Patents by Inventor Daniel Ritz

Daniel Ritz 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: 12630234
    Abstract: A base plate system includes a plurality of base plate panels that are attached to each other to provide a base plate that includes a surface to hold an accessory fixed relative to the base plate. An attachment feature is associated with each base plate panel such that adjacent base plate panels can be attached to each other to provide a desired base plate size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Eric Scott Levine, Stuart C. Salter, Daniel Ritz, Todd Rakus
  • Publication number: 20240399950
    Abstract: An accessory attachment system includes a base plate configured to be positioned within a vehicle cargo area that has a floor surface and at least one side wall extending upwardly relative to the floor surface. The base plate includes at least a first plate portion that is associated with the at least one side wall and a second plate portion that extends above the floor surface. An accessory comprises at least one accessory side wall including at least one first lock feature associated with the first plate portion, and a bottom wall including at least one second lock feature associated with the second plate portion. The accessory includes at least one handle that is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and wherein the at least one handle simultaneously unlocks the first lock feature and the second lock feature when moved to the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Eric Scott Levine, Daniel Ritz, Stuart C. Salter
  • Publication number: 20240253711
    Abstract: A base plate system includes a plurality of base plate panels that are attached to each other to provide a base plate that includes a surface to hold an accessory fixed relative to the base plate. An attachment feature is associated with each base plate panel such that adjacent base plate panels can be attached to each other to provide a desired base plate size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Eric Scott Levine, Stuart C. Salter, Daniel Ritz, Todd Rakus
  • Patent number: 10633395
    Abstract: The invention relates to aryloxazolidinone compounds of formula I: wherein Y represents hydrogen or certain chemical groups. These compounds are useful antimicrobial agents effective against a variety of pathogens including inter alia Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Cornelia Zumbrunn
  • Publication number: 20190367532
    Abstract: The invention relates to aryloxazolidinone compounds of formula I: wherein Y represents hydrogen or certain chemical groups. These compounds are useful antimicrobial agents effective against a variety of pathogens including inter alia Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel RITZ, Georg RUEEDI, Cornelia ZUMBRUNN
  • Patent number: 9822114
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is H or halogen; U is CH or N when is a bond, or, if is absent, U is CH2, NH or NR9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or 4; and to salts there
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20160237088
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein “” is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if “” is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is H or halogen; U is CH or N when “” is a bond, or, if “” is absent, U is CH2, NH or NRg; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or 4; and to salt
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Christian HUBSCHWERLEN, Daniel RITZ, Georg RUEEDI, Jean-Philippe SURIVET, Cornelia ZUMBRUNN-ACKLIN
  • Patent number: 9346804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein “----” is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if “----” is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is cyano, alkyl, or ethynyl; U is CH or N when “----” is a bond, or, if “----” is absent, U is CH2, NH or NH9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2, wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20140142093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein “----” is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if “----” is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is cyano, alkyl, or ethynyl; U is CH or N when “----” is a bond, or, if “----” is absent, U is CH2, NH or NH9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2, wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian HUBSCHWERLEN, Daniel RITZ, Georg RUEEDI, Jean-Philippe SURIVET, Cornelia ZUMBRUNN-ACKLIN
  • Patent number: 8618092
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is notably H or halogen; U is CH or N when is a bond, or, if is absent, U is CH2, NH or NR9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110195961
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is notably H or halogen; U is CH or N when is a bond, or, if is absent, U is CH2, NH or NR9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20100311107
    Abstract: The present invention provides cells having more than two drug resistance genes and at least two different resistance genes that have been recombined into the chromosome of a cell. It also teaches the processes for preparing cells by recombining two or more different drug resistance genes into the chromosome of a cell. The invention further shows a screening method using the cells of described herein that may be used to accomplish high throughput screening of, among other things, natural products and/or whole cells isolated from the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Richard H. Baltz, Catherine Monahan, Christopher Murphy, Julia Penn, Daniel Ritz, Stephen Wrigley
  • Patent number: 7816117
    Abstract: The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for u sing such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: President and Fellows Of Harvard College, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Daniel Ritz, Melinda Faulkner, Stephanie Gon, George Georgiou
  • Publication number: 20080318267
    Abstract: The present invention provides cells having more than two drug resistance genes and at least two different resistance genes that have been recombined into the chromosome of a cell. It also teaches the processes for preparing cells by recombining two or more different drug resistance genes into the chromosome of a cell. The invention further shows a screening method using the cells of described herein that may be used to accomplish high throughput screening of, among other things, natural products and/or whole cells isolated from the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Baltz, Catherine Monahan, Christopher Murphy, Julia Penn, Daniel Ritz, Stephen Wrigley
  • Patent number: 7410788
    Abstract: The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for using such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Fredrik Aslund, Paul H. Bessette, George Georgiou, Daniel Ritz, Jackie Eun-ah Lim
  • Publication number: 20080051326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel depsipeptide compounds. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and methods of using these compounds as antibacterial compounds. The invention also relates to methods of producing these novel depsipeptide compounds and intermediates used in producing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Dylan Alexander, Richard Baltz, Paul Brian, Marie-Francoise Coeffet-Le Gal, Sascha Doekel, Xiaowei He, Vidya Kulkarni, Christopher Leitheiser, Vivian Pak Woon Miao, Kien Trung Nguyen, Ian Barrie Parr, Daniel Ritz, Yanzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070254334
    Abstract: The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for u sing such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Daniel Ritz, Melinda Faulkner, Stephanie Gon, George Georgiou
  • Publication number: 20060030022
    Abstract: The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for using such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Fredrik Aslund, Paul Bessette, George Georgiou, Daniel Ritz, Jackie Lim
  • Patent number: 6872563
    Abstract: The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for using such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan Beckwith, Fredrik Aslund, Paul H. Bessette, George Georgiou, Daniel Ritz, Jackie Eun-ah Lim