Patents by Inventor Paul Watts

Paul Watts 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: 20250223263
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Mark G. BOCK, David HARRISON, Alan Paul WATT, Roderick Alan PORTER, Nicolas Felix Pierre BOUTARD, Charles-Henry Robert Yves FABRITIUS, Grzegorz Witold TOPOLNICKI, Oleksandr LEVENETS
  • Patent number: 12319639
    Abstract: This invention provides for a flow synthesis process for producing Oseltamivir and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof from shikimic acid in particular but not exclusively to a flow synthesis process for producing Oseltamivir phosphate from shikimic acid in a nine-step flow synthesis that provides for superior reaction times and product yields compared to known methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Nelson Mandela University
    Inventors: Cloudius Ray Sagandira, Paul Watts
  • Patent number: 12247011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NodThera Limited
    Inventors: Mark G. Bock, David Harrison, Alan Paul Watt, Roderick Alan Porter, Nicolas Felix Pierre Boutard, Charles-Henry Robert Yves Fabritius, Grzegorz Witold Topolnicki, Oleksandr Levenets
  • Publication number: 20240430959
    Abstract: A system (1600) and method (960) for utilizing data from on-vehicle and off-vehicle sources to identify problematic devices and to execute automated mitigations is disclosed herein. The system (1620) comprises assigning authority engine (1105) for a vehicle (1000), a device (110) for the vehicle (1000), one or more databases (1615), and more or more cloud sources (1175). The assigning authority engine (1105) is configured to analyze the data based on a plurality of pre-defined patterns to identify a malfunctioning device and to transmit a mitigation strategy for the malfunctioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Platform Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Rio Jeane Abella, Scott Kopchinsky, Don Son, Paul Watts, Kevin O'Neil, Neth Maison
  • Publication number: 20240410753
    Abstract: A system for screening of pathogens or gene differences includes first and second screening modes and a source of electromagnetic radiation for illuminating a plurality of samples. The source of electromagnetic radiation has a selectable illumination property. The system also may include a detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation transmitted through or emitted by the plurality of samples with the detector having a selectable detection property. The system may be arranged for concurrent operation in the first and the second mode. The first screening mode may be a fluorometric screening mode and the second optional screening mode may be a colorimetric screening mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Stevens, Paul Watt, Paul Ostergaard, Tatjana Heinrich, Robert Dewhurst
  • Publication number: 20240368129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: David HARRISON, Alan Paul WATT, Mark G. BOCK
  • Patent number: 12120754
    Abstract: A system (1600) and method (960) for utilizing data from on-vehicle and off-vehicle sources to identify problematic devices and to execute automated mitigations is disclosed herein. The system (1620) comprises assigning authority engine (1105) for a vehicle (1000), a device (110) for the vehicle (1000), one or more databases (1615), and more or more cloud sources (1175). The assigning authority engine (1105) is configured to analyze the data based on a plurality of pre-defined patterns to identify a malfunctioning device and to transmit a mitigation strategy for the malfunctioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Platform Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Rio Jeane Abella, Scott Kopchinsky, Don Son, Paul Watts, Kevin O'Neil, Neth Maison
  • Patent number: 12012397
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NodThera Limited
    Inventors: David Harrison, Alan Paul Watt, Mark G. Bock
  • Patent number: 11939321
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (0): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: n is 1 or 2; X is CH or N; Y is selected from CH and C—F; Z is selected from C—Rz and N; R1 is selected from: -(Alk1)t-Cyc1; wherein t is 0 or 1; Optionally substituted C1-6 acyclic hydrocarbon groups R2 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; and C1-3 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; R3 is hydrogen or a group L1-R7; R4 is selected from hydrogen; methoxy; and optionally substituted C1-3 alkyl; and R4a is selected from hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; wherein Rz, Alk1, Cyc1, L1 and R7 are defined herein; provided that the compound is other than 6-benzyl-3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and 3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and salts and tautomers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Ildiko Maria Buck, James Edward Harvey Day, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Steven Howard, Christopher William Murray, David Norton, Marc O'Reilly, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Michael Liam Cooke, David Cousin, Stuart Thomas Onions, Jonathan Martin Shannon, John Paul Watts
  • Publication number: 20230408536
    Abstract: An automated analyser for high-throughput assay testing for the presence of a biological or biochemical substance includes a plurality of sample process stations to receive analysis vessels and perform one or more processing or analysis steps on samples retained in the analysis vessels and including at least an incubation station to receive a plurality of the analysis vessels, provide illumination to each sample of each analysis vessel in the incubation field, and maintain the plurality of analysis vessels at predetermined incubation temperatures. The analyser includes an analysis vessel transfer system to transfer analysis vessels between the process stations, an imaging system to image illuminated samples in the analysis vessels retained in the incubation field, and a resource controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Paul OSTERGAARD, Paul WATT
  • Publication number: 20230145050
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: David HARRISON, Alan Paul WATT, Mark G. BOCK
  • Patent number: 11518757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NodThera Limited
    Inventors: David Harrison, Alan Paul Watt, Mark G. Bock
  • Publication number: 20220330353
    Abstract: A system (1600) and method (960) for utilizing data from on-vehicle and off-vehicle sources to identify problematic devices and to execute automated mitigations is disclosed herein. The system (1620) comprises assigning authority engine (1105) for a vehicle (1000), a device (110) for the vehicle (1000), one or more databases (1615), and more or more cloud sources (1175). The assigning authority engine (1105) is configured to analyze the data based on a plurality of pre-defined patterns to identify a malfunctioning device and to transmit a mitigation strategy for the malfunctioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Platform Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Rio Jeane Abella, Scott Kopchinsky, Don Son, Paul Watts, Kevin O'Neil, Neth Maison
  • Patent number: 11345669
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein inhibit the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inter alia autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NodThera Limited
    Inventors: David Harrison, Alan Paul Watt, Nicolas Boutard, Charles-Henry Fabritius, Michal Galezowski, Piotr Kowalczyk, Oleksandr Levenets, Jakub Woyciechowski
  • Publication number: 20220144756
    Abstract: This invention provides for a flow synthesis process for producing Oseltamivir and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof from shikimic acid in particular but not exclusively to a flow synthesis process for producing Oseltamivir phosphate from shikimic acid in a nine-step flow synthesis that provides for superior reaction times and product yields compared to known methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Nelson Mandela University
    Inventors: Cloudius Ray Sagandira, Paul Watts
  • Patent number: 11001575
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (0): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: n is 1 or 2; X is CH or N; Y is selected from CH and C—F; Z is selected from C—Rz and N; R1 is selected from: -(Alk1)t-Cyc1; wherein t is 0 or 1; Optionally substituted C1-6 acyclic hydrocarbon groups R2 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; and C1-3 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; R3 is hydrogen or a group L-R7; R4 is selected from hydrogen; methoxy; and optionally substituted C1-3 alkyl; and R4a is selected from hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; wherein Rz, Alk1, Cyc1, L1 and R7 are defined herein; provided that the compound is other than 6-benzyl-3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and 3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and salts and tautomers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Ildiko Maria Buck, James Edward Harvey Day, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Steven Howard, Christopher William Murray, David Norton, Marc O'Reilly, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Michael Liam Cooke, David Cousin, Stuart Thomas Onions, Jonathan Martin Shannon, John Paul Watts
  • Publication number: 20210087238
    Abstract: Described herein are improved cell penetrating peptides and related compositions and methods for their enhanced functional delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Katrin Hoffmann, Paula Cunningham, Shane Stone, Suzy Juraja, Tatjana Heinrich, Nadia Milech, Mark Anastasas, Maria Kerfoot, Paul Watt
  • Publication number: 20210087147
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mark G. BOCK, David HARRISON, Alan Paul WATT, Roderick Alan PORTER, Nicolas Felix Pierre BOUTARD, Charles-Henry Robert Yves FABRITIUS, Grzegorz Witold TOPOLNICKI, Oleksandr LEVENETS
  • Publication number: 20210070708
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of general formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds and compositions have valuable pharmaceutical properties. In particular, they may be used for the treatment of cancer. Novel intermediates and novel methods of preparation are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: BerGenBio ASA
    Inventors: Jason John Shiers, John Paul Watts, Stuart Thomas Onions, Mohammed Abdul Quddus, Joseph William Wrigglesworth, Colin Peter Sambrook-Smith, Alan Naylor, Derek Londesbrough
  • Publication number: 20210002261
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: David HARRISON, Alan Paul WATT, Mark G. BOCK