Patents by Inventor Duncan Brown

Duncan Brown 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: 9464290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bartz, Duncan Brown, Michael Robinson
  • Patent number: 9447420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20160256570
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods comprising the in vivo delivery of small nucleic acid molecules capable of mediating RNA interference and reducing the expression of myostatin, wherein the small nucleic acid molecules are introduced to a subject by systemic administration. Specifically, the invention relates to methods comprising the in vivo delivery of short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules that target a myostatin gene expressed by a subject, wherein the siNA molecule is conjugated to a lipophilic moiety, such as cholesterol. The myostatin siNA conjugates that are delivered as per the methods disclosed are useful to modulate the in vivo expression of myostatin, increase muscle mass and/or enhance muscle performance. Use of the disclosed methods is further indicated for treating musculoskeletal diseases or disorders and/or diseases or disorders that result in conditions in which muscle is adversely affected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: SIRNA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marija Tadin-Strapps, Tayeba Khan, Walter Richard Strapps, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Vasant Jadhav, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20160257962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of IDH1 and mutant IDH1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate an IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules, including small nucleic acid molecules such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules, that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Duncan Brown, Steven Bartz
  • Patent number: 9322020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of IDH1 and mutant IDH1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate an IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules, including small nucleic acid molecules such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules, that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Duncan Brown, Steven Bartz
  • Publication number: 20160076034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Bartz, Duncan Brown, Michael Robinson
  • Patent number: 9233997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsR-NA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hair-pin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Ason, Duncan Brown, Walter Strapps
  • Patent number: 9029341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bartz, Duncan Brown, Michael Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140343126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Patent number: 8835623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20140094503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of IDH1 and mutant IDH1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate an IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules, including small nucleic acid molecules such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules, that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against IDH1 or mutant IDH1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Duncan Brown, Steven Bartz
  • Publication number: 20140088937
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the probability that an RNAi compound modulates the expression level of a gene using a linear regression model. The present invention also provides a method for determining the probabilities that an RNAi compound modulates the expression levels of each gene in a set of genes of interest using the linear regression model. The present invention provides a method for determining the seed-sequence-dependent signature size of an RNAi compound using the linear regression model. The invention provides a method for identifying genes having seed-sequence-dependent silencing effect by an siRNA using the linear regression model. The invention further provides a method for selecting from a plurality of siRNAs one or more siRNAs with higher silencing efficacy, specificity and diversity in silencing a target gene in an organism. The invention also provides a method for determining the coefficients of the above linear regression model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merk Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, Julja Burchard, Eugen C. Buehler
  • Publication number: 20130324588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Patent number: 8518907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20130165500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond expressed/synthetic to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short inter-fering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsR-NA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hair-pin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capa-ble of mediating or that mediate RNA inter-ference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expres-sion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Brandon Ason, Duncan Brown, Walter Strapps
  • Publication number: 20130150433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Steve Bartz, Duncan Brown, Michael Robinson
  • Publication number: 20130137752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Patent number: 8412485
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating the load condition of a vehicle having suspension components comprising: at least one of an inclinometer or an accelerometer mounted on at least one suspension component to measure the deflection angle of the suspension component; and a controller configured to use deflection angle and generate an output representative of the load condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Vishay PM Onboard Ltd.
    Inventor: Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20120072123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining the probability that an RNAi compound modulates the expression level of a gene using a linear regression model. The present invention also provides a method for determining the probabilities that an RNAi compound modulates the expression levels of each gene in a set of genes of interest using the linear regression model. The present invention provides a method for determining the seed-sequence-dependent signature size of an RNAi compound using the linear regression model. The invention provides a method for identifying genes having seed-sequence-dependent silencing effect by an siRNA using the linear regression model. The invention further provides a method for selecting from a plurality of siRNAs one or more siRNAs with higher silencing efficacy, specificity and diversity in silencing a target gene in an organism. The invention also provides a method for determining the coefficients of the above linear regression model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, Julja Burchard, Eugen C. Buehler
  • Publication number: 20100289658
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating the load condition of a vehicle having suspension components comprising: at least one of an inclinometer or an accelerometer mounted on at least one suspension component to measure the deflection angle of the suspension component; and a controller configured to use deflection angle and generate an output representative of the load condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Vishay PM Onboard Ltd.
    Inventor: Duncan Brown