Patents Examined by Traviss C. McIntosh, III
  • Patent number: 12043645
    Abstract: Compounds having methyltransferase inhibitory activity are disclosed. The compounds have the structures The compounds disclosed are useful in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases associated with inappropriate methyltransferase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Minkui Luo, Xiaochuan Cai, Ke Wang, Junyi Wang
  • Patent number: 12037355
    Abstract: The present application relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. The application also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention and methods of using said compounds or compositions in the treatment of and immunization for infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: ADJUVANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: David Y. Gin, Eric Chea, Alberto Fernandez-Tejada, Jeffrey Gardner, Jason Lewis, Philip Livingston, J. Tyler Martin, Lars Nordstroem, Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty, Govind Ragupathi, Derek Tan
  • Patent number: 12030907
    Abstract: A method of making a compound represented by Formula (I): includes a reducing step, a protecting step, and a phosphitylating step, where X is NH; Y is OCF3, —O(CR42)aCR43, —O(CR42)bOCR43, or —O(CR42)b—CR4?CR42; Z is H; B is adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), cytosine (C), uracil (U), 5-methylcytosine (5-me-C), or a protected version of A, G, T, C, U, or 5-me-C; each R1 is independently C1-6 alkyl or cycloalkyl; R2 is CH2CH2CN or C1-6 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together form an optionally substituted C1-6 cycloalkyl; R3 is H or PG; PG is a protecting group; R4 is independently in each instance H or F; a is 1 or 2; and b is 1, 2, or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Janssen BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Gryaznov, Jin Hong, Vivek Kumar Rajwanshi, Leonid Beigelman
  • Patent number: 12029745
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating asthma in a subject in need thereof comprising administering chemically synthesized secoisolaricirecinol diglucoside (SDG), and in particular, a racemic mixture of the SDG (LGM2605), stereoisomers thereof, metabolites thereof, and analogs thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or preventing ozone-induced damage in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Angela Haczku
  • Patent number: 12006340
    Abstract: A hemi-sulfate salt of the structure: to treat a host infected with hepatitis C, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms, including solid dosage forms, thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Adel Moussa, Jean-Pierre Sommadossi
  • Patent number: 11987598
    Abstract: Methods and compositions using E-selectin antagonists are provided for the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders treatable by inhibiting binding of E-selectin to an E-selectin ligand. Described herein are E-selectin antagonists including, for example, glycomimetic compounds, antibodies, aptamers and peptides that are useful in methods for treatment of cancers, and treatment and prevention of metastasis, inhibiting infiltration of the cancer cells into bone marrow, reducing or inhibiting adhesion of the cancer cells to endothelial cells including cells in bone marrow, and inhibiting thrombus formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GLYCOMIMETICS, INC.
    Inventors: John L. Magnani, Arun K. Sarkar, Myung-Gi Baek, Frank E. Anderson, III, Yanhong Li
  • Patent number: 11981669
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) or a tautomer, an optical isomer, a nitrogen oxide, a solvate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof are useful for treating or relieving an HIF-related and/or EPO-related disease or condition in patient. The preparation method for the compound, and use of a drug composition containing the compound and the compound or the drug composition in preparation of a drug are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CSPC ZHONGQI PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY (SHIJIAZHUANG) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Miaomiao Wei, Xuejiao Zhang, Guorui Mi, Hui An, Bing Wei, Qian Guo
  • Patent number: 11944687
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an improved process for the preparation of carbohydrate conjugates. The disclosure also relates to carbohydrate conjugated iRNA agents comprising these carbohydrate conjugates, which have improved purity and are advantageous for the in vivo delivery of the iRNA agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jayaprakash K. Nair, Alexander V Kel'in, Pachamuthu Kandasamy, Kallanthottathil G Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Patent number: 11939319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridinyl and pyrazinyl-(aza)indolsulfonamides having GPR17 modulator activity. The compounds have utility in the treatment of a variety of GPR17-associated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: UCB PHARMA GMBH
    Inventors: Cecile Pegurier, Laurent Provins, Alvaro Cardenas, Marie Ledecq, Christa E. Mueller, Joerg Hockemeyer, Ali El-Tayeb, Nader Boshta, Mahmoud Rashed
  • Patent number: 11939349
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula (1). The compound of formula (1) is suitable for use in a method for treating a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human. Also, a method for treatment of a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GALECTO BIOTECH AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Zetterberg, Kristoffer Peterson, Karl Jansson
  • Patent number: 11932666
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable compound represented by a Formula E-1 or Formula E-2 shown in the description. In Formula E-1 or Formula E-2, R1 represents an alkoxy group, —NRN2, a hydroxy group, an aryl group, or an alkyl group, wherein RN each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; n represents an integer from 1 to 5; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a phenoxyacetyl group, a pivaloyl group, a benzyl group, a 4-methoxybenzyl group, a benzoyl group, a triphenylmethyl group, a 4,4?-dimethoxytrityl (DMTr) group, a 4-methoxytrityl (MMTr) group, a 9-phenylxanthenyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a cyanomethoxymethyl group, a 2-(cyanoethoxy)ethyl group, or a cyanoethoxymethyl group; and X represents a structure represented by any one of Formula B-1 to Formula B-5 shown in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Wada, Tatsuya Saito, Yuka Ishii, Yohei Nukaga
  • Patent number: 11926645
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of using said compounds, singly or in combination with additional agents, and salts, crystalline forms, pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds for the treatment of viral infections are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Bunyan, Byoung-Kwon Chun, Kassibla E. Dempah, Hon C. Hui, Rao V. Kalla, Richard L. Mackman
  • Patent number: 11926644
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, and are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for increasing mammalian cell NAD+ production and improving mitochondrial cell densities comprising administering to a cell the compound or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Anthony Sauve, Farheen Sultana Mohammed, Yue Yang
  • Patent number: 11918596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing oxidative stress, for example in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, as well as to the use of such SGLT-2 inhibitors in treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients, for example type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients. The present invention further relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing a metabolic disorder and preventing, reducing the risk of or delaying the occurrence of a cardiovascular event in patients, for example patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Uli Christian Broedl, Odd-Erik Johansen, Gabriel Woojai Kim, Eric Williams Mayoux, Afshin Salsali, Nima Soleymanlou, Maximilian von Eynatten, Hans-Juergen Woerle, David Z. I. Cherney, Bruce A. Perkins, Andreas Daiber, Thomas Muenzel
  • Patent number: 11919921
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a compound of the general formula. The compound of formula is suitable for use in a method for treating a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human. Furthermore an embodiment of the present invention concerns a method for treatment of a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GALECTO BIOTECH AB
    Inventors: Thomas Brimert, Richard Johnsson, Hakon Leffler, Ulf Nilsson, Fredrik Zetterberg
  • Patent number: 11903959
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to certain N4-hydroxycytidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections, such as Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (EEE, WEE and VEE, respectively), Chikungunya fever (CHIK), Ebola, Influenza, RSV, and Zika virus infection with the disclosed compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Gregory R. Bluemling, Michael G. Natchus, David Guthrie
  • Patent number: 11897915
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sugar derivatives which are intermediates for preparing senolytic agents that selectively kill senescent cells associated with numerous pathologies and diseases, including age-related pathologies and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rubedo Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Keitz, Gus Bergnes, Mark A. Gallop, Marco Quarta
  • Patent number: 11883423
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are derivatives of nucleobase analogues. The disclosed compounds have a nucleobase moiety and an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid moiety, including pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of using these compounds for the treatment of cancers such as pancreatic cancer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong Cui, Dharmika Lansakara-P.
  • Patent number: 11879125
    Abstract: Provided herein, are compositions comprising GaINAc moieties that may be conjugated to an oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide may be a small interfering RNA or an antisense oligonucleotide. Also provided herein are methods of treatment that include administering the composition to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: EMPIRICO INC.
    Inventors: Darren H. Wakefield, David Rozema, Omri Gottesman
  • Patent number: 11879145
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, cells, engineered microorganisms, and kits for increasing the production of proteins or polypeptides comprising one or more unnatural amino acids. Further provided are compositions, cells, engineered microorganisms, and kits for increasing the retention of unnatural nucleic acids encoding the unnatural amino acids in an engineered cell, or semi-synthetic organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Floyd E. Romesberg, Vivian T. Dien, Aaron W. Feldman, Rebekah J. Karadeema, Lingjun Li, Michael P. Ledbetter, Anne Xiaozhou Zhou