Patents by Inventor Deepika Nehra

Deepika Nehra 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: 10420742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain cancers in a subject. In certain embodiments such compositions and methods generally relate to the use of G-coupled protein receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists to inhibit the growth or induce apoptosis of certain cancer cells. The compositions and related methods disclosed herein may be used to treat subjects affected by cancers, such as melanoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neuroblastoma, and to reduce the incidence of metastases in such affected subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Brian Kalish
  • Publication number: 20180000767
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain cancers in a subject. In certain embodiments such compositions and methods generally relate to the use of G-coupled protein receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists to inhibit the growth or induce apoptosis of certain cancer cells. The compositions and related methods disclosed herein may be used to treat subjects affected by cancers, such as melanoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neuroblastoma, and to reduce the incidence of metastases in such affected subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Brian Kalish
  • Patent number: 9763905
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain cancers in a subject. In certain embodiments such compositions and methods generally relate to the use of G-coupled protein receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists to inhibit the growth or induce apoptosis of certain cancer cells. The compositions and related methods disclosed herein may be used to treat subjects affected by cancers, such as melanoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neuroblastoma, and to reduce the incidence of metastases in such affected subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Brian Kalish
  • Patent number: 9295662
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for enhancing, improving or increasing fertility or reproductive function. For example, the present disclosure is directed to a method for enhancing, improving, or increasing a female human's likelihood of becoming pregnant comprising: administering to the human a nutritional, dietary, or food fatty acid supplement comprising: at least 30% docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), by weight of the total fatty acids in the supplement in a form chosen from ethyl ester, free fatty acid, and triglyceride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Bo R. Rueda
  • Publication number: 20160045468
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain cancers in a subject. In certain embodiments such compositions and methods generally relate to the use of G-coupled protein receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists to inhibit the growth or induce apoptosis of certain cancer cells. The compositions and related methods disclosed herein may be used to treat subjects affected by cancers, such as melanoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neuroblastoma, and to reduce the incidence of metastases in such affected subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Brian Kalish
  • Publication number: 20150025048
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for enhancing, improving or increasing fertility or reproductive function. For example, the present disclosure is directed to a method for enhancing, improving, or increasing a female human's likelihood of becoming pregnant comprising: administering to the human a nutritional, dietary, or food fatty acid supplement comprising: at least 30% docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), by weight of the total fatty acids in the supplement in a form chosen from ethyl ester, free fatty acid, and triglyceride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Bo R. Rueda