Patents Examined by Patrick Lewis
  • Patent number: 9029335
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel bicyclic nucleosides, oligomeric compounds that include such bicyclic nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. More particularly, the novel bicyclic nucleosides comprise a furanose ring system having a bridge comprising a 4?-methylene group attached to a 2?-sulfoxide or sulfone group and optionally including one or more substituent groups attached to the 4?-methylene and or the 5?-position. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thazha P. Prakash, Eric E. Swayze
  • Patent number: 9029345
    Abstract: An agent for inhibiting P-glycoproteins comprises a non-natural adenine ribose analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Anthony J. Berdis, Irene Lee
  • Patent number: 9029346
    Abstract: Methods and compounds are disclosed for irreversibly inhibiting a DNA repair enzyme that possesses lyase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Marc M. Greenberg, Dumitru Arian, Theodore L. Deweese, Mohammad Hedayati
  • Patent number: 9023827
    Abstract: An active ingredient with cutaneous application obtained from Metschnikowia agaves, as well as its use for preventing and/or combating ageing of the skin and its visible manifestations, and cosmetic compositions including this active ingredient and to a cosmetic process for skin care.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle Limousine d'Application Biologique
    Inventor: Jean Paufique
  • Patent number: 9024011
    Abstract: The present technology provides processes for cross-linking cellulose ethers under mild conditions. The processes include exposing a substantially dry cellulose ether film to a polyisocyanate to provide a cross-linked cellulose ether film, wherein the substantially dry cellulose ether film comprises alkoxide groups on the cellulose. The resulting cellulose ether films are highly cross-linked by polyurethane linkages and may be used as membranes in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: University of Calcutta
    Inventors: Patit Paban Kundu, Ratan Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 9012430
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and formulations comprising glucosamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of joint conditions and adapted for use in a bath or soak or bath beads, powders, salts, and oils, kits, and methods of treatment using the same. Also disclosed are lozenges, suppositories, patches, and topical creams comprising glucosamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of joint conditions and methods of treatment using the same. In some embodiments the joint conditions include osteoarthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Vital Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Anjan Chatterji, Grant Cooper, David Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9012427
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions that can include a thionucleotide analog for use in combination therapy with other agents. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with a pharmaceutical composition that can include a thionucleotide analog in combination therapy with other agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Alios BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence M Blatt, Leonid Beigelman, Hua Tan, Julian Alexander Symons, David Bernard Smith, Min Jiang, Tara Lynn Kieffer, Cornelis Arie Rijnbrand
  • Patent number: 9012428
    Abstract: This invention relates to a stereochemically pure uracyl spirooxetane nucleoside phosphoramidate useful in the treatment of patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Products, LP, Medivir AB
    Inventors: Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Koen Vandyck, Steven Maurice Paula Van Hoof, Lili Hu, Abdellah Tahri
  • Patent number: 9012416
    Abstract: This invention provides a pharmaceutical solution formulation comprising tobramycin, water, sodium chloride and sodium citrate, wherein the formulation has a pH of 4.5-7.0 and an osmolality of 135-200 mOsmol/Kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Hawkins, David Higham
  • Patent number: 9006208
    Abstract: An agent for treatment of dry eye comprising a combination of a P2Y2 receptor agonist at a therapeutically effective concentration and hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof at a therapeutically effective concentration, which agent has a dosage form of an ophthalmic agent, can promote the secretion of tear remarkably and can improve corneal epithelial disorders remarkably, and is therefore expected to be a novel agent for treatment of dry eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Shichijo, Atsuyoshi Dota, Takashi Nagano, Masatsugu Nakamura, Asuka Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9000148
    Abstract: Flame retardant cellulose acetate is prepared comprising cellulose acetate flakes and an organophosphate compound bonded to the cellulose acetate flakes. Accordingly, the bonded phosphate-functional group provides the cellulose acetate flakes with pendant phosphate ester functionality. Numerous phosphate derivatives can be envisaged that will accomplish the intended task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski
  • Patent number: 8993614
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao, Daniel Fishlock
  • Patent number: 8993528
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tricyclic nucleosides, oligomeric compounds comprising at least one of the tricyclic nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. The methods provided herein include contacting a cell or administering to an animal at least one of the oligomeric compounds. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric E. Swayze, Andrew M. Siwkowski, Punit P. Seth, Thazha P. Prakash
  • Patent number: 8993747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of alkali cellulose for the production of alkali cellulose and, optionally, cellulose ethers from cellulose in the presence of alkali and, if applicable, with alkylating and/or hydroxyalkylating agent(s) comprising the reaction of a cellulose with an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the alkali metal hydroxide is mixed with cellulose in a mixing apparatus, the mixing apparatus (1) having an upper region (20, 102a, 202a) with a first cross-section and a lower region (21, 102b, 202b) with a second cross-section, the second cross-section being the same as or smaller than the first cross-section and comprising at least one non-horizontally oriented mixing device (23, 27, 121, 221, 224).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Sprehe, Bettina Hoelzer
  • Patent number: 8993537
    Abstract: Scaffold comprises a polymer defining macropores and comprising hydroxypropylcellulose partially substituted by a substituent comprising a self-crosslinkable group, which is crosslinked through the self-crosslinkable group. The macropores have an average pore size larger than 50 microns and are at least partially interconnected. In one method, bicontinuous emulsion comprising a continuous aqueous phase and a continuous polymer phase is formed. The polymer phase comprises hydroxypropylcellulose partially substituted by a substituent comprising a self-crosslinkable group, and is crosslinked through the self-crosslinkable group to form a polymer defining at least partially interconnected pores. In another method, phase separation is induced in a solution comprising a polymer precursor and water to form a bicontinuous emulsion comprising a continuous polymer phase and a continuous aqueous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Zhilian Yue, Feng Wen, Hanry Yu
  • Patent number: 8993539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition of dietary fiber supplements for satiety enhancement and appetite suppression in treatment of overweight, obesity, or eating disorders. The composition of the dietary fiber supplements consist of at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer. The cationic polymers and the anionic polymers in the composition can be dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous solution. When the pH of the aqueous solution is lowered, such as the solution is ingested into the stomach with a gastric pH environment or the aqueous solution is added with some acidifying agents, the aqueous solution will turn into a gel. The formation of a gel from the aqueous solution after it being ingested into the stomach before a meal would provide a satiety enhancement and appetite suppression effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Guang Yan
  • Patent number: 8987437
    Abstract: The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare compounds having useful anti-HIV properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hung Chiu Yu, Brandon Heath Brown, Richard P. Polniaszek, Benjamin R. Graetz, Keiko Sujino, Duong Duc-Phi Tran, Alan Scott Triman, Kenneth M. Kent, Steven Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 8987231
    Abstract: The present invention describes sulodexide or at least one of its components for use in the reduction of circulating matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs), in particular MMP-9. Sulodexide and its composition are useful for the treatment of pathologies wherein the MMPs are involved, such as cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease caused by diabetes, varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), gastrointestinal ulcers, pulmonary disease, and neoplastic pathologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Alfa Wassermann S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Claudio Viscomi, Ferdinando Mannello, Cristiana Bruno
  • Patent number: 8980850
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for the treatment of cancer in patients in recognized need of such treatment. The methods comprise administering to such a patient an NAE inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such as ((1S,2S,4R)-4-(4-((1S)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)-2-hydroxycyclopentyl)methyl sulfamate (MLN4924) or {(1S,2S,4R)-4-[(6-{[(1R,2S)-5-chloro-2-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl]amino}pyrimidin-4-yl)oxy]-2-hydroxycyclopentyl}methyl sulfamate (I-216), and a hypomethylating agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such as azacitidine or decitabine. Also disclosed are medicaments for use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter G. Smith
  • Patent number: 8981076
    Abstract: This invention relates to synthesis of novel -N-FMOC protected nucleosides, succinates, phosphoramidites, corresponding solid supports that are suitable for oligo deoxy nucleosides and RNA oligonucleotide synthesis. Our discovery using N-FMOC as nucleoside base protecting group, which is highly base labile protecting group is a novel approach to obtain highest purity oligonucleotides. This approach is designed to lead to very high purity and very clean oligonucleotide, after efficient removal of the protecting groups and to produce high purity therapeutic grade DNA oligonucleotides, RNA oligonucleotides, diagnostic DNA, diagnostic RNA for microarray platform. The deprotection of FMOC protecting groups of the natural deoxy and ribonucleosides occurs under very mild deprotection conditions such as mild bases, secondary and tertiary amines for removal of such groups under such conditions would allows synthesis of various DNA and RNA of highest purity for diagnostics and therapeutic application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: ChemGenes Corporation
    Inventors: Suresh C. Srivastava, Naveen P. Srivastava