Patents Examined by Keyur A Vyas
  • Patent number: 11944102
    Abstract: The invention provides siRNA molecules for use in controlling pest infestation. The siRNA molecules target the mature mRNA of D. noxia cprr1-8 in a region between nucleotides 464 and 774 of SEQ ID NO: 23, or an equivalent region of an ortholog of D. noxia cprr1-8. Ingestion of the siRNA molecule by a pest inhibits the biological activity of the pest. In one embodiment, the siRNA molecule comprises a polynucleotide which has at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence 5? UAAACAAUCGCAAGAAGCUGA 3? (SEQ ID NO: 1) and a polynucleotide which has at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence 5? AGCUUCUUGCGAUUGUUUAAG 3? (SEQ ID NO: 2). Compositions comprising the siRNA molecules, vectors encoding the siRNA molecules, and methods for using the siRNA molecules are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stellenbosch University
    Inventors: Anna-Maria Botha-Oberholster, Hendrik Willem Swiegers, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger
  • Patent number: 11866701
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the complement factor C3 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of a C3 gene and to treat subjects having a complement component C3-associated disease, e.g., paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), myasthenia gravis (MG), and C3 glomerulonephritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Anna Borodovsky
  • Patent number: 11795458
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides oligonucleotides and double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeting Hemipteran and Lepidopteran insect pests. Bantam-sequence targets are detailed and shown to be effective targets for RNAi induction utilizing multiple dsRNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, and modified dsRNAs (e.g., 2?-O-methylated and dsRNAs containing non-canonical nucleosides).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Wayne B Hunter, Salvador P. Lopez
  • Patent number: 11753640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of modulating expression of Tau in a target cell. The oligonucleotides hybridize to MAPT mRNA. The present invention further relates to conjugates of the oligonucleotide and pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of Tauopathies, Alzheimzer's disease, fronto-temporal dementia (FTD), FTDP-17, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBD), epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, depression, seizure disorders and movement disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Hagedorn, Anja Mølhart Høg, Richard E. Olson, Marianne L. Jensen
  • Patent number: 11732263
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of PLP1 RNA in a cell or subject, and in certain instances reducing the amount of proteolipid protein 1 in a cell or subject. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a leukodystrophy. Such symptoms and hallmarks include hypotonia, nystagmus, optic atrophy, respiratory distress, motor delays, cognitive dysfunction, speech dysfunction, spasticity, ataxia, seizures, choreiform movements, and death. Such leukodystrophies include Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Berit Elissa Powers
  • Patent number: 11685919
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic agent for hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) SPG4. Specifically, the present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a neurodegenerative disease such as hereditary spastic paraplegia SPG4, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a substance that inhibits a function of miR-33a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventors: Haruhisa Inoue, Koh Ono, Keiko Imamura, Takahiro Horie, Fumiko Nakazeki