Patents by Inventor Prema Chandrasekhar Iyer

Prema Chandrasekhar Iyer 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).

  • Compounds for treating HIV and methods for using the compounds
    Patent number: 9695127
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a compound capable of treating HIV. In particular disclosed embodiments, the compound is capable of inhibiting Nef, such as by acting as antagonists of HIV Nef function. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method of making the compound, embodiments of a method of using the compound, and embodiments of a method of identifying HIV Nef antagonists. The disclosed compound may be used alone or in combination with other pharmacologically active agents in order to promote reducing drug resistance and/or cumulative toxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Thomas E. Smithgall, Lori Ann Emert-Sedlak, Billy W. Day, Jielu Zhao, Prema Chandrasekhar Iyer
  • COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING HIV AND METHODS FOR USING THE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20150291534
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a compound capable of treating HIV. In particular disclosed embodiments, the compound is capable of inhibiting Nef, such as by acting as antagonists of HIV Nef function. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method of making the compound, embodiments of a method of using the compound, and embodiments of a method of identifying HIV Nef antagonists. The disclosed compound may be used alone or in combination with other pharmacologically active agents in order to promote reducing drug resistance and/or cumulative toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas E. Smithgall, Lori Ann Emert-Sedlak, Billy W. Day, Jielu Zhao, Prema Chandrasekhar Iyer