Patents by Inventor Ervin Teper

Ervin Teper 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).

  • Zinc chelating agents for depleting XIAP and sensitizing tumor cells to apoptosis
    Patent number: 9320736
    Abstract: The invention provides zinc chelating agents and formulations thereof that deplete XIAP in cancer cells and sensitize the cells to apoptosis-inducing agents. The invention provides methods for sensitizing apoptosis-resistant cancer cells to apoptosis-inducing agents, as well as methods for treating a subject with a combined therapy of a zinc chelating agent and an apoptosis-inducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Kutikov, Vladimir Kolenko, Seth M. Cohen, Robert G. Uzzo, Ervin Teper
  • Zinc Chelating Agents for Depleting Xiap and Sensitizing Tumor Cells to Apoptosis
    Publication number: 20150147291
    Abstract: The invention provides zinc chelating agents and formulations thereof that deplete XIAP in cancer cells and sensitize the cells to apoptosis-inducing agents. The invention provides methods for sensitizing apoptosis-resistant cancer cells to apoptosis-inducing agents, as well as methods for treating a subject with a combined therapy of a zinc chelating agent and an apoptosis-inducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Kutikov, Vladimir Kolenko, Seth M. Cohen, Robert G. Uzzo, Ervin Teper