Patents Examined by Marcos L Sznaidman
  • Patent number: 12186317
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses compounds capable of modulating the activity of ?-amino-?-carboxymuconic acid semialdehyde decarboxylase (ACMSD), which are useful for the prevention and/or the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with defects in NAD+ biosynthesis, e.g., metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, kidney diseases, and diseases associated with ageing. The present application also discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and the use of such compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TES PHARMA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Pellicciari, Paride Liscio, Nicola Giacche, Francesca De Franco
  • Patent number: 12180176
    Abstract: Provided are fluorinated analogs of MDMA, including fluorinated empathogens. In some embodiments, such compounds are monoamine releasers or inhibit monoamine transporters. In some aspects, features of the compounds provide stability, such as metabolic stability, and efficacy. Also provided are methods for the preparation of fluorinated empathogens and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Methods of using the fluorinated empathogens, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, are provided. In some embodiments, fluorinated empathogens are used to treat CNS disorders, such as mental health conditions and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Alexander Shulgin Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas V Cozzi, Paul F Daley
  • Patent number: 12178209
    Abstract: Synthesis of a compound Ethyl-2-{[(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)carbamothioyl]amino}-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate and its use as an insecticidal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Mohamed A. Gad
  • Patent number: 12172967
    Abstract: An 3-(4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)propanoic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Amer A. Amer
  • Patent number: 12167995
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapy. More specifically the present invention pertains to a certain compound, [((1R,2S,5R)-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-cyclohexanecarbonyl)-amino]-acetic acid isopropyl ester (also referred to herein as “AX-8” or “Gly-O-iPr”), as described herein, for use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy, more specifically, for use in a method of treatment of chronic cough (CC), including, for example, refractory chronic cough (RCC) and idiopathic chronic cough (ICC), as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Axalbion SA
    Inventors: Olivier Poirot, Ashley Woodcock
  • Patent number: 12168002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to modulators of human glycolate oxidase enzyme and methods of use and manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lilac Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Amy S. Lee, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Devleena M. Shivakumar, Manoj C. Desai, Lianhong Xu, John E. Knox, Zachary E R Newby
  • Patent number: 12168664
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3, C1-C4 alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; X is N or CR6, wherein R6 is H, OH, or halogen; A is absent or present, and when present is B has the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Kirsten Alison Rinderspacher, Shi-Xian Deng, Andras Varadi, Boglarka Racz, Peter Bernstein, Patricia C. Weber, Donald W. Landry, Andrew S. Wasmuth
  • Patent number: 12162882
    Abstract: Compounds that are Fibroblast Growth Factor Inhibitors (FGFR) and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of FGFR are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PRINCIPIA BIOPHARMAC, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Verner, Kenneth Albert Brameld
  • Patent number: 12161641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing or preventing fetal opioid dependence in a drug dependent or opioid tolerant pregnant subject. The method involves administering to the pregnant subject a composition comprising an opioid antagonist in an amount effective to reduce or prevent fetal opioid dependence, wherein the opioid antagonist a) is orally available or delivered systemically and reaches the circulation of the pregnant subject, b) is substantially excluded from the subject's brain by the blood brain barrier, and c) penetrates the placenta and enters the fetal brain. The method also includes administering the opioid antagonist to the neonate in increasing amounts to facilitate weaning the neonate from continued opioid maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Sadee, John Oberdick
  • Patent number: 12161116
    Abstract: Synthesis of a compound Ethyl-2-{[(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)carbamothioyl]amino}-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate and its use as an insecticidal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Mohamed A. Gad
  • Patent number: 12157732
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds inhibiting eIF4E activity, and compositions and methods of using thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PIC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher L. Vandeusen
  • Patent number: 12102633
    Abstract: Provided herein are spirolactone compounds of Formula I that are useful as inhibitors of ACC1 and/or ACC2. The spirolactone compounds described herein can be used for treating a disease or disorder associated with aberrant ACC1 and/or ACC2 activities, for example, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), acne, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the spirolactone compound of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Quixgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusheng Xiong, Hong-Ping Guan, Wenjun Huang
  • Patent number: 12083109
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods of inhibiting, ameliorating, reducing the severity of, treating, reducing the likelihood of, or preventing social isolation stress or symptoms thereof in a subject in need thereof are described. In some embodiments, methods of determining a risk of social isolation stress in a subject are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Anderson, Moriel Zelikowsky, Andrea Choe
  • Patent number: 12076325
    Abstract: A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoxic injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury or inflammation, an agent for protecting cells for transplantation, and an agent for preserving organism are disclosed. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoxic injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury or inflammation, an agent for protecting cells for transplantation, or an agent for preserving organism, containing, as an active ingredient, at least one kind selected from a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof; an isothiocyanate compound represented by the formula S?C?N—R5 (II) wherein the symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION; and a TRPA1 agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SCENT SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ko Kobayakawa, Reiko Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 12070472
    Abstract: The described invention is directed toward pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using 6-mercaptopurine ribosides and analogues thereof for the treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases. The described compounds can be converted into telomere substrates in vivo and can be recognized by telomerase for incorporation into telomeres of telomerase active cells, leading to induction of cell death of the telomerase active cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jerry Shay, Ilgen Mender, Kimberly Batten, Sergei Gryaznov
  • Patent number: 12064438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation that is minimally colored through irradiation with light by coating a preparation containing a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a crystal thereof with a light stabilizing substance and a polymer, particularly with one or more of titanium oxide and talc used as the light stabilizing substance and hypromellose used as the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naomi Hayashi, Masato Gomi, Shohei Aikawa
  • Patent number: 12048685
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating or preventing an ocular disease or disorder in a subject, methods of treating or preventing ocular pain or discomfort comprising, administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) antagonist. In certain preferred embodiments, the ocular disease or disorder is a dry eye disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ora, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Abelson, Peter Corcoran, Keith Lane
  • Patent number: 12036195
    Abstract: Co-crystals comprising the Nuclear receptor related 1 protein-ligand binding domain (Nurr1-LBD) and a cyclopentenone prostaglandin are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying or designing Nurr1-modulating ligands and compounds based on the crystal structures described herein as well as the applications of said ligands and compounds as Nurr1 modulators or medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Sup Yoon, Sreekanth Rajan, Hui Ting Toh, Xuewei Liu, Hui Yao
  • Patent number: 12036203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a co-crystal thereof, for treating, reducing the risk of and/or preventing heart failure, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular death in animals without type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus, or in animals with pre-diabetes, or in animals with type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Lauring, Samuel S. Engel, Steven G. Terra, James M. Rusnak
  • Patent number: 12029728
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of treating an infection, including a parasitic infection, using compounds of the invention. The compounds of the invention can selectively eradicate intracellular mammalian and human parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: New Mexico Tech University Research Park Corporation
    Inventors: Snezna Rogelj, Danielle Nicole Turner, Ivy Hurwitz, Alexander Aksenov