Patents by Inventor Kathleen P. Novak

Kathleen P. Novak 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).

  • Small molecule inhibition of a PDZ-domain interaction
    Patent number: 7601750
    Abstract: Novel compounds that have been found effective in inhibiting PDZ domain interactions, and particularly interactions of PDZ domains in MAGIs with the oncogenic (tumor suppressor) protein PTEN and interactions between the PDZ domain in the Dishevelled (Dvl) protein and other proteins such as the Frizzled (Fz) protein, have the general formula The invention also includes combinatorial libraries, arrays and methods for screening and studying proteins using such compounds. Compounds of the invention have produced apoptosis in certain cell lines that overexpress the Dishevelled protein (Dvl); inhibiting Wnt signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: R. Kiplin Guy, Irwin D. Kuntz, Jose Haresco, Naoaki Fujii, Kathleen P. Novak, David Stokoe, Biao He, Liang You, Zhidong Xu, David M. Jablons
  • Small molecule inhibition of a PDZ-domain interaction
    Patent number: 7141600
    Abstract: Novel compounds that have been found effective in inhibiting PDZ domain interactions, and particularly interactions of PDZ domains in MAGIs with the oncogenic (tumor suppressor) protein PTEN and interactions between the PDZ domain in the Dishevelled (Dvl) protein and other proteins such as the Frizzled (Fz) protein, have the general formula The invention also includes combinatorial libraries, arrays and methods for screening and studying proteins using such compounds. Compounds of the invention have produced apoptosis in certain cell lines that overexpress the Dishevelled protein (Dvl); inhibiting Wnt signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: R. Kiplin Guy, Irwin D. Kuntz, Jose Haresco, Naoaki Fujii, Kathleen P. Novak, David Stokoe, Biao He, Liang You, Zhidong Xu, David M. Jablons