Patents by Inventor Jesus E. Villafranca

Jesus E. Villafranca 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: 20240307331
    Abstract: Hemorrhage and vascular instability can be induced by thrombolytic and anti-coagulant therapies. Presented herein, in certain aspects, are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of hemorrhage and vascular instability that comprise administering a compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jesus E. VILLAFRANCA, Charles Richard KISSINGER, Guohong LI
  • Publication number: 20240277640
    Abstract: Presented herein are compositions and methods for preventing, reducing, delaying and treating a coronavirus infection and related disorders such as respiratory distress, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and central nervous system pathologies caused by coronavirus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jesus E. VILLAFRANCA, Charles Richard KISSINGER
  • Patent number: 11938104
    Abstract: Presented herein are compositions and methods for preventing, reducing, delaying and treating a coronavirus infection and related disorders such as respiratory distress, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and central nervous system pathologies caused by coronavirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ABREXA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jesus E. Villafranca, Charles Richard Kissinger
  • Publication number: 20220273590
    Abstract: Presented herein, in certain aspects, are methods of preventing, reducing, delaying and treating post-operative cognitive dysfunction, or one or more symptoms thereof, by administering a compound disclosed herein to a subject prior to, during and/or after a medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jesus E. VILLAFRANCA, Charles Richard KISSINGER
  • Publication number: 20220133657
    Abstract: Presented herein, in certain aspects, are methods of treating or preventing obesity, assisting or inducing weight loss, suppressing apatite, or inhibiting weight gain in a subject by administering a compound of the invention to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Jesus E. VILLAFRANCA
  • Patent number: 6849721
    Abstract: A 2.4 ? crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of the x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Patent number: 6794146
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Patent number: 6784285
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Patent number: 6753416
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Publication number: 20020164641
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Agouron Pharamceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Publication number: 20020127538
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Agouron Pharamceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Publication number: 20020051965
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: Agouron Pharamceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca
  • Patent number: 6316603
    Abstract: A 2.4 Å crystal structure of a protein construct containing the catalytic kinase domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2/KDR), a key enzyme in angiogenesis, has been determined in an unliganded, phosphorylated state. This protein construct, contains a modified catalytic linker and has comparable in vitro kinase activity to constructs containing the entire KID. The resulting construct retains comparable in vitro kinase activity to that of the wild-type KID, and more importantly, allows complete crystallization of the protein such that it may be characterized by X-ray crystallography. The present invention further discloses the use of x-ray crystallographic data for identification and construction of possible therapeutic compounds in the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele A. McTigue, Chris Pinko, Camran V. Parast, Michael R. Gehring, Chen-Chen Kan, Krzysztof Appelt, John A. Wickersham, Richard E. Showalter, Anna M. Tempcyzk-Russell, Barbara Mroczkowski, Jesus E. Villafranca