Patents by Inventor Tracy A. Cole

Tracy A. Cole 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: 11873495
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of LRRK2 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of LRRK2 protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include ataxia, neuropathy, and aggregate formation. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy A. Cole, Susan M. Freier
  • Publication number: 20230357770
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of APOE RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of APOE protein in a cell or animal Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include cognitive impairment, progressive memory loss, behavioral abnormality, dementia, difficulty performing daily activities, amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuroinflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy A. Cole, Swagatam Mukhopadhyay, Huynh-Hoa Bui, Priyam Singh, Holly Kordasiewicz, Susan M. Freier, Hien Thuy Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230114930
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of LRRK2 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of LRRK2 protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include ataxia, neuropathy, and aggregate formation. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy A. Cole, Holly Kordasiewicz, Huynh-Hoa Bui, Susan M. Freier
  • Publication number: 20220315923
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of SNCA mRNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of alpha-synuclein protein in a cell or animal Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include motor dysfunction, aggregation of alpha-synuclein, neurodegeneration, cognitive decline and dementia. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, diffuse Lewy body disease, pure autonomic failure, multiple system atrophy, neuronopathic Gaucher's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Kordasiewicz, Priyam Singh, Susan M. Freier, Tracy A. Cole
  • Patent number: 11230712
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of SNCA mRNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of alpha-synuclein protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include motor dysfunction, aggregation of alpha-synuclein, neurodegeneration, cognitive decline and dementia. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, diffuse Lewy body disease, pure autonomic failure, multiple system atrophy, neuronopathic Gaucher's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Kordasiewicz, Tracy A. Cole
  • Publication number: 20200392494
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of SNCA mRNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of alpha-synuclein protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms and hallmarks include motor dysfunction, aggregation of alpha-synuclein, neurodegeneration, cognitive decline and dementia. Such neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, diffuse Lewy body disease, pure autonomic failure, multiple system atrophy, neuronopathic Gaucher's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Kordasiewicz, Priyam Singh, Susan M. Freier, Tracy A. Cole
  • Publication number: 20170037410
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing SOD-1 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate SOD-1 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such SOD-1 associated diseases include amyotrophic sclerosis (ALS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric E. Swayze, Tracy Cole, Holly Kordasiewicz, Susan M. Freier, Thomas P. Condon, Edward Wancewicz, Trisha Lockhart, Timothy Vickers, Priyam Singh