Patents by Inventor Theodore Nitz

Theodore Nitz 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: 20070269420
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by the hepatitis C virus. Also within the scope of this invention are assay methods for identifying agents that modulate NS4B activity, as well as kits for performing such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Srinivas Chunduru, Christopher Benatatos, Theodore Nitz, Thomas Bailey
  • Publication number: 20070231318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzofuran derivatives and analogs, as well as compositions containing the same and to the use thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by the hepatitis C virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ashis Saha, Christopher Burns, Alfred Del Vecchio, Thomas Bailey, Jason Reinhardt, Bheemashankar Kulkarni, Thomas Faitg, Hao Feng, Susan Rippin, Charles Blackledge, David Rys, Thomas Lessen, John Swestock, Yijum Deng, Theodore Nitz
  • Publication number: 20070203103
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel process for making 3-O-(3?,3?-dimethylsuccinyl)betulinic acid (“DSB”). This invention also relates to methods of treating HIV and related diseases using pharmaceutical compositions comprising salt forms of DSB prepared according to the process of the present invention. The invention further relates to dosage forms of pharmaceutical compositions comprising salts of DSB made using the process of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Christian Hemp, Arndt Hausherr, Theodore Nitz, Roy Swaringen
  • Publication number: 20060205697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel synthetic derivatives of betulin and the use of such derivatives as pharmaceuticals. The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Robinson, Carl Wild, Mark Ashton, Russell Thomas, Christian Montalbetti, Thomas Coulter, Filippo Magaraci, Robert Townsend, Theodore Nitz
  • Publication number: 20060167109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pleconaril to reduce the contagion of rhinovirus virions shed from a host infected with a rhinovirus and thereby reduce disease transmission or re-infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Pevear, Gerald Rhodes, Theodore Nitz, Mark McKinlay, Marc Collett
  • Publication number: 20050288345
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by viruses of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of Paramyxoviridae and diseases associated with such infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: David Rys, Theodore Nitz, Janet Gaboury, Christopher Burns, Daniel Pevear, Thomas Lessen, Torsten Herbertz
  • Publication number: 20050288344
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by viruses of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of Paramyxoviridae and diseases associated with such infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Theodore Nitz, Janet Gaboury, Christopher Burns, Sylvia Laquerre, Daniel Pevear, Thomas Lessen, David Rys
  • Publication number: 20050043542
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore Nitz
  • Publication number: 20050027127
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Guy Diana, Theodore Nitz