Patents by Inventor Dennis L. Wright

Dennis L. Wright 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: 10690683
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds and methods for labeling and/or detecting proteins in vivo, and methods for probing mitochondrial structure and/or dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: University of Conneticut
    Inventors: Royce Mohan, Paola Bargagna-Mohan, Dennis L. Wright, Santosh Keshipeddy
  • Publication number: 20180045738
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds and methods for labeling and/or detecting proteins in vivo, and methods for probing mitochondrial structure and/or dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Royce Mohan, Paola Bargagna-Mohan, Dennis L. Wright, Santosh Keshipeddy
  • Patent number: 9790158
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein relate generally to substituted tropolone derivatives, which, among other features, are useful as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Michael Van Heyst, Sophia Ononye
  • Patent number: 9382213
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula IA are inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase and are suitable for use in compositions and methods for dihydrofolate reductase inhibition or, more specifically, treatment of a fungal infection, a bacterial infection or a protozoal infection, and, in specific embodiments, treatment of a fungal infection caused by C. albicans or C. glabrata: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, E, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: PROMILIAD BIOPHARMA INC., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Dennis L Wright, Amy C Anderson, Grant Sormunen
  • Publication number: 20150225353
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula IA are inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase and are suitable for use in compositions and methods for dihydrofolate reductase inhibition or, more specifically, treatment of a fungal infection, a bacterial infection or a protozoal infection, and, in specific embodiments, treatment of a fungal infection caused by C. albicans or C. glabrata: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, E, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Grant Sormunen
  • Publication number: 20150166448
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein relate generally to substituted tropolone derivatives, which, among other features, are useful as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis L. Wright, Amy C. Anderson, Michael Van Heyst, Sophia Ononye
  • Patent number: 8853228
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein disclose the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Kathleen Mary Frey, Janet Leigh Paulsen, Eric William Scocchera, Kishore Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 8426432
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Phillip M. Pelphrey, Tammy M. Joska, Erin S. D. Bolstad, David B. Bolstad, Veljko Popov
  • Publication number: 20120196859
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein disclose the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Kathleen Mary Frey, Janet Leigh Paulsen, Eric William Scocchera, Kishore Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20090105287
    Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, fungi such as Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium hominis and Toxoplasma gondii. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Amy C. Anderson, Dennis L. Wright, Phillip M. Pelphrey, Tammy M. Joska, Erin S.D. Bolstad, David B. Bolstad, Veljko Popov
  • Patent number: 4337872
    Abstract: A furnace basket having a flat bottom and an upright peripheral wall formed of a gridwork of transverse rods pressure welded together. The rod portions which form the wall are reinforced by means of peripheral rods welded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Inventor: Dennis L. Wright
  • Patent number: 4081237
    Abstract: A hearth construction having a plurality of sections each of which has a first plurality of parallel, stainless steel I-beams connected in spaced relation by a plurality of transverse stainless steel I-beams. The top surfaces of the longitudinal and transverse I-beams are co-planar to provide a furnace floor for supporting work loads to be heat treated. In each section there are three elongated beams with the outer beams in each section having extensions at one end thereof. The ends of the extensions are situated in the furnace vestibule and have chamfered ends to facilitate loading and unloading of the work loads. Each section has a plurality of pairs of pier plates. The pairs are longitudinally spaced along the elongated beams at a distance corresponding to pier blocks which are situated on and extend from the furnace subfloor. The spacing between the plates in each pair dimensionally conforms to the pier blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Inventor: Dennis L. Wright