Patents by Inventor John Zebala

John Zebala 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: 20120128703
    Abstract: There is disclosed dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Specifically, there is disclosed a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Barton A. Kamen, John Zebala
  • Patent number: 8129383
    Abstract: There is disclosed dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Specifically, there is disclosed a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Aminopterin LLC
    Inventors: John Zebala, Barton A. Kamen
  • Publication number: 20080108621
    Abstract: There is disclosed dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Specifically, there is disclosed a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Syntrix Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton Kamen, John Zebala
  • Publication number: 20080096893
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Within certain embodiments, the present invention provides a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SYNTRIX BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: John Zebala
  • Publication number: 20080058338
    Abstract: There is disclosed stable pharmaceutical compositions containing pharmaceutically acceptable salts of aminopterin surface deposited onto solid excipients. The stable pharmaceutical compositions are hermetically sealed from the atmosphere. The formation of degradation products of aminopterin is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Syntrix BIosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Absar Faruqui, John Zebala, Barton Kamen
  • Publication number: 20060205729
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Within certain embodiments, the present invention provides a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventor: John Zebala
  • Publication number: 20050209239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the antifolate aminopterin, processes for making the compositions, and methods of using them to treat disorders in adult and pediatric patients. Pharmaceutical compositions substantially free of impurities are provided comprising a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Relative to the teachings of the prior art, the disclosed methods and compositions provide unexpected improvements that include a greater interpatient oral bioavailability in pediatric patients, a smaller interpatient coefficient of variation of oral bioavailability, a smaller mean intrapatient coefficient of variation of oral bioavailability, a greater therapeutic index, a smaller coefficient of variation of toxicity, efficacy in combination therapy, and efficacy of certain polyglutamated metabolites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Barton Kamen, Peter Cole, Angela Smith, John Zebala
  • Publication number: 20050004038
    Abstract: Bivalent inhibitors having affinity for one or more dimeric GST isozymes are provided. The bivalent inhibitors comprise two ligand domains connected by a molecular linker, wherein the ligand domains have affinity for one or more monomers in the one or more dimeric GST isozymes. The ligand domains are separated by a distance ranging from about 5 to about 100 ?. The bivalent inhibitors of the invention demonstrate greatly improved affinity for GST isozymes. In a specific embodiment, the bivalent inhibitors of the invention further provide affinity for substantially one GST isozyme and for substantially one GST class. The bivalent inhibitors of the invention have numerous uses that include the treatment of drug-resistant cancer, malaria, and stimulation of hematopoiesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Lyon, William Atkins, Dean Maeda, John Zebala
  • Publication number: 20040048308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the cloning of the gene of a thermophilic DNA ligase, from Thermus aquaticus strain HB8, and the use of this ligase in assays for the detection of specific sequences of nucleotides in a variety of nucleic acid samples, and more particularly in those samples containing a DNA sequence characterized by a difference in the nucleic acid sequence from a standard sequence including single nucleic acid base pair changes, deletions, insertions or translocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Francis Barany, John Zebala, Deborah Nickerson, Robert J. Kaiser, Leroy Hood
  • Patent number: 6054564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the cloning of the gene of a thermophilic DNA ligase, from Thermus aquaticus strain HB8, and the use of this ligase for the detection of specific sequences of nucleotides in a variety of nucleic acid samples, and more particularly in those samples containing a DNA sequence characterized by a difference in the nucleic acid sequence from a standard sequence including single nucleic acid base pair changes, deletions, insertions or translocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francis Barany, John Zebala, Deborah Nickerson, Robert J. Kaiser, Jr., Leroy Hood
  • Patent number: 5830711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the cloning of the gene of a thermophilic DNA ligase, from Thermus aquaticus strain HB8, and the use of this ligase for the detection of specific sequences of nucleotides in a variety of nucleic acid samples, and more particularly in those samples containing a DNA sequence characterized by a difference in the nucleic acid sequence from a standard sequence including single nucleic acid base pair changes, deletions, insertions or translocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francis Barany, John Zebala, Deborah Nickerson, Robert J. Kaiser, Jr., Leroy Hood
  • Patent number: 5494810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the cloning of the gene of a thermophilic DNA ligase, from Thermus aquaticus strain HB8, and the use of this ligase in a ligase chain reaction (LCR) assay for the detection of specific sequences of nucleotides in a variety of nucleic acid samples, and more particularly in those samples containing a DNA sequence characterized by a difference in the nucleic acid sequence from a standard sequence including single nucleic acid base pair changes, deletions, insertions or translocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Barany, John Zebala, Deborah Nickerson, Robert J. Kaiser, Jr., Leroy Hood