Patents by Inventor Kevin Pojasek

Kevin Pojasek 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: 8338119
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 8252749
    Abstract: The invention features methods, kits, and compositions for generating new hair follicles and growing hair on a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Follica, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: David Steinberg, Kevin Pojasek, Stephen Prouty, George Cotsarelis, Mayumi Ito
  • Publication number: 20120156228
    Abstract: The invention features methods, kits, and compositions for generating new hair follicles and growing hair on a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: Follica, Inc., The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: David Steinberg, Kevin Pojasek, Stephen Prouty, George Cotsarelis, Mayumi Ito
  • Publication number: 20120027744
    Abstract: The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: DONGFANG LIU, KEVIN POJASEK, ZACHARY SHRIVER, KRISTINE HOLLEY, YOSUF EL-SHABRAWI, GANESH VENKATARAMAN, RAM SASISEKHARAN
  • Patent number: 7939292
    Abstract: The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Dongfang Liu, Kevin Pojasek, Zachary Shriver, Kristine Holley, Yosuf El-Shabrawi, Ganesh Venkataraman, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20100278784
    Abstract: The invention features methods, kits, and compositions for treating aging-related skin conditions (e.g., wrinkles), pigmentation disorders, acne, and scar formation, as well as methods, kits, and compositions for preventing scar formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: PureTech Ventures
    Inventors: Kevin Pojasek, David Steinberg, Daphne Zohar
  • Publication number: 20100120768
    Abstract: The invention features methods, kits, and compositions for generating new hair follicles and growing hair on a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: David Steinberg, Kevin Pojasek, Stephen Prouty, George Cotsarelis, Mayumi Ito
  • Patent number: 7662604
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 7592152
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 7553950
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20090105463
    Abstract: The invention relates, in part, to compositions comprising glycosaminoglycans, fragments of glycosaminoglycans or glycosaminoglycan fractions. The compositions provided can be used in various methods of modulating FGF and/or VEGF activity. The method can be in vitro or in vivo methods. Therefore, the invention also relates, in part, to methods of treating a subject with the compositions provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David A. Berry, Kevin Pojasek, Dongfang Liu, Chi-Pong Kwan, Yiwei Qi, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20090081635
    Abstract: The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: DONGFANG LIU, Kevin Pojasek, Zachary Shriver, Kristine Holley, Yosuf El-Shabrawi, Ganesh Venkataraman, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 7507570
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 7455986
    Abstract: The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis , etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dongfang Liu, Kevin Pojasek, Zachary Shriver, Kristine Holley, Yosuf El-Shabrawi, Ganesh Venkataraman, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Patent number: 7390633
    Abstract: The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Dongfang Liu, Kevin Pojasek, Zachary Shriver, Kristine Holley, Yosuf El-Shabrawi, Ganesh Venkataraman, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20070224670
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20070202563
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20070148157
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20070148740
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vikas Prabhakar, Ishan Capila, Rahul Raman, Carlos Bosques, Kevin Pojasek, Ram Sasisekharan
  • Publication number: 20070065424
    Abstract: The invention relates to rationally designed polysaccharide lyases and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to modified chondroitinase B. The modified chondroitinase B enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including cleaving and sequencing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) as well as removing polysaccharides from a solution. The invention also includes methods of inhibiting anticoagulant activity, inhibiting angiogenesis, treating cancer, and inhibiting maternal malarial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kevin Pojasek, Rahul Raman, Ram Sasisekharan