Patents Examined by San Ming R. Hui
  • Patent number: 10835519
    Abstract: Methods for targeting adaptive responses to chemotherapy are described. In various embodiments, a method comprises administering at least one compound that inhibits S6K1, mTORC1 or upstream or downstream pathway components of S6K1 or mTORC1, in association with administration of at least one inhibitor of PPAR?, PPAR?, or PGC1?. In various embodiments, the compound that inhibits S6K1, mTORC1, or upstream or downstream pathway components of S6K1 or mTORC1 is rapamycin, everolimus, temsirolimus, or imatinib. The inhibitor of PPAR?, PPAR?, or PGC1? can be an antagonist or an inverse agonist selected from GW6471, GSK3787, GSK0660, and ST247.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: David Plas, Catherine Behrmann
  • Patent number: 10813902
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations containing carbidopa and optionally levodopa, arginine, and other components that have reduced levels of impurities and toxins, particularly degradation productions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treatment diseases or conditions relating to a loss of dopamine or dopaminergic neurons using such formulations, methods of making such formulations, and kits that include such formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NeuroDerm, Ltd.
    Inventor: Oron Yacoby-Zeevi
  • Patent number: 10800740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of (1R,5S)-1-(naphthalen-2-yl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane hydrochloride and compositions comprising the same and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Alexander McKinney, Franklin Bymaster, Walter Piskorski, Fred J. Fleitz, Yonglai Yang, David A. Engers, Valeriya Smolenskaya, Venkat Kusukuntla
  • Patent number: 10799488
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer with anti-androgens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Isan Chen
  • Patent number: 10799489
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer with anti-androgens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Isan Chen
  • Patent number: 10780172
    Abstract: This document relates to non-covalently bound complexes including Docetaxel and human serum albumin. This document also relates to compositions comprising non-covalently bound complexes including Docetaxel and human serum albumin. This document also relates to compositions comprising Docetaxel and human serum albumin, wherein the composition is a clear aqueous solution when the composition is dissolved in an aqueous solution, and wherein the composition has a solubility in an aqueous solution of at least 10 mg/ml. This document also relates to compositions comprising Docetaxel and human serum albumin, wherein the Docetaxel and the human serum albumin in the composition have a ratio by weight from about 1:50 to about 1:1000. This document also relates to compositions consisting essentially of Docetaxel and human serum albumin, wherein the Docetaxel and the human serum albumin in the composition have a ratio by weight from about 1:50 to about 1:1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Zhuhai Beihai Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qun Sun
  • Patent number: 10765687
    Abstract: A compound having an antiviral activity for inhibiting release of an enveloped virus from a cell is disclosed, including methods of inhibiting release of an enveloped virus from a cell. The antiviral activity of the compound includes inhibiting formation of an associative complex or disrupting formation of an associative complex. The associative complex comprises an L-domain motif of the enveloped virus and at least one cellular polypeptide, or fragment thereof, capable of binding the L-domain motif of the enveloped virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Northwestern University, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Jonathan Leis, Carol Carter
  • Patent number: 10757942
    Abstract: The preparation, composition, and method of use of an antibacterial formulation utilizing tannins, acceptable for agriculture and for use against bacterial and fungicidal diseases in plants. The composition is based on an organic matrix and may be balanced with dispersants, flocculants and humectants, and may be used against a wide range of agricultural bacterial diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUIMICA AGRONOMICA DE MÉXICO S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Miguel Enrique Alvarado Licon
  • Patent number: 10751343
    Abstract: Nasal compositions, comprising an aqueous solution containing caffeine and/or theobromine in a total concentration of up to about 0.5 percent (w/v) and an aqueous carrier having a pH of about 6-8 and comprising physiologically acceptable salts of sodium, potassium and calcium. The nasal composition when used as a nasal spray or as nasal drops or irrigation fluid is able to clean the nasal passages and to stimulate nasal mucociliary clearance and, in contrast to nasal decongestants, may be used on a daily-basis for a period longer than 5 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Innotesto BVBA, Veramed BV
    Inventors: Franciscus Wilhelmus Henricus Maria Merkus, Bart Merkus
  • Patent number: 10751320
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cannabis-based flavonoid pharmaceutical composition including any one or more selected from the group of Apigenin, Cannflavin A, Cannflavin B, Cannflavin C, Chrysoeriol, Cosmosiin, Flavocannabiside, Kaempferol, Luteolin, Myricetin, Orientin, Isoorientin (Homoorientin), Quercetin, (+)-Taxifolin, Vitexin, and Isovitexin, or their synthases, for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases of the CNS system and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventors: Henry I C Lowe, Ngeh J. Toyang
  • Patent number: 10745433
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds for inhibiting a cancer cell or a virus. Particularly, the invention provides compounds for inhibiting, treating and/or preventing cancer and Zika virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Taipei Medical University
    Inventors: Yun Yen, Jing-Ping Liou, Yun-Ru Liu
  • Patent number: 10744108
    Abstract: An application of omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acid(s) for the therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body in the case of an impaired sphingolipid metabolism, in particular in the case of impaired sphingolipid synthesis and/or excessive sphingolipid degradation. The agent is applied in the case of missing, reduced and/or defective formation of a sphingomyelin synthase enzyme in the body, in particular the enzyme sphingomyelin synthase 1 or the enzyme sphingomyelin synthase 2. The application has proved to be useful in the case of a defect of the sphingomyelin synthase 1 gene or of the sphingomyelin synthase 2 gene. The omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acid(s) preferably comprise(s) polyunsaturated omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acid(s), preferably EPA, DHA, DPA, ETA, 21:5n3 and/or SDA. A method for determining a cause of a disease in an animal or a human being and a device for carrying out the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: K.D. PHARMA BEXBACH GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Hartmann, Marcus Otto Walter Grimm, Thomas Floss, Anke Wittmann
  • Patent number: 10736856
    Abstract: The use of xibornol as a virucidal agent is described in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of an infection caused by one or more viruses, said viruses comprising at least one of human Adenovirus, human Rhinovirus, human Coronavirus, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ABIOGEN PHARMA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Cristina Bigini
  • Patent number: 10736343
    Abstract: An antimicrobial composition for extending the shelf-life of water, feed or feed ingredients, comprising: water, a mixture of CrC18 organic acids, a mixture of CrC24 aldehydes, 5-25 wt. % pelargonic acid, and 5-30 wt. % trans-2-hexenal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ANITOX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julio Pimentel, Kurt Richardson
  • Patent number: 10724102
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a treatment for a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a subject having a cancer for a treatment that does not include a Trk inhibitor, methods of determining the likelihood that a subject having a cancer will have a positive response to a treatment with a Trk inhibitor, methods of predicting the efficacy of a Trk inhibitor in a subject having cancer, methods of determining a subject's risk for developing a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer, and methods of determining the presence of a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer in a subject, based on the detection of a cell from a sample from the subject that has at least one of the point mutations in NTRK1 and/or NTRK2 and/or NTRK3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Loxo Oncology, Inc., Array BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Nisha Nanda, Joshua H. Bilenker, James F. Blake, Gabrielle R. Kolakowski, Barbara J. Brandhuber, Steven W. Andrews
  • Patent number: 10709716
    Abstract: The present invention provides for bioavailable oral dosage forms containing esters of 17-hydroxyprogesterone as well as related methods. The oral dosage forms can be formulated for pregnancy support and can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form for pregnancy support is provided. The pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The oral dosage form can, when measured using a USP Type-II dissolution apparatus in 900 mL of deionized water with 0.5 (w/v) of sodium lauryl sulfate at 50 RPM at 37° C., release at least 20 wt % of the dose of the ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone after 60 minutes, or in the alternative release at least 20 wt % more after 60 minutes than an equivalently dosed oral dosage form without the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Lipocine Inc.
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Giliyar, Srinivasan Venkateshwaran, Basawaraj Chickmath, Satish Kumar Nachaegari, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 10709677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of a compound of formula (I), or a tautomer and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in treating a disorder associated with the PPP1R15A pathway and associated with protein misfolding stress and in particular with accumulation of misfolded proteins selected in the group of tauopathies, synucleinopathies, polyglutamine and polyalanine diseases, leukodystrophies, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, lysosomal storage disorders, amyloidosis diseases, inflammation, metabolic disorders, cardio-vascular disorders, osteoporosis, nervous system trauma, ischemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INFLECTIS BIOSCIENCE
    Inventor: Philippe Guedat
  • Patent number: 10702540
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating cancer are described herein. More particularly, the methods for treating cancer comprise administering a 17?-hydroxylase/C17, 20-lyase inhibitor, such as abiraterone acetate (i.e., 3?-acetoxy-17-(3-pyridyl) androsta-5, 16-diene), in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent such as an anti-cancer agent or a steroid. Furthermore, disclosed are compositions comprising a 17?-hydroxylase/C17, 20-lyase inhibitor, and at least one additional therapeutic agent, such as an anti-cancer agent or a steroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Janssen Oncology, Inc., British Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan H. Auerbach, Arie S. Belldegrun, Johann de Bono
  • Patent number: 10695340
    Abstract: Provided are a therapeutic agent and a pharmaceutical composition exerting an excellent prophylactic or therapeutic effect on fibrosis and symptoms associated with fibrosis. The therapeutic agent for fibrosis comprises 4-[2-fluoro-4-[[[(2-phenylacetyl)amino]thioxomethyl]amino]-phenoxy]-7-methoxy-N-methyl-6-quinolinecarboxamide or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio Fujioka
  • Patent number: 10688086
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for treating a cancer with a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, which comprises administering, to a cancer patient, a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist in an amount effective in inhibiting the cancer metastasis and reducing the proliferation of cancer cells, so as to achieve the effect of increasing the survival rate of patients with cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: GERMARK BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Prince Wang, Chang Bi Wang