Patents by Inventor Guangming Chen

Guangming Chen 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS OF 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLE BENZOIC ACID COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20180092887
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • Compositions of 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds and methods for their use
    Patent number: 9861617
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • COMPOUNDS FOR NONSENSE SUPPRESSION, AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20170204073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations in an mRNA by administering the compounds or compositions of the present invention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for suppressing premature translation termination associated with a nonsense mutation in an mRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Almstead, Guangming Chen, Gary M. Karp, Ellen Welch, Richard Wilde, Jeffrey A. Campbell
  • Compounds for treating spinal muscular atrophy
    Patent number: 9617268
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy. In a specific embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN2 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN2 gene. In another specific embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN1 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN1 gene. In yet another embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN1 and SMN2 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN1 and SMN2 genes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: PTC Therapeutics, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Matthew G. Woll, Guangming Chen, Soongyu Choi, Amal Dakka, Song Huang, Gary Mitchell Karp, Chang-Sun Lee, Chunshi Li, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Sergey Paushkin, Hongyan Qi, Anthony A. Turpoff, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Tianle Yang, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Emmanuel Pinard, Hasane Ratni
  • 1,3,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds and their use for nonsense suppression and the treatment of disease
    Patent number: 9611230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations in an mRNA by administering the compounds or compositions of the present invention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for suppressing premature translation termination associated with a nonsense mutation in an mRNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil G. Almstead, Guangming Chen, Gary M. Karp, Ellen Welch, Richard Wilde, Jeffrey A. Campbell
  • Compounds and methods for antiviral treatment
    Patent number: 9593108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful for treating a viral infection, or for affecting viral activity by modulating viral replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Maccoss, F. George Njoroge, Amin Nomeir, Guangming Chen, Gary Mitchell Karp, William Jospeh Lennox, Chunshi Li, Christie Morrill, Steven D. Paget, Hongyu Ren, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang
  • Antibacterial compounds and methods for use
    Patent number: 9409905
    Abstract: The present description relates to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for use thereof to treat or ameliorate bacterial infections caused by wild-type and multi-drug resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Branstrom, Vara Prasad Venkata Nagendra Josyula, Michael Andrew Arnold, Aleksey I. Gerasyuto, Gary Karp, Jiashi Wang, John David Baird, Guangming Chen, Olya Ginzburg, Jana Narasimhan, Srinivasa Peddi, Hongyan Qi, Sean Wesley Smith, Matthew G. Woll, Tianle Yang, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang
  • Compounds for treating spinal muscular atrophy
    Patent number: 9399649
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Guangming Chen, Amal Dakka, Gary Mitchell Karp, Chunshi Li, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Xin Zhao
  • METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN FROM DNA HAVING A NONSENSE MUTATION AND THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20160199357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional proteins encoded by nucleic acid sequences comprising a nonsense mutation. The present invention also relates to methods for the production of functional proteins encoded by nucleic acid sequences comprising a nonsense mutation and the use of such proteins for prevention, management and/or treatment of diseases associated with a nonsense mutation(s) in a gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Neil ALMSTEAD, Guangming CHEN, Samit HIRAWAT, Peter Seongwoo HWANG, Gary M. KARP, Paul KENNEDY, Langdon MILLER, Young-Choon MOON, Hongyu REN, James J. TAKASUGI, Ellen M. WELCH, Richard G. WILDE
  • COMPOSITIONS OF 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLE BENZOIC ACID COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20160081988
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • Methods for the production of functional protein from DNA having a nonsense mutation and the treatment of disorders associated therewith
    Patent number: 9289398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional proteins encoded by nucleic acid sequences comprising a nonsense mutation. The present invention also relates to methods for the production of functional proteins encoded by nucleic acid sequences comprising a nonsense mutation and the use of such proteins for prevention, management and/or treatment of diseases associated with a nonsense mutation(s) in a gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Almstead, Guangming Chen, Samit Hirawat, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, Gary M. Karp, Langdon Miller, Young-Choon Moon, Hongyu Ren, James J. Takasugi, Ellen M. Welch, Richard G. Wilde, Paul Kennedy
  • Compositions of 1,2,4-oxadiazol benzoic acid compounds and methods for their use
    Patent number: 9205088
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • PYRAZOLE OR TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING SOMATIC MUTATION-RELATED DISEASES
    Publication number: 20150274674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations in an mRNA by administering the compounds or compositions of the present invention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for suppressing premature translation termination associated with a nonsense mutation in an mRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Almstead, Gary M. Karp, Richard Wilde, Ellen Welch, Jeffrey A. Campbell, Hongyu Ren, Guangming Chen
  • Pyrazole or triazole compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament for treating somatic mutation related diseases
    Patent number: 9051342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations in an mRNA by administering the compounds or compositions of the present invention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for suppressing premature translation termination associated with a nonsense mutation in an mRNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Almstead, Gary M. Karp, Richard Wilde, Ellen Welch, Jeffrey A. Campbell, Hongyu Ren, Guangming Chen
  • COMPOSITIONS OF 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLE BENZOIC ACID COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20150148346
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: PTC Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
    Publication number: 20150126515
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Guangming Chen, Amal Dakka, Gary Mitchell Karp, Chunshi Li, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Xin Zhao
  • COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
    Publication number: 20150119380
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy. In a specific embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN2 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN2 gene. In another specific embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN1 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN1 gene. In yet another embodiment, provided herein are compounds of a form that may be used to modulate the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN1 and SMN2 into mRNA that is transcribed from the SMN1 and SMN2 genes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew G. Woll, Guangming Chen, Soongyu Choi, Amal Dakka, Song Huang, Gary Mitchell Karp, Chang-Sun Lee, Chunshi Li, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Sergey Paushkin, Hongyan Qi, Anthony A. Turpoff, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Tianle Yang, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Emmanuel Pinard, Hasane Ratni
  • Methods for using 1,2,4-Oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds
    Patent number: 8975287
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • Telomerase activity inhibiting peptide and manufacturing method and application thereof
    Patent number: 8968727
    Abstract: The present invention provides a telomerase activity inhibiting polypeptide. The expression of the polypeptide in tumor cells can inhibit significantly tumor cell telomerase activity, tumor cell growth, and lead to the death of such cells. The present invention further provides a preparation method for the polypeptide and an application thereof in targeted treatments of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Mujun Zhao, Jian Feng, Guoyuan Chen, Jing Zhao, Guangming Chen, Liang Da, Zaiping Li
  • ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR USE
    Publication number: 20150038438
    Abstract: The present description relates to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for use thereof to treat or ameliorate bacterial infections caused by wild-type and multi-drug resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arthur Branstrom, Vara Prasad Venkata Nagendra Josyula, Michael Andrew Arnold, Aleksey I. Gerasyuto, Gary Karp, Jiashi Wang, Guangming Chen, Olya Ginzburg, Song Huang, Jana Narasimhan, Srinivasa Peddi, Sean Wesley Smith, Anthony Allan Turpoff, Matthew G. Woll, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang