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: 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
  • Patent number: 11413299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating infectious, inflammatory and post-traumatic disorders by administering various compounds newly discovered to have TLR4 inhibitory activity. In addition to methods of treatment, the present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, together with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: David Hackam, Chhinder P. Sodhi, Peter Wipf
  • Publication number: 20220202800
    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: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Gerard Vockley, Peter Wipf, Al-Walid A. Mohsen
  • Patent number: 11358930
    Abstract: Selective potassium channel agonists and methods of use thereof are disclosed. A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having a formula I wherein R1 is H or optionally-substituted alkyl; R2 is optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl or optionally-substituted cyclopropyl; R3 and R4 are each independently H or optionally-substituted alkyl; R5 is H, optionally-substituted alkyl, acyl, or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 and R7 are each independently H, optionally-substituted alkyl, or R6 and R7 together form a carbocycle; R8 is substituted phenyl or optionally-substituted pyridinyl, provided that if R8 is substituted phenyl, then R2 is optionally-substituted cyclopropyl; and R9, R10 and R11 are each independently H, halo, or optionally-substituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Peter Wipf
  • Publication number: 20220112179
    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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, National Institutes of Health, A Component of the United States Department of Health and Human Servi, 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
  • Publication number: 20220089565
    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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Donna M. Huryn, Peter Wipf, Matthew G. LaPorte
  • Patent number: 11247985
    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: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, National Institutes of Health, A Component of the U.S. Department of Hearth 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
  • Publication number: 20220017534
    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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: John S. Lazo, Elizabeth Sharlow, Peter Wipf, Nikhil Tasker, Ettore Rastelli
  • Patent number: 11214560
    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: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Donna M. Huryn, Peter Wipf, Matthew G. LaPorte
  • Publication number: 20210395266
    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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: John S. Lazo, Elizabeth Sharlow, Peter Wipf, Nikhil Tasker, Ettore Rastelli
  • Publication number: 20210379191
    Abstract: A mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor is provided herein, as well as methods of making and using the mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hulya Bayir, Peter Wipf, Tanja Krainz, Robert Clark
  • Publication number: 20210371460
    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 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Marie-Celine Frantz