Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Winkler

Jeffrey Winkler 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: 11591298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20220241267
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to bisaminoquinolines and bisaminoacridines as autophagy inhibitors for treating cancer and other disease states and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey WINKLER, Ravi K. AMARAVADI
  • Patent number: 11369618
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, compositions and methods that are useful for preventing or treating melanoma or any other cancer in a subject, such as a GPCR-expressing cancer. In certain embodiments, the compounds comprise estrogen (including estrogen derivatives or analogues), a selective GPER agonist and/or another G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) agonist that increases cancer cell differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Todd Ridky, Christopher Natale, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20220117958
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting ACSS2 for modulating histone acetylation or for treating or preventing a neurological disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Shelley L. Berger, Philipp Mews, Jeffrey Winkler, Andrew Glass, Gabor Egervari
  • Patent number: 11001558
    Abstract: The invention provides novel asymmetric and symmetric bisaminoquinolmes and related compounds, methods of treatment and syntheses. The novel compounds exhibit effective anticancer activity and are useful in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20200306261
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, compositions and methods that are useful for preventing or treating melanoma or any other cancer in a subject, such as a GPCR-expressing cancer. In certain embodiments, the compounds comprise estrogen (including estrogen derivatives or analogues), a selective GPER agonist and/or another G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) agonist that increases cancer cell differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Todd RIDKY, Christopher NATALE, Jeffrey WINKLER
  • Patent number: 10774047
    Abstract: The invention provides dimeric quinacrine derivatives and related compounds and compositions, methods of treatment and syntheses. The novel compounds exhibit unexpected anticancer activity and are useful in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20200071272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20190248747
    Abstract: The invention provides novel asymmetric and symmetric bisaminoquinolmes and related compounds, methods of treatment and syntheses. The novel compounds exhibit effective anticancer activity and are useful in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Patent number: 10221140
    Abstract: The invention provides novel asymmetric and symmetric bisaminoquinolmes and related compounds, methods of treatment and syntheses. The novel compounds exhibit effective anticancer activity and are useful in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20180273482
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, compositions comprising the same, and methods using the compounds and/or compositions therein, for modulating skin pigmentation in a mammalian subject. In certain embodiments, the compounds and/or compositions treat or prevent skin disorders or diseases associated with hypopigmentation in the subject. In other embodiments, the compounds and/or compositions comprise an estrogen derivative or analog that binds to the non-canonical sex steroid hormone receptor GPER and does not bind to the canonical nuclear estrogen receptor (ER).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Todd RIDKY, Chris NATALE, Jeffrey WINKLER, Rosa Ellen COOKSON
  • Patent number: 10071953
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions comprising selective AKR1C3 inhibitors. The invention also includes compositions comprising bifunctional AKR1C3 inhibitors and selective androgen receptor modulators. The invention further includes methods of treatment using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Trevor M. Penning, Adegoke O. Adeniji, Michael C. Byrns, Jeffrey Winkler, Barry Twenter
  • Patent number: 10047052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20170275252
    Abstract: The invention provides novel asymmetric and symmetric bisaminoquinolmes and related compounds, methods of treatment and syntheses. The novel compounds exhibit effective anticancer activity and are useful in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20170166530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Patent number: 9540336
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder such as a mycobacterial infection, a Gram-positive bacterium infection, a yeast infection, an inflammatory condition, an auto-immune disorder and/or a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, which includes clofazimine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Harvey Rubin, Takahiro Yano, Sacha Kassovska-Bratinova, Norman Schechter, Jiah Shin Teh, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20160168099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, Jeffrey Winkler
  • Publication number: 20160159731
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions comprising selective AKR1C3 inhibitors. The invention also includes compositions comprising bifunctional AKR1C3 inhibitors and selective androgen receptor modulators. The invention further includes methods of treatment using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Trevor M. Penning, Adegoke O. ADENIJI, Michael C. BURNS, Jeffrey WINKLER, Barry TWENTER
  • Patent number: 9271961
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions comprising selective AKR1C3 inhibitors. The invention also includes compositions comprising bifunctional AKR1C3 inhibitors and selective androgen receptor modulators. The invention further includes methods of treatment using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Trevor M. Penning, Adegoke O. Adeniji, Michael C. Burns, Jeffrey Winkler, Barry Twenter
  • Publication number: 20140371228
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder such as a mycobacterial infection, a Gram-positive bacterium infection, a yeast infection, an inflammatory condition, an auto-immune disorder and/or a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, which includes clofazimine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Harvey Rubin, Takahiro Yano, Sacha Kassovska-Bratinova, Norman Schechter, Jiah Shin Teh, Jeffrey Winkler