Patents by Inventor Virginia Sanders

Virginia Sanders 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).

  • Boron-containing small molecules as anti-inflammatory agents
    Patent number: 8501712
    Abstract: Methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions through the use of boron-containing small molecules are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Virginia Sanders, Tsutomu Akama, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Yvonne Freund, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou, Vincent S. Hernandez
  • Boron-containing small molecules as anti-inflammatory agents
    Patent number: 8461135
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Akama, Yong-Kang Zhang, Charles Z. Ding, Jacob J. Plattner, Kirk R. Maples, Yvonne Freund, Virginia Sanders, Yi Xia, Stephen J. Baker, James A. Nieman, Xiaosong Lu, Marcelo Sales, Rashmi Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Robert T. Jacobs, Daitao Chen, Michael Richard Kevin Alley
  • Boron-containing small molecules
    Patent number: 8440642
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, James J. Leyden, Kirk Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Virginia Sanders, Yong-Kang Zhang
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20130064783
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Stephen J. Benkovic, Michael DiPierro, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Isaac Kennedy, Igor Likhotvorik, Weimin Mao, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Fernando Rock, Virginia Sanders, Aaron M. Stemphoski, George Petros Yiannikouros, Siead Zagar, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20130059802
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Stephen J. Benkovic, Michael DiPierro, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Isaac Kennedy, Igor Likhotvorik, Weimin Mao, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Fernando Rock, Virginia Sanders, Aaron M. Stemphoski, George Petros Yiannikouros, Siead Zagar, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20130059803
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Stephen J. Benkovic, Michael DiPierro, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Isaac Kennedy, Igor Likhotvorik, Weimin Mao, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Fernando Rock, Virginia Sanders, Aaron M. Stemphoski, George Petros Yiannikouros, Siead Zagar, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20120289686
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Stephen J. Benkovic, Michael DiPierro, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Isaac Kennedy, Igor Likhotvorik, Weimin Mao, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Fernando Rock, Virginia Sanders, Aaron M. Stemphoski, George Petros Yiannikouros, Siead Zagar, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
    Publication number: 20120264714
    Abstract: Methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions through the use of boron-containing small molecules are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. BAKER, Virginia SANDERS, Tsutsomu AKAMA, Carolyn BELLINGER-KAWAHARA, Yvonne FREUND, Kirk R. MAPLES, Jacob J. PLATTNER, Yong-Kang ZHANG, Huchen ZHOU, Vincent S. HERNANDEZ
  • COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMYLOID DISEASES AND SYNUCLEINOPATHIES SUCH AS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE
    Publication number: 20120225890
    Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Alan D. Snow, Beth Nguyen, Gerardo Castillo, Virginia Sanders, Thomas Lake, Lesley Larsen, Rex T. Weavers, Stephen Lorimer, David Larsen, David L. Coffen, Charlotte Coffen
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
    Publication number: 20120214765
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Akama, Yong-Kang Zhang, Charles Z. Ding, Jacob J. Plattner, Kirk R. Maples, Yvonne Freund, Virginia Sanders, Yi Xia, Stephen J. Baker, James A. Nieman, Xiaosong Lu, Marcelo Sales, Rashmi Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Robert T. Jacobs, Daitao Chen, Michael Richard Kevin Alley
  • Boron-containing small molecules as anti-inflammatory agents
    Patent number: 8168614
    Abstract: Methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions through the use of boron-containing small molecules are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Virginia Sanders, Tsutomu Akama, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Yvonne Freund, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou, Vincent S. Hernandez
  • Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of amyloid diseases and synucleinopathies such as alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes and parkinson's disease
    Patent number: 8163957
    Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: ProteoTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D Snow, Beth Nguyen, Gerardo Castillo, Virginia Sanders, Thomas Lake, Lesley Larsen, Rex T Weavers, Stephen Lorimer, David Larsen, David L Coffen, Charlotte Coffen, legal representative
  • Compounds, Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases
    Publication number: 20120058998
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the inflammatory process, the method comprising administering to a mammal suffering from inflammation a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound where: R is a C1-C10 alkylene group, in which, when the number of carbon atoms is at least 2, there are optionally 1 or 2 non-adjacent double bonds; 1 to 3 non-adjacent methylene groups are optionally replaced by NR1 (where R1 is H, alkyl, or acyl), O, or S; and 1 or 2 methylene groups are optionally replaced by a carbonyl or hydroxymethylene group and pharmaceutically acceptable esters or salts of the compounds and wherein the inflammatory process results from a disease selected from the group consisting of ulcerative colitis, endotoxic shock, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, vital or post-viral arthritis and an
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Virginia Sanders, Joel Cummings, Alan D. Snow
  • Boron-containing small molecules
    Patent number: 8115026
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Steven J. Benkovic, Michael DiPierro, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Isaac Kennedy, Igor Likhotvorik, Weimin Mao, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Fernando Rock, Virginia Sanders, Aaron M. Stemphoski, George Petros Yiannikouros, Siead Zegar, Yong-Kang Zhang, Huchen Zhou
  • BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES
    Publication number: 20110319361
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, James J. Leyden, Kirk R. Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Virginia Sanders, Yong-Kang Zhang
  • Boron-containing small molecules as anti-inflammatory agents
    Patent number: 8039450
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Akama, Yong-Kang Zhang, Charles Z. Ding, Jacob J. Plattner, Kirk R. Maples, Yvonne Freund, Virginia Sanders, Yi Xia, Stephen J. Baker, James A. Nieman, Xiaosong Lu, Marcelo Sales, Rashmi Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Robert Jacobs, Daitao Chen, Michael Richard Kevin Alley
  • Boron-containing small molecules
    Patent number: 8039451
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, James J. Leyden, Kirk Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Virginia Sanders, Yong-Kang Zhang
  • Small peptides for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other beta-amyloid protein disorders
    Patent number: 8003612
    Abstract: Use of a peptide or pharmaceutical composition comprising Leu-Ala-Phe-Val-Leu-Arg-Lys-amide having at least one D amino acid for the reduction of beta-amyloid protein, modulating APP processing, modulating activity of APP secretases, treatment of beta-amyloid protein diseases and the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Proteotech Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lake, Alan D. Snow, Gerardo Castillo, Beth Nguyen, Virginia Sanders, Qubai Hu, Judy A. Cam
  • Compounds, Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Amyloid Diseases and Synucleinopathies such as Alzheimer's Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Disease
    Publication number: 20110172239
    Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Alan D. SNOW, Beth NGUYEN, Gerardo CASTILLO, Virginia SANDERS, Thomas LAKE, Lesley LARSEN, Rex T. WEAVERS, Stephen LORIMER, David LARSEN, David L. COFFEN, Charlotte COFFEN
  • SUBSTITUTED N-ARYL BENZAMIDES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF AMYLOID DISEASES AND SYNUCLEINOPATHIES
    Publication number: 20110104055
    Abstract: Compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their synthesis and labeling, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, including A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment are provided. Also provided is the use of the disclosed compounds as imaging agents and methods for in vivo imaging and detection of amyloid and synuclein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Snow, Manfred Weigele, Lesley Larsen, Beth Nguyen, Thomas Lake, Gerardo Castillo, Virginia Sanders, Rex T. Weavers, Stephen Lorimer, David Larsen, David L. Coffen, Charlotte Coffen