Patents by Inventor Donald S. Karanewsky

Donald S. Karanewsky 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: 20130041046
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds having structural formula (I), or salts or solvates thereof. These compounds are useful as sweet flavor modifiers. The present invention also includes compositions comprising the present compounds and methods of enhancing the sweet taste of compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine TACHDJIAN, Xiao Qing TANG, Donald S. KARANEWSKY, Guy SERVANT, Xiaodong LI, Feng ZHANG, Qing CHEN, Hong ZHANG, Timothy James DAVIS, Vincent DARMOHUSODO, Melissa Sue WONG, Victor SELCHAU
  • Publication number: 20120202782
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or dysregulated B cell activities, particularly diseases or disorders that involve aberrant activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (ITPKb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Badry Bursulaya, Dai Cheng, Jiqing Jiang, Donald S. Karanewsky, Yi Liu, Shifeng Pan, Yongqin Wan, Xia Wang, Yun Feng Xie, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120183660
    Abstract: The present invention provides isomannide derivatives having structural formula (I) as shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavoring agents or tastants, flavor or taste modifiers, and/or flavor/taste enhancers, particularly, savory (“umami”) flavoring agent or tastant, savory taste modifiers, and/or savory flavor enhancers, for ingestible compositions. The present invention also provides methods of preparing isomannide derivatives having the structural formula (II) shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Sara L. Adamski-Werner, Jeffrey M. Yamamoto, Hengyuan Lang, Donald S. Karanewsky
  • Patent number: 8178526
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or dysregulated B cell activities, particularly diseases or disorders that involve aberrant activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (ITPKb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Badry Bursulaya, Dai Cheng, Jiqing Jiang, Donald S. Karanewsky, Yi Liu, Shifeng Pan, Yongqin Wan, Xia Wang, Yun Feng Xie, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120088796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald S. KARANEWSKY, Joseph R. Fotsing, Catherine Tachdjian, Melissa Arellano
  • Patent number: 8148544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Li, Andrew Patron, Catherine Tachdjian, Hong Xu, Qing Li, Alexey Pronin, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Thomas Brady, Vincent Darmohusodo, Melissa Arellano, Victor Selchau, Brett Weylan Ching, Donald S. Karanewsky, Paul Brust, Jing Ling, Wen Zhao, Chad Priest
  • Publication number: 20120041078
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of stabilizing one or more sweet enhancers when they are exposed to a light source as well as liquid compositions containing one or more sweet enhancers and one or more photostabilizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine TACHDJIAN, Donald S. Karanewsky, Xiao-Qing Tang, Hanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 8076491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald S Karanewsky, Joseph R. Fotsing, Catherine Tachdjian, Melissa Arellano
  • Publication number: 20110245494
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods/processes and intermediates for preparing compounds having structural Formula (I): wherein X is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, heteroalkyl, substituted heteroalkyl, heteroalkenyl, or substituted heteroalkenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Donald S. Karanewsky, Xiao-Qing Tang, Qing Chen, Peter Leeming, Tayyab Rashid, Daniel Levin
  • Publication number: 20110245353
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds having structural formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvate, and/or ester thereof. These compounds are useful as sweet flavor modifiers. The present invention also includes compositions comprising the present compounds and methods of enhancing the sweet taste of ingestible compositions. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SENOMYS, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine TACHDJIAN, Xiao Qing TANG, Donald S. KARANEWSKY, Guy SERVANT, Xiaodong LI, Feng ZHANG, Qing CHEN, Hong ZHANG, Timothy DAVIS, Vincent DARMOHUSODO, Melissa WONG, Victor SELCHAU
  • Publication number: 20110224155
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for identifying modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands, e.g., by determining whether a test entity is suitable to interact with one or more interacting sites within the Venus flytrap domains of the chemosensory receptors, and modifiers capable of modulating chemosensory receptors and their ligands. The present invention also includes modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands having Formula (I), its subgenus, and specific compounds. Furthermore, the present invention includes ingestible compositions comprising the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands and methods of using the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands to enhance the sweet taste of an ingestible composition or treat a condition associated with a chemosensory receptor. In addition, the present invention include processes for preparing the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SENOMYX INC.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Donald S. Karanewsky, Xiao-Qing Tang, Xiaodong Li, Feng Zhang, Guy Servant, Qing Chen, Vincent Darmohusodo, Richard Fine, Joseph R. Fotsing, Jeffrey Robert Hammaker, Xinshan Kang, Rachel D.A. Kimmich, Boris Klebansky, Haitian Liu, Goran Petrovic, Marketa Rinnova, Sara Adamski-Werner, Jeffrey Yamamoto, Hong Zhang, Albert Zlotnik, Mark Zoller, Karen Zoller
  • Publication number: 20110207937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong LI, Andrew Patron, Catherine Tachdjian, Hong Xu, Qing Li, Alexey Pronin, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Thomas Brady, Vincent Darmohusodo, Melissa Arellano, Victor Selchau, Brett Weylan Ching, Donald S. Karanewsky, Paul Brust, Jing Ling, Wen Zhao, Chad Priest
  • Patent number: 7939671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Li, Andrew Patron, Catherine Tachdjian, Hong Xu, Qing Li, Alexey Pronin, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Thomas Brady, Vincent Darmohusodo, Melissa Arellano, Victor Selchau, Brett Weylan Ching, Donald S. Karanewsky, Paul Brust, Jing Ling, Wen Zhao, Chad Priest
  • Publication number: 20100254916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald S. Karanewsky, Joseph Fotsing, Catherine Tachdjian, Melissa Arellano
  • Publication number: 20100204200
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for the selective inhibition of cathepsin S. In a preferred aspect, cathepsin S is selectively inhibited in the presence of at least one other cathepsin isozyme. The present invention also provides methods for treating a disease state in a subject by selectively inhibiting cathepsin S. More particularly, the present invention provides compounds having Formula 1: wherein Q is an optionally substituted azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidyl, and indolinyl; or Q is NR25R26; and A, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R25, R26 and Ar are substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Arnab Chatterjee, David C. Tully, Phillip Alper, Badry Bursulaya, Jianhua Guo, David H. Woodmansee, Daniel Mutnick, Donald S. Karanewsky, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20100184748
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or dysregulated B cell activities, particularly diseases or disorders that involve aberrant activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (ITPKb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Badry Bursulaya, Dai Cheng, Jiqing Jiang, Donald S. Karanewsky, Yi Liu, Shifeng Pan, Yongqin Wan, Xia Wang, Yun Feng Xie, Yang Yang
  • Patent number: 7638523
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that include a diarylamine structural feature. Also described herein are methods for making such compounds, methods for using such compounds to modulate the activity of c-kit receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds. Also described herein are methods of using such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments to treat and/or prevent and/or inhibit and/or ameliorate the pathology and/or symptomology diseases or conditions associated with the activity of c-kit receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignees: IRM LLC, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Valentina Molteni, Shuli You, Juliet Nabakka, Yi Liu, Xiaolin Li, Donatella Chianelli, Jon Loren, Xiaodong Liu, Shifeng Pan, Donald S. Karanewsky, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano
  • Publication number: 20090274632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Li, Andrew Patron, Catherine Tachdjian, Hong Xu, Qing Li, Alexey Pronin, Guy Servant, Lan Zhang, Thomas Brady, Vincent Darmohusodo, Melissa Arellano, Victor Selchau, Brett Weylan Ching, Donald S. Karanewsky, Paul Brust, Jing Ling, Wen Zhao, Chad Priest
  • Publication number: 20090264649
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that include a diarylamine structural feature. Also described herein are methods for making such compounds, methods for using such compounds to modulate the activity of c-kit receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds. Also described herein are methods of using such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments to treat and/or prevent and/or inhibit and/or ameliorate the pathology and/or symptomology diseases or conditions associated with the activity of c-kit receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicants: IRM LLC, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Valentina Molteni, Xiaolin Li, Donatella Chianelli, Jon Loren, Juliet Nabakka, Xiaodong Liu, Shifeng Pan, Yi Liu, Donald S. Karanewsky, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano, Shuli You
  • Patent number: 7592349
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that include a diarylamine structural feature. Also described herein are methods for making such compounds, methods for using such compounds to modulate the activity of c-kit receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds. Also described herein are methods of using such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments to treat and/or prevent and/or inhibit and/or ameliorate the pathology and/or symptomology diseases or conditions associated with the activity of c-kit receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: IRM LLC, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Valentina Molteni, Shuli You, Juliet Nabakka, Yi Liu, Xiaolin Li, Donatella Chianelli, Jon Loren, Xiaodong Liu, Shifeng Pan, Donald S. Karanewsky, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano