Patents by Inventor James R. Heath

James R. Heath 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: 10975123
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based Akt capture agents and methods of use as detection and diagnosis agents and in the treatment of diseases and disorders. The application further provides methods of manufacturing Akt capture agents using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kaycie Deyle, Blake Farrow, James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20210101936
    Abstract: Peptides having activity as protein binding agents are disclosed. The peptides have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R, R1, L1, L2, G, M, Y1Y2 and SEQ are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such peptides, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such peptides, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Rosemary Dyane Rohde, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das, Aiko Umeda
  • Patent number: 10928389
    Abstract: Arrays and substrates comprising a material, in particular capture agents and/or detectable targets, attached to the substrates along substantially parallel lines forming a barcoded pattern and related methods and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rong Fan, Habib Ahmad, James R. Heath
  • Patent number: 10913774
    Abstract: Cyclic peptides represented by (Formula 1) selectively bind the oncoprotein K-Ras G12D in vitro and in cellulo, where Z1 and Z2 are each L-propargylglycine (Pm), azidoornithine (OrnN3), or L-azidolysine (Az4), and V1-V2-V3-V4-V5 is an amino acid variable region having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryan K. Henning, Ashwin N. Ram, Samir Das, Arundhati Nag, James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20210032293
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods involving cyclic peptides that can bind to KRAS (G12D) oncogenic protein. For example, disclosed are cyclic peptides that selectively bind KRAS (G12D) oncogenic protein. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting KRAS (G12D) oncogenic protein in a cancer cell expressing KRAS (G12D) oncogenic protein. In some forms, the method comprises incubating the cancer cell with any one or more of the disclosed cyclic peptides. In some forms, the method comprises bringing into contact the cancer cell with any one or more of the disclosed cyclic peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20210025901
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based IL-17F capture agents and methods of use as detection agents. The application further provides methods of manufacturing IL-17F capture agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Heather Agnew, Blake Farrow, David Bunck, Jingxin Liang, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das, Bert Tsunyin Lai, Suresh Mark Pitram
  • Publication number: 20200377553
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based antibody capture agents and methods of use as detection and diagnosis agents. The application further provides methods of manufacturing antibody capture agents using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jessica A. Pfeilsticker, Aiko Umeda, James R Heath
  • Publication number: 20200323973
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods relating to epitope-targeted immunostimulants (EPIs), which comprise a synthetic peptide ligand and an antibody-recruiting moiety. The peptide ligand binds an epitope on a target and the antibody-recruiting moiety recruits antibodies to the target when the EPI is bound to the epitope on the target. Also disclosed are compositions comprising any of the disclosed EPIs. Also disclosed are methods of stimulating an immune reaction to a microorganism or other pathogen in a subject where an EPI is administered to the subject. Also disclosed are methods of identifying the peptide ligand by using multi-omic analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Matthew N. Idso, Mario Arrieta-Ortiz, Ajay Akhade
  • Patent number: 10597425
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based anti-gp41 antibody capture agents and methods of use as detection and diagnosis agents. The application further provides methods of manufacturing anti-gp41 antibody capture agents using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jessica A. Pfeilsticker, Aiko Umeda, James R. Heath
  • Patent number: 10598671
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based IL-17F capture agents and methods of use as detection agents. The application further provides methods of manufacturing IL-17F capture agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: Indi Molecular, Inc., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Heather Agnew, Blake Farrow, David Bunck, Jingxin Liang, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das, Bert Tsunyin Lai, Suresh Mark Pitram
  • Publication number: 20200040293
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for antigen-specific T cell identification or neoantigen identification. Also disclosed herein are devices for separating and isolating antigen- specific T cells or other particles of a certain size from a population of particles of different sizes. Also describe herein are methods and devices for the separation and isolation of barcoded T cells from other nanoparticles containing barcodes for subsequent analysis and further processing of a viable T cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Songming Peng, James R. Heath, William Chour, Alphonsus H.c. Ng, Sung Yang, Jongchan Choi, Ji-Chul Hyun
  • Patent number: 10481158
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for isolating patient-derived antigen-specific T cells include an antigen complex having a polynucleotide barcoded nanoparticle sorting agent complexed with a peptide-loaded streptavidin major histocompatability complex (MHC) tetramer, the barcoding technology allowing for high fidelity screening of a library of the antigen complexes to readily isolate and identify antigen-specific T cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Songming Peng
  • Publication number: 20190195869
    Abstract: Arrays and substrates comprising a material, in particular capture agents and/or detectable targets, attached to the substrates along substantially parallel lines forming a barcoded pattern and related methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Rong Fan, Habib Ahmad, James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20190177367
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based Akt capture agents and the use thereof as detection, diagnosis, and treatment agents. The application further provides novel methods of developing stable peptide-based capture agents, including Akt capture agents, using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das, Kaycie M. Deyle, Steven Wesley Millward, Paul Edward Kearney
  • Patent number: 10305014
    Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling thermal conductivity and thermoelectric power of semiconductor nanowires are described. The thermal conductivity and the thermoelectric power are controlled substantially independently of the electrical conductivity of the nanowires by controlling dimensions and doping, respectively, of the nanowires. A thermoelectric device comprising p-doped and n-doped semiconductor nanowire thermocouples is also shown, together with a method to fabricate alternately p-doped and n-doped arrays of silicon nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akram Boukai, Yuri Bunimovich, William A. Goddard, James R. Heath, Jamil Tahir-Kheli
  • Patent number: 10221214
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based Akt capture agents and the use thereof as detection, diagnosis, and treatment agents. The application further provides novel methods of developing stable peptide-based capture agents, including Akt capture agents, using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INDI MOLECULAR, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das, Kaycie M. Deyle, Steven Wesley Millward, Paul Edward Kearney
  • Publication number: 20180364253
    Abstract: The present application provides stable peptide-based IL-17F and IL-17A capture agents and methods of use as detection agents. The application further provides methods of manufacturing IL-17F capture agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Heather Agnew, Bert Tsunyin Lai, Suresh Mark Pitram, Blake Farrow, James R. Heath, David Bunck, Jingxin Liang, Arundhati Nag, Samir Das
  • Publication number: 20180319844
    Abstract: Cyclic peptides represented by (Formula 1) selectively bind the oncoprotein K-Ras G12D in vitro and in cellulo, where Z1 and Z2 are each L-propargylglycine (Pm), azidoornithine (OrnN3), or L-azidolysine (Az4), and V1-V2-V3-V4-V5 is an amino acid variable region having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan K. Henning, Ashwin N. Ram, Samir Das, Arundhati Nag, James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20180284123
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, compositions, and methods useful for assessing properties of compounds and molecules, such a binding, kinetic, and enzymatic properties, simultaneously for multiple compounds or molecules and/or under multiple conditions, efficiently, rapidly, and combinations of these. By using certain features alone or together in the save device or assay, the disclosed devices, compositions, and methods provide improvements over, and solve problems present in, prior assay devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Amy M. McCarthy, Jungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 10017540
    Abstract: Cyclic peptides represented by (Formula 1) selectively bind the oncoprotein K-Ras G12D in vitro and in cellulo, where Z1 and Z2 are each L-propargylglycine (Pra), azidoornithine (OrnN3), or L-azidolysine (Az4), and V1-V2-V3-V4-V5 is an amino acid variable region having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryan K. Henning, Ashwin N. Ram, Samir Das, Arundhati Nag, James R. Heath