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).

  • Publication number: 20200199591
    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: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzgerald, William Querbes, James Butler, Stephanie Williams, Abigail Liebow, Gregory Hinkle, Martin A. Maier, Stuart Milstein, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Publication number: 20200190517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating EPAS1-related diseases such as cancer, metastases, astrocytoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, chondrosarcoma, colorectal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, glioblastoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, neuroblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer, rectal cancer, renal cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma (and metastases of this and other cancers), gingivitis, psoriasis, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, preemclampsia, inflammation, chronic inflammation, neovascular diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to EPAS1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, Shanthi Ganesh, Elizabeth George, Dleter Heusken, Stuart Milstein, JR., Jonathan Solomon, Emily Thomas, Ivanka Toudjarska, Jennifer Tullai, Jan Weiler
  • Publication number: 20200140866
    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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Publication number: 20200140864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of one or more HBV genes and methods of treating subjects having an HBV infection and/or HBV-associated disorder, e.g., chronic hepatitis B infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Vasant Jadhav, Martin Maier, Stuart Milstein, Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev
  • Patent number: 10640770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the hepatitis D virus (HDV) genome, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of one or more HBV genes and methods of treating subjects having an HDV infection and/or HDV-associated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Vasant Jadhav, Martin Maier, Muthiah Manoharan, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Huilei Xu
  • Patent number: 10612024
    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: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Maier, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Satya Kuchimanchi, Vasant Jadhav, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Rubina Parmar
  • Patent number: 10612027
    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: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Maier, Don Foster, Stuart Milstein, Satya Kuchimanchi, Vasant Jadhav, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Muthiah Manoharan, Rubina Parmar
  • Publication number: 20200080088
    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: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzgerald, William Querbes, James Butler, Stephanie Williams, Abigail Liebow, Gregory Hinkle, Martin A. Maier, Stuart Milstein, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Muthiah Manoharan
  • Publication number: 20200056175
    Abstract: The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a PROC gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of PROC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ivanka Toudjarska, John M. Maraganore, Brian Bettencourt, Stuart Milstein, Martin A. Maier, Klaus Charisse, Kallanthottathil Rajeev, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi
  • Patent number: 10557139
    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: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Patent number: 10550390
    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: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Patent number: 10550391
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-ENaC-related diseases such as cystic fibrosis, pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1), Liddle's syndrome, hypertension, alkalosis, hypokalemia, and obesity-associated hypertension, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-ENaC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonin De Fougerolles, John Diener, Emma Hickman, Gregory Hinkle, Stuart Milstein, Anne-Marie Pulichino, Andrew Griffin Sprague
  • Patent number: 10538765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating EPAS1-related diseases such as cancer, metastases, astrocytoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, chondrosarcoma, colorectal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, glioblastoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, neuroblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer, rectal cancer, renal cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma (and metastases of this and other cancers), gingivitis, psoriasis, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, preemclampsia, inflammation, chronic imflammation, neovascular diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to EPAS1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, Shanthi Ganesh, Elizabeth George, Dieter Huesken, Stuart Milstein, Jonathan Solomon, Emily Thomas, Ivanka Toudjarska, Jennifer Tullai, Jan Weiler
  • Patent number: 10513703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of one or more HBV genes and methods of treating subjects having an HBV infection and/or HBV-associated disorder, e.g., chronic hepatitis B infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hinkle, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Vasant Jadhav, Martin Maier, Stuart Milstein, Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev
  • Publication number: 20190352645
    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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Publication number: 20190316137
    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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Bettencourt, William Querbes, Kevin Fitzgerald, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Stuart Milstein, Svetlana Shulga Morskaya
  • Publication number: 20190316127
    Abstract: The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNAi agents, targeting the Serpina1 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of Serpina1 and methods of treating subjects having a Serpina1 associated disease, such as a liver disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mark K. Schlegel, Maja Janas, Vasant R. Jadhav, Donald Foster, Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Alexander V. Kel'in, Klaus Charisse, Jayaprakash K. Nair, Martin A. Maier, Shigeo Matsuda, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Alfica Sehgal, Christopher Brown, Kevin Fitzgerald, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20190309293
    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: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Dinah Wen-Yee Sah, Gregory Hinkle, Rene Alvarez, Stuart Milstein, Qingmin Chen
  • Publication number: 20190298842
    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: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Donald Foster, Brian Bettencourt, Klaus Charisse, Gregory Hinkle, Satyanarayana Kuchimanchi, Martin A. Maier, Stuart Milstein
  • Publication number: 20190284562
    Abstract: The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6 and methods of treating subjects having a TMPRSS6 associated disorder, e.g., an iron overload associated disorder, such as ?-thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: James Butler, Martin A. Maier, Kevin Fitzgerald, Shannon Fishman, Donald Foster, Vasant R. Jadhav, Stuart Milstein