Patents by Inventor Steven J. Hoffman

Steven J. Hoffman 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).

  • Allosteric inhibitors of pyruvate kinase
    Publication number: 20010046997
    Abstract: Chemical structures have been identified which allosterically modify pyrvate kinase and inhibit enzymatic activity. These compounds can be used as pharmaceuticals in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases and disorders where influencing metabolic processes is beneficial, such as the glycolytic pathway, all pathways which use ATP as an energy source, and all pathways which involve 2,3-diphosphoglycerate related to the delivery of oxygen by modifying hemoglobin's oxygen affinity, treatments of tumor and cancer and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Donald J. Abraham, Changging Wang, Richmond Danso-Danquah, James C. Burnett, Gajanan S. Joshi, Steven J. Hoffman