Patents by Inventor Aliasger K. Salem

Aliasger K. Salem 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: 20250208114
    Abstract: A vertically-oriented silicon nanowire-array based bioelectronic sensor platform is provided which includes a vertically-oriented silicon nanowire-array bioelectronic sensor including a silicon substrate doped to function as an electrically active p-n junction diode with a p-doped base and an n+-doped emitter and having a vertically-oriented silicon nanowire-array at the n+-doped emitter, a conductive contact positioned at the silicon substrate and in electrical connection with the vertically-oriented silicon nanowire-array, a dielectric stack overlaying the conductive contact, and a back contact associated with a back surface of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Fatima Toor, Aliasger K. Salem
  • Publication number: 20250073322
    Abstract: A composition comprising, for example, chemically modified RNA (cmRNA) encoding CST6 or a polypeptide with at least 80% amino acid sequence identity thereto, and methods of making and using the cmRNA, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Pornpoj Phruttiwanichakun
  • Patent number: 12232945
    Abstract: A Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) holder for placement within a vial for supporting a corneal tissue inserter is provided. The DMEK holder includes a top and an opposite bottom, at least one support member extending between the top and the bottom, with a bottom portion of the at least one support member sized and shaped to fit against a bottom inner surface of the vial to thereby support the corneal tissue inserter within the vial, and a first annular member having an opening sized and shaped such that a bottom end of the corneal tissue inserter is insertable through the opening and the first annular member separates the corneal tissue inserter from an inner surface of the vial and positions the corneal tissue inserter within the vial away from inner surfaces of the vial to thereby improve retrieval of the corneal tissue inserter by a surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Syed M. A. Muqsit Hashmi, Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka, Aliasger K. Salem
  • Publication number: 20240398710
    Abstract: A composition comprising microparticles or liposomes comprising one or more MEK1/2 inhibitors, and methods of using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Robert Felder, Youssef Wahib Naguib Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20240293322
    Abstract: A sustained release composition comprising one or more particles comprising a polymer and an amount of a select androgen receptor modulator (SARM), and methods of making and using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kathleen A. Sluka, Joseph Lesnak, Aliasger K. Salem, David S. Nakhla
  • Publication number: 20240238383
    Abstract: A composition comprising nanoparticles having a molecule that is a cell targeting or cell penetrating molecule and an anti-oxidant, and methods of making and using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mark A. Greiner, Aliasger K. Salem, Gregory Schmidt, Jessica M. Skeie, Sanjib Saha, Megan Polz
  • Publication number: 20240100183
    Abstract: Composition and methods to prevent, inhibit or treat one or more symptoms of cystic fibrosis are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, David A. Stoltz, Michael J. Welsh, Sarah Ernst, Youssef W. Naguib, David S. NAkhla, Aml I. Mekkawy, Nikesh Gupta
  • Publication number: 20240082238
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits that are useful for treating cancer (e.g., endometrial cancer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Kareem Ebeid, Youssef Wahib Naguib Ibrahim, Sanjib Saha, Emad I. Wafa, Suhaila Alhaj-Suliman
  • Patent number: 11904006
    Abstract: A composition comprising particles formed of poly(diaminosulfide) and one or more leptospiral antigens, and methods of making and using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: University of Iowa Research Foundation, The United States of America, As Represented by The Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Emad I. Wafa, Sean M. Geary, Ned B. Bowden, Jennifer H. Wilson-Welder, David P. Alt
  • Publication number: 20230312639
    Abstract: A molecule comprising a G-protein coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) ligand coupled to a linker coupled to an E3 ubiquitin ligase ligand and methods of using the molecule are provided. In one embodiment, the GPER ligand is estradiol and the E3 ubiquitin ligase ligand is (S,R,S)- AHPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Edward J. Filardo, Anh S. Lu, Milad Rouhimoghadam
  • Publication number: 20230293678
    Abstract: A cationic nanoparticle formed of a biodegradable or biocompatible synthetic polymer and a dendrimer having a diameter of about 125 nm to 1000 nm, and methods of using the nanoparticle, e.g., for delivery of an immunogen, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Sean M. Geary, Kareem Ebeid, Emad I. Wafa, Rasheid Smith
  • Publication number: 20230001017
    Abstract: Compositions comprising nanoparticles, nanoplexes or virus comprising isolated nucleic acid comprising nucleic acid encoding a mammalian, and methods of using the compositions, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, James A. Martin, Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka, Juliana c. Quarterman, Hongjun Zheng, Dong Rim Seol
  • Publication number: 20220411398
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit JNK, e.g., JNK2 and/or JNK3, such as fused thiophenes, and methods of making and using the compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Somaya Ali Mohammed Elsaid Abdelrahman
  • Publication number: 20220265700
    Abstract: A method to prevent, inhibit or treat intervertebral disc disease in a mammal and compositions useful in that regard are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Rim Seol, James A. Martin, Tae-Hong Lim, Mitchell C. Coleman, Aliasger K. Salem, Ino Song
  • Publication number: 20220249399
    Abstract: A composition comprising an amount of an anti-oxidant comprising one or more of ubiquinol, MitoQ, vitamin E, vitamin C, ascorbate-2-phosphate, idebenone, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), palmitate, reduced glutathione, or a C14-C18 saturated fatty acid effective to preserve, e.g., corneal tissue, and methods of using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Youssef Wahib Naguib lbrahim, Somaya Ali Mohammed Elsaid Abdelrahman, Jessica M. Skeie, Benjamin T. Aldrich, Gregory Schmidt, Cynthia R. Reed, Mark A. Greiner, Darryl Y. Nishimura, Sanjib Saha
  • Publication number: 20220241214
    Abstract: A nanoparticle comprising one or more quinonemethide triterpenoids or one or more inhibitors of metadherin, and methods of using the nanoparticles, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Kimberly Leslie, Xiangbing Meng, Jianling Bi, Kareem Ebeid, Sudartip Areecheewakul
  • Publication number: 20220110882
    Abstract: Disclosed are nanoparticle compositions and methods for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof. The nanoparticle compositions and methods may be utilized to treat cancers in a subject that are characterized by susceptibility to synthetic lethality via administering a combination of agents that induce synthetic lethality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Kristina Thiel, Kimberly Leslie, Kareem Ebeid
  • Publication number: 20210401562
    Abstract: A Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) holder for placement within a vial for supporting a corneal tissue inserter is provided. The DMEK holder includes a top and an opposite bottom, at least one support member extending between the top and the bottom, with a bottom portion of the at least one support member sized and shaped to fit against a bottom inner surface of the vial to thereby support the corneal tissue inserter within the vial, and a first annular member having an opening sized and shaped such that a bottom end of the corneal tissue inserter is insertable through the opening and the first annular member separates the corneal tissue inserter from an inner surface of the vial and positions the corneal tissue inserter within the vial away from inner surfaces of the vial to thereby improve retrieval of the corneal tissue inserter by a surgeon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Syed M. A. Muqsit Hashmi, Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka, Aliasger K. Salem
  • Publication number: 20210379172
    Abstract: A composition comprising particles formed of poly(diamidosulfide) and one or more leptospiral antigens, and methods of making and using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Emad I. Wafa, Sean M. Geary, Ned B. Bowden, Jennifer H. Wilson-Welder, David P. Alt
  • Publication number: 20210361578
    Abstract: A composition comprising microparticles or liposomes comprising one or more MEK1/2 inhibitors, and methods of using the composition, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Aliasger K. Salem, Robert Felder, Youssef Wahib Naguib Ibrahim