Patents by Inventor Christopher Barnes

Christopher Barnes 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: 12098152
    Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by elevated levels of androgens, cysts in the ovaries, and irregular periods. Women with PCOS present with additional symptoms, including hirsutism, alopecia, acne, infertility, weight gain, fatigue, depression and mood changes. The present disclosure provides new compounds, salts, compositions and uses thereof in the treatment of PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens. Further, the present disclosure provides methods for treating PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnes, David Karpf, Mustafa Noor
  • Publication number: 20240294613
    Abstract: The present invention provides for cross-neutralizing SARS-COV2 antibodies. The antibodies can be used to treat SARS-CoV2 and variants thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ramnik Xavier, Johannes Scheid, Christopher Barnes, Pamela Bjorkman, Basak Eraslan
  • Publication number: 20240043432
    Abstract: Described herein are crystalline composition, methods of making such crystalline composition, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such crystalline composition, and methods of using such crystalline composition in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRF1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Dasharatha REDDY, Ashokraj Rajagopal, Lu Wang, Christopher Barnes
  • Patent number: 11858932
    Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by elevated levels of androgens, cysts in the ovaries, and irregular periods. Women with PCOS present with additional symptoms, including hirsutism, alopecia, acne, infertility, weight gain, fatigue, depression and mood changes. The present disclosure provides new compounds, salts, compositions and uses thereof in the treatment of PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens. Further, the present disclosure provides methods for treating PCOS due to elevated adrenal androgens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Spruce Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnes, David Karpf, Mustafa Noor
  • Patent number: 11708372
    Abstract: Described herein are crystalline composition comprising a Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRF1) antagonist, such as Compound 1: methods of making such crystalline composition, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such crystalline composition, and methods of using such crystalline composition in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of CRF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Dasharatha Reddy, Ashokraj Rajagopal, Lu Wang, Christopher Barnes
  • Patent number: 11514366
    Abstract: A computing system receives decrypts learned parameters of a computer-implemented predictive model stored in a computer-readable, non-volatile data store upon instantiation of a model process in volatile memory of the computing system. The predictive model is parameterized by learned parameters that are based upon private data of a user, wherein the learned parameters of the predictive model have been encrypted subsequent to training of the predictive model based upon the private data of the user. The computing system receives a request for a prediction associated with the user. Upon authorizing the request, the computing identifies the predictive model. The computing system, by way of the model process, generates the prediction based upon the request and the predictive model. The computing system outputs the prediction to a computing device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20220228129
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in vitro mammalian cell that is genetically modified to provide for enhanced production of adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions. The mammalian cells can be used to produce AAV virions, e.g., recombinant AAV virions that include a heterologous nucleic acid encoding a gene product; the present disclosure thus provides methods for producing an AAV virion, which may be a recombinant AAV virion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: David V. Schaffer, Christopher Barnes, David Stephen Ojala
  • Patent number: 11159532
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in implementing access controls to content blocks of a user profile associated with a user. One exemplary system includes an access engine configured to receive an access command from a user, via a communication device, to access the user profile. The access command includes a designation of at least one the content blocks for access by a provider, an identity of the provider, and a duration of the access. The access engine is configured to also modify a permission associated with the designated content block(s) in relation to the provider to permit the access by the provider, and to expose the content block(s) to the provider, thereby granting the access for the provider to the content block(s). The access engine is configured to further terminate the access of the provider to the content block(s) when the duration of the access expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Barnes, Eric Orlaska, Mary Thuet
  • Publication number: 20210285009
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gene delivery system comprising: a) an R2 retrotransposon R2 polypeptide, or a first nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the R2 polypeptide; and b) a nucleic acid comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding one or more heterologous gene products, where the heterologous nucleotide sequence is flanked by an R2 retrotransposon 3? untranslated region (UTR) and an R2 retrotransposon 5? UTR, and where the heterologous nucleotide sequence has a length of at least 200 nucleotides. The present disclosure provides a method of delivering one or more gene products of interest to a eukaryotic cell, the method comprising contacting the cell with the gene delivery vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: David V. Schaffer, Christopher Barnes
  • Patent number: 10987363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical products comprising fluticasone furoate for use in the treatment of COPD patients, particularly a subgroup of COPD patients that through analysis have been identified as possessing an eosinophil blood count of ?150 cells/?l. The present invention is further directed to methods for treating a patient with COPD which methods include identifying a patient that will respond to treatment and administering a pharmaceutical product of the present invention comprising fluticasone furoate to said patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Christopher Barnes, Steven John Pascoe
  • Patent number: 10804716
    Abstract: A method of charging a cell of a battery includes the steps of: applying a test current to an input terminal of the battery; measuring a voltage output, wherein the voltage output is comprised of a voltage of the cell and a voltage drop, induced by the test current, across an internal impedance of the battery; and applying a charging current to the input terminal of the battery if the measured voltage output is higher than a predetermined voltage, wherein the charging current is greater than the test current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Li, Christopher Barnes
  • Patent number: 10792373
    Abstract: Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as oxaliplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Longyan Liao, Jonathan Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20200067925
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in implementing access controls to content blocks of a user profile associated with a user. One exemplary system includes an access engine configured to receive an access command from a user, via a communication device, to access the user profile. The access command includes a designation of at least one the content blocks for access by a provider, an identity of the provider, and a duration of the access. The access engine is configured to also modify a permission associated with the designated content block(s) in relation to the provider to permit the access by the provider, and to expose the content block(s) to the provider, thereby granting the access for the provider to the content block(s). The access engine is configured to further terminate the access of the provider to the content block(s) when the duration of the access expires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Barnes, Eric Orlaska, Mary Thuet
  • Patent number: 10511545
    Abstract: Historical telemetry data can be used to generate predictions for various classes of data at various aggregates of a system that implements an online service. An anomaly detection process can then be utilized to detect anomalies for a class of data at a selected aggregate. An example anomaly detection process includes receiving telemetry data originating from a plurality of client devices, selecting a class of data from the telemetry data, converting the class of data to a set of metrics, aggregating the set of metrics according to a component of interest to obtain values of aggregated metrics over time for the component of interest, determining a prediction error by comparing the values of the aggregated metrics to a prediction, detecting an anomaly based at least in part on the prediction error, and transmitting an alert message of the anomaly to a receiving entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nagaraj Patil, Kiran Nallabothula, Christopher Barnes, Nagaraju Palla
  • Patent number: 10476876
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in implementing access controls to content blocks of a user profile associated with a user. One exemplary system includes an access engine configured to receive an access command from a user, via a communication device, to access the user profile. The access command includes a designation of at least one the content blocks for access by a provider, an identity of the provider, and a duration of the access. The access engine is configured to also modify a permission associated with the designated content block(s) in relation to the provider to permit the access by the provider, and to expose the content block(s) to the provider, thereby granting the access for the provider to the content block(s). The access engine is configured to further terminate the access of the provider to the content block(s) when the duration of the access expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Barnes, Eric Orlaska, Mary Thuet
  • Patent number: 10470924
    Abstract: A delivery device that allows for the sustained release of an agent, particularly useful for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent to limited access regions, such as the posterior chamber of the eye and inner ear. The delivery device is minimally invasive, refillable and may be easily fixed to the treatment area. The delivery device includes a hollow body with an inlet port at its proximal end for insertion of the agent, a reservoir for holding the agent and a delivery mechanism for the sustained delivery of the agent from the reservoir to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Signe Erickson, Eugene de Juan, Jr., Aaron Christopher Barnes, Terry Harrison Shelley, Michael J. Cooney
  • Patent number: 10411485
    Abstract: A battery protection system, comprising: a first protection circuit configured to detect a battery output voltage value and to disconnect the battery output from a load when the output voltage falls below a first threshold; a second protection circuit configured to detect the battery output voltage value and to disconnect the battery output from the load when the output voltage falls below a second threshold, wherein the first threshold is within a tenth of a volt of the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Li, Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20190115773
    Abstract: A method of charging a cell of a battery includes the steps of: applying a test current to an input terminal of the battery; measuring a voltage output, wherein the voltage output is comprised of a voltage of the cell and a voltage drop, induced by the test current, across an internal impedance of the battery; and applying a charging current to the input terminal of the battery if the measured voltage output is higher than a predetermined voltage, wherein the charging current is greater than the test current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Li, Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20190115774
    Abstract: A battery protection system, comprising: a first protection circuit configured to detect a battery output voltage value and to disconnect the battery output from a load when the output voltage falls below a first threshold; a second protection circuit configured to detect the battery output voltage value and to disconnect the battery output from the load when the output voltage falls below a second threshold, wherein the first threshold is within a tenth of a volt of the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Li, Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20190054187
    Abstract: Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as oxaliplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Longyan Liao, Jonathan Christopher Barnes