhancing stability, reducing proteolysis, retaining permeability and increasing heparan sulfate binding specificity. The modified peptide products can be used to deliver drug molecules as a suitable drug carrier for targeted therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Wei-Chen Chen, Win-Chin Chiang, Ting Lian Chang, Chun-Hung Kuo
  • Patent number: 10525107
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions are described. The compositions used in the methods include fractions derived from blood plasma with efficacy in treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions such as neurocognitive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Alkahest, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bell, Ian Gallager, Steven P. Braithwaite, S. Sakura Minami, Vu Dang, Joe McCracken, Karoly Nikolich
  • Patent number: 10512695
    Abstract: The subject invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an open matrix network carrying a pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the open matrix network comprises inulin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FERRING B.V.
    Inventors: Varinder Ahuja, Tejas Gunjikar, Kristin Wannerberger
  • Patent number: 10500287
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an amphipathic peptide and methods of using the amphipathic peptide for delivering small molecule agents to a cell. Ideally, the amphipathic cell penetrating peptide comprises less than approximately 50 amino acid residues with at least 6 arginine residues, at least 12 Alanine Residues, at least 6 leucine residues, optionally at least one cysteine residue, and at least two but no greater than three glutamic acids wherein the arginine residues are evenly distributed along the length of the peptide; and the peptide has a defined ratio of arginine to negatively charged amino acid residues and a defined ratio of hydrophilic amino acid residues to hydrophobic amino acid residues. The present invention is also directed to a nanoparticle and cell delivery system comprising the amphipathic cell penetrating peptide of the invention. The peptide, nanoparticle or cell delivery system of the invention may be used in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Helen McCarthy, Aleksey Zholobenko, Ashley Davison, Tracy Robson
  • Patent number: 10487121
    Abstract: Disclosed are D-peptide compositions and methods for inhibiting HIV entry into host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Navigen, Inc., University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brett D. Welch, James Nicholas Francis, Michael S. Kay
  • Patent number: 10487115
    Abstract: Disclosed are proteinaceous molecules and their use in conditions associated with PKC-? overexpression, such as cancer. More particularly, the present invention discloses proteinaceous molecules and their use in altering at least one of (i) formation; (ii) proliferation; (iii) maintenance; (iv) epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition; or (v) mesenchymal to epithelial cell transition of a PKC-? overexpressing cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA
    Inventors: Sudha Rao, Peter Milburn
  • Patent number: 10478470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing leuprolide acetate and having both immediate and sustained release properties and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition in which, on the basis of the total weight of active ingredients, leuprolide as an immediate release preparation is contained in 0.001 wt % to 25 wt %; and leuprolide contained in microspheres of a sustained release preparation is contained in 75 wt % to 99.999 wt %. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is characterized by satisfying both a drug immediate release property so as to realize the prompt exposure to a sufficient amount of drug at the early stage for expression of medicinal effects and a drug sustained release property for four weeks or longer, and the pharmaceutical composition is effective in the prevention and treatment of sex hormone-dependent positive or malignant diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SK CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Kee Kim, Kyu Ho Lee, Seok Hyun Hong, Yong-kyu Kwak, Ho Chul Shin, Hun-Teak Kim
  • Patent number: 10464968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition for treating a tooth lesion, said composition comprising peptides that are capable of undergoing self-assembly at a certain pH. The compositions of the invention are highly suitable for being used in the medical field, in particular for remineralising a tooth lesion such as a subsurface caries lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Credentis AG
    Inventors: Michael Hug, Dominikus Amadeus Lysek
  • Patent number: 10457716
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a microscale method for providing correctly folded, and assembled biologically active proteins in an efficient and shorted time frame, compared to conventional protein production techniques. Proteins produced from inclusion bodies and other aggregated protein sources are provided. Microscale production of correctly folded and assembled class I MHC protein and complexes thereof are also provided for, as well as for high throughput production for use in epitope discovery protocols. Microscale production of complex proteins from protein aggregates and preparations containing protein aggregates is provided that requires less than 24 hours of processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Brian M Baker, Lance Hellman
  • Patent number: 10442835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to technical fields of organic chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, specifically to water-soluble rapamycin derivatives modified with glutathione. More specifically, the present invention discloses a compound of formula I and the preparation method thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the description. The compound of formula I can be used in inducing immunosuppression and in the treatment of diseases such as transplant rejection and solid tumor, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haibo Wang, Hongfu Kuang, Wei Zhang, Zhengjiang Cai, Tianmin Zhu, Xiaohe Zheng, Zhongwei Wu, Zhiqing Yang
  • Patent number: 10435434
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are deuterated compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating ETBR-related cancers. Also disclosed herein is a delivery system for the controlled, systemic release of at least one deuterated ETBR antagonist, optionally in conjunction with an additional anti-oncologic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ENB THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Sumayah Jamal
  • Patent number: 10426817
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apolipoprotein (apo) mimetics useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other eye disorders. The apo mimetics can be peptides/polypeptides that mimic, e.g., the lipid-clearing action of apolipoproteins such as apoA-I and apoE. The apo mimetics can exert other beneficial effects, such as reduction of inflammation, oxidative stress and neovascularization. The apo mimetics can be used to treat any stages (including the early, intermediate and advance stages) of AMD, and any phenotypes of AMD, including geographic atrophy (GA) (including non-central GA and central GA) and neovascularization (NV) (including types 1, 2 and 3 NV). The apo mimetics can be used alone or in conjunction with other therapeutic agents, such as a complement inhibitor and/or an anti-angiogenic agent, to treat AMD, including atrophic AMD and neovascular AMD, and other eye disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MacRegen, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Rudolf, Keith Roizman