Patents by Inventor Brent Friesen

Brent Friesen 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: 9090667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-TB cyclic peptides from Nonomuraea sp. MJM5123, a process for the production of the anti-Tuberculosis peptide and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of mycobacterial infection comprising the same. The composition of the present invention is highly active against replicating/non-replicating M. tuberculosis, including MDR and XDR strains, so that it can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Sang Jin Park, Joo Won Suh, In Ae Lee, Tae Mi Yoon, Jong Keun Choi, Ji Ean Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Ying Yu Jin, Scott Franzblau, Sanghyun Cho, Wei Gao, Guido Pauli, James McAlpine, Jose Napolitano, Birgit Jaki, Brent Friesen, Maria Florencia Rodriguez Brasco, David Lankin
  • Publication number: 20140142031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-TB cyclic peptides from Nonomuraea sp. MJM5123, a process for the production of the anti-Tuberculosis peptide and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of mycobacterial infection comprising the same. The composition of the present invention is highly active against replicating/non-replicating M. tuberculosis, including MDR and XDR strains, so that it can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Sang jin Park, Joo Won Suh, In Ae Lee, Tae Mi Yoon, Jong Keun Choi, Ji Ean Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Ying Yu Jin, Scott Franzblau, Sanghyum Cho, Wei Gao, Guido Pauli, James McAlpine, Jose Napolitano, Birgit Jaki, Brent Friesen, Maria Florencia Rodriguez Brasco, David Lankin
  • Patent number: 8175817
    Abstract: Various methods for visualization of output from a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are provided. One or more analytes detected by a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are visualized by providing a data set comprising a plurality of data points corresponding to one or more analytes detected by the instrument, wherein the data points comprise at least one parameter related to a K-value or a parameter from which a K-value can be determined. A K-value is calculated for at least a portion of the data set, and at least a portion of those K-values transformed by a reciprocal transformation to generate output data having a transformed K-value, wherein the transformed K-value is a real number for all K undergoing the transformation, thereby ensuring that all analytes detected by the instrument are plotted in a single chromatogram. The output data is provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Guido F. Pauli, J. Brent Friesen
  • Patent number: 8062898
    Abstract: Application of a reference mixture of natural products for systematic analysis and comparison of the properties of biphasic solvent systems in counter-current/partition chromatography. Because the reference mixture is comprised of compounds with varying polarities, functional groups, and structural features it provides a rational method for mapping the optimal resolution polarity range of a particular solvent system. The mapping of optimal resolution polarity ranges of solvent systems provided for the description of the overall optimal resolution polarity range of a solvent system family, comprised of the same solvents in different proportions. By comparing the reference mixture performance in the individual members of a solvent system family, the solvent system that best functions as the representative of, or portal to, the solvent system families is determined. Use of the reference mixture also afforded a method to compare the overall optimal resolution polarity ranges of solvent system families.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Guido F. Pauli, John Brent Friesen
  • Publication number: 20080201085
    Abstract: Various methods for visualization of output from a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are provided. One or more analytes detected by a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are visualized by providing a data set comprising a plurality of data points corresponding to one or more analytes detected by the instrument, wherein the data points comprise at least one parameter related to a K-value or a parameter from which a K-value can be determined. A K-value is calculated for at least a portion of the data set, and at least a portion of those K-values transformed by a reciprocal transformation to generate output data having a transformed K-value, wherein the transformed K-value is a real number for all K undergoing the transformation, thereby ensuring that all analytes detected by the instrument are plotted in a single chromatogram. The output data is provided to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Guido F. Pauli, J. Brent Friesen
  • Publication number: 20080127720
    Abstract: Application of a reference mixture of natural products for systematic analysis and comparison of the properties of biphasic solvent systems in counter-current/partition chromatography. Because the reference mixture is comprised of compounds with varying polarities, functional groups, and structural features it provides a rational method for mapping the optimal resolution polarity range of a particular solvent system. The mapping of optimal resolution polarity ranges of solvent systems provided for the description of the overall optimal resolution polarity range of a solvent system family, comprised of the same solvents in different proportions. By comparing the reference mixture performance in the individual members of a solvent system family, the solvent system that best functions as the representative of, or portal to, the solvent system families is determined. Use of the reference mixture also afforded a method to compare the overall optimal resolution polarity ranges of solvent system families.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Guido F. Pauli, John Brent Friesen