Patents Examined by Samira Jean-Louis
  • Patent number: 9815815
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for preventing and treating proliferative diseases associated with aberrant receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) activity. The therapeutic indications described herein more specifically relate to the non-selective inhibition of RTKs associated with vascular and pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: PULMOKINE, INC., GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence S Zisman
  • Patent number: 9808455
    Abstract: The combination of 3-phenylsulfonyl-8-piperazinyl-1yl-quinoline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with a second therapeutic agent, wherein the second therapeutic agent is selected from: (a) a therapeutic agent known to modify cholinergic transmission such as M1 muscarinic receptor agonists or allosteric modulators, M2 muscarinic antagonists, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, nicotinic receptor agonists or allosteric modulators, 5-HT4 receptor partial agonists or 5HT1A receptor antagonists and NMDA receptor antagonists or modulators, glutamate antagonists, GABA-ergic antagonists, H3 antagonists, putative metabolic/mitochondrial modulators, or disease modifying agents such as ? or ?-secretase inhibitors, Tau-targeted therapeutics, ?-amyloid aggregation inhibitors and ?-amyloid immunotherapies; (b) an antidepressant such as a tricyclic, a MAOI (Monoamine oxidase inhibitor) a SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor), a SNRI (Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor) or a NaSSA (noradrener
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Axovant Sciences GmbH
    Inventors: Tsu Tshen Chuang, Ann Jacqueline Hunter, David John Virley
  • Patent number: 9808440
    Abstract: Provided is a novel medicament capable of reducing the side effects of metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and useful as an anti-malignant tumor agent, in which metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and dihydroquercetin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NUTRITION AND AGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kiyono, Kenji Onishi, Yasuharu Nagahama, Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9802948
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods, compositions and kits for treatment of cancer, e.g. heptacellular carcinoma. In some embodiments, the present invention discloses the use of a small-molecule compound of formula (I)-(XXVI) and (III?) as disclosed herein to inhibit transcription factor Late SV40 Factor (LSF) for treatment of cancer, e.g., HCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERISTY
    Inventors: Ulla Hansen, Scott Schaus, Trevor Grant, Joshua Bishop, John Kavouris, Lisa M. Christadore
  • Patent number: 9795621
    Abstract: Methods and materials for reducing organ transplant rejection or minimizing ischemia or ischemia/reperfusion injury in a subject are described. The methods include administering a fat emulsion before or after the organ transplant or before, at the onset of, or after the ischemic event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Chien Ho, Li Liu, Yijen Wu, T. Kevin Hitchens, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 9775844
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery L. Kutok, David G. Winkler, Vito J. Palombella, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Somarajannair Janardanannair, Andre Lescarbeau, Tao Liu, Martin R. Tremblay
  • Patent number: 9771381
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds useful as proteasome inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Fleming, Jing Li
  • Patent number: 9758485
    Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to compounds of the general formula (I) in which the A1-A4, T, n, W, Q, R1 and B1-B4 radicals are each as defined in the description. Also described are processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I). The inventive compounds are especially suitable for controlling insects, arachnids and nematodes in agriculture, and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Werner Hallenbach, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Kerstin Ilg, Ulrich Goergens, Johannes Koebberling, Andreas Turgerg, Niels Boehnke, Michael Maue, Robert Velten, Tobias Harschneck, Julia Johanna Hahn, Sebastian Horstmann
  • Patent number: 9757375
    Abstract: Methods for treating cancer using compounds that inhibit human DNA ligases. Methods for using compounds that inhibit human DNA ligases to provide insights into the reaction mechanisms of human DNA ligases, for example to identify the human DNA ligase involved in different DNA repair pathways. Screening methods for compounds that inhibit human DNA ligases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Alan E. Tomkinson, Helen Xi Chen, Barbara Dziegielewska, Alexander D. Mackerell, Shijun Zhong, Gerald M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9757340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions intended to be used in the form of a solid unit such as a tablet, for oral administration, comprising a high content of fexofenadine and/or of at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and also to hot-melt processes for manufacturing solid units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Baptiste Merillon, Jean-Yves Lanne, Marie Renouard
  • Patent number: 9744149
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of breast cancer in a subject, for example a female subject. Including methods of: treating metastatic breast cancer; refractory breast cancer; AR-positive breast cancer; AR-positive refractory breast cancer; AR-positive metastatic breast cancer; AR-positive and ER-positive breast cancer; triple negative breast cancer; advanced breast cancer; breast cancer that has failed SERM (tamoxifen, toremifene), aromatase inhibitor, trastuzumab (Herceptin, ado-trastuzumab emtansine), pertuzumab (Perjeta), lapatinib, exemestane (Aromasin), bevacizumab (Avastin), and/or fulvestrant treatments; metastasis in a subject suffering from breast cancer; comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: GTX, INC.
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Ramesh Narayanan, Sunjoo Ahn
  • Patent number: 9744169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathway, as well as a composition comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of fibrosis. Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process. Fibrosis is the end result of chronic inflammatory reactions induced by a variety of stimuli including persistent infections, autoimmune reactions, allergic responses, chemical insults, radiation, and tissue injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: CUREGENIX, INC.
    Inventor: Songzhu An
  • Patent number: 9737515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing and treating cell proliferation in cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting tumor growth, and for treating proliferative diseases, particularly colon and breast cancer, with a combined pharmacological approach. Yet more specifically, the compositions for inhibiting tumor growth comprise a combination of: i) a first component which is an ACSL4 inhibitor; and ii) a second component selected from the group consisting of mTOR inhibitor and ER inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Tecnicas (CONICET)
    Inventors: Ernesto Jorge Podesta, Paula Mariana Maloberti, Ulises Daniel Orlando, Melina Andrea Dattilo, Ana Fernanda Castillo, Angela Rosaria Solano
  • Patent number: 9732064
    Abstract: Provided are 5-substituted quinazolinone compounds, for example, of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use for treating angiogenesis or cytokine related disorders, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: George W. Muller, Hon-Wah Man
  • Patent number: 9725445
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided, which are JAK inhibitors and are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Childers, Christopher Dinsmore, Peter Fuller, David Guerin, Jason David Katz, Qinglin Pu, Mark E. Scott, Christopher F. Thompson, Hongjun Zhang, Danielle Falcone, Luis Torres, Jason Brubaker, Hongbo Zeng, Jiaqiang Cai, Xiaoxing Du, Chonggang Wang, Yunfeng Bai, Norman Kong, Yumei Liu, Zhixiang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9717735
    Abstract: This invention is in the area of tricyclic lactam compounds for and methods of treating selected Rb-positive cancers and other Rb-positive abnormal cellular proliferative disorders while minimizing the deleterious effects on healthy cells, for example healthy Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Progenitor Cells (HSPCs), associated with current treatment modalities. In one aspect, treatment of select Rb-positive cancers is disclosed using specific compounds disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein act as selective cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: G1 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Copeland Strum, John Emerson Bisi, Patrick Joseph Roberts, Ricky D. Gaston, Robert C. Gadwood
  • Patent number: 9717745
    Abstract: Described herein are combination therapies for cancer (such as lymphoid malignancies) and immune diseases (such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases). The therapies comprise the combined use of inhibitors of BTK, mTOR kinase, and Bcl-2 or their signaling pathways, and immunomodulatory drugs. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DTRM BIOPHARMA CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Wei He
  • Patent number: 9718811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the (S)-enantiomer of mepazine, its applicability in therapy, a pharmacological composition comprising (S)-mepazine, and processes for the preparation of (S)-mepazine and one of its intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Helmholtz Zentrum München—Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Ludwig-Maximilians—Universität München
    Inventors: Daniel Krappmann, Daniel Nagel, Florian Schlauderer, Katja Lammens, Karl-Peter Hopfner, Robert A. Chrusciel, Dale L. Kling
  • Patent number: 9717702
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer is disclosed comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a RXR agonist at a level below the RAR activating threshold and at or above the RXR effective dose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: IO Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Patent number: 9713612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathway, as well as a composition comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: CUREGENIX, INC.
    Inventor: Songzhu An