Patents Examined by Yong Chong
  • Patent number: 9907803
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of using arylpiperazine derivatives for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The method comprises a step of administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, which is an arylpiperazine derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: REVIVA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Laxminarayan Bhat
  • Patent number: 9897595
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to compositions and methods for the detection of zinc. In particular, compositions and methods are provided to detect changes in cellular zinc concentration and to correlate them to cellular phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Emily L. Que, Thomas V. O'Halloran, Teresa K. Woodruff
  • Patent number: 9895361
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing aromatic aldehyde compounds. Some of the disclosed compositions are useful as topical therapeutics for treating inflammatory dermatologic conditions. Some of the compositions are useful in transdermal and other systemic dose forms for treating other inflammatory conditions in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Engles, Bryan Fuller, Brian Keith Pilcher
  • Patent number: 9884865
    Abstract: The invention provides azaspiro[4.5]decane derivatives of Formula (A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, N-oxides, and diastereomers thereof, wherein A1, X, A2, Rr, R2?, W1, R3?, R4?, a, and b are defined in the disclosure. The invention also provides compounds of Formulae I, and B-G, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, N-oxides, and diastereomers thereof. Further, the invention provides use of the compounds of Formulae A-G and I, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, N-oxides, and diastereomers thereof, to treat pain. In certain embodiments, Compounds of the Disclosure are useful for treating a disorder responsive to blockade of one or more sodium channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Youngman, Laykea Tafesse, Jae Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 9872868
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compounds, compositions and kits including mitochondrially-targeted electrophilic (MTE) compounds that are useful for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Aimee Morrison, Sadanandan Velu
  • Patent number: 9867842
    Abstract: A composition for treating multiple disease causes including a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound in an oral dosage form. A method of treating cardiovascular disease (CVD), by administering a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound to an individual suffering from CVD, restoring the glycocalyx, reversing inflammation, and reversing oxidative damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Kardiatonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Josefino B. Tunac, Kenneth I. Kohn
  • Patent number: 9861619
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for treating or inhibiting a bacterial infection involving at least one antibiotic and a compound that potentiates the antibiotic activity of the antibiotic. In certain embodiments the antibiotic is a beta lactam. In further embodiments, the antibiotic is oxacillin. In additional embodiments, the potentiating compound is an inhibitor of vraSR operon expression. In specific embodiments, the bacterial infection involves an antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Robert S. Daum, Susan Boyle-Vavra
  • Patent number: 9855225
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods and compositions for treating a transplant recipient by administration of a CB2 receptor agonist either alone or in combination with one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients to block the rejection of foreign tissue and prolong grafted organs, tissues and cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
    Inventors: Toby K. Eisenstein, Rebecca R. Hartzell, Martin W. Alder, Joseph J. Meissier
  • Patent number: 9845508
    Abstract: The invention provides methods that define cellular populations that are sensitive to RARA agonists and identify patient subgroups that will benefit from treatment with RARA agonists. The invention also provides packaged pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a RARA agonist and instructions for determining if such agonist is suitable for use in treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mei Wei Chen, Cindy Collins, Matthew Lucas Eaton, Matthew G. Guenther, Nan Ke, Jeremy Lopez, Michael R. McKeown, David A. Orlando
  • Patent number: 9820997
    Abstract: A method of accelerating remyelination or suppressing demyelination of neurons in a mammal, and a method of treating a disease associated with demyelination of neurons in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunil Lee, Kiyoung Chang, Sangchul Park, Sungchun Cho
  • Patent number: 9795591
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of improving cognitive and motor deficits associated with central nervous system (CNS) disorder or condition in an animal. The methods comprise a general administration of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors and optionally training the animal under conditions sufficient to produce an improvement in performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dart Neuroscience (Cayman) Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Hallam, Tim Tully, Rusiko Bourtchouladze
  • Patent number: 9790216
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R, W, R1, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4 and q have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of fatty acid synthase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christos Tsaklakidis, Wolfgang Staehle, Birgitta Leuthner
  • Patent number: 9790220
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, Formula (I) wherein L, X, Ra, Rb, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Charlotte Fieldhouse, Angela Glen, Tatsuhiko Fujimoto, John Stephen Robinson
  • Patent number: 9790483
    Abstract: Methods and reagents for esterification of biological molecules including proteins, polypeptides and peptides. Diazo compounds of formula I: where R is hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl or an alkynyl, RA represents 1-5 substituents on the indicated phenyl ring and RM is an organic group, which includes a label, a cell penetrating group, a cell targeting group, or a reactive group or latent reactive group for reaction to bond to a label, a cell penetrating group, or a cell targeting group, among other organic groups are useful for esterification of biological molecules. Also provided are diazo compounds which are bifunctional and trifunctional coupling reagents as well as reagents for the synthesis of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ronald T. Raines, Kalie Mix
  • Patent number: 9782361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the anti-convulsant activity of turmeric oil and its volatile bisabolene sesquiterpenoids ar- turmerone, ?-turmerone, ?-turmerone (curlone) and ?-atlantone, as an anticonvulsant agent for the treatment of epilepsy and/or as therapeutic agents for the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system, including tremor, pain, mood disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, and schizophrenia), and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Peter A. M. De Witte, Camila V. Esguerra, Alexander D. Crawford, Adriana Monserrath Orellana Paucar
  • Patent number: 9775902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and agents useful for the treatment of stroke, including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. In particular, methods and agents for treating stroke in a subject are provided, wherein the agent is administered prior to diagnosis of the stroke as an ischemic stroke or a hemorrhagic stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FIBROGEN, INC
    Inventors: Stephen J. Klaus, Ingrid Langsetmo Parobok, Christopher T. Jacob
  • Patent number: 9770446
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1-R3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Tankyrase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Dieter Dorsch
  • Patent number: RE46886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jehrod Burnett Brenneman, John Ginn, Michael D. Lowe, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Edward S. Tasber, Zhonghua Zhang
  • Patent number: RE47047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, processes for their production and their use as anti-inflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: ASTRAZENECA AB, BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Thomas Zollner, Ekkehard May, Jorma Hassfeld, Heike Schaecke
  • Patent number: RE47142
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods for treating inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, including methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of the p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives and analogs of pirfenidone, useful for modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system. Mederski et al., Tetrahedron (1999), 55(44), 12757-12770.* Azuma et al., “A placebo control and double blind phase II clinical study of pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med., 165:A729 (2002). Badger, et al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: InterMune, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Kossen, Scott D. Seiwert, Vladimir Serebryany, Donald Ruhrmund, Leonid Beigelman, Luca Francesco Mario Raveglia, Stefania Vallese, Ivana Bianchi, Tao Hu