Patents Examined by Paul Zarek
  • Patent number: 9289417
    Abstract: Methods for regulating the formation of a sulfilimine crosslink in a subject by administering a sulfilimine crosslink modulator are disclosed The sulfilimine modulator may inhibit or create a sulfilimine crosslink and maybe useful for treating a disease, such as cancer The sulfilimine crosslink may be between two or more peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Billy G. Hudson, Roberto Vanacore, Gautam Bhave, Vadim Pedchenko
  • Patent number: 9283254
    Abstract: Provided are viral sensitizing compounds that enhance the efficacy of viruses by increasing spread of the virus in cells, increasing the titer of virus in cells, or increasing the cytotoxicity of virus to cells. Other uses, compositions and methods of using same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Inventors: John Bell, Jean-Simon Diallo, Fabrice Le Boeuf
  • Patent number: 9283202
    Abstract: Methods have been developed for incorporation of peracid compounds and related compositions into a non-aqueous medium. The peracid incorporated into the non-aqueous medium is stable and keeps its chemical and antimicrobial activity for extended durations. The non-aqueous medium may be removed just prior to or during application of the peracid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CHD Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin D. Neas, Michael K. Handley, Kevin S. Marchitto, Stephen T. Flock, Charles Henry
  • Patent number: 9283163
    Abstract: Methods for preventing, ameliorating, or reducing dermatological signs of aging are provided which employ cosmetic composition comprising novel active agents that enhance collagen production in the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Uma Santhanam, Permanan Raaj Khusial
  • Patent number: 9278085
    Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing mitochondrial diseases, such as Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, stroke (MELAS), or Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS) are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention. Methods and compounds useful in treating other disorders are also disclosed. Energy biomarkers useful in assessing the metabolic state of a subject and the efficacy of treatment are also disclosed. Methods of modulating, normalizing, or enhancing energy biomarkers, as well as compounds useful for such methods, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy M. Miller, Sidney M. Hecht, Orion D. Jankowski, Kieron E. Wesson, Paul Mollard
  • Patent number: 9278975
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters and compositions thereof, for treating viral infections. The compounds and compositions are useful for treating Pneumovirinae virus infection including Human respiratory syncytial virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Sangi
  • Patent number: 9265746
    Abstract: Method for selective targeting of one or more effector moiety such as diagnostic or a therapeutic agent to a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor comprising simultaneous or sequential administration of an antifolate with a folate- or pteroate-conjugate comprising said one or more effector moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK & CIE
    Inventors: Rudolf Moser, Viola Groehn, Roger Schibli, Cristina Magdalena Mueller
  • Patent number: 9265257
    Abstract: An aqueous pest control composition is provided consisting of: a) 0.01 to 2% by weight of a pyrethroid compound; b) 1 to 40% by weight of polypropylene glycol monopropyl ether which is at least one selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol monopropyl ether and tripropylene glycol monopropyl ether; c) 5 to 40% by weight of a water-soluble organic solvent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of glycol monoalkyl ether having 7 or less carbon atoms and glycol having 9 or less carbon atoms; d) 20 to 80% by weight of water; and e) 5% by weight or less of a formulation additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yukie Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9265749
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of systemic disorders treatable with mast cell stabilizers, including mast cell related disorders, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PATARA PHARMA, LLC
    Inventors: William Gerhart, Manfred Keller, Ahmet Tutuncu, Pravin Soni
  • Patent number: 9265744
    Abstract: Fulvic acid as the active ingredient is used in the treatment or inhibition of multi-drug resistant bacteria, in particular NDM-1 bacteria producing carbapenemase or extended-spectrum ?-lactamase (ES8L) resistant bacteria. The multi-drug resistant bacteria may be gram negative bacteria including, but not limited to, Klebsiella pneumoniae or Escherichia coli. The fulvic acid can be provided in combination with one or more antibiotics from the class of carbapenems or polymyxin antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NATRACINE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen William Leivers, Peter Warn
  • Patent number: 9265768
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds that are derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing them and therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta Armani, Gabriele Amari, Carmelida Capaldi, Oriana Esposito, Ilaria Peretto
  • Patent number: 9267122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising administering, to a subject in need of such treatment, one or more agent that inhibits or reduces the action, including the catalytic activity, of an enzyme of the phospholipase D family, such as phospholipase D1 and/or phospholipase D2. The present invention also relates to cell-based assays which may be used to identify agents that inhibit or reduce the activity of enzymes of the phospholipase D family and that may be used in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Gilbert DiPaolo, Tae-Wan Kim, Tiago Gil Oliveira
  • Patent number: 9259404
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions with a health benefit. In particular, the invention relates to the field of brain health, for example brain protection, maintenance of cognitive function, prevention of cognitive decline and prevention of cognitive disorders. A subject matter of the invention is a composition comprising 4-oxo-2-pentenoic acid for use in the treatment or prevention of cognitive decline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Francia Jacqueline Arce Vera, Bertrand Bourqui, Timo Buetler, Stephane Duboux, Jane Durga, Francis Foata, Philippe Alexandre Guy, Nicolas Page, Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi, Pierre Magistretti, Evelyne Ruchti, Sylvain Lengacher, Igor Allaman
  • Patent number: 9254294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for sublingual or buccal administration of actives with low to poor aqueous solubility, e.g. the hormone estradiol, which contains a solution of the active in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent adsorbed or absorbed onto particles of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of preparing and using the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTIONS INC.
    Inventor: John McCarty
  • Patent number: 9248215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biodegradable fibrin based composition for injection into osseous defects or voids, which can be the result of osteoporosis, surgery, bone cysts, tumor removal or traumatic bone injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: John J. Barry, Andreas Goessl, Heinz Gulle, Monika Mangold, Melitta Bilban
  • Patent number: 9248115
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a silibinin component for the production of a medicament that is adapted for parenteral administration for the treatment of viral hepatitis, preferably of hepatitis B or C, in particular for the reduction of the virus load. The medicament preferably contains no silidianin and/or no silichristin and/or no isosilibinin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MADAUS GMBH
    Inventors: Lucio Claudio Rovati, Massimo Maria D'Amato, Ulrich Mengs, Ralf-Torsten Pohl, Peter Ferenci
  • Patent number: 9242923
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions (e.g., a pharmaceutical composition) and compounds of formula I, and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: CHEMIC LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: Joseph P. St. Laurent, Scott A. Goodrich, Gerald S. Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9241942
    Abstract: Compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MannKind Corporation
    Inventors: John Bruce Patterson, David Gregory Lonergan, Gary A. Flynn, Qingping Zeng, Peter V. Pallai
  • Patent number: 9233931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of one of the formulas I to XXI; a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one such compound; and the use of at least one such compound in preparing a drug to treat, in a subject, a genetic disease resulting from at least one splicing anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONALE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT CURIE, UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES
    Inventors: Jamal Tazi, David Grierson, Florence Mahuteau-Betzer, Pierre Roux
  • Patent number: 9234885
    Abstract: Methods and assays for treating a subject with a filovirus infection using an agent that inhibits Niemann-Pick CI (NPCI), VPSII, VPSI6, VPSI8, VPS33A, VPS39, VPS41, BLOCISI, BLOCIS2, GNPTAB, PIKFYVE, ARHGAP23 or FIG4. Methods for screening for an agent that treats and/or prevents infection of a subject with a filovirus, where the methods comprise determining whether the agent inhibits one or more of Niemann-Pick CI (NPCI), VPSII, VPSI6, VPSI8, VPS33A, VPS39, VPS41. BLOCISI, BLOCIS2, GNPTAB, PIKFYVE, ARHGAP23 or FIG4, wherein an agent that inhibits one or more of NPCI, VPSII, VPSI6, VPSI8, VPS33A, VPS39, VPS41, BLOCISI, BLOCIS2, GNPTAB, PIKFYVE, ARHGAP23 or FIG4 is a candidate for treating and/or preventing an infection with a filovirus and wherein an agent that does not inhibit NPCI, VPSII, VPSI6, VPSI8, VPS33A. VPS39, VPS41, BLOCISI, BLOCIS2, GNPTAB, PIKFYVE, ARHGAP23 or FIG4 is not a candidate for treating and/or preventing an infection with a filovirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Kartik Chandran, Sean Whelan, Thijn Brummelkamp, Jan Carette, Matthijs Raaben