Patents by Inventor Alexander Li

Alexander Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250333737
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Patent number: 12359201
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B 13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20250170226
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having skin cancer or at risk of developing skin cancer, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing skin cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Michael Kessler, Eric Jorgenson, Aris Baras, Goncalo Abecasis
  • Patent number: 12186378
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having skin cancer or at risk of developing skin cancer, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing skin cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Michael Kessler, Eric Jorgenson, Aris Baras, Goncalo Abecasis
  • Publication number: 20240141305
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Patent number: 11845963
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B3 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Patent number: 11753628
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Publication number: 20230074721
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having an inflammatory disease, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing an inflammatory disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Lauren Gurski, Julie E. Horowitz, Katherine Siminovitch, Goncalo Abecasis, Aris Baras
  • Publication number: 20230041060
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having varicose veins or at risk of developing varicose veins, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing varicose veins, and methods of detecting Piezo Type Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Component 1 (PIEZO1) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Aris Baras, Goncalo Abecasis
  • Publication number: 20230031669
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including isolated nucleic acids and proteins related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for modifying a cell through use of any combination of nuclease agents, exogenous donor sequences, transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, and expression vectors for expressing a recombinant HSD17B13 gene or a nucleic acid encoding an HSD17B13 protein. Also provided are therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating a subject having or at risk of developing chronic liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Evangelos Pefanis, Suzanne Hartford, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Publication number: 20230027007
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having hypertension, coronary heart disease, and/or atrial fibrillation or at risk of developing hypertension, coronary heart disease, and/or atrial fibrillation, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing hypertension, coronary heart disease, and/or atrial fibrillation, and methods of detecting Solute Carrier Family 9 Isoform A3 Regulatory Factor 2 (SLC9A3R2) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Luca Andrea Lotta, Goncalo Abecasis, Aris Baras, Jonas Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20230023182
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject having asthma or at risk of developing asthma, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Goncalo Abecasis, Julie Horowitz, Katherine Siminovitch, Aris Baras
  • Publication number: 20230025878
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject having a metabolic disorder or is at risk of developing a metabolic disorder or preventing a subject from developing a metabolic disorder, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing a metabolic disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Luca Andrea Lotta, Goncalo Abecasis, Aris Baras
  • Publication number: 20230016750
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having skin cancer or at risk of developing skin cancer, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing skin cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Michael Kessler, Eric Jorgenson, Aris Baras, Goncalo Abecasis
  • Patent number: 11485958
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including isolated nucleic acids and proteins related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for modifying a cell through use of any combination of nuclease agents, exogenous donor sequences, transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, and expression vectors for expressing a recombinant HSD17B13 gene or a nucleic acid encoding an HSD17B13 protein. Also provided are therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating a subject having or at risk of developing chronic liver disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Evangelos Pefanis, Suzanne Hartford, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Publication number: 20220267743
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Publication number: 20210380985
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B 13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Patent number: 11180757
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20200354693
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including isolated nucleic acids and proteins related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for modifying a cell through use of any combination of nuclease agents, exogenous donor sequences, transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, and expression vectors for expressing a recombinant HSD17B13 gene or a nucleic acid encoding an HSD17B13 protein. Also provided are therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating a subject having or at risk of developing chronic liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Evangelos Pefanis, Suzanne Hartford, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner
  • Patent number: 10787647
    Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including isolated nucleic acids and proteins related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for modifying a cell through use of any combination of nuclease agents, exogenous donor sequences, transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, and expression vectors for expressing a recombinant HSD17B13 gene or a nucleic acid encoding an HSD17B13 protein. Also provided are therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating a subject having or at risk of developing chronic liver disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Evangelos Pefanis, Suzanne Hartford, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner