Patents by Inventor David Armistead

David Armistead 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: 8178536
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi B. Vu, Pui Yee Ng, Jeremy S. Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Patent number: 8088928
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi B. Vu, Pui Yee Ng, Jeremy S. Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20110130387
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi B. Vu, Pui Yee Ng, Jeremy S. Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Patent number: 7855289
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benfit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi B. Vu, Pui Yee Ng, Jeremy S. Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20070124083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data storage medium encoded with the corresponding structure coordinates of molecules and molecular complexes which comprise the active site binding pockets of IMPDH. Such data storage material is capable of displaying such molecules and molecular complexes, or their structural homologues, as a graphical three-dimensional representation on a computer screen. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to solve the structure of homologous proteins or protein complexes. In addition, this invention relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to screen and design compounds, including inhibitory compounds, that bind to IMPDH or homologues thereof. This invention also relates to molecules and molecular complexes which comprise the active site binding pockets of IMPDH or close structural homologues of the active site binding pockets. This invention also relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which are inhibitors of IMPDH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Keith Wilson, Michael Sintchak, Mark Fleming, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20070037810
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benfit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sirtis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi Vu, Pui Ng, Jeremy Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20070037809
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benfit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi Vu, Pui Ng, Jeremy Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20070010952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystallized molecules and molecular complexes which comprise the active site binding pocket or the FKBP12/FK506 binding pocket of calcineurin or close structural homologues to either binding pocket. This invention also relates to a data storage material encoded with the corresponding structure coordinates of those crystallized molecules or molecular complexes. Such data storage material is capable of displaying such molecules and molecular complexes as a graphical three-dimensional representation on a computer screen. In addition, this invention relates to methods of using the structure coordinates of those molecules or molecular complexes to solve the structure of homologous proteins. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to screen and design compounds that bind to calcineurin or homologues thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: David Armistead, Matthew Fitzgibbon, Mark Fleming, James Griffith, Eunice Kim, Joseph Kim, Michael Sintchak, John Thomson, Keith Wilson
  • Publication number: 20050282876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are IMPDH inhibitors. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting IMPDH enzyme activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as therapeutic agents for IMPDH mediated processes. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of IMPDH using the compounds of this invention and related compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: David Armistead, Michael Badia, Guy Bemis, Randy Bethiel, Catharine Frank, Perry Novak, Steven Ronkin, Jeffrey Saunders
  • Publication number: 20050203114
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of kinases, compositions comprising the inhibitors, and methods of using the inhibitors and inhibitor compositions. The inhibitors and compositions comprising them are useful for treating disease or disease symptoms. The invention also provides for methods of making kinase inhibitor compounds, methods of inhibiting kinase activity, and methods for treating disease or disease symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: David Armistead, Jean Bemis, Lucian DiPietro, Stephanie Geuns-Meyer, Gregory Habgood, Joseph Kim, Joseph Nunes, Vinod Patel, Leticia Toledo-Sherman
  • Publication number: 20040170981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence in a biological material. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence by real time polymerase chain reaction using nucleic acid primers that are separated by at least about 750 nucleic acid residues in the target sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Keith McKenney, Lidja Gillmeister, Kristina Marlowe, David Armistead
  • Publication number: 20040170954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining the level of potentially active biological pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, chlamydia, rickettsias), fungi (including yeasts) and single cell parasites, which may be found in a biological material. The present invention particularly relates to methods of determining the level of potentially active biological pathogens in a biological material using quantitative PCR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Keith McKenney, Lidja Gillmeister, Kristina Marlowe, David Armistead
  • Patent number: 5622970
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of immunosuppressive compounds having an affinity for the FK-506 binding protein (FKBP). Once bound to this protein, the immunosuppressive compounds inhibit the prolyl peptidyl cis-trans isomerase (rotamase) activity of the FKBP and inhibit T cell activation. As such, the compounds of this invention can be used as immunosuppressive drugs to prevent or significantly reduce graft rejection in bone marrow and organ transplantations and for use in the treatment of a wide variety of autoimmune diseases in humans and other mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. Armistead, Joshua S. Boger, Harold V. Meyers, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Roger D. Tung
  • Patent number: 5192773
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of immunosuppressive compounds having an affinity for the FK-506 binding protein (FKBP). Once bound to this protein, the immunosuppressive compounds inhibit the prolyl peptidyl cis-trans isomerase (rotamase) activity of the FKBP and inhibit T cell activation. As such, the compounds of this invention can be used as immunosuppressive drugs to prevent or significantly reduce graft rejection in bone marrow and organ transplantations and for use in the treatment of a wide variety of autoimmune diseases in humans and other mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Armistead, Joshua S. Boger, Harold V. Meyers, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Roger D. Tung