Patents by Inventor Muthiah Manoharan

Muthiah Manoharan 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: 9476045
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose that further includes a tether having one or more linking groups, in which at least one of the linking groups is a cleavable linking group. The tether in turn can be connected to a selected moiety, e.g., a ligand, e.g., a targeting or delivery moiety, or a moiety which alters a physical property. The cleavable linking group is one which is sufficiently stable outside the cell such that it allows targeting of a therapeutically beneficial amount of an iRNA agent (e.g., a single stranded or double stranded iRNA agent), coupled by way of the cleavable linking group to a targeting agent—to targets cells, but which upon entry into a target cell is cleaved to release the iRNA agent from the targeting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev
  • Publication number: 20160298122
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the Mylip/Idol gene, and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to inhibit expression of Mylip/Idol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, Kevin FitzGerald, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Patent number: 9453222
    Abstract: This invention relates composition and methods for making and using chemically modified oligonucleotides agents for inhibiting gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Venkitasamy Kesavan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev
  • Patent number: 9453043
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleosides of formula (1) and oligonucleotides comprising at least one nucleoside of formula (2): Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of inhibiting the expression of a gene in cell, the method comprising (a) contacting an oligonucleotide of the invention with the cell; and (b) maintaining the cell from step (a) for a time sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA of the target gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Alexander V. Kelin, Sudhakar Rao Takkellapati, Shigeo Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20160264968
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose. The inclusion of such a monomer can allow for modulation of a property of the iRNA agent into which it is incorporated, e.g., by using the non-ribose moiety as a point to which a ligand or other entity, e.g., a lipophilic moiety. e.g., cholesterol, is directly, or indirectly, tethered. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Muthiah MANOHARAN, Venkitasamy Kesavan, Kallanthottathil Rajeev
  • Publication number: 20160257954
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the Serpinc1 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of Serpinc1 and methods of treating subjects having a bleeding disorder, such as a hemophilia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Akin Akinc, Alfica Sehgal, Ivanka Toudjarska, Donald Foster, Stuart Milstein, Brian Bettencourt, Martin Maier, Klaus Charisse, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Publication number: 20160250354
    Abstract: A lipid particle can include a cationic lipid. The cationic lipid can include one or more hydrophobic tails, which can include one or more sites of unsaturation. The sites of unsaturation can include cycloalkyl groups, e.g., cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl groups. The lipid particle is suitable for delivering an active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthotthathil Rajeev, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Michael Jung
  • Publication number: 20160244763
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the complement component C5 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of C5 and to treat subjects having a complement component C5-associated disease, e.g., paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzgerald, James Butler, Brian Bettencourt, Anna Borodovsky, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Klaus Charisse, Muthiah Manoharan, Martin Maier, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Donald Foster
  • Publication number: 20160213785
    Abstract: The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, David Butler, Jayaprakash K. Narayanannair, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Laxman Eltepu
  • Patent number: 9399775
    Abstract: The present invention provides RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNAi agents, that target the transthyretin (TTR) gene and methods of using such RNAi agents for treating or preventing TTR-associated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Tracy Zimmermann, Muthiah Manoharan, Martin Maier, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Klaus Charisse
  • Patent number: 9394234
    Abstract: The invention features a cationic lipid of formula I, an improved lipid formulation comprising a cationic lipid of formula I and corresponding methods of use. Also disclosed are targeting lipids, and specific lipid formulations comprising such targeting lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Arbutus Biopharma Corporation
    Inventors: Jianxin Chen, Steven Ansell, Akin Akinc, Joseph Robert Dorkin, Xiaojun Qin, William Cantley, Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Jayaprakash K. Narayanannair, Muthusamy Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 9394540
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose. The inclusion of such a monomer can allow for modulation of a property of the iRNA agent into which it is incorporated, e.g., by using the non-ribose moiety as a point to which a ligand or other entity, e.g., a lipophilic moiety. e.g., cholesterol, is directly, or indirectly, tethered. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Venkitasamy Kesavan, Kallanthottathil Rajeev
  • Publication number: 20160199485
    Abstract: The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structure wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently for each occurrence optionally substituted C10-C30 alkyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkenyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkynyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 acyl, or -linker-ligand; R3 is H, optionally substituted C1-C10 alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkynyl, alkylhetrocycle, alkylphosphate, alkylphosphorothioate, alkylphosphorodithioate, alkylphosphonates, alkylamines, hydroxyalkyls, ?-aminoalkyls, ?-(substituted)aminoalkyls, ?-phosphoalkyls, ?-thiophosphoalkyls, optionally substituted polyethylene glycol (PEG, mw 100-40 K), optionally substituted mPEG (mw 120-40 K), heteroaryl, heterocycle, or linker-ligand; and E is C(O)O or OC(O).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Laxman Eltepu, Steven Ansell, Jianxin Chen
  • Patent number: 9376680
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the Serpinc1 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of Serpinc1 and methods of treating subjects having a bleeding disorder, such as a hemophilia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Akin Akinc, Alfica Sehgal, Ivanka Toudjarska, Donald Foster, Stuart Milstein, Brian Bettencourt, Martin Maier, Klaus Charisse, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Patent number: 9370582
    Abstract: The present invention provides iRNA agents comprising at least one subunit of the formula (I): wherein: A and B are each independently for each occurrence O, N(RN) or S; X and Y are each independently for each occurrence H, OH, a hydroxyl protecting group, a phosphate group, a phosphodiester group, an activated phosphate group, an activated phosphite group, a phosphoramidite, a solid support, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-nucleoside, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-oligonucleotide, a lipid, a PEG, a steroid, a lipophile, a polymer, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-Linker-OP(Z??)(Z??)O-oligonucleotide, a nucleotide, an oligonucleotide, —P(Z?)(Z?)-formula (I), —P(Z?)(Z?)- or -Linker-R; R is LG, -Linker-LG, or has the structure shown below: LG is independently for each occurrence a carbohydrate, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Jayaprakash Nair, Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 9370581
    Abstract: The present invention provides iRNA agents comprising at least one subunit of the formula (I): wherein: A and B are each independently for each occurrence O, N(RN) or S; X and Y are each independently for each occurrence H, OH, a hydroxyl protecting group, a phosphate group, a phosphodiester group, an activated phosphate group, an activated phosphite group, a phosphoramidite, a solid support, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-nucleoside, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-oligonucleotide, a lipid, a PEG, a steroid, a lipophile, a polymer, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-Linker-OP(Z??)(Z??)O-oligonucleotide, a nucleotide, an oligonucleotide, —P(Z?)(Z?)-formula (I), —P(Z?)(Z?)- or -Linker-R; R is LG, -Linker-LG, or has the structure shown below: LG is independently for each occurrence a carbohydrate, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Jayaprakash Nair, Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 9352048
    Abstract: The present invention provides iRNA agents comprising at least one subunit of the formula (I): wherein: A and B are each independently for each occurrence O, N(RN) or S; X and Y are each independently for each occurrence H, OH, a hydroxyl protecting group, a phosphate group, a phosphodiester group, an activated phosphate group, an activated phosphite group, a phosphoramidite, a solid support, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-nucleoside, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-oligonucleotide, a lipid, a PEG, a steroid, a lipophile, a polymer, —P(Z?)(Z?)O-Linker-OP(Z??)(Z?)O-oligonucleotide, a nucleotide, an oligonucleotide, —P(Z?)(Z?)-formula (I), —P(Z?)(Z?)- or -Linker-R; R is LG, -Linker-LG, or has the structure shown below: LG is independently for each occurrence a carbohydrate, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Jayaprakash Nair, Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 9345780
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for site-specific delivery of nucleic acids by combining them with targeting ligands and endosomolytic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, David Butler, Muthusamy Jayaraman
  • Publication number: 20160108401
    Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the complement component C5 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of C5 and to treat subjects having a complement component C5-associated disease, e.g., paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzgerald, James Butler, Brian Bettencourt, Anna Borodovsky, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Klaus Charisse, Muthiah Manoharan, Martin Maier, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Donald Foster
  • Patent number: 9315813
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting an APOC3 gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of APOC3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, Kevin Fitzgerald, Stuart Milstein, Martin Maier, Klaus Charisse, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Muthiah Manoharan, Tuyen Nguyen