Patents by Inventor Stuart Milstein

Stuart Milstein 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: 12655430
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNAi) agents and compositions targeting a human chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of a C9orf72 gene and methods of treating subjects having a C9orf72-associated disease or disorder, e.g., C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia or Huntington-Like Syndrome Due To C9orf72 Expansions, using such dsRNAi agents and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignees: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Elane Fishilevich, Stuart Milstein, Kirk Brown, Tracy Zimmermann, James D. McIninch, David Frendewey, Eric Chiao, Aarti Sharma-Kanning, Anthony Gagliardi, Gustavo Droguett, Brittany Savage, Brian Zambrowicz
  • Publication number: 20260098263
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises. at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2?—OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Martin MAIER, Don FOSTER, Stuart MILSTEIN, Satya KUCHIMANCHI, Vasant JADHAV, Kallanthottathil RAJEEV, Muthiah MANOHARAN, Rubina PARMAR
  • Publication number: 20260069625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating KRAS-related diseases such as a proliferative disease, including without limitation a solid or liquid cancer, adenocarcinoma, colorectal cancer, advanced and/or metastatic colorectal cancer, colon cancer, lung, non-small cell lung cancer and lung adenocarcinoma, acute myelogenous lung, bladder, brain, breast, cervical, endometrial, gastric, head and neck, kidney, leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloid leukemia, liver, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, testicular, thyroid cancers, and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome and Noonan syndrome, and similar and related diseases, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to KRAS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, Stuart Milstein, Ivanka Toudjarska, Earl McDonald, Michael Schlabach, JR., Frank P. Stegmeier, Markus Warmuth, Kalyani Gampa, Dieter Huesken, Mark Stump, Jan Weiler, Zainab Jagani
  • Patent number: 12565653
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) agents and compositions targeting the ATXN3 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of an APP gene and methods of treating subjects having an ATXN3-associated disease or disorder, such as SCA3, using such dsRNA agents and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Castoreno, Elane Fishilevich, Jason A. Gilbert, Charalambos Kaittanis, James D. McIninch, Stuart Milstein, Mark K. Schlegel
  • Publication number: 20250388903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for editing a polynucleotide, e.g., a polynucleotide comprising a SNP associated with a disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Mallikarjuna Reddy Putta, Stephen V. Su, Andrew Fraley, Stuart Milstein, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20250376682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a transthyretin (TTR) gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of TTR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Dinah Wen-yee Sah, Gregory Hinkle, Rene Alvarez, Stuart Milstein, Qingmin Chen
  • Patent number: 12467051
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the ANGPTL3 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of ANGPTL3 and methods of treating subjects having a disorder of lipid metabolism, such as hyperlipidemia or hypertriglyceridemia, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Patent number: 12460206
    Abstract: The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the PCSK9 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of PCSK9 and methods of treating subjects having a lipid disorder, such as a hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Borodovsky, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, William Querbes, Martin A. Maier, Klaus Charisse, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Muthiah Manoharan, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20250333737
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20250283071
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. Other aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA molecules suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA molecules, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark K. SCHLEGEL, Adam CASTORENO, Christopher BROWN, Lucas D. BONDURANT, Anna BORODOVSKY, William CANTLEY, Elena CASTELLANOS-RIZALDOS, Aimee M. DEATON, Jonathan Edward FARLEY, Elane FISHILEVICH, John Michael GANSNER, Jason GILBERT, Vasant R. JADHAV, Charalambos KAITTANIS, Mark KEATING, Jingxuan LIU, James MCININCH, Stuart MILSTEIN, Bhaumik A. PANDYA, Mangala Meenakshi SOUNDARAPANDIAN, Jeffrey ZUBER
  • Publication number: 20250270555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-Catenin-related diseases such as adenomatous polyposis of the colon, colorectal cancer, basal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, kidney cancer, Wilms tumors, medulloblastoma, ovarian cancer, adrenocortical tumors, gastric cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancers, prostate cancer, renal cancer, ectopic teeth and taste papillae, skin cancer, pilomatrixoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, and uterine carcinosarcoma, oligodontia, osteoporosis, ageing, degenerative diseases, bedsores, chronic wounds and impaired wound healing, and similar and related diseases, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-Catenin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Richard Bettencourt, David Anton Bumcrot, Dieter Huesken, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Stuart Milstein, Michael Ray Schlabach, JR., Frank Peter Stegmeier, Markus Warmuth, Jan Weiler
  • Patent number: 12397013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of gene silencing, comprising administering to a cell or a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the lipophilic moieties-conjugated double-stranded iRNAs at one or more internal positions on at least one strand, optionally via a linker or carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jayaprakash K. Nair, Martin Maier, Vasant Jadhav, Stuart Milstein, Kirk Brown, Rubina G. Parmar, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Alexander V. Kel'in, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Klaus Charisse, Adam Castoreno, Christopher S. Theile, Kevin Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 12385044
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2?-OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Maier, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Satya Kuchimanchi, Vasant Jadhav, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Rubina Parmar
  • Patent number: 12385043
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2?-OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Maier, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Satya Kuchimanchi, Vasant Jadhav, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Rubina Parmar
  • Patent number: 12378553
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises.at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2?-OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Maier, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Satya Kuchimanchi, Vasant Jadhav, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Rubina Parmar
  • Patent number: 12359201
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the HSD17B 13 gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of HSD17B13, and methods of treating subjects that would benefit from reduction in expression of HSD17B13, such as subjects having a HSD17B13-associated disease, disorder, or condition, using such dsRNA compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Frederic Tremblay, Noura S. Abul-Husn, Omri Gottesman, Alexander Li, Xiping Cheng, Yurong Xin, Jesper Gromada, Frederick E. Dewey, Aris Baras, Alan Shuldiner, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20250205272
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The antisense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a seed region; the dsRNA comprises at least four 2?-fluoro modifications, and the sense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises ligand, wherein the ligand is an ASGPR ligand. Other aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA molecules suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA molecules, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark K. SCHLEGEL, Maja JANAS, Vasant R. JADHAV, Muthiah MANOHARAN, Kallanthottathil G. RAJEEV, Muthusamy JAYARAMAN, Alexander V. KEL'IN, Shigeo MATSUDA, Klaus CHARISSE, Jayaprakash K. NAIR, Martin A. MAIER, Alfica SEHGAL, Christopher BROWN, Christopher THEILE, Stuart MILSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20250064943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the angiotensinogen (AGT) gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of AGT and methods of treating subjects having an AGT-associated disorder, e.g., hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Donald Foster, Brian Bettencourt, Klaus Charisse, Gregory Hinkle, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Martin A. Maier, Stuart Milstein
  • Patent number: 12227744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a transthyretin (TTR) gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of TTR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinah Wen-Yee Sah, Gregory Hinkle, Rene Alvarez, Stuart Milstein, Qingmin Chen
  • Publication number: 20250051765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3) gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of APOC3 and methods of treating subjects having an APOC3 associated disorder, e.g., hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzgerald, William Querbes, James Butler, Stephanie Williams, Abigail Liebow, Gregory Hinkle, Martin A. Maier, Stuart Milstein, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Muthiah Manoharan