Patents by Inventor Franklin W. Okumu
Franklin W. Okumu 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).
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Publication number: 20140296498Abstract: Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenensis having the ability to produce and accumulate one or more Tiacumicin in a nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, trace elements such as inorganic salts, and an adsorbent, wherein said nitrogen source comprises fish powder, and wherein said Tiacumicin is produced in a yield greater than about 50 mg/L broth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Chi-Jen Frank Du, Ming-His Chiou, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Franklin W. Okumu, Jonathan James Duffield
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Patent number: 8728796Abstract: Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenensis having the ability to produce and accumulate one or more Tiacumicin in a nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, trace elements such as inorganic salts, and an adsorbent, wherein said nitrogen source comprises fish powder, and wherein said Tiacumicin is produced in a yield greater than about 50 mg/L broth.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Chi-Jen Frank Du, Ming-His Chiou, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Franklin W. Okumu, Jonathan James Duffield
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Publication number: 20130274175Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with the use of antibiotics or cancer chemotherapies or antiviral therapies, such as colitis, pseudomembranous colitis, antibiotic associated diarrhea and infections due to C. difficile, C. perfringens, Staphylococcus species including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Enterococcus including vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) with Compound I.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Farah Kondori Babakhani, Franklin W. Okumu, Pamela Suzanne Sears, Starr Louise Miller-Shangle, Robert Brian Walsh
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Publication number: 20130123477Abstract: Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenensis having the ability to produce and accumulate one or more Tiacumicin in a nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, trace elements such as inorganic salts, and an adsorbent, wherein said nitrogen source comprises fish powder, and wherein said Tiacumicin is produced in a yield greater than about 50 mg/L broth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Chi-Jen Frank Du, Ming-His Chiou, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Franklin W. Okumu, Jonathan James Duffield
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Publication number: 20100266698Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment and repair of cartilage, including cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders, including arthritis, comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin variants. Optionally, the administration may be in combination with a cartilage agent (e.g., peptide growth factor, catabolism antagonist, osteo-, synovial, anti-inflammatory factor), in an extended- or sustained-release form. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin in combination with standard surgical techniques. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of chondrocytes previously treated with an effective amount of insulin and/or insulin variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Franklin W. Okumu
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Publication number: 20100028970Abstract: Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenensis having the ability to produce and accumulate one or more Tiacumicin in a nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, trace elements such as inorganic salts, and an adsorbent, wherein said nitrogen source comprises fish powder, and wherein said Tiacumicin is produced in a yield greater than about 50 mg/L broth.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Chi-Jen Frank Du, Ming-Hsi Chiou, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Franklin W. Okumu, Jonathan James Duffield
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Patent number: 7507564Abstract: Methods, processes and materials for the production and recovery of Tiacumicins produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the species Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenensis having the ability to produce and accumulate one or more Tiacumicin in a nutrient medium comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, trace elements such as inorganic salts, and an adsorbent, wherein said nitrogen source comprises fish powder, and wherein said Tiacumicin is produced in a yield greater than about 50 mg/L broth.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Youe-Kong Shue, Chi-Jen Frank Du, Ming-Hsi Chiou, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Franklin W. Okumu, Jonathan James Duffield
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Patent number: 7268112Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment and repair of cartilage, including cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders, including arthritis, comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin variants. Optionally, the administration may be in combination with a cartilage agent (e.g., peptide growth factor, catabolism antagonist, osteo-, synovial, anti-inflammatory factor), in an extended- or sustained-release form. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin in combination with standard surgical techniques. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of chondrocytes previously treated with an effective amount of insulin and/or insulin variant.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Genetech, Inc.Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Franklin W. Okumu
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Publication number: 20040138101Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment and repair of cartilage, including cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders, including arthritis, comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin variants. Optionally, the administration may be in combination with a cartilage agent (e.g., peptide growth factor, catabolism antagonist, osteo-, synovial, anti-inflammatory factor), in an extended- or sustained-release form. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin in combination with standard surgical techniques. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilaginous disorders comprising the administration of chondrocytes previously treated with an effective amount of insulin and/or insulin variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Franklin W. Okumu
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Patent number: 6689747Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment and repair of cartilage, including cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders, including arthritis, comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin variants. Optionally, the administration may be in combination with a cartilage agent (e.g., peptide growth factor, catabolism antagonist, osteo-, synovial, anti-inflammatory factor), in an extended- or sustained-release form. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin in combination with standard surgical techniques. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders comprising the administration of chondrocytes previously treated with an effective amount of insulin and/or insulin variant.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Franklin W. Okumu
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Publication number: 20020058614Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment and repair of cartilage, including cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders, including arthritis, comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin variants. Optionally, the administration may be in combination with a cartilage agent (e.g., peptide growth factor, catabolism antagonist, osteo-, synovial, anti-inflammatory factor), in an extended- or sustained-release form. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders comprising the administration of insulin and/or insulin in combination with standard surgical techniques. Alternatively, the method provides for the treatment and repair of cartilage damaged by injury or cartilagenous disorders comprising the administration of chondrocytes previously treated with an effective amount of insulin and/or insulin variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: Ellen H. Filvaroff, Franklin W. Okumu