Patents Examined by Sreeni Padmanabhan
  • Patent number: 9023762
    Abstract: Suspension concentrate compositions are disclosed for delivering S-(+)-Abscisic acid either alone or in combination with a second plant growth regulator to crop seed prior to planting as well as for foliar, soil drench, in-furrow and sprench (foliar spray and soil drench) applications are disclosed. The compositions, when properly combined in an aqueous carrier and processed through wet milling to achieve the desired particle size, will result in stable compositions that are desirable for treating crop seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Valent BioSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Bala N. Devisetty, Heemanshubhai K. Patel, Dale O. Wilson, Jr., Peter D. Petracek, Xiaozhong Liu, Gregory D. Venburg, Warren E. Shafer
  • Patent number: 9018231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfone compounds as 5-HT6 receptor ligands of the formula (I), and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of above said novel compounds, and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. These compounds are useful in the treatment/prevention of various disorders that are related to 5-HT6 receptor functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Suven Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Nirogi, Anil Karbhari Shinde, Rama Sastri Kambhampati, Rajesh Kumar Badange, Veena Reballi, Anil Kashinath Chindhe, Rambabu Namala, Mohamad Sadik Abdulhamid Mulla, Ishtiyaque Ahmad, Renny Abraham, Venkateswarlu Jasti
  • Patent number: 9018142
    Abstract: Aqueous well treatment fluid compositions with biocidal activity are disclosed comprising a polymer for modifying fluid viscosity in the aqueous fluid, an organic monocarboxylic peracid being present in an anti-microbial amount of about 1 ppm to about 1000 ppm, and a controlled amount of hydrogen peroxide also being present. Peracetic acid is the preferred peracid. The viscosity-modifying polymer in the aqueous well treatment fluid composition may serve to reduce friction in the fluid or increase fluid viscosity. A method of using such compositions is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: PeroxyChem LLC
    Inventors: John M. Rovison, Jr., Shurong Huang, Henry A. Pfeffer
  • Patent number: 9018193
    Abstract: Novel water stable pharmaceutical compositions, their liquid form oral pharmaceutical compositions and kits thereof, rehydration beverages containing these water stable pharmaceutical compositions methods of manufacture and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The novel aqueous delivery systems are useful, inter alia, as alternative pharmaceutical dosing agents to tablets, capsules and other forms of delivering medication to a mammalian host in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Bev-Rx, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle A. Reed
  • Patent number: 9018209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C14 hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group (preferably CH3, CH2CH3 or CF3), halogen (preferably F, Cl, Br), OR, CN, NO2, a C1-C6 thioether, a C1-C6 thioester group, an optionally substituted CO2R group, an optionally substituted COR group or an optionally substituted OCOR group (preferably R4 is H); R is H or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group; RHET is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorphs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Juliana Ruiz-Caro, Andrew D. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 9006283
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of inhibiting, regulating, and/or modulating the formation of soluble, globular, non-fibrillar, neurotoxic amyloid ?1-42 oligomers from amyloid ?1-42 monomers. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient suffering from diseases associated with the formation of soluble, globular, non-fibrillar, neurotoxic amyloid ?1-42 oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. Krafft, Todd Pray, William F. Goure
  • Patent number: 8999994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 are selected from among H and C1-C10 alkyl; R3 is selected from among H, —OR4, N, —CN, —C(O)R4, —C(O)OR4, —C(O)NR4R5, —C?NR4, —OC(O)R4, —NR4R5, —NR4C(O)R5, —NO2, —N?CR4R5, halogen and C1-C10 alkyl, wherein R4 and R5 are selected from among H, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and aryl; X, Y, Z1, Z2 and Z3 are selected independently from among CH and N; A is selected from among (CH2)n, NH, O and CO, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 6, to the procedure for the obtainment of said compounds, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound, and to the use thereof in the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, more particularly treatment of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Barcelona
    Inventors: Abdelouahid Samadi, José Luis Marco Contelles, Irene Bolea Tomás, Francisco Javier Luque Garriga, Mercedes Unzeta López
  • Patent number: 9000011
    Abstract: Provided are in vitro and in vivo methods for determining whether a patient with Fabry disease will respond to treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lockhart, Jeff Castelli
  • Patent number: 9000046
    Abstract: Gastric retentive dosage forms for sustained release of acamprosate are described which may allow once- or twice-daily dosing for both acute and long-term treatment of a disorder including alcohol dependence, tinnitus, sleep apnea, Parkinson's disease, levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Cortical spreading depression, migraine, schizophrenia, anxiety, tardive dyskinesia, spasticity, multiple sclerosis, various types pain, or binge eating. Methods of treatment using the dosage forms and methods of making the dosage forms are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Depomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Berner, Cuiping Chen
  • Patent number: 9000054
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of stabilizing one or more sweet enhancers when they are exposed to a light source as well as liquid compositions containing one or more sweet enhancers and one or more photostabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Donald S. Karanewsky, Xiao Qing Tang, Hanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 8993633
    Abstract: It is reported herein that certain muscle diseases and conditions, including forms of muscular dystrophy, are characterized by impaired insulin-dependent signaling in the muscle tissue, in essence, a form of insulin resistance. The present disclosure relates to therapeutic agents, compositions and methods for treating a muscle disease or condition characterized by impaired insulin-dependent signaling by targeting components of the defective insulin signaling pathway. The disease or condition may be treated by administering a therapeutic agent that activates the insulin signaling pathway, in particular, therapeutic agents that act post-insulin receptor to modulate intracellular effector molecules. An exemplary modulator is metformin. Metformin may be administered alone or may be coadministered with another therapeutic agent for treating the muscle disease or condition, such as a corticosteroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Fate Therapeutics, (Canada) Inc., Ottaw Hospital Research Institute
    Inventors: Lynn Megeney, Carol Evans
  • Patent number: 8993612
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitors, methods for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of treatment using them. The present disclosure also relates to methods for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with CRAC inhibitors, and to methods for identifying therapeutics for treating and of diagnosing cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
    Inventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Srikant Viswanadha, Kanthikiran V S Varanasi, Gayatri Swaroop Merikapudi, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka
  • Patent number: 8987296
    Abstract: A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Oregon Health & Science University, The United States of America DBA The Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Michael K. Riscoe, Rolf W. Winter, Jane X. Kelly, David J. Hinrichs, Martin J. Smilkstein
  • Patent number: 8987281
    Abstract: Described are methods and compositions for treating epithelial tumors with a folate-vinca conjugate in combination with at least one other chemotherapeutic agent in which the tumors include ovarian, endometrial or non-small cell lung cancer tumors, including platinum-resistant ovarian tumors and platinum-sensitive ovarian tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Endocyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Anand Reddy, Christopher Paul Leamon, Binh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8987314
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, Soong-Hoon Kim, Brandon Parkhurst, Jennifer X. Qiao, Tammy C. Wang, Zulan Pi, George O. Tora, John Lloyd, James A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8987270
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods utilizing low concentrations of selective ?-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, preferably, brimonidine. The invention provides contact lens solutions and methods of using these solutions for pre-soaking contact lenses to achieve reduction of redness and/or increase in whitening of eyes. The invention also provides compositions including a selective ?-2 adrenergic receptor agonist in a combination with an ocular medical device, including but not limited to a bandage lens. The invention also provides combination compositions including a selective ?-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and another active agent for the treatment of an ocular condition, including but not limited to glaucoma and/or a condition associated with eye redness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Eye Therapies LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Horn
  • Patent number: 8980954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method(s) of treating a subject afflicted with cancer or a precancerous condition, an inflammatory disease or condition, and/or stroke or other ischemic disease or condition, the method comprising administering to the subject or patient in need a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substituted cis or trans-stilbene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: STC.UNM
    Inventors: David L. Vander Jagt, Lorraine M. Deck
  • Patent number: 8980881
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to crystalline forms of (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine, compositions containing the same and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh K. Agarwal, William L. Betts, III, James A. Henshilwood, Yuan-Hon Kiang, Noah Post
  • Patent number: 8969407
    Abstract: At least one compound selected from among coumarin and/or derivative thereof, butylated hydroxyanisole, ethoxyquine and mixtures thereof, and admixtures thereof with other active agents selected from among active agents for combating desquamative conditions of the scalp, plant extracts having propigmenting activity and active agents that slow hair loss and/or promote hair regrowth, are useful for preventing and/or limiting and/or stopping the development of canities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Stephane Commo
  • Patent number: 8969406
    Abstract: A compound for inhibiting activity of glutathione s-transferase omega 1 is provided and is represented by the following Formula 1: in which A is p-quino, and R is selected from the group consisting of the following Formula 1a and Formula 1b, where n in Formula 1 is 1 or 2, m in Formula 1b is 1 or 2, and n? in Formula 1b is 1, 2, or 3:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: China Medical University
    Inventors: Yang-Chang Wu, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Fang-Rong Chang, Da-Wei Chuang, Juan-Cheng Yang