Patents by Inventor Amy C. Anderson

Amy C. Anderson 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).

  • Patent number: 10870625
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables, e.g. R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, J, V, W, M, J and Ar are defined herein. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound or salt of formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, methods of inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in vitro or in vivo with a compound or salt of formula I, and methods of treating a bacterial infections, fungal infections, and protozoal infections with a compound or salt of formula I. A compound or salt of formula I can be the first and only active ingredient used in a pharmaceutical composition or method of this disclosure or may be combined with one or more additional active ingredients that are not compounds or salts of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Dennis Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Eric Scocchera, Narendran Gummudipundi Dayanandan, Santosh Keshipeddy, Stephanie Reeve, Michael N. Lombardo, Michael Henry Cynamon
  • Publication number: 20190002413
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables, e.g. R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, J, V, W, M, J and Ar are defined herein. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound or salt of formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, methods of inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in vitro or in vivo with a compound or salt of formula I, and methods of treating a bacterial infections, fungal infections, and protozoal infections with a compound or salt of formula I. A compound or salt of formula I can be the first and only active ingredient used in a pharmaceutical composition or method of this disclosure or may be combined with one or more additional active ingredients that are not compounds or salts of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: DENNIS WRIGHT, AMY C. ANDERSON (deceased), ERIC SCOCCHERA, NARENDRAN GUMMUDIPUNDI DAYANAN, SANTOSH KESHIPEDDY, STEPHANIE REEVE, MICHAEL N. LOMBARDO
  • Patent number: 9790158
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein relate generally to substituted tropolone derivatives, which, among other features, are useful as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Michael Van Heyst, Sophia Ononye
  • Patent number: 9382213
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula IA are inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase and are suitable for use in compositions and methods for dihydrofolate reductase inhibition or, more specifically, treatment of a fungal infection, a bacterial infection or a protozoal infection, and, in specific embodiments, treatment of a fungal infection caused by C. albicans or C. glabrata: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, E, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: PROMILIAD BIOPHARMA INC., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Dennis L Wright, Amy C Anderson, Grant Sormunen
  • Publication number: 20150225353
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula IA are inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase and are suitable for use in compositions and methods for dihydrofolate reductase inhibition or, more specifically, treatment of a fungal infection, a bacterial infection or a protozoal infection, and, in specific embodiments, treatment of a fungal infection caused by C. albicans or C. glabrata: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, E, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Grant Sormunen
  • Publication number: 20150166448
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein relate generally to substituted tropolone derivatives, which, among other features, are useful as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Michael Van Heyst, Sophia Ononye
  • Patent number: 8853228
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein disclose the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Kathleen Mary Frey, Janet Leigh Paulsen, Eric William Scocchera, Kishore Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 8426432
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Phillip M. Pelphrey, Tammy M. Joska, Erin S. D. Bolstad, David B. Bolstad, Veljko Popov
  • Publication number: 20120196859
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein disclose the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Kathleen Mary Frey, Janet Leigh Paulsen, Eric William Scocchera, Kishore Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20090105287
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Phillip M. Pelphrey, Tammy M. Joska, Erin S.D. Bolstad, David B. Bolstad, Veljko Popov