Patents by Inventor Daniel W. Neef

Daniel W. Neef 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: 20170227553
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for identifying and treating subjects having conditions involving reduced HSF1 activity (e.g., diminished HSF1 activity, diminished HSF1 protein levels, increased HSF1 Ser303 phosphorylation, increased HSF1 Ser307 phosphorylation) or conditions that benefit from increasing HSF1 abundance or activity beyond physiological levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Rocio Gomez-Pastor, Daniel W. Neef
  • Patent number: 9717709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 9718784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazole compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof) and pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose Serafin Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20170000768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20160331686
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions of yeast extracellular vesicles comprising biologically active molecules, methods for making the same, and methods for the use of the yeast extracellular vesicles to deliver biologically active molecules to target cells. In addition, the invention provides cells and compositions comprising the biologically active molecules and vesicles, which can be used as transfection reagents. The invention further provides methods for producing said compositions of biologically active molecules with vesicles as well as the cells that produce those compositions. Compositions and methods for delivering biologically active molecules, such as a small molecule, a DNA expression plasmid, an RNA molecule, a peptide, or a protein, to cells and/or tissues are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: CLSN Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. POLACH, Daniel W. Neef, Jason G. Fewell, Khursheed Anwer
  • Patent number: 9447058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,3-thiazole compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Duke University, Chaperone Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20160221958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose Serafin Mendoza
  • Patent number: 9315449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazole compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides substituted pyrazole compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventors: Dennis J Thiele, Daniel W Neef, Jose S Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20160024035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 9156775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,3-thiazole compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: DUKE UNIVERSITY, CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20130267543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC., DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20110112073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza