Patents Examined by Kevin E. Weddington
  • Patent number: 10751303
    Abstract: Methods of shortening the duration of anti-infective therapy and increasing the effectiveness of anti-infective drugs in subjects with infection are present. The methods are based on altering the replication rate of a pathogen, which makes the pathogen more susceptible to the actions of the anti-infective drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL PHARMACODYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventor: Paul G. Ambrose
  • Patent number: 10743535
    Abstract: An insecticide for exterminating a flight-capable insect, comprising an effective concentration of menthol to be lethal to the insect, a solvent for the menthol, at least one viscosity-increasing agent in sufficient concentration to increase viscosity of insecticide to greater than 5 centipoise, at least one surfactant in sufficient concentration to cause adhesion of insecticide to insect, and a volumizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: H&K SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Harkins, Stephen C. Hahn
  • Patent number: 10744123
    Abstract: Methods and dosing regimens for treating glioblastoma or recurrent glioblastoma and its associated symptoms by administration of ibudilast (3-isobutyryl-2-isopropylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one or more other therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MediciNova, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuko Matsuda, Kerrie McDonald
  • Patent number: 10736890
    Abstract: The present application relates methods for treating a depressive symptom comprising administering an effective amount of a ? opioid receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof. Non-limiting examples of such agonist include the compounds of Formulas I, II, III, and IV, as well as the compounds of Table A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Laura Cook Blumberg, Daniel R. Deaver, David J. Eyerman, Thomas Andrew Wynn
  • Patent number: 10729692
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions including a CDK inhibitor and an HSP90 inhibitor, as well as methods of treating cancer or a tumor in a subject by administering a CDK inhibitor and an HSP90 inhibitor to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Institute For Cancer Research
    Inventors: Shuai Zhao, Wafik S. El-Deiry
  • Patent number: 10722498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stable, ophthalmic aqueous composition for topical administration comprising acetazolamide and an aqueous liquid capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable gel in situ when applied topically to a patient, said composition has the pH of less than 4.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHILPA MEDICARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Andanayya Saraganachari, Abhilash Narayanaswamy, Sreenivasa Reddy, Shivakumar Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10716849
    Abstract: Methods for priming of vaccines including administering to a patient a composition including one or more integrin activating compounds capable of adjuvanting an antigen and capable of adjuvanting one or more antigens contained in a vaccine preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: 7 Hills Pharma LLC
    Inventors: Darren G. Woodside, Peter Vanderslice, Upendra K. Marathi
  • Patent number: 10709780
    Abstract: Compositions including one or more antigens and one or more integrin activating compounds capable of adjuvanting the one or more antigens contained and increasing an immune response to the one or more antigen in a vaccine preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: 7 Hills Pharma LLC
    Inventors: Darren G. Woodside, Peter Vanderslice, Upendra K. Marathi
  • Patent number: 10709781
    Abstract: Methods for priming of vaccines including administering to a patient a composition including one or more integrin activating compounds capable of adjuvanting an antigen and capable of adjuvanting one or more antigens contained in a vaccine preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: 7 Hills Pharma LLC
    Inventors: Darren G. Woodside, Peter Vanderslice, Upendra K. Marathi
  • Patent number: 10709687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to FLT3 receptor inhibitor for use in the treatment of neuropathic pain and chronic pain comprising a neuropathic component, wherein the daily dosage range per human adult per day of said FLT3 receptor inhibitor consists of a dosage range determined by a method comprising the steps of: (i) determining the minimal inhibiting dose of said FLT3 receptor inhibitor that induces the maximal inhibition of mechanical pain hypersensitivity, (ii) converting said dose to the Human Equivalent Dose (HED) by the allometric correction method, and (iii) establishing a daily dosage range per human adult per day wherein (iii-1) the lower limit of the said daily dosage range per human adult per day is the greater value between HED/20 determined via a rat model and 0.001 mg, and (iii-2) the upper limit of the said daily dosage range is the lower value between HED*20 determined via a rat model and 50 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE), UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, BIODOL THERAPEUTICS
    Inventor: Jean Valmier
  • Patent number: 10702544
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions for suppressing or improving hair loss, and compositions for suppressing or improving graying. More specifically, it provides agents that stabilize type XVII collagen expression, preferably agents that suppress the degradation of type XVII collagen by ELANE inhibitors and such, and compositions comprising a DNA repair-promoting agent or a DNA damage-suppressing agent as an active ingredient. Advantageous suppressive effects of hair loss and graying can be obtained when a composition comprising as an active ingredient a suppressive agent of type XVII collagen degradation such as an ELANE inhibitor is administered to a mammal. For the ELANE inhibitors, suppressive agents of type XVII collagen degradation and DNA repair-promoting agents, low-molecular compounds, polypeptides, proteins, antibodies, or nucleic acid medicine such as antisense oligos or siRNAs may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Emi Nishimura, Hiroyuki Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10702508
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer using an approved drug product comprising apalutamide, enzalutamide or darolutamide. Also described here are drug products containing apalutamide enzalutamide or darolutamide, and methods of selling or offering for sale an anti-androgen drug product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Arturo Molina
  • Patent number: 10695355
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the treatment of a human subject who has had a stroke by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition including an antagonist of the P2X4 receptor. The antagonist of the P2X4 receptor can be administered in the acute phase of stroke, optionally in combination with a thrombolytic therapeutic or a procedure on the subject involving a clot-removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Bruce Liang, Rajkumar Verma, Kenneth A. Jacobson
  • Patent number: 10695308
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel methods for using Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, such as digital ulcers, in subjects with scleroderma (including systemic sclerosis), Buerger's disease, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and/or other conditions that cause such lesions. The invention also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, comprising an effective amount of Treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: United Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Wade
  • Patent number: 10695310
    Abstract: Methods of treatment using D-serine to target brain cells expressing GluN3 subunit-containing triheteromeric NMDARs are disclosed. The methods include inhibiting calcium ion uptake by brain cells, treating epilepsy, and treating seizures by artificially administering D-serine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Sanjay S. Kumar
  • Patent number: 10695360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for the administration of ?-NMN, which increases the secretion of adiponectin. The present disclosure also provides an adiponectin secretion enhancer comprising ?-nicotinamide mononucleotide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, and a dietary supplement containing the aforementioned secretion enhancer, which can be ingested in order to increase the secretion of adiponectin. Also disclosed are methods of treating insulin resistance-related diseases such as of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, hypertension, obesity, and arteriosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Jun Yoshino, Hisataka Yasuda, Hideo Arai, Tetsuro Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10695343
    Abstract: A method for inducing a sustained immune response in humans or animal patient suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS, autoimmune disease, cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases comprises daily administration to such patients a single oral tablet, rapidly dissolving film, capsule, liquid or cream dose of an Immediate release naltrexone composition comprising between about 0.01 to about 10 mg of naltrexone. In order to provide a benefit the naltrexone must be an Immediate release composition comprising between about 0.01 and about 10 mg of naltrexone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Noreen Griffin, Fengping Shan, Nicholas Plotnikoff
  • Patent number: 10688077
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating a meylodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in a subject that involves administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inflammasome inhibitor. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in a subject. In some embodiments, the method involves assaying a sample from the subject to detect inflammasome activation, wherein an increase in inflammasome activation in the sample compared to a control is an indication of MDS in the subject. In some embodiments, the method involves assaying a sample from the subject to detect s100A9 protein levels, wherein an increase in s100A9 protein levels in the sample compared to a control is an indication of MDS in the subject. The disclosed methods can further involve treating the subject for MDS if an increase in inflammasome activation and/or s100A9 levels are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Wei, Alan List
  • Patent number: 10690683
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds and methods for labeling and/or detecting proteins in vivo, and methods for probing mitochondrial structure and/or dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: University of Conneticut
    Inventors: Royce Mohan, Paola Bargagna-Mohan, Dennis L. Wright, Santosh Keshipeddy
  • Patent number: 10688102
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AXSOME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau