Patents by Inventor Robert O. Williams

Robert O. Williams 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: 20230381434
    Abstract: Devices and methods for nasal administration of a pharmaceutical composition. In certain embodiments, the devices comprises a reservoir, a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir, and an anatomic positioning device configured to position the conduit in a nasal cavity of a user. Particular embodiments include an actuator configured to transfer the pharmaceutical composition from the reservoir to the conduit and emit the pharmaceutical composition from the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Hugh D.C. SMYTH, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Zachary WARNKEN, Yang LU
  • Patent number: 11767737
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing fluid loss in a well bore, methods for wellbore strengthening and increasing the integrity of the borehole of an oil or gas well. Also disclosed are methods for artificially increasing the temperature of a subsurface formation in the wellbore to increase the apparent wellbore strength. The mechanism for accomplishing this revolves around increasing fracture propagation pressure by actively manipulating thermal wellbore stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Eric Van Oort, Besmir B. Hoxha, Ali Karimi Vajargah, Robert O. Williams, III, Hugh Smyth, Silvia Ferrati
  • Patent number: 11759427
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for preparing micron-sized or submicron-sized particles by dissolving a water soluble effective ingredient in one or more solvents; spraying or dripping droplets solvent such that the effective ingredient is exposed to a vapor-liquid interface of less than 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 200, 400 or 500 cm?1 area/volume to, e.g., increase protein stability; and contacting the droplet with a freezing surface that has a temperature differential of at least 30° C. between the droplet and the surface, wherein the surface freezes the droplet into a thin film with a thickness of less than 500 micrometers and a surface area to volume between 25 to 500 cm?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Keith P. Johnston, Joshua Engstrom, Robert O. Williams, III
  • Publication number: 20230270668
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses a human-derived monoclonal antibody compositions and methods comprising a dry powder formulation for neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 and known variants thereof in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a dry powder formulation comprising the human-derived monoclonal antibody. The invention further encompasses compositions and methods comprising a dry powder formulation for treating or preventing COVID-19 and/or at least one symptom associated with COVID-19 in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a dry powder formulation comprising the human-derived monoclonal antib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher J. EMIG, Steven J. HENRY, Adela Anne VITUG, Dale J. CHRISTENSEN, Zhengrong CUI, Haiyue XU, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III
  • Publication number: 20230263816
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions of remdesivir that may be administered by inhalation. These compositions may allow the achievement of a therapeutically effective dose of remdesivir directly to the lungs. These compositions may be used to treat one or more diseases or disorders such as a viral infection like an infection of a coronavirus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Chaeho MOON, Sawittree SAHAKIJPIJARN, Dale CHRISTENSEN, Glenn MATTES, John J. KOLENG
  • Publication number: 20230218533
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions prepared using an additive manufacturing process where the active pharmaceutical ingredient has been rendered into the amorphous form or prepared as an amorphous solid dispersion at a temperature below the melting point of the active pharmaceutical ingredient or the glass transition of the physical mixture or composition of the individual components. The present disclosure also provides methods of preparing these compositions by using properties such as the chamber and surface temperature and the electron laser density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Mohammed MANIRUZZAMAN, Daniel A. DAVIS, JR., Rishi THAKKAR
  • Patent number: 11696950
    Abstract: Described herein are dry vaccine compositions and methods of freezing aluminum-containing vaccines such that when converted into a dried powder, the dry vaccine can be readily reconstituted to form a stable liquid vaccine without significant loss of activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong Cui, Robert O. Williams, III, Xinran Li
  • Publication number: 20230172949
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for making a pharmaceutical dosage form include making a pharmaceutical composition that includes one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients by thermokinetic compounding into a composite. Compositions and methods of preprocessing a composite comprising one or more APIs with one or more excipients include thermokinetic compounding, comprising thermokinetic processing the APIs with the excipients into a composite, wherein the composite can be further processed by conventional methods known in the art, such as hot melt extrusion, melt granulation, compression molding, tablet compression, capsule filling, film-coating, or injection molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, AustinPx, LLC
    Inventors: Chris BROUGH, James W. MCGINITY, Dave A. MILLER, James C. DINUNZIO, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III
  • Publication number: 20230167181
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a thermally conductive excipient which may be used to improve the heat transfer within the pharmaceutical compositions in a high energy mixing process. The resultant pharmaceutical compositions may be amorphous in nature and improve the processability of thermally labile or shear sensitive active agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Daniel A. DAVIS, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230115214
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of thin film freeze drying methods with oil-in-water adjuvants to produce improved vaccine compositions. This approach solves several major problems associated with the emulsion-adjuvanted vaccines. Additionally, the developed dry powder compositions have the potential to be administered via non-invasive routes (such as intranasal, pulmonary, transcutaneous with or without microneedles) and be stored at ambient temperatures which significantly reduce the costs of vaccination programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong CUI, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Khaled ABOULFOTOUH, Chaeho MOON, Haiyue XU
  • Publication number: 20230112956
    Abstract: Dry powder compositions comprising biologically active antibodies or antibody fragments thereof are provided herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure includes methods of manufacturing these compositions and methods of using them in pulmonary administration or applying them to a tissue surface through a medical dry powder blower/sprayer/insufflator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong CUI, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Haiyue XU, Stephanie J. HUFNAGEL, Laura CHOW
  • Publication number: 20230112800
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions of niclosamide that may be administered orally. These compositions may allow the achievement of a therapeutically effective dose of niclosamide while preventing crystallization in the stomach which reduces bioavailability. These compositions may be used to treat one or more diseases or disorders such as a viral infection or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, TFF PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Zachary N. WARNKEN, Miguel O. Jara GONZALES, John J. KOLENG
  • Publication number: 20230060631
    Abstract: Described herein are dry powder compositions of liposomes, liposomal adjuvant or liposomal adjuvanted vaccines. Formulations containing a cryoprotectant can be converted to dry powders using, e.g., thin-film freeze-drying (TFFD). The composition may comprise a liposomal adjuvant, such as AS01B adjuvant, or also including an antigen, i.e., AS01B-adjuvanted vaccine compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong CUI, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Khaled ABOULFOTOUH, Haiyue XU
  • Publication number: 20230057155
    Abstract: Described herein are dry powder compositions of liposomes. Formulations containing a cryoprotectant can be converted to dry powders using, e.g., thin-film freeze-drying (TFFD) to obtain stabilized composition that show improved properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Zhengrong CUI, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Khaled ABOULFOTOUH
  • Publication number: 20230040283
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using a rapid dissolving, high potency, substantially amorphous nanostructured aggregate for pulmonary delivery of tacrolimus and a stabilizer matrix comprising, optionally, a polymeric or non-polymeric surfactant, a polymeric or non-polymeric saccharide or both, wherein the aggregate comprises a surface area greater than 5 m2/g as measured by BET analysis and exhibiting supersaturation for at least 0.5 hours when 11-15-times the aqueous crystalline solubility of tacrolimus is added to simulated lung fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Keith P. JOHNSTON, Prapasri SINSWAT, Jason T. MCCONVILLE, Robert TALBERT, Jay I. PETERS, Alan B. WATTS, True L. ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20220401579
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulations including an inclusion complex of an API with a cyclic oligomer, and methods of forming such pharmaceutical formulations are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Urvi GALA, Dave MILLER, Angela SPANGENBERG, Daniel J. ELLENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20220362264
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical formulations including abiraterone and a cyclic oligomer, as well as tablets including such pharmaceutical formulations, methods of forming such pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of administering such pharmaceutical formulations or tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Dave MILLER, Urvi GALA, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Angela SPANGENBERG
  • Publication number: 20220354778
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating and delivering medicinal formulations using an inhaler. The composition includes a space filled flocculated suspension having one or more flocculated particles of one or more active agents and a hydrofluoroalkane propellant. A portion of the one or more flocculated particles is templated by the formation of hydrofluoroalkane droplets upon atomization and the templated floc compacts upon the evaporation of the hydrofluoroalkane propellant to form a porous particle for deep lung delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Keith P. JOHNSTON, Joshua ENGSTROM, Jasmine ROWE, Alan B. WATTS, Robert O. WILLIAMS, III
  • Publication number: 20220339227
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to dry powder compositions of (a) a plant-based cannabidiol (pCBD) composition, or (b) a plant-based tetrahydrocannabinol composition (pTHC); or (c) a synthetic cannabidiol composition (sCBD), or (d) a synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol composition (sTHC), or (e) a plant-based cannabidiol (pCBD) composition in combination with a plant-based tetrahydrocannabinol composition (pTHC), or (f) a synthetic cannabidiol composition (sCBD) in combination with a synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol composition (sTHC) and their delivery to the airway of a subject using a dry powder inhaler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, TFF PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Chaeho MOON, John J. KOLENG
  • Publication number: 20220313611
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods of preparing pharmaceutical compositions using an suspension based thin film freezing method to obtain inhalable compositions. These compositions may have a higher homogeneity compared to compositions prepared using conventional methods. These compositions may be used to treat or prevent one or more diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, TFF Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. WILLIAMS, III, Sawittree SAHAKIJPIJARN, Chaeho MOON, John J. KOLENG, JR.