Patents Examined by Paul A. Zucker
  • Patent number: 10822295
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods for the efficient preparation of high purity compounds of the Formula I, and their methods of use. Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a menaquinol compound as disclosed above, or a mixture thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the composition is effective for the treatment of a condition associated with vitamin K selected from for the treatment of osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: EPIZON PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Keith E. Drouet, James A. Tumlin
  • Patent number: 10807948
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted indane derivatives useful as HIF-2? inhibitors. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said indane derivatives and methods of using said indane derivatives for treating proliferative diseases, such as renal cell carcinoma and von Hippel-Lindau disease, and other conditions associated with HIF-2? activity are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PELOTON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl David Dixon, Jonas Grina, John A. Josey, James P. Rizzi, Stephen T. Schlachter, Eli M. Wallace, Bin Wang, Paul Wehn, Rui Xu, Hanbiao Yang
  • Patent number: 10807941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more specifically it concerns a novel compound of formula (I). The invention additionally relates to a process for preparing a compound of formula (III) using the compound of formula (I) as an intermediate, wherein the process involves elimination of the R3(X)nC(?O)O functional group of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventor: Oliver Knopff
  • Patent number: 10807963
    Abstract: A process is provided for converting mevalonic acid into various useful products and derivatives. More particularly, the process comprises reacting mevalonic acid, or a solution comprising mevalonic acid, in the presence of a solid catalyst at an elevated temperature and pressure to thereby form various biobased products. The process may also comprise: (a) providing a microbial organism that expresses a biosynthetic mevalonic acid pathway; (b) growing the microbial organism in fermentation medium comprising suitable carbon substrates, whereby biobased mevalonic acid is produced; and (c) reacting the biobased mevalonic acid in the presence of a solid catalyst at an elevated temperature and pressure to yield various biobased products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Visolis, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Dugar, Brian Neltner
  • Patent number: 10793506
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first repeat unit defined by where R includes a first hydrocarbon chain that includes at least one olefinic bond, R5 includes a second hydrocarbon chain, the second hydrocarbon chain may be saturated, and n may be between 2 and 1,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Rorrer, Gregg Tyler Beckham, Caroline Bradshaw Hoyt
  • Patent number: 10793502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of purifying acetic acid. The method comprises passing a feed stream comprising acetic acid through a distillation column; contacting the acetic acid with a permanganate oxidizing agent and hydrogen gas within the distillation column; withdrawing an acetic acid product from the distillation column; and withdrawing a gaseous product stream from a top portion of the distillation column, wherein the gaseous product stream comprises ethane, methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi, Shahid Azam
  • Patent number: 10781169
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lipid composition comprising a compound having the formula IA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3 is a linear or branched alkylene of 1-6 carbons; R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a hydrogen, or a linear or branched alkyl of 1-6 carbons; and L3 is a bond or an alkane of 1-6 carbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula
  • Patent number: 10774025
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a multifunctional acrylate with a reduced tin content which includes adding an acid to a mixture containing an organotin compound and a multifunctional acrylate and distilling the mixture containing the acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Ito, Shigeaki Matsumoto, Keita Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 10774026
    Abstract: A method for producing esters of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid are disclosed, the method includes reacting a three or four carbon beta-hydroxyalkanoate composition or mixtures thereof with a mono-alcohol under heating conditions to form a reaction product and distilling the reaction product to recover a composition containing at least fifty percent by weight of the ester of the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Ravi R. Gokarn
  • Patent number: 10766845
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for converting acrylate esters or a derivative thereof to difluoropropionic acid or a derivative thereof. This process is generally performed using fluorine gas in a hydrofluorocarbon solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Vifor (International) Ltd.
    Inventor: YongQi Mu
  • Patent number: 10759731
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a C2-C20 fluorine-containing organic acid with reduced fluorine-free organic compound. A method for producing a C2-C20 fluorine-containing organic acid, the method including contacting a mixture containing a C2-C20 fluorine-containing organic acid and a fluorine-free organic compound with a concentrated sulfuric acid and then separating a C2-C20 fluorine-containing organic acid phase from a concentrated sulfuric acid phase. The contacting is conducted such that an amount of water present in the concentrated sulfuric acid phase is 10% by mass or less, and the C2-C20 fluorine-containing organic acid is obtained in the form of the C2-C20 fluorinated organic acid phase having a reduced content ratio of the fluorine-free organic compound compared with said mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuuji Itatani, Mihoko Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10739330
    Abstract: Described herein are fluorescent compounds and methods and comprising these compounds. The compounds disclosed herein are carbopyronine reagents that fluoresce in the red portion of the UV/VIS spectrum and provide bright fluorescence intensity, uniform cell staining, and good retention within live cells as well as low toxicity toward cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Gee, Hee Chol Kang, Wenjun Zhou, Bradley Dubbels, Michael Olszowy, Michael O'Grady
  • Patent number: 10730823
    Abstract: A process for isolating pure tert-butyl (meth)acrylate from crude tert-butyl (meth)acrylate by distillation, wherein the process is carried out in a dividing wall column having separation-active internals and a vaporizer and in which a dividing wall is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the column to form an upper joint column region, a lower joint column region, an inflow section having a side feed point, and an offtake section having a side offtake point, where the column has from 20-80 theoretical plates and the ratio of the amount of liquid at the upper end of the dividing wall going to the enrichment section and the stripping section of the column is set in the range from 1:0.2 to 1:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ortmund Lang, Bernd Metzen, Claus Hechler
  • Patent number: 10730827
    Abstract: A process for purifying alkanesulfonic anhydride that includes feeding a stream containing alkanesulfonic anhydride, sulfuric acid, high boilers and residual low boilers into a melt crystallization to form crystals of the alkanesulfonic anhydride suspended in mother liquor, and solid-liquid separation to remove the crystals from the mother liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Wortmann, Jan Spielmann, Katharina Federsel, Feelly Ruether
  • Patent number: 10729778
    Abstract: Prodrugs or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which comprise a covalent treprostinil carrier conjugate, as well as their pharmaceutical composition, may be used as medicaments, especially for diseases or disorders which can be treated by treprostinil, such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ascendis Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Ulrich Hersel, Harald Rau, Torben Lessmann, Nicola Bisek, Guillaume Maitro, Kennett Sprogøe, Thomas Wegge, Oliver Keil, Joachim Zettler
  • Patent number: 10730821
    Abstract: Methods for preparing isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems from non-isotopically modified 1,4-dienes involve selective oxidation of one or more bis-allylic position(s), or the preparation of isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems via trapping pi-allylic complexes with a source of deuterium or tritium. Such methods are useful for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipid including polyunsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Retrotope, Inc.
    Inventors: Dragoslav Vidovic, Mikhail Sergeevich Shchepinov
  • Patent number: 10717698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of ester derivative of resveratrol, compositions comprising ester derivatives of resveratrol, processes for synthesizing an ester of resveratrol, and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Elham Tavasoli
  • Patent number: 10717751
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides polymerizable luminescent dyes useful for incorporation into polymers. The dyes and the polymers can be used in sensing and imaging applications, for example, to provide accurate and optionally long term measurements of glucose in vivo. The present disclosure also provides sensors including the polymers described herein. The sensors can be implanted into a tissue of a subject and used for long-term or short-term continuous and semi-continuous collection of data of various biochemical analytes, optionally without the use of implantable hardware of any type and/or enzymatic and electrochemical detection methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Profusa, Inc.
    Inventors: Soya Gamsey, Viachaslau Bernat, Alex Kutyavin, Jacob William Clary, Sulolit Pradhan
  • Patent number: 10711030
    Abstract: A method for the purification of allopregnanolone is disclosed. Allopregnanolone prepared from isopregnanolone contains impurities such as triphenylphosphine oxide and other unknown impurities. To remove these impurities and purify allopregnanolone, the allopregananolone is dissolved in acetonitrile, and crystallized from the acetonitrile. The resulting crystallized allopregnanolone may then be re-crystallized from acetonitrile to further purify the allopregnanolone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FARMABIOS S.P.S.
    Inventors: Enrico Torregrossa, Marco Brusasca, Cristina Manfrotto
  • Patent number: 10710952
    Abstract: A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed in which the methyl iodide concentration is maintained in the vapor product stream formed in a flashing step. The methyl iodide concentration in the vapor product stream ranges from 24 to less than 36 wt. % methyl iodide, based on the weight of the vapor product stream. In addition, the acetaldehyde concentration is maintained within the range from 0.005 to 1 wt. % in the vapor product stream. The vapor product stream is distilled in a first column to obtain an acetic acid product stream comprising acetic acid and up to 300 wppm hydrogen iodide and/or from 0.1 to 6 wt. % methyl iodide and an overhead stream comprising methyl iodide, water and methyl acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald D. Shaver, Yaw-Hwa Liu, Mark O. Scates