Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Treco

Douglas A. Treco 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: 20170198282
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for linking an mRNA molecule to a polypeptide (e.g., a peptide or a protein) by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking amino acid in the polypeptide, or by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking tRNA to which the polypeptide is attached, via reactions not catalyzed by the ribosome, and methods for making polypeptide libraries. Also provided are mRNA-protein complexes and mRNA-tRNA-protein complexes, libraries containing these complexes, and methods of using these complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20170189470
    Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Alonso Ricardo, Kristopher Josephson, Paul Anderson, Michelle Denise Hoarty, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Eberhard Schneider, Gregor Schurmann, Peter Wagner, Douglas A. Treco, Hong Zheng, Daniel Elbaum, Nicolas Cedric Boyer
  • Publication number: 20170137468
    Abstract: The present invention provides modulators of complement activity. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Arata, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong MA, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter
  • Patent number: 9644004
    Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Alonso Ricardo, Kristopher Josephson, Paul Anderson, Michelle Denise Arata, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Eberhard Schneider, Gregor Schurmann, Peter Wagner, Douglas A. Treco, Hong Zheng, Daniel Elbaum, Nicolas Cedric Boyer
  • Patent number: 9523113
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating ?-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human ?-galactosidase A are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Kenneth Loveday, Marianne Borowski
  • Patent number: 9422550
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for linking an mRNA molecule to a polypeptide (e.g., a peptide or a protein) by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking amino acid in the polypeptide, or by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking tRNA to which the polypeptide is attached, via reactions not catalyzed by the ribosome, and methods for making polypeptide libraries. Also provided are mRNA-protein complexes and mRNA-tRNA-protein complexes, libraries containing these complexes, and methods of using these complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20160184409
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating ?-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human ?-galactosidase A are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. TRECO, Kenneth LOVEDAY, Marianne BOROWSKI
  • Publication number: 20160083430
    Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Alonso Ricardo, Kristopher Josephson, Paul Anderson, Michelle Denise Arata, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Eberhard Schneider, Gregor Schurmann, Peter Wagner, Douglas A. Treco, Hong Zheng, Daniel Elbaum, Nicolas Cedric Boyer
  • Patent number: 9267166
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating ?-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human ?-galactosidase A are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Kenneth Loveday, Marianne Borowski
  • Patent number: 9238676
    Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Alonso Ricardo, Kristopher Josephson, Paul Anderson, Michelle Denise Arata, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Eberhard Schneider, Gregor Schurmann, Peter Wagner, Douglas A. Treco, Hong Zheng, Daniel Elbaum, Nicolas Cedric Boyer
  • Publication number: 20150166606
    Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors and/or antagonists of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are methods of utilizing the inhibitors as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Alonso Ricardo, Kristopher Josephson, Paul Anderson, Michelle Denise Arata, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Eberhard Schneider, Gregor Schurmann, Peter Wagner, Douglas A. Treco, Hong Zheng, Daniel Elbaum, Nicolas Cedric Boyer
  • Publication number: 20140350089
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a synthetic nucleic acid sequence which encodes a protein wherein at least one non-common codon or less-common codon is replaced by a common codon. The synthetic nucleic acid sequence can include a continuous stretch of at least 90 codons all of which are common codons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard F. Selden, Allan M. Miller, Douglas A. Treco
  • Publication number: 20140234898
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for linking an mRNA molecule to a polypeptide (e.g., a peptide or a protein) by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking amino acid in the polypeptide, or by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking tRNA to which the polypeptide is attached, via reactions not catalyzed by the ribosome, and methods for making polypeptide libraries. Also provided are mRNA-protein complexes and mRNA-tRNA-protein complexes, libraries containing these complexes, and methods of using these complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20120252117
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a synthetic nucleic acid sequence which encodes a protein wherein at least one non-common codon or less-common codon is replaced by a common codon. The synthetic nucleic acid sequence can include a continuous stretch of at least 90 codons all of which are common codons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Richard F Selden, Allan M. Miller, Douglas A. Treco
  • Publication number: 20110280856
    Abstract: The invention provides highly purified ?-Gal A, and various methods for purifying it; ?-Gal A preparations with altered charge and methods for making those preparations; ?-Gal A preparations that have an extended circulating half-life in a mammalian host, and methods for making same; and methods and dosages for administering an ?-Gal A preparation to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Richard F Selden, Marianne Borowski, Carol M. Kinoshita, Douglas A. Treco
  • Publication number: 20110077284
    Abstract: A dry powder formulation for delivery to a mammal by inhalation, the formulation comprising particles comprising a lipid, a carrier, and one or more double-stranded siRNA molecules or dicer-active precursors targeted to influenza virus A method for treating or preventing influenza in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically-effective amount of a dry powder formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: MARINA BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Luis Brito, Donghao Chen, Qing Ge, Douglas A. Treco
  • Publication number: 20110002908
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating ?-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human ?-galactosidase A are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas A. TRECO, Kenneth LOVEDAY, Marianne BOROWSKI
  • Patent number: 7833742
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating ?-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human ?-galactosidase A are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Treco, Kenneth Loveday, Marianne Borowski
  • Publication number: 20100143314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transfected primary and secondary somatic cells of vertebrate origin, particularly mammalian origin, transfected with exogenous genetic material (DNA) which encodes erythropoietin or an insulinotropin [e.g., derivatives of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)], methods by which primary and secondary cells are transfected to include exogenous genetic material encoding erythropoietin or an insulinotropin, methods of producing clonal cell strains or heterogenous cell strains which express erythropoietin or an insulinotropin, methods of gene therapy in which the transfected primary or secondary cells are used, and methods of producing antibodies using the transfected primary or secondary cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Selden, Douglas Treco, Michael W. Heartlein
  • Publication number: 20100062526
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a synthetic nucleic acid sequence which encodes a protein wherein at least one non-common codon or less-common codon is replaced by a common codon. The synthetic nucleic acid sequence can include a continuous stretch of at least 90 codons all of which are common codons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Richard F. Selden, Allan M. Miller, Douglas A. Treco