Patents Examined by Padmavathi Baskar
  • Patent number: 10980847
    Abstract: The present invention includes composition, methods and kits for detecting and treating brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition (BIAFAC) in a human patient comprising: identifying a human patient in need of treatment for brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition associated with an altered intestinal flora; and providing the human patient with a composition comprising at least one of: a Prevotella spp or a Bacteroidies spp bacteria, or one or more agents that increase the amount of the Prevotella spp or the Bacteroidies spp bacteria in an intestinal flora of the human patient to reduce or eliminate the brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Randall J. Urban, Melinda Sheffield-Moore, Richard Pyles, Brent Masel
  • Patent number: 10975128
    Abstract: Provided are an optimized proDer f1 gene, a proDer f1 protein encoded thereby, a vector comprising said gene, and a Pichia pastoris strain. Also provided are an expression method and a purification method of the proDer f1 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ZonHon Biopharma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Yong Ma, Yu Fan, Jun Wang, Anliang Wang
  • Patent number: 10973918
    Abstract: The composition may be used therapeutically or prophylactically and is directed toward a cluster of diarrhea-causing pathogens which cause illness or death in animals, including dogs and cats. It is prepared from a powdered egg preparation and powdered protein matrix, such as bovine colostrum. The eggs are collected from hens which have been immunized with the relevant pathogens or toxins. When the matrix includes colostrum, the powdered colostrum is derived from non-hyperimmune cattle. The vaccination strategy includes the use of antibody cross-reactivity between toxins or pathogens which cause diarrhea. For some diseases, including canine parvo, the clinical improvement using this therapeutic exceeds the standard of care. Instead of a pharmaceutical product, this composition is an orally administered food product with the same safety profile as eggs and milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ANUBIS BIO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas A. Schultz
  • Patent number: 10973246
    Abstract: A new alga having an improved ability to produce a pigment is disclosed. When the new alga is used, a carotenoid-based pigment, specifically, a xanthophyll can be produced by consuming less energy, so that it is possible to efficiently produce the pigment at the industrial level. The pigment can be applied as a raw material for a food, a health functional food and a medicine, which include the pigment. Since a DNA fragment is not likely to be inserted into a target base sequence or a base sequence other than the target, it is expected that the procedure of constructing the mutant is not regulated as a GMO, so that it is expected that the procedure of constructing the mutant can create a big economic effect in terms of an industry which produces lutein and zeaxanthin by using microalgae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Eon Seon Jin, Sang Su Bae, Kwang Ryul Baek, Duk Hyoung Kim, Joo Yeon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10968556
    Abstract: The invention relates to malodor controlling bacteria and related methods and compositions for the control and prevention of malodor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Novozymes Biologicals, Inc., Henkel. AG & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Sarah C. Mchatton, I. Michelle Williams, Alejandro Penaloza-Vazquez, Jonathan Leder
  • Patent number: 10967010
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising one or more bacterial strains for use in a method of reducing the level of Enterobacteriaceae in the gastrointestinal tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: 4D Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Laureen Crouzet, Chloe Habouzit, Annick Bernalier-Donadille
  • Patent number: 10967056
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated proteins isolatable from a Pasteurella spp. such as P. multocida. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the proteins, and methods for making and methods for using the proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Epitopix, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Nelson Carver, III, Daryll Emery
  • Patent number: 10960031
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising one or more bacterial strains for treating preventing diarrhea and/or constipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: 4D Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Annick Bernalier-Donadille, Laureen Crouzet, Chloe Habouzit
  • Patent number: 10962528
    Abstract: Provided herein are monomeric variants of Sandercyanin fluorescent protein (SFP) including those monomeric SFP variants set forth in SEQ ID NO:2-6 and SFP variants with increased brightness. Also provided herein are methods of making and using fluorescent probes comprising such monomeric variants, where the fluorescent probes have specificity for desired targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ramaswamy Subramanian, Swagatha Ghosh, Wayne Ford Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10960032
    Abstract: The invention relates to use of Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucin-degrading bacterial species found in the human gut, for treating undesirable inflammatory activity not caused by any metabolic disorder and/or obesity, especially for example undesirable airway inflammatory activity as seen with asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SCHWEIZERISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR HOCHGEBIRGSKLIMA UND MEDIZIN IN DAVOS
    Inventors: Liam O'Mahony, Cezmi A. Akdis, David Michalovich, Edith M. Hessel, James R. Brown, David N. Mayhew, Sorif Uddin
  • Patent number: 10961313
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to antibody-polymer conjugates comprising one or more anti-Factor D antibody variants, their production and their use in the preparation of compositions and medicaments for treatment of diseases and disorders associated with excessive or uncontrolled complement activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Hass, Robert F. Kelley, Justin M. Scheer, Whitney Shatz, Devin Tesar, Menno van Lookeren Campagne
  • Patent number: 10947284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion molecules that have binding specificity for pyoverdine type I, II and III and pyochelin and can be used in various applications, including diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications, for example, to inhibit or reduce growth of P. aeruginosa and/or to prevent or treat P. aeruginosa biofilm infection as well as diseases or disorders associated with P. aeruginosa biofilm infection. The present invention also concerns methods of producing the fusion molecules described herein as well as compositions and kits comprising such fusion molecules. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding the fusion molecules described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Corvey, Heike Stump, Jochen Kruip, Christian Lange, Ingo Focken, Dorothea Rat, Thomas Stuedemann, Hans-Falk Rasser, Juergen Schaefer, Bernard Calandra, Astrid Rey, Michael Mourez, Laurent Fraisse, Christine Rothe, Andrea Allersdorfer, Alexander Wiedenmann, Marlon Hinner, Bradley Lunde, Kristian Jensen, Martin Hülsmeyer
  • Patent number: 10947495
    Abstract: The present application relates to a microorganism producing O-phosphoserine and a method for producing O-phosphoserine, cysteine or a cysteine derivative using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CJ Cheiljedang Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hoon Sim, Seo-Yun Kim, Sol Kim, Hye Won Kim, Inhwa Yoo
  • Patent number: 10940190
    Abstract: The present description relates to malaria vaccines comprising Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) polypeptide complexes and methods of producing the same. The Pf polypeptides in complexes or in a partially complexed arrangement may comprise two or more of the following polypeptides: PfRipr, PfCyrPa and PfRh5. Drosophila cells and expression vectors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Expres2ion Biotechnologies
    Inventors: Alan Cowman, Julie Healer, Willem Adriaan De Jongh, Teit Max Moscote Sogaard, Thomas Dan Jorgensen, Vladyslav Soroka
  • Patent number: 10941193
    Abstract: Anti-microbial monoclonal antibodies and variant antibodies having a heavy chain constant regions with at least one amino acid substitution are provided. Such antibodies may be used to prevent or treat microbial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Lydon
  • Patent number: 10933131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for immunomodulation which are effective for increasing conception rate in cows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER ANIMAL HEALTH GMBH
    Inventors: Jason Nickell, Daniel Keil, Albert Abraham, Warren Tully, Richard Gerhardus Martinu Olde Riekerink, Terry Settje, Leland Vickers, Stuart Nibbelink
  • Patent number: 10913791
    Abstract: Anti-SpA murine, chimeric and humanized monoclonal antibodies, and variant antibodies having a heavy chain with at least one amino acid substitution are provided. Such antibodies may be used to prevent or treat microbial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Lydon
  • Patent number: 10912810
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a combination and/or composition for administration to animals. In some embodiments, the combination and/or composition can be administered to treat and/or prevent a disease in animals. In some embodiments, the combination and/or composition can be administered to promote animal health. In some embodiments, the combination comprises a composition comprising Yucca schidigera, Quillaja saponaria, and combinations thereof and a composition comprising an antimicrobial, an antibiotic, an anticoccidial, a vaccine, or combinations thereof. The combinations or compositions disclosed herein can also improve feed conversion rates in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: Phibro Animal Health Corporation, Desert King International LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Bafundo, A. Bruce Johnson, David Calabotta, Wendell Knehans
  • Patent number: 10913777
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a BMC fusion protein that is capable of in vitro assembly, comprising a constituent BMC shell protein subunit and a sterically hindering protein domain that is cleavable. The BMC fusion protein is capable of in vitro assembly triggered by removal of the fused sterically hindering domain. The present disclosure is also related to a means to produce BMC shells in vitro, triggered by removal of a fused sterically hindering domain from one or more constituent BMC shell protein subunits. The BMC fusion protein enables encapsulation of broad classes of materials and biophysical studies of shell assembly, encapsulation, and permeability that would otherwise be unavailable from BMCs assembled in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Andrew Ronald Hagen, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Markus Sutter
  • Patent number: 10908168
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to human monoclonal IgE antibodies, and IgG antibodies engineered therefrom. Such engineered antibodies can be used to blunt pathologic IgE responses in subjects, such as in the treatment or prevention of allergies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Scott A. Smith