Patents by Inventor Jack Taunton

Jack Taunton 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: 8748601
    Abstract: Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jack Taunton, Michael Cohen, Kevan Shokat, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 8426592
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Patent number: 8399233
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Patent number: 8362084
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Patent number: 8329946
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Patent number: 8329945
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20120302510
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20110319493
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20110313045
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20110218154
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: STUART L. SCHREIBER, JACK TAUNTON, CHRISTIAN A. HASSIG, TIMOTHY F. JAMISON
  • Patent number: 7994362
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20100256171
    Abstract: Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: JACK TAUNTON, MICHAEL COHEN, KEVAN SHOKAT, CHAO ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20100137196
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Patent number: 7687506
    Abstract: Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jack Taunton, Michael Cohen, Kevan Shokat, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090221474
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20090221614
    Abstract: Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jack Taunton, Michael Cohen, Kevin Shokat, Chao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070093413
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Harvard University OTI
    Inventors: Stuart Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian Hassig, Timothy Jamison
  • Publication number: 20070082884
    Abstract: Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jack Taunton, Michael Cohen, Kevan Shokat, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 6777217
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in transcription and translation. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to control cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Stuart L. Schreiber, Jack Taunton, Christian A. Hassig, Timothy F. Jamison