Patents by Inventor Padmanabh Chivukula

Padmanabh Chivukula 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: 20230059111
    Abstract: A range of therapeutic mRNA molecules expressible to provide a target polypeptide or protein. The RNA molecules can contain one or more 5-methoxyuridines and 5-methylcytidines. Further provided are DNA templates, which can be transcribed to provide a target mRNA, and can have altered nucleotides, such as reduced deoxyadenosines. Also provided are processes for making the therapeutic mRNA molecules. The RNA molecules can be translated in vitro or in vivo to provide an active polypeptide or protein. The RNA molecules can be included in a composition used for preventing, treating, or ameliorating at least one symptom of a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Pattraranee LIMPHONG, Kiyoshi TACHIKAWA, Padmanabh CHIVUKULA, Daiki MATSUDA, Arisa CALE
  • Publication number: 20220378702
    Abstract: Peptides and Peptide-lipid conjugates are provided in which the peptide has the general Formula (I) wherein, A1 is selected from serine, threonine, O—C1-6 alkyl serine, and O—C1-6 alkyl threonine; A2 is selected from serine, threonine, O—C1-6 alkyl serine, and O—C1-6 alkyl threonine; A3 is selected from glutamic acid, glutamine, asparagine, and aspartic acid; A4 is proline; each A5 is independently selected from a natural or modified amino acid; The peptide-lipid conjugates can be used in lipid formulations for the delivery of nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kumar Rajappan, Steven Tanis, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Amit Sagi, Priya Prakash Karmali, Padmanabh Chivukula
  • Publication number: 20220370624
    Abstract: A lipid composition containing a nucleic acid, wherein the lipid composition comprises a peptide-lipid conjugate, is provided. The peptide of the peptide-lipid conjugates can be from 4 to 52 amino acids in length. Methods of using the lipid composition in the in vivo delivery of nucleic acids are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kumar Rajappan, Steven Tanis, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Amit Sagi, Priya Prakash Karmali, Padmanabh Chivukula
  • Publication number: 20220340886
    Abstract: This invention provides a range of translatable polynucleotide and oligomer molecules for expressing a human amylo-alpha-1, 6-glucosidase, 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (AGL), or a fragment thereof having AGL activity. The polynucleotide and oligomer molecules are expressible to provide the human AGL or a fragment thereof having AGL activity. The molecules can be used as active agents to express an active polypeptide or protein in cells or subjects. The agents can be used in methods for ameliorating, preventing, delaying onset, or treating a disease or condition associated with reduced activity of amylo-alpha-1, 6-glucosidase, 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (AGL) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TACHIKAWA, Carlos Gustavo PEREZ-GARCIA, Padmanabh CHIVUKULA, Hari BHASKARAN, Christian W. COBAUGH, Sean Christopher DAUGHERTY
  • Patent number: 11407800
    Abstract: A range of therapeutic mRNA molecules expressible to provide a target polypeptide or protein. The RNA molecules can contain one or more 5-methoxyuridines and 5-methylcytidines. Further provided are DNA templates, which can be transcribed to provide a target mRNA, and can have altered nucleotides, such as reduced deoxyadenosines. Also provided are processes for making the therapeutic mRNA molecules. The RNA molecules can be translated in vitro or in vivo to provide an active polypeptide or protein. The RNA molecules can be included in a composition used for preventing, treating, or ameliorating at least one symptom of a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Pattraranee Limphong, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Padmanabh Chivukula, Daiki Matsuda, Arisa Cale
  • Patent number: 11377643
    Abstract: This invention provides a range of translatable polynucleotide and oligomer molecules for expressing a human amylo-alpha-1, 6-glucosidase, 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (AGL), or a fragment thereof having AGL activity. The polynucleotide and oligomer molecules are expressible to provide the human AGL or a fragment thereof having AGL activity. The molecules can be used as active agents to express an active polypeptide or protein in cells or subjects. The agents can be used in methods for ameliorating, preventing, delaying onset, or treating a disease or condition associated with reduced activity of amylo-alpha-1, 6-glucosidase, 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (AGL) in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Carlos Gustavo Perez-Garcia, Padmanabh Chivukula, Hari Bhaskaran, Christian W. Cobaugh, Sean Christopher Daugherty
  • Publication number: 20220096520
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modified human protein having improved in vivo stability. The modified human protein has been altered from a wild-type human protein at either at least one ubiquitination site, at the signal peptide portion, or both. The protein of the disclosure can be produced from a codon optimized mRNA suitable for administration to a patient suffering from deficiency of the wild-type protein, wherein upon administration of the mRNA to the patient, the modified protein of the disclosure is expressed in the patient in therapeutically effective amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos G. Perez-Garcia, Padmanabh Chivukula, Kiyoshi Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20220023442
    Abstract: Nucleotides encoding a Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein are provided herein. Also describe are mRNA constructs that can be used to express CFTR protein in vitro or in vivo. The mRNA constructs can be formulated in a lipid formulation and administered via inhalation to treat cystic fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos G. Perez-Garcia, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Daiki Matsuda, Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Prakash Karmali, Yanjie Bao, Jerel Boyd Lee Vega, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Amit Sagi
  • Publication number: 20210323914
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of Formula I, wherein R1 is a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; R2 is a linear alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl consisting of 2 to 20 carbons, or a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; L1 and L2 are the same or different, each a linear alkane of 1 to 20 carbons or a linear alkene of 2 to 20 carbons; X1 is S or O; R3 is a linear or branched alkylene consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; and R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Karmali, Steven Tanis
  • Publication number: 20210317468
    Abstract: This invention provides expressible polynucleotides, which can express a target protein or polypeptide. Synthetic mRNA constructs for producing a protein or polypeptide can contain one or more 5? UTRs, where a 5? UTR may be expressed by a gene of a plant. In some embodiments, a 5? UTR may be expressed by a gene of a member of Arabidopsis genus. The synthetic mRNA constructs can be used as pharmaceutical agents for expressing a target protein or polypeptide in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Pattraranee Limphong, Carlos G. Perez-Garcia, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Padmanabh Chivukula, Arisa Cale, Angel I-Jou Leu, Jared Davis
  • Publication number: 20210290752
    Abstract: Provided herein are nucleic acid molecules encoding viral replication proteins and antigenic proteins or fragments thereof. Also provided herein are compositions that include nucleic acid molecules encoding viral replication and antigenic proteins, and lipids. Nucleic acid molecules provided herein are useful for inducing immune responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Michael SULLIVAN, Daiki MATSUDA, Kiyoshi TACHIKAWA, Padmanabh CHIVUKULA, Priya Prakash KARMALI, Jared Henry DAVIS, Yanjie BAO
  • Publication number: 20210290756
    Abstract: Provided herein are nucleic acid molecules encoding viral replication proteins and antigenic coronavirus proteins or fragments thereof. Also provided herein are compositions that include nucleic acid molecules encoding viral replication and antigenic proteins, and lipids. Nucleic acid molecules provided herein are useful for inducing immune responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Michael SULLIVAN, Daiki MATSUDA, Kiyoshi TACHIKAWA, Padmanabh CHIVUKULA, Priya Prakash KARMALI, Jared Henry DAVIS, Yanjie BAO, Amit SAGI
  • Publication number: 20210292768
    Abstract: This disclosure encompasses compounds and compositions useful in methods for medical therapy, in general, for inhibiting expression of PDGFRB in a subject. The compounds have a first strand and a second strand, each of the strands being 19-29 monomers in length, the monomers comprising UNA monomers and nucleic acid monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Padmanabh Chivukula, Lily Xu, Angel Leu, Marciano Sablad, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Priya Karmali
  • Publication number: 20210284974
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for treating ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency. The compositions include a lipid formulation and messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding an OTC enzyme. The lipid formulations can comprise an ionizable cationic lipid in a lipid nanoparticle encapsulating the mRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Prakash Karmali, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Suezanne E. Parker, Marciano Rodriguez Sablad, Pattraranee Limphong, Yanjie Bao, Jerel Boyd Lee Vega
  • Publication number: 20210252163
    Abstract: What is described is a compound of formula I consisting of a compound in which R1 is a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; R2 is a linear alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl consisting of 2 to 20 carbons; L1 and L2 are the same or different, each a linear alkylene or alkenylene consisting of 2 to 20 carbons; X1 is S or O; R3 is a linear or branched alkylene consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; and R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Prakash Karmali, Steven Tanis
  • Patent number: 11015204
    Abstract: This invention provides expressible polynucleotides, which can express a target protein or polypeptide. Synthetic mRNA constructs for producing a protein or polypeptide can contain one or more 5? UTRs, where a 5? UTR may be expressed by a gene of a plant. In some embodiments, a 5? UTR may be expressed by a gene of a member of Arabidopsis genus. The synthetic mRNA constructs can be used as pharmaceutical agents for expressing a target protein or polypeptide in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pattraranee Limphong, Carlos G. Perez-Garcia, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Padmanabh Chivukula, Arisa Cale, Angel I-Jou Leu, Jared Davis
  • Patent number: 10980895
    Abstract: What is described is a compound of formula I consisting of a compound in which R1 is a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; R2 is a linear alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl consisting of 2 to 20 carbons; L1 and L2 are the same or different, each a linear alkylene or alkenylene consisting of 2 to 20 carbons; X1 is S or O; R3 is a linear or branched alkylene consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; and R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Karmali, Steven P. Tanis
  • Patent number: 10968248
    Abstract: What is described is a trinucleotide cap analog comprising m7G(5?)p3-N1pN2 for increased efficiency of in vitro transcription of m7G(5?)p3-RNA, wherein m7G is N7-methylguanosine or analog, (5?)p3 is a 5?,5?-triphosphate bridge, and N1 or N2 or both ribonucleotide analogs linked to each other by a phosphate, p, and wherein the trinucleotide cap analog increases the efficiency of in vitro transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Arcturus, Inc.
    Inventors: Padmanabh Chivukula, Steven P. Tanis, Joseph E. Payne
  • Patent number: 10961188
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of Formula I, wherein R1 is a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; R2 is a linear alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl consisting of 2 to 20 carbons, or a branched chain alkyl consisting of 10 to 31 carbons; L1 and L2 are the same or different, each a linear alkane of 1 to 20 carbons or a linear alkene of 2 to 20 carbons; X1 is S or O; R3 is a linear or branched alkylene consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; and R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl consisting of 1 to 6 carbons; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula, Priya Karmali, Steven P. Tanis
  • Patent number: RE49233
    Abstract: What is described is a compound of formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, each a linear or branched alkyl with 1-9 carbons, or an alkenyl or alkynyl with 2 to 11 carbon atoms; L1 and L2 are the same or different, each a linear alkyl having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, or form a heterocycle with N; X1 is a bond, or is —CO—O— whereby L2-CO—O—R2 is formed; X2 is S or O; L3 is a bond or a lower alkyl, or form a heterocycle with N; R3 is a lower alkyl; and R4 and R5 are the same or different, each a lower alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Payne, Padmanabh Chivukula