Patents Examined by Mina Haghighatian
  • Patent number: 10765618
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; a preformed emulsion and/or an ionic benefit agent, wherein the ionic benefit agents are those excluding ionic dyes, precursors thereof, and anionic surfactants; an alkyl ether and/or alkyl ester, preferably alkyl ether, of at least one of the following: polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyglycerin, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the alkyl ether and/or alkyl ester has from about 50 to about 300 units of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerin and mixtures thereof; and an aqueous carrier. The composition of the present invention provides benefits from ionic benefit agents and/or preformed emulsions, while maintaining stability and wet conditioning of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Iwata, Brian Xiaoqing Song
  • Patent number: 10758458
    Abstract: A composition comprising microcapsules functionalized with polymerizable functional groups on the surface of said microcapsules wherein the functional groups form covalent bonds with monomers in the continuous phase to enhance the mechanical properties of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Premier Dental Products Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Gross, William A. McHale, Mark A. Latta
  • Patent number: 10751299
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, including, hydrogel compositions useful as topical oral analgesics including cannabinoids and menthol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Babak Ghalili
  • Patent number: 10736991
    Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing non-gelling, solubilized extracellular matrix (ECM) materials useful as cell growth substrates. Also provided are compositions prepared according to the methods as well as uses for the compositions. In one embodiment a device, such as a prosthesis, is provided which comprises an inorganic matrix into which the non-gelling, solubilized ECM composition is dispersed to facilitate in-growth of cells into the ECM and thus adaptation and/or attachment of the device to a patient. In another embodiment, the composition is delivered intraarticularly, intrathecally, intraoccularly, intracranially, and into pleural space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The University of Nottingham
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Timothy Joseph Keane, Jr., Lisa Jane White
  • Patent number: 10736322
    Abstract: Herbicidal concentrate compositions containing a combination of glyphosate salt and dicamba salt are provided. For example, a low volatility aqueous herbicidal concentrate composition including a glyphosate salt, dicamba salt, and a surfactant is described, wherein (i) the composition contain a total active herbicide loading of glyphosate salt and dicamba salt of at least about 450 grams acid equivalent per liter; (ii) the pH of the concentrate composition is less than about 5.7; and (iii) the acid equivalent weight ratio of glyphosate salt to dicamba salt is from about 1:1 to about 3:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Alison MacInnes
  • Patent number: 10736842
    Abstract: Accordingly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical oil-in-water nano-emulsion, with a pharmaceutically active substance. The selected pharmaceutically active substance is encased in monounsaturated fatty acid droplets with the droplets having an average particle size in the range of 60 to 200 nm. The nano-emulsion is also provided with a non-ionic surfactant system, which is a mixture of polyethers, macrogolglycerides and polysaccharides, along with pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvants. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of pharmaceutical oil-in-water nano-emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SYNERGIA BIO SCIENCES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Ambikanandan Misra
  • Patent number: 10723886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particles comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous mineral pigment material suspension; b) providing at least one polymeric binder, wherein the binder comprises at least one modified polysaccharide having a degree of carboxylation in the range of 0.4 to 2.0 and having an intrinsic viscosity in the range of >300 to 500 ml/g, c) mixing the binder of step b) with the aqueous mineral pigment material suspension of step a) and adjusting the solids content of the obtained suspension so that it is >45 to 95 wt.-%, preferably from 45 to 80 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the suspension, and d) grinding the aqueous mineral material suspension of step c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Daniel Gantenbein, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10723623
    Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-purgeable organic carbon in a sodium thiosulfate-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Sherman, Catherine Marie Smith, Kevin Robert Wirtz, Erich Schulze
  • Patent number: 10722607
    Abstract: Perfume compositions comprise between 10% and 30% in total weight of perfume ingredients selected from two groups, Group A, Group B, with the provisos that over 5% but less than 15% of the perfume composition must comprise Group A ingredients, and for compositions comprising less than 10% of Group A ingredients in the aggregate percentage of Group B ingredients present must be at least equal to the expression (2*/10?A %) where A % is the total percentage of Group A ingredients in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.
    Inventors: Keith Douglas Perring, Michael Gordon Evans, Alan Forbes Provan, David Jonathan Bradshaw, John Martin Behan
  • Patent number: 10716753
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and systems are provided for pulmonary delivery of long-acting muscarinic antagonists and long-acting ?2 adrenergic receptor agonists via a metered dose inhaler. In particular embodiments, the compositions include a suspension medium, active agent particles, and suspending particles, in which the active agent particles and suspending particles form a co-suspension within the suspension medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Pearl Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhard Vehring, Michael Steven Hartman, Adrian Edward Smith, Vidya B. Joshi, Sarvajna Kumar Dwivedi
  • Patent number: 10716794
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage capsules containing testosterone undecanoate, as well as related methods. The capsule includes a capsule shell and a capsule fill. The capsule fill can include a solubilizer and about 14 wt % to about 35 wt % testosterone undecanoate based on the total capsule fill. The oral dosage capsule is such that when a single oral administration to a male subject of one or more capsules with a total testosterone undecanoate daily dose of about 350 mg to about 650 mg it provides a ratio of serum testosterone Cmax to serum testosterone Cave of about 2.7 or less. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of testosterone within a target serum testosterone concentration Cave range for a male subject is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lipocine Inc.
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Giliyar, Basawaraj Chickmath, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel, Srinivansan Venkateshwaran
  • Patent number: 10716878
    Abstract: Implant-associated bacterial infections are one of the most serious complications in orthopedic surgery. Treatment of these infections often requires multiple operations, device removal, long-term systemic antibiotics, and extended rehabilitation, and is frequently ineffective, leading to worse clinical outcomes and increased financial costs. Silver nanoparticle/poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-coated stainless steel alloy (SNPSA) was evaluated as a potential antimicrobial implant material. It was found that SNPSA exhibited strong antibacterial activity in vitro and ex vivo, and promoted MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts proliferation and maturation in vitro. Furthermore, SNPSA implants induced osteogenesis while suppressing bacterial survival in contaminated rat femoral canals. The results indicate that SNPSA has simultaneous antimicrobial and osteoinductive properties that make it a promising therapeutic material in orthopedic surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: B. Chia Soo, Kang Ting, Zhong Zheng
  • Patent number: 10694748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride salt formulations and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Sasakawa, Parvesh Sharma, Bala N. Devisetty
  • Patent number: 10688045
    Abstract: Particles, compositions, and methods that aid particle transport in mucus are provided. The particles, compositions, and methods may be used, in some instances, for ophthalmic and/or other applications. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods may involve modifying the surface coatings of particles, such as particles of pharmaceutical agents that have a low aqueous solubility. Such compositions and methods can be used to achieve efficient transport of particles of pharmaceutical agents though mucus barriers in the body for a wide spectrum of applications, including drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostic applications. In certain embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition including such particles is well-suited for ophthalmic applications, and may be used for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the front of the eye and/or the back of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Alexey Popov, Elizabeth M. Enlow, Hongming Chen, James Bourassa
  • Patent number: 10688026
    Abstract: A microcapsule composition comprising at least one polymer substantially disposed as a semi-permeable shell around an aqueous buffered solution and at least one agent, wherein the agent permeates the shell, and wherein the composition is suitable for delivery to a mammal. This invention also provides related compositions, products and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Premier Dental Products Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Latta, Stephen M. Gross, William A. McHale
  • Patent number: 10675227
    Abstract: A microcapsule composition comprising at least one polymer substantially disposed as a semi-permeable shell around a buffered solution and at least one therapeutic agent, wherein the therapeutic agent permeates the shell, and wherein the composition is suitable for delivery to a mammal. This invention also provides related compositions, products and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Premier Dental Products Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Latta, Stephen M. Gross, William A. McHale
  • Patent number: 10675351
    Abstract: Self-assembled gel compositions including a gelator, e.g., an enzyme-cleavable gelator, e.g., having a molecular weight of 2500 or less, are described. The self-assembled gel compositions can encapsulate one or more agents. Methods of making the self-assembled gel compositions, and methods of drug delivery using the self-assembled gel compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Karp, Praveen Kumar Vemula, Nathaniel R. Campbell, Abdullah M. Syed, Sufeng Zhang, Omid C. Farokhzad, Robert S. Langer
  • Patent number: 10660848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sterile ophthalmic composition comprising castor oil and a medium chain triglyceride, to its use in medicine, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of an ocular disease selected from the group consisting of dry eye, conjunctivitis, dermatitis, blepharitis, entropion, floppy eyelid syndrome, thyroid ophthalmopathy, pterygium, conjunctivochalasis, epithelial damage induced by preservatives, epithelial or anterior chamber damage induced by ocular surgery, limbal cell deficiency, corneal ulcers induced by physical or chemical agents, keratitis, episcleritis and uveitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS SALVAT, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisca Izquierdo Torres, Sandra Marchan Sancho, Isabel Delgado Gañán
  • Patent number: 10660331
    Abstract: Disclosed are pressurized surface treatment compositions which impart a microbicidal benefit to treated surfaces which compositions comprise (or in certain preferred embodiments may consist essentially of, or may consist of): a zinc ion source material which releases zinc ions into the treatment composition, preferably a source of Zn++ ions, at least lower alkyl aliphatic monohydric alcohol which independently of other constituents present exhibits a microbicidal effect, a propellant; and, water. The compositions may further optionally include one or more further optional constituents such as a detersive surfactant and/or minor amounts of one or more constituents which impart one or more advantageous technical or aesthetic benefits to the compositions, including one or more detersive surfactants wherein the compositions have pH of at least 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER LLC
    Inventors: Frank Apollo, John Diemer, Mohammad Khalid Ijaz, Yun-Peng Zhu
  • Patent number: 10660258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method of manufacturing germinated plant seeds suitable for producing a large amount of phytoalexin, a method of manufacturing raw material seeds for germination induction for use in manufacture of the above germinated plant seeds, an extract composition of the germinated plant seeds and a screening method for a plant seed candidate for use in producing a target substance. The method of manufacturing raw material seeds for germination induction comprises a pre-treatment step of maintaining plant seeds under atmosphere conditions of a carbon dioxide concentration of 400 ppm or more and/or an oxygen concentration of 19 vol % or less continuously for 5 hours or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DAIZ ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ide, Tsuyoshi Ide, Koji Ochiai