Patents by Inventor Peter Wipf

Peter Wipf 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: 20260144752
    Abstract: Multilamellar vesicles (MLVs), methods of their manufacture, and applications thereof to the administration of compounds are provided. MLVs packaged with one or more medicinal compounds, including drugs are also provided. Methods for modifying MLVs to allow for targeting and/or selective accumulation of MLVs to certain tissues are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicants: ChromoLogic LLC, University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Thomas A. Miller, Ricky Whitener, Claude J. Rogers, Naresh Menon, Joel S. Greenberger, Michael Epperly, Peter Wipf
  • Patent number: 12600705
    Abstract: Disclosed are thiadiazine compounds, derivatives and compositions thereof. The compounds, derivatives, and compositions can be used for treating or preventing a heat-shock protein responsive disorder or suppressing protein aggregation in a subject. The compounds and compositions can also be used for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and other heat-shock protein responsive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Linh Khai Ngo, Leila Terrab, Jeffrey L. Brodsky
  • Publication number: 20260083751
    Abstract: Small molecule allosteric modulators of androgen receptor are disclosed. The compounds may inhibit androgen receptor coactivator recruitment, such as by preventing formation of protein-protein interaction (PPI) complexes and/or disrupting PPI complexes. A method of treating prostate cancer, such as castration-resistant prostate cancer, includes administering a small molecule allosteric modulator of androgen receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh – Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Paul A. Johnston, Andrew P. Hinck, Carlos J. Camacho, Peter Wipf, Zhou Wang, Lee A. McDermott
  • Patent number: 12559480
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting p97 and compounds and compositions useful in such methods. Diseases and conditions the can be treated with the compounds and compositions of the invention include, but are not limited to, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders susceptible to treatment by inhibition of p97.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Donna M. Huryn, Peter Wipf, Matthew G. LaPorte, Raffaele Colombo, Marina Kovaliov, Chaemin Lim, Celeste Natalie Alverez, Zhizhou Yue, Lalith Palitha Samankumara, Alexander Julian Chatterley, Yongzhao Yan, Mary Liang, Neal J. Green, Eric T. Baldwin, William J. Moore, Michelle Arkin, R. Jeffrey Neitz, Kean-Hooi Ang, Clifford Bryant, Stacie Bulfer
  • Patent number: 12486231
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful in the prevention or treatment of ferroptosis in a patient, and methods of preventing or treating ferroptosis, or a treating a condition or disease associated with ferroptosis, such as a patient having a neurodegenerative disease, traumatic brain injury, acute kidney disease, liver injury, ischemia/reperfusion injury, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, liver fibrosis, diabetes, acute myeloid leukemia, age-related macular degeneration, psoriasis, a hemolytic disorder, or an inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Taber Sarah Maskrey, Matthew G. LaPorte, Manwika Charaschanya
  • Publication number: 20250154188
    Abstract: Novel compounds and methods of using the compounds are provided herein. The compounds include novel carbon analogs of pyranose derivatives discovered to have Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) inhibitory activity. The methods provide for treating infectious, inflammatory and post-traumatic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Adam Patrick Montoya, David Hackam, Chhinder Sodhi, Peng Lu
  • Patent number: 12227515
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds that inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatase, such as protein tyrosine phosphatase 4 A3 (PTP4A3). The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions, uses, and methods of using the compounds, such as in the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: John S. Lazo, Elizabeth Sharlow, Peter Wipf, Nikhil Tasker, Ettore Rastelli
  • Patent number: 12202811
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a formula I of: R20—(Z)b—(Y)c—(R21)a—X—R22—R23 wherein R20 is an aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, a silyl-containing group, a boryl-containing group, a phosphine-containing group, amino, a thio-containing group, a seleno-containing group, halide, or a nitro-containing group; Z is alkanediyl, substituted alkanediyl, cycloalkanediyl, or substituted cycloalkanediyl; Y is S, O, or NR10, wherein R10 is H or alkyl; R21 is alkanediyl, substituted alkanediyl, cycloalkanediyl, substituted cycloalkanediyl, alkadienyl, substituted alkadienyl, alkatrienyl, substituted alkatrienyl; X is —C(?O)— or —S(?O)(?O)—; R22 is a moiety that includes at least one divalent amino radical; R23 is an aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, a silyl-containing group, a boryl-containing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Erin M. Skoda, Zhou Wang
  • Patent number: 12202839
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds that inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatase, such as protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3). The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions, uses, and methods of using the compounds, such as in the treatment of cancers. (I), wherein X is O or NH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: John S. Lazo, Elizabeth Sharlow, Peter Wipf, Nikhil Tasker, Ettore Rastelli
  • Patent number: 12128038
    Abstract: Methods of treating a patient having an organic acidemia or a defect in mitochondria chain oxidation are provided. The methods comprise treating the patient with an effective amount of a mitochondria-targeting reactive oxygen species scavenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Gerard Vockley, Peter Wipf, Al-Walid A. Mohsen
  • Publication number: 20240343692
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of formula I: wherein R1, R8, R9, R31, R32, R33, and R34 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, or substituted C1-C6 alkyl; and R2, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently H, F, Cl, Br, —OR1—NR8R9, C1-C6 alkyl, or substituted C1-C6 alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Nikhil R. Tasker, Ethan J. Pazur
  • Publication number: 20240051931
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to chromane compounds, chromane compounds demonstrating HDAC inhibition, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Additional embodiments include methods of using the chromane compounds. For example, the disclosure includes methods of inhibiting histone acetylation in a cell, comprising contacting the cell with a chromane compound of the disclosure. Additional embodiments include methods of treating a disease capable of treatment by inhibition of histone acetylation in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a chromane compound of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Donna M. Huryn, Matthew G. LaPorte, Leila Terrab, Michael James Houghton, Andrea Topacio, Taber Sarah Maskrey, Tyler Kristufek, Uygar Sozer, Desirae Lynn Crocker, Sipak Joyasawal, Alyssa Thornton, Shikha Singh Chauhan, Mary Liang, Prema Iyer, Jagannath Panda
  • Publication number: 20230357261
    Abstract: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists and their use in treating or preventing or reducing the risk of an inflammatory disorder associated with a reduced expression of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), including necrotizing enterocolitis, for preventing, reducing the risk of, or reducing the severity of an inflammatory disorder associated with a reduced expression of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), and as an additive to infant nutritional formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: David Hackam, Peng Lu, Chhinder P. Sodhi, Peter Wipf, David Kornfilt
  • Patent number: 11773075
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to methods of inhibiting or modulating p97 and compounds and compositions useful in such methods. Diseases and conditions that can be treated with the compounds and compositions of the present technology include, but are not limited to, antibacterial infection, antiviral infection, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders susceptible to treatment by inhibition or modulation of p97.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Donna M. Huryn, Peter Wipf, Matthew G. LaPorte
  • Patent number: 11766433
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, according to formula I: R20—(Z)b—(Y)c—(R21)a—(X)d—R22—R23 wherein R20 is aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, a thio-containing group, or a seleno-containing group; Z is alkanediyl, substituted alkanediyl, cycloalkanediyl, or substituted cycloalkanediyl; Y is S, O, S(?O), —S(?O)(?O)—, or NR10, wherein R10 is H or alkyl; R21 is alkanediyl, substituted alkanediyl, cycloalkanediyl, substituted cycloalkanediyl, alkadienyl, substituted alkadienyl, cycloalkenediyl, substituted cycloalkenediyl, alkatrienyl, substituted alkatrienyl; X is —C(?O)—, —S(?O)(?O)—, or —N(H)C(?O)—; R22 includes at least one divalent amino radical; R23 is aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, a thio-containing group, or a seleno-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, James K. Johnson, Erin M. Skoda, Joel B. Nelson, Zhou Wang, Serene Tai, Keita Takubo, John Milligan
  • Patent number: 11759524
    Abstract: A mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor is provided herein, as well as methods of making and using the mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Hulya Bayir, Peter Wipf, Tanja Krainz, Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11718600
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to methods of inhibiting or modulating p97 and compounds and compositions useful in such methods. Diseases and conditions that can be treated with the compounds and compositions of the present technology include, but are not limited to, antibacterial infection, antiviral infection, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders susceptible to treatment by modulation of p97.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Donna M. Huryn, Peter Wipf
  • Publication number: 20230144767
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Marie-Celine Frantz
  • Publication number: 20230131668
    Abstract: Disclosed are thiadiazine compounds, derivatives and compositions thereof. The compounds, derivatives, and compositions can be used for treating or preventing a heat-shock protein responsive disorder or suppressing protein aggregation in a subject. The compounds and compositions can also be used for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and other heat-shock protein responsive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Linh Khai Ngo, Leila Terrab, Jeffrey L. Brodsky
  • Publication number: 20220259149
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful in the prevention or treatment of ferroptosis in a patient, and methods of preventing or treating ferroptosis, or a treating a condition or disease associated with ferroptosis, such as a patient having a neurodegenerative disease, traumatic brain injury, acute kidney disease, liver injury, ischemia/reperfusion injury, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, liver fibrosis, diabetes, acute myeloid leukemia, age-related macular degeneration, psoriasis, a hemolytic disorder, or an inflammatory disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Taber Sarah Maskrey, Matthew G. LaPorte, Manwika Charaschanya