Patents by Inventor Leonardus H. T. van der Ploeg

Leonardus H. T. van der Ploeg 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: 20240071343
    Abstract: Described herein are musical translation devices and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of musical translation devices include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Deepak Savadatti
  • Publication number: 20240058414
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, disorder, or condition associated with an MC4R pathway agonizable gene, such as obesity or hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Alastair Garfield, Bhavik P. Shah
  • Publication number: 20240013757
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Garrett James Eckl
  • Publication number: 20230351990
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETMs) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Halley Young, Joshua Armenta, Bhubaneswar Mishra
  • Patent number: 11702448
    Abstract: A method of treating a disorder in a subject. The method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of an agonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R). The subject is a heterozygous carrier of an MC4R mutation, and the disorder results from an attenuated response of MC4R to ?-melanocortin stimulating hormone (?-MSH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Louis Anthony Tartaglia, Bart Henderson, Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20230197058
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Halley Young
  • Publication number: 20220226425
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as obesity or a condition associated with obesity, such as hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Barton T. Henderson, Shubh Sharma
  • Publication number: 20220213023
    Abstract: The invention provides enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating neurological disorders, movement disorders, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders, and other disorders using enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion. A preferred aspect of the invention provides methods of treating obesity and sexual dysfunction using enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Sheila DeWitt, Vincent Jacques, Leonardus H.T. van der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20220160818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ionic complex comprising a cationic polypeptide and an anionic excipient selected from: a PEG-carboxylic acid; a fatty acid having 10 or more carbon atoms; an anionic phospholipid; and a combination thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the ionic complex of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The cationic polypeptide of the ionic complex has pharmacological activity and the complex can provide a more desirable pharmacokinetic profile for the cationic polypeptide of the complex as compared to the cationic polypeptide alone following administration. As such, the invention also relates to the use of the ionic complex and pharmaceutical composition comprising same to treat a subject suffering from a disease or disorder that is responsive to the cationic polypeptide of the ionic complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Shubh Sharma, Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart T. Henderson
  • Publication number: 20210387940
    Abstract: The invention provides enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating neurological disorders, movement disorders, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders, and other disorders using enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion. A preferred aspect of the invention provides methods of treating obesity and sexual dysfunction using enantiopure deuterium-enriched bupropion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sheila DeWitt, Vincent Jacques, Leonardus H.T. van der Ploeg
  • Patent number: 11129869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ionic complex comprising a cationic polypeptide and an anionic excipient selected from: a PEG-carboxylic acid; a fatty acid having 10 or more carbon atoms; an anionic phospholipid; and a combination thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the ionic complex of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The cationic polypeptide of the ionic complex has pharmacological activity and the complex can provide a more desirable pharmacokinetic profile for the cationic polypeptide of the complex as compared to the cationic polypeptide alone following administration. As such, the invention also relates to the use of the ionic complex and pharmaceutical composition comprising same to treat a subject suffering from a disease or disorder that is responsive to the cationic polypeptide of the ionic complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shubh Sharma, Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart Henderson
  • Publication number: 20210280166
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Halley Young
  • Patent number: 11049492
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YAO THE BARD, LLC
    Inventors: Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Halley Young
  • Publication number: 20210169969
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating chronic kidney disease in a subject with a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist, e.g., a compound of any one of Formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (X), or (XI), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., as described herein).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Alastair Garfield, Vincent Marion
  • Publication number: 20210169970
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), obesity or hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist. Also described is method of treating a subject having a deficiency in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-MC4R pathway, such as a POMC-null or a PC SK-null subject, using a MC4R agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart Henderson, Peter Kuhnen
  • Patent number: 10960046
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), obesity or hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist. Also described is method of treating a subject having a deficiency in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-MC4R pathway, such as a POMC-null or a PCSK-null subject, using a MC4R agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventors: Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart Henderson, Peter Kuhnen
  • Patent number: 10954268
    Abstract: A method of treating a disorder in a subject. The method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of an agonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R). The subject is a heterozygous carrier of an MC4R mutation, and the disorder results from an attenuated response of MC4R to ?-melanocortin stimulating hormone (?-MSH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Louis Anthony Tartaglia, Bart Henderson, Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20210061852
    Abstract: A method of treating a disorder in a subject. The method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of an agonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R). The subject is a heterozygous carrier of an MC4R mutation, and the disorder results from an attenuated response of MC4R to ?-melanocortin stimulating hormone (?-MSH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Louis Anthony Tartaglia, Bart Henderson, Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20210056952
    Abstract: Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Halley Young
  • Publication number: 20210040155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide compounds that are modulators (e.g., agonists and antagonists) of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. The compounds described herein are polypeptide of the following structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Values and preferred values of the variables in structural Formula (I) are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shubh Sharma, Leonardus H.T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart Henderson