Patents Examined by Stephanie Springer
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Patent number: 10017491Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Brian W. Metcalf, Chihyuan Chuang
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Patent number: 9938221Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted aromatic compounds of Formula I and their pharmaceutical uses. Particular aspects of the invention relate to the use of those compounds in the prevention and/or treatment of various diseases and conditions in subjects, including the prevention or treatment of (i) blood disorders, (ii) renal disorders, a nephropathies, or renal disorder complications; (iii) inflammatory-related diseases; and/or (iv) oxidative stress related disorders.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: PROMETIC PHARMA SMT LIMITEDInventors: Boulos Zacharie, Christopher Penney, Lyne Gagnon, Jean-Francois Bienvenu, Valérie Perron, Brigitte Grouix
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Patent number: 9889115Abstract: The present invention provides an assay for determining the biochemical fitness of a biochemical species in a mutant replicating biological entity relative to its predecessor. The present invention further provides a continuous fluorogenic assay for measuring the anti-HIV protease activity of protease inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method of administering a therapeutic compound that reduces the chances of the emergence of drug resistance in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: John W. Erickson, Sergei V. Gulnik, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Arun E. Ghosh
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Patent number: 9850225Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compounds useful as immunomodulators. Provided herein are compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of their use. The disclosure further pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to the disclosure that are useful for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Louis S. Chupak, Min Ding, Scott W. Martin, Xiaofan Zheng, Piyasena Hewawasam, Timothy P. Connolly, Ningning Xu, Kap-Sun Yeung, Juliang Zhu, David R. Langley, Paul Michael Scola
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Patent number: 9808442Abstract: Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: SILVERGATE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Gerold L. Mosher, David W. Miles
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Patent number: 9796705Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Fused Tricyclic Compounds, compositions comprising at least one Fused Tricyclic Compound, and methods of using Fused Tricyclic Compounds for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Kevin X. Chen, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Joseph A. Kozlowski, F. George Njoroge
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Patent number: 9775823Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland LimitedInventors: Tarek A. Zeidan, Scott Duncan, Christopher P. Hencken, Thomas Andrew Wynn, Carlos N. Sanrame
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Patent number: 9765019Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention relate to compounds, compositions and methods that are useful for treating or preventing a disease in a subject by enhancing the degradation of a protein. In other aspects, said compounds can be useful research tools for investigating protein degradation. In other aspects, said compounds are useful research tools for investigating protein function. In certain embodiments, the degraded protein is implicated in a disease or disorder whose pathology is related at least in part to the excessive expression of the protein or the expression of a mutant form of the protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Brandeis UniversityInventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Marcus Long, Deviprasad R. Gollapalli
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Patent number: 9763894Abstract: A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for central nervous system inflammation comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid agonist having efficacy at the CB2 receptor but having substantially no efficacy at the CB1 receptor at that amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: Virginia Commonwealth University, Organix, Inc., Temple UniversityInventors: Billy R. Martin, Mohamad Imad Damaj, Martin W. Adler, Ronald F. Tuma, Ming Zhang, Anu Mahadevan, Raj K. Razdan
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Patent number: 9751857Abstract: The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: NOVIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: George D. Hartman, Osvaldo A. Flores
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Patent number: 9732038Abstract: Compositions that modulate the activity of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) activity as well as their methods of use, such as treatment and imaging are provided. Compositions contain small molecules such as substituted pyrazoles and are useful in treatment of diseases related to the activity of STAT3 including, for example, cancer and other diseases.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: David J. Daniels, Ian F. Parney, Timothy E. Peterson
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Patent number: 9724336Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hyperlipidemia comprising (4S,5R)-5-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-({2-[4-fluoro-2-methoxy-5-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}methyl)-4-methyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt; and an angiotensin II receptor blocker as active ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-Wook Lee, Sang-Ho Lee, Taek-Joo Lim, Eun-Ji Koh
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Patent number: 9701693Abstract: The invention provides compounds for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignees: Alectos Therapeutics Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Tong-Shuang Li, Ernest J. Mceachern, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Harold G. Selnick
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Patent number: 9688596Abstract: Disclosed are 2-methylene analogs of vitamin D3 and related compounds, their biological activities, and various pharmaceutical uses for these analogs. Particularly disclosed are 1?-hydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, (20S)-1?-hydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, and (5E)-1?,25-dihydroxy-2-methylene-vitamin D3, their biological activities, and various pharmaceutical uses for these compounds including methods of treating and/or preventing bone diseases and disorders.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Hector F. DeLuca, Izabela K. Sibilska, Rafal R. Sicinski, Lori A. Plum
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Patent number: 9676747Abstract: The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: NOVIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: George D. Hartman, Osvaldo A. Flores
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Patent number: 9669008Abstract: Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Gerold L. Mosher, David W. Miles
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Patent number: 9662339Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination comprising compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein, and an additional active agent. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these combinations, and methods of using these combinations to treat various diseases and disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHInventor: Lars Anders Bylock
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Patent number: 9655974Abstract: Analogs of FGF21 carrying a modifying, substituted ethylene or benzyl group can be used for treatment or prevention of diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and/or Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Tina Moeller Tagmose, Patrick William Garibay, Xujia Zhang, Henning Thoegersen, Peter Kresten Nielsen, Kristian Sass Bak-Jensen, Helle Fabricius Woeldike
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Patent number: 9650360Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of anti-mycobacterial therapeutics, in particular the treatment of tuberculosis, especially including pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with applications in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XXDR-TB), preferably in combination therapy.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Vasu Nair, Maurice O. Okello, Machhindra G. Gund, Byung I. Seo, Pankajkumar R. Singh, Naveen K. Mangu
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Patent number: 9643999Abstract: Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) are disclosed. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Li-Qiang Sun, Qian Zhao, Kishore V. Renduchintala, Kandhasamy Sarkunam, Pulicharla Nagalakshmi, Eric P. Gillis, Paul Michael Scola