Patents by Inventor Sommer Zimmerman

Sommer Zimmerman 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).

  • Patent number: 9737522
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to NMDA modulators and used related thereto such as for treatment of central nervous system disorders. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are NR2C subunit-selective NMDA potentiators. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates compounds disclosed herein as prodrugs, optionally substituted with one or more substituents, derivatives, or salts thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing nervous system disorders comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Stephen F. Traynelis, Praseeda Mullasseril, Ethel C Garnier, Dennis C. Liotta, Sommer Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20150196540
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to NMDA modulators and used related thereto such as for treatment of central nervous system disorders. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are NR2C subunit-selective NMDA potentiators. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates compounds disclosed herein as prodrugs, optionally substituted with one or more substituents, derivatives, or salts thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing nervous system disorders comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen F. Traynelis, Praseeda Mullasseril, Ethel C. Garnier, Dennis C. Liotta, Sommer Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20110319416
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating or preventing disorders associated with NMDA receptor activity, including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, cognitive disorders, depression, neuropathic pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and related neurologic events or neurodegeneration. Compounds of the general Formulas A-E, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, prodrugs or derivatives thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen F. Traynelis, Dennis C. Liotta, Cara Mosley, Timothy M. Acker, Sommer Zimmerman