Patents by Inventor Pu-Ping Lu

Pu-Ping Lu 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).

  • CERTAIN CHEMICAL ENTITIES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130053348
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Pu-Ping Lu, Sing Yao, Qing (Kevin) Lu, Hong Jiang, Wenyue Wang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, JR.
  • CERTAIN HETEROCYCLES, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20120289698
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Chihyuan Chuang, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Bradley Morgan, Alex Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions and methods
    Patent number: 8293761
    Abstract: Provided are certain chemical entities, and methods of use to modulate skeletal myosin, skeletal actin, skeletal tropomyosin, skeletal troponin C, skeletal troponin I, skeletal troponin T, and skeletal muscle, including fragments and isoforms thereof, as well as the skeletal sarcomere, and methods of use in the treatment of obesity, sarcopenia, wasting syndrome, frailty, cachexia, muscle spasm, post-surgical and post-traumatic muscle weakness, neuromuscular disease, and other indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Muci, Jeffrey T. Finer, Pu-Ping Lu, Alan James Russell, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Ureas and Their Use in the Treatment of Heart Failure
    Publication number: 20120172372
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci, Pu-Ping Lu, Erica Anne Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto, David J. Morgans, JR.
  • CERTAIN CHEMICAL ENTITIES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120135964
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Xiangping QIAN, Chihyuan (Grace) CHUANG, Pu-Ping LU, Bing YAO, Qing (Kevin) LU, Hong JIANG, Wenyue WANG, Bradley P. MORGAN, David J. MORGANS, JR.
  • Ureas and their use in the treatment of heart failure
    Patent number: 8110595
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci, Pu-Ping Lu, Erica Anne Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Disubstituted ureas and uses thereof in treating heart failure
    Patent number: 8101617
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci, Pu-Ping Lu, Erica Anne Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 8088793
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Pu-Ping Lu, Bing Yao, Qing (Kevin) Lu, Hong Jiang, Wenyue Wang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 8071625
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Pu-Ping Lu, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 8063082
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey T. Finer, Pu-Ping Lu, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Compounds, compositions and methods
    Patent number: 7989455
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr., Alex Muci, Pu-Ping Lu, Erica A. Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto
  • Certain 1H-imidazo[4,5-B]pyrazin-2(3H)-ones and 1H-imidazo[4,5-B]pyrazin-2-ols, compositions thereof, and methods for their use
    Patent number: 7956056
    Abstract: Provided is at least one chemical entity chosen from compounds of Formula I and Formula II: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods for their use in modulating one or more of skeletal myosin, skeletal actin, skeletal tropomyosin, skeletal troponin C, skeletal troponin I, skeletal troponin T, skeletal muscle, and skeletal sarcomere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Muci, Jeffrey T. Finer, Pu-Ping Lu, Alan James Russell, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 7939548
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ping Lu, Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 7939534
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ping Lu, Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 7932270
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ping Lu, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey T. Finer, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 7919511
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ping Lu, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey T. Finer, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Compounds, compositions and methods
    Patent number: 7910743
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Morgan, Alex Muci, Erica Kraynack, Pu-Ping Lu, Todd Tochimoto, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
    Patent number: 7851484
    Abstract: Provided are certain chemical entities, and methods of use to modulate skeletal myosin, skeletal actin, skeletal tropomyosin, skeletal troponin C, skeletal troponin I, skeletal troponin T, and skeletal muscle, including fragments and isoforms thereof, as well as the skeletal sarcomere, and methods of use in the treatment of muscle weakness and/or cachexia, as part of a rehabilitation or conditioning exercise regimen, or in the treatment of fraility, post-polio syndrome, obesity, sarcopenia, wasting syndrome, muscle spasm, and other indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr., Gustave Bergnes, Alex Muci, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Luke W. Ashcraft, William F. Browne, IV, Marc Andrew Garard
  • Certain substituted ((piperazin-1-ylmethyl)benzyl)ureas
    Patent number: 7825120
    Abstract: Certain substituted ((piperazin-1-ylmethyl)benzyl)urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and may be useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Morgan, Alex Muci, Erica A. Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto, Pu-Ping Lu, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Certain Chemical Entities, Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20100210645
    Abstract: Provided are certain chemical entities, and methods of use to modulate skeletal myosin, skeletal actin, skeletal tropomyosin, skeletal troponin C, skeletal troponin I, skeletal troponin T, and skeletal muscle, including fragments and isoforms thereof, as well as the skeletal sarcomere, and methods of use in the treatment of obesity, sarcopenia, wasting syndrome, frailty, cachexia, muscle spasm, post-surgical and post-traumatic muscle weakness, neuromuscular disease, and other indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Alex Muci, Jeffrey T. Finer, Pu-Ping Lu, Alan James Russell, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, JR.