Patents by Inventor Heather N. Taft

Heather N. Taft 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).

  • Use of triaryl methane compounds for inhibiting unwanted cellular proliferation associated with inflammatory disease
    Patent number: 7531573
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation. The active compounds are substituted triaryl methane compounds or analogues thereof where one or more of the aryl groups is replaced with a heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group and/or the tertiary carbon atom is replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P. the compounds inhibit mammalian cell proliferation, inhibit the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Emile M. Bellot, Jr., Mark Froimowitz, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Falguni M. Kher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 7342038
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignees: President and Fellow of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation, NuChem Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6992079
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignees: President Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation, NuChem Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft, Michael H. Zeldin
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Publication number: 20040242563
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-phenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicants: Children's Medical Center Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Nuchem Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment of prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6800658
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, President & Fellows of Harvard College, Nuchem Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Use of triaryl methane compounds for inhibiting unwanted cellular proliferation associated with inflammatory disease
    Publication number: 20040127464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation. The active compounds are substituted triaryl methane compounds or analogues thereof where one or more of the aryl groups is replaced with a heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group and/or the tertiary carbon atom is replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P. the compounds inhibit mammalian cell proliferation, inhibit the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Emile M. Bellot, Mark Froimowitz, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Falguni M. Kher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Publication number: 20040002486
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft, Michael H. Zeldin
  • Substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Publication number: 20030191111
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft, Michael H. Zeldin
  • METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY ABNORMAL CELL PROLIFERATION
    Publication number: 20030134842
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of the Ca2+-activated potassium channel (Gardos channel) of erythrocytes. The compounds can be used as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: CARLO BRUGNARA, JOSE HALPERIN, EMILE M. BELLOT JR, MARK FROIMOWITZ, RICHARD JOHN LOMBARDY, JOHN J. CLIFFORD, YING-DUO GAO, REEM M. HAIDER, EUGENE W. KELLEHER, FALGUNI M. KHER, ADEL M. MOUSSA, YESH P. SACHDEVA, MINGHUA SUN, HEATHER N. TAFT
  • Substitute 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6534497
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 11-phenyl-dibenzazepine compounds that are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignees: Nuchem Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Children's Medical Center Corporation, Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft, Michael H. Zeldin
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment of prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Publication number: 20020198188
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Methods for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Publication number: 20020128256
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of the Ca2+-activated potassium channel (Gardos channel) of erythrocytes. The compounds can be used as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Use of triaryl methane compounds for inhibiting unwanted cellular proliferation associated with inflammatory disease
    Publication number: 20020119953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation. The active compounds are substituted triaryl methane compounds or analogues thereof where one or more of the aryl groups is replaced with a heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group and/or the tertiary carbon atom is replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P. the compounds inhibit mammalian cell proliferation, inhibit the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Emile M. Bellott, Mark Froimowitz, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Falguni M. Kher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Use of triaryl methane compounds for inhibiting unwanted cellular proliferation associated with inflammatory disease
    Patent number: 6331564
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation. The active compounds are substituted triaryl methane compounds or analogues thereof where one or more of the aryl groups is replaced with a heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group and/or the tertiary carbon atom is replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P, the compounds inhibit mammalian cell proliferation, inhibit the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Emile M. Bellot, Jr., Mark Froimowitz, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Falguni M. Kher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment of prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6127407
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment of prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6043272
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignees: Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
  • Triaryl methane compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment or prevention of sickle cell disease or diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6028103
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation. The active compounds are substituted triaryl methane compounds or analogues thereof where one or more of the aryl groups is replaced with a heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group and/or the tertiary carbon atom is replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P. The compounds inhibit mammalian cell proliferation, inhibit the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Emile M. Bellot, Jr., Mark Froimowitz, Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Falguni M. Kher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft