Patents Examined by Rei Tsang Shiao
  • Patent number: 11963936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a biologically active agent; a base oil; an additional oil that is soluble in the base oil with a partition coefficient for the biologically active molecule that is at least twice that of the base oil; where the base oil and the additional oil are present in the composition in an amount effective to reduce the amount of the biologically active agent in an aqueous phase to less than 80 wt % of the amount with just the base oil present in an otherwise identical composition at the same total oil loading; a non-ionic surfactant; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuj Chauhan, Robert A. Damitz
  • Patent number: 11963964
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation, and an assay for screening for a candidate compound for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation. Also provided are methods for repairing or regenerating a damaged muscle tissue of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Lee L. Rubin, Amy J. Wagers, Amanda K. W. Gee, Feodor D. Price
  • Patent number: 11957657
    Abstract: Disclosed are combination therapies including administration of I-DASH inhibitors and PGE2 antagonists, and the use of such therapies in the treatment of cell proliferative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: William W. Bachovchin, Hung-sen Lai, Wengen Wu
  • Patent number: 11957678
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for generating a immune response in an individual and/or inducing the expression of neoantigens on the surface of abnormal (such as proliferative) cells via promotion of premature termination codon (PTC) read-through and inhibition of nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) bearing PTCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MOONSHOT PHARMA LLC
    Inventor: Angela Christiano
  • Patent number: 11958832
    Abstract: A 2-alkoxy[4,3:6,3-terpyridine]-3-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Amer A. Amer
  • Patent number: 11951081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to metformin glycinate and methods of using metformin glycinate for the treatment of diseases including diabetes mellitus, obesity, dyslipidemia, diseases associated with IL-10 up-regulation, and diseases or disorders associated with elevated or increased ceramide levels. Pharmaceutical formulations comprising metformin glycinate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS SILANES S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Jorge González-Canudas
  • Patent number: 11951115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating certain retinal vasculopathies such as diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, among others. The method includes treating a patient suffering from a retinal vasculopathy by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dose of a compound as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Klier, Jamie Dananberg
  • Patent number: 11951101
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) with the Factor B inhibitor LNP023 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, e.g. LNP023 hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irina Baltcheva, Peter End, Julie Marie-Pomme Gabrielle Milojevic
  • Patent number: 11945833
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention is directed to prodrug compounds of L-BHDU according to the chemical structure I: Where R1 is a —(CH2)n—O—R1a group or a —(CH2)j—O—C(O)Ok—R2a group; R2 is H, a —(CH2)n—O—R1a group or a —(CH2)j—O—C(O)Ok—R2a group; R1a is independently a C6-C30 alkyl group, often a C12-C22 alkyl group, often a C14-C20 alkyl group or a C16-C18 alkyl group, often a C16 or C18 alkyl group; R2a is independently a C1-C12 alkyl group, often a C2-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C4 alkyl group, an isopropyl, t-butyl or sec-butyl group, or an isopropyl or t-butyl group; Each j is independently 1-6, 1-3, often 1 or 2; Each k is 0 or 1; Each n is independently 1-6, 1-4, 2-4 or 2 or 3; or A pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solute or polymorph thereof. Additional embodiments are directed to pharmaceutical compositions based upon the disclosed chemical compounds and methods of treating or reducing the likelihood of VZV, HSV-1 or HSV-2 infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Anterogen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Uma Sharan Singh, Chung Chu
  • Patent number: 11931341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of compounds that are angiotensin II (Ang II) agonists, more particularly agonists of the Ang II type 2 receptor (the AT2 receptor), and especially agonists that bind selectively to the AT2 receptor, for the prevention or treatment of muscular dystrophy or complications associated with muscular dystrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: University of lowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Rasna Sabharwal, Robert Weiss
  • Patent number: 11931367
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage forms including capsules containing (17-?)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate, and related methods. The capsule fill can include an additive and about 14 wt % to about 42 wt % for androst-4-en-17?-ol-3-one esters that comprise (17-?)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate or a combination of (17-?)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl undecanoate, (17-?)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-dodecanoate, and (17-?)-3-oxoandrost-4-en-17-yl tridecanoate. A single oral administration to a male subject of one or more dosage forms with a total androst-4-en-17?-ol-3-one equivalent dose of about 150 mg to about 895 mg is provided. In another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of androst-4-en-17?-ol-3-one within a target PK performance for a male subject is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kilyoung Kim, Mahesh V. Patel, Nachiappan Chidambaram
  • Patent number: 11931321
    Abstract: Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including a dendrimer-resveratrol complex and methods for making and using the compositions are described herein. Methods of treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, cardiac failure, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain diseases, fatty liver disease, obesity, cataracts, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, sleep disorders, acoustic trauma, inflammatory disease, psoriasis, arthritis, colitis, aging, viral disease, reproductive disease, and skin conditions or disorders including administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compositions to a subject in need are also provided. The compositions may be topically applied to skin or mucous membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Concordia University
    Inventors: Abhay Singh Chauhan, Eric Andrew Newenhouse, Armin Henry Gerhardt
  • Patent number: 11931358
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a subject with heart failure, comprising administering to the subject an initial dose of a cardiac sarcomere activator (CSA) for an initial time period, and subsequently administering to the subject a dose of the CSA based on the subject's plasma concentration of the CSA at the end of the initial time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AMGEN INC., CYTOKINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Narimon Honarpour, Fady Malik
  • Patent number: 11925638
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is suitable for treating AXL-related cancer. The cancer can be cancer with high expression of AXL. The cancer can also be cancer which has acquired resistance by the activation of AXL against therapy with an anticancer agent. Specific diamino heterocyclic carboxamide compounds have an AXL inhibitory action, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient have a therapeutic effect on AXL-related cancer. This AXL-related cancer can be cancer with high expression of AXL and/or cancer which has acquired resistance by the activation of AXL against therapy with an anticancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Eguchi, Masamichi Mori, Yoko Yamaki
  • Patent number: 11925615
    Abstract: The invention relates to nutraceutical compositions comprising dopamine transporter inhibitors and to their use as dietary supplements and food additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SPECNOVA LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Balcombe, William Hamilton, Jonathan Heal, Joseph Sheridan
  • Patent number: 11918563
    Abstract: Use of allosteric modulators and/or gaboxadol for the treatment of epileptic disorders in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ovid Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew During
  • Patent number: 11918560
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to WX-671, as (L)- or (D)-enantiomers, and as E- or (Z)-isomers or (E/Z)-mixtures, and as free bases or as salts thereof, in preparing medicines for treating coronavirus infection or preventing diseases caused by coronavirus infection, and a medicine for preventing coronavirus infection or preventing diseases caused by coronavirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RedHill Biopharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Dror Ben-Asher, Reza Fathi
  • Patent number: 11918591
    Abstract: This invention related to a pharmaceutical composition which can be used as an anti-infective on enveloped pathogens and their various complications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Guy Faustin Monkam Nitcheu
  • Patent number: 11918559
    Abstract: Oral dosage forms of metaxalone having improved bioavailability in the fed and fasted states, including dosage forms that employ a reduced dose based on such improved bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Primus Pharmceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukteeshwar Gande, Robert M. Levy
  • Patent number: 11911365
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for use in treating a skin condition, the composition comprising: (a) a first component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted diindolylmethane compound; and (b) a second component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted retinoid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SKINTECH LIFE SCIENCE LIMITED
    Inventor: David Alpert