Patents by Inventor James M Salovich

James M Salovich 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).

  • Publication number: 20230330099
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds that inhibit the activity of an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) protein. The present disclosure also provides for pharmaceutical compositions as well as methods for using compounds for treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer) characterized by the over-expression or dysregulation of Mcl-1 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Taekyu Lee, James C. Tarr, KyuOk Jeon, James M. Salovich, Subrata Shaw, Nagarathanam Veerasamy, Kwangho Kim, Plamen P. Christov, Edward T. Olejniczak, Bin Zhao, Stephen W. Fesik, Zhiguo Bian
  • Patent number: 11596639
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds that inhibit the activity of an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) protein. The present disclosure also provides for pharmaceutical compositions as well as methods for using compounds for treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer) characterized by the over-expression or dysregulation of Mcl-1 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Taekyu Lee, James C. Tarr, KyuOk Jeon, James M. Salovich, Subrata Shaw, Nagarathanam Veerasamy, Kwangho Kim, Plamen P. Christov, Edward T. Olejniczak, Bin Zhao, Stephen W. Fesik, Zhiguo Bian
  • Publication number: 20210283138
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds that inhibit the activity of an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) protein. The present disclosure also provides for pharmaceutical compositions as well as methods for using compounds for treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer) characterized by the over-expression or dysregulation of Mcl-1 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Taekyu Lee, James C. Tarr, KyuOk Jeon, James M. Salovich, Subrata Shaw, Nagarathanam Veerasamy, Kwangho Kim, Plamen P. Christov, Edward T. Olejniczak, Bin Zhao, Stephen W. Fesik, Zhiguo Bian
  • Patent number: 10807959
    Abstract: Benzamides and picolinamides that are meta-substituted with imino-, guanidino-, or heterocycle-containing groups disrupt the WDR5-MLL1 protein-protein interaction, and have use in pharmaceutical compositions and in treating proliferative disorders and conditions in a subject, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Rocco D. Gogliotti, Shaun R. Stauffer, KyuOk Jeon, James M. Salovich, Jonathan D. Macdonald, Jonathan J. Mills, Kenneth M. Meyers, Joseph R. Alvarado, Changho Han, Stephen W. Fesik, Taekyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20200055824
    Abstract: Benzamides and picolinamides that are meta-substituted with imino-, guanidino-, or heterocycle-containing groups disrupt the WDR5-MLL1 protein-protein interaction, and have use in pharmaceutical compositions and in treating proliferative disorders and conditions in a subject, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Rocco D. Gogliotti, Shaun R. Stauffer, KyuOk Jeon, James M. Salovich, Jonathan D. Macdonald, Jonathan J. Mills, Kenneth M. Meyers, Joseph R. Alvarado, Changho Han, Stephen W. Fesik, Taekyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10501466
    Abstract: Described are N-(6-(6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazol-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)benzamide and acetamide-containing compounds that inhibit WDR5 and associated protein-protein interactions, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating disorders and conditions in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Stephen W. Fesik, Shaun R. Stauffer, James M. Salovich, William P. Tansey, Feng Wang, Jason Phan, Edward T. Olejniczak
  • Patent number: 10501421
    Abstract: Benzimidazole compounds that increase the rate of SOS-mediated nucleotide exchange on Ras by binding to a functionally relevant, chemically tractable pocket on the SOS protein, as part of the Ras:SOS:Ras complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Steve Fesik, Alex Waterson, Michael Burns, Qi Sun, Jason Phan, James M. Salovich, Jason R. Abbott, Andrew Little
  • Publication number: 20190084988
    Abstract: Described are N-(6-(6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazol-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)benzamide and acetamide-containing compounds that inhibit WDR5 and associated protein-protein interactions, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating disorders and conditions in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen W. Fesik, Shaun R. Stauffer, James M. Salovich, William P. Tansey, Feng Wang, Jason Phan, Edward T. Olejniczak
  • Patent number: 9868746
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, James C. Tarr, James M. Salovich, Michael S. Poslusney
  • Publication number: 20170022216
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, James C. Tarr, James M. Salovich, Michael S. Poslusney
  • Patent number: 9493481
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6 -carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, James C. Tarr, James M. Salovich, Michael S. Poslusney
  • Patent number: 9192603
    Abstract: Heterocyclic sulfone compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Patent number: 9163015
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Patent number: 9108963
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Patent number: 9056876
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3?,4?:4,5]thieno[2,3-b]pyridin-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Michael R. Wood, Corey R. Hopkins, James M. Salovich, Bruce J. Melancon
  • Patent number: 9056875
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[3?,4?:4,5]thieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, James M Salovich
  • Publication number: 20150018309
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Craig W Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, James C. Tarr, James M. Salovich
  • Publication number: 20140364409
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[3?,4?:4,5]thieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, James M. Salovich
  • Publication number: 20140357615
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3?,4?:4,5]thieno[2,3-b]pyridin-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Michael R. Wood, Corey R. Hopkins, James M. Salovich, Bruce J. Melancon
  • Patent number: 8779157
    Abstract: Compounds useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Patrick R. Gentry, Yiu-Yin Cheung, James M. Salovich, Rocco D. Gogliotti