Patents by Inventor William D. Thomas

William D. Thomas 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: 20160304476
    Abstract: The invention provides certain bicylic heterocyclic compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and Cy are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same for treating diseases or conditions mediated by RORgammaT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Chad A. VanHuis, William D. Thomas, John K. MacLean, Brian M. Andresen, Kenneth J. Barr, Corey E. Bienstock, Neville J. Anthony, Matthew Daniels, Kun Liu, Yuan Liu, Catherine M. White, Blair T. Lapointe, Nunzio Sciammetta, Vladimir Simov
  • Publication number: 20160287689
    Abstract: The invention provides active and passive immunization methods for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile infection, which involve percutaneous administration of C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, C. difficile toxoids, or combinations thereof. Also provided by the invention are C. difficile toxoids, C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, and methods of identifying subjects that produce C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: William D. THOMAS, JR., Paul J. GIANNASCA, Zhenxi ZHANG, Wende LEI, Thomas P. MONATH
  • Patent number: 9409909
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M. K. Pennell, Edward J. Sullivan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Penglie Zhang, Jay Powers, Sreenivas Punna
  • Patent number: 9382246
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are reversible and irreversible inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are described, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics LLC
    Inventors: Zhaozhong J. Jia, Wei Chen, William D. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160152694
    Abstract: Antibodies that specifically bind to toxins of C. difficile, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using the antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Donna M. AMBROSINO, Gregory J. BABCOCK, Teresa BROERING, Robert GRAZIANO, Hector Javier HERNANDEZ, Israel LOWY, Robert MANDELL, Deborah MOLRINE, William D. THOMAS, JR., Hui-Fen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9266827
    Abstract: The invention provides bicyclic sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting RORy activity, reducing the amount of iL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such bicyclic sulfone compounds. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a medical disorder. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more bicyclic sulfone compounds described herein. In certain other embodiments, the disorder is rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Lycera Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Kenneth Jay Barr, Vladimir Simov, William D. Thomas, Peter L. Toogood, Chad A. Van Huis
  • Patent number: 9226956
    Abstract: The invention provides active and passive immunization methods for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile infection, which involve percutaneous administration of C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, C. difficile toxoids, or combinations thereof. Also provided by the invention are C. difficile toxoids, C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, and methods of identifying subjects that produce C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur Biologics, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Thomas, Jr., Paul J. Giannasca, Zhenxi Zhang, Wende Lei, Thomas P. Monath
  • Patent number: 9217029
    Abstract: Antibodies that specifically bind to toxins of C. difficile, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using the antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, E. R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Donna M. Ambrosino, Gregory J. Babcock, Teresa Broering, Robert Graziano, Hector Javier Hernandez, Israel Lowy, Robert Mandell, Deborah Molrine, William D. Thomas, Jr., Hui-Fen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150315266
    Abstract: Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: William D. Thomas, JR., Donna M. Ambrosino, Robert Mandell, Susan Sloan, Gregory J. Babcock, Charles Rupprecht
  • Publication number: 20150158865
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are reversible and irreversible inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are described, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Zhaozhong J. JIA, Wei CHEN, William D. THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20150111877
    Abstract: The invention provides tetrahydronaphthyridine and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting ROR? activity, reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such tetrahydronaphthyridine and related compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Kenneth J. Barr, Blair T. Lapointe, Valdimir Simov, Karin A. Stein, William D. Thomas, Peter L. Toogood, Chad A. Van Huis, Catherine M. White
  • Publication number: 20150030612
    Abstract: The invention provides active and passive immunization methods for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile infection, which involve percutaneous administration of C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, C. difficile toxoids, or combinations thereof. Also provided by the invention are C. difficile toxoids, C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, and methods of identifying subjects that produce C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: William D. THOMAS, JR., Paul J. GIANNASCA, Zhenxi ZHANG, Wende LEI, Thomas P. MONATH
  • Publication number: 20150018337
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M.K. Pennell, Edward J. Sullivan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Penglie Zhang, Jay Powers, Sreenivas Punna
  • Patent number: 8835468
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M. K. Pennell, Edward J. Sullivan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Penglie Zhang, Jay Powers, Sreenivas Punna
  • Publication number: 20140134175
    Abstract: Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to hepatitis C virus (HCV), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, and hybridomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Donna M. AMBROSINO, William D. THOMAS, JR., Gregory J. BABCOCK, Teresa BROERING, Susan SLOAN
  • Publication number: 20140120614
    Abstract: Antibodies that specifically bind to toxins of C. difficile, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using the antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: MEDAREX, L.L.C., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Donna M. AMBROSINO, Gregory J. BABCOCK, Teresa BROERING, Robert GRAZIANO, Hector Javier HERNANDEZ, Israel LOWY, Robert MANDELL, Deborah MOLRINE, William D. THOMAS, JR., Hui-Fen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8609111
    Abstract: Antibodies that specifically bind to toxins of C. difficile, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using the antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: University of Massachusetts, Medarex, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Donna M. Ambrosino, Gregory J. Babcock, Teresa Broering, Robert Graziano, Hector Javier Hernandez, Israel Lowy, Robert Mandell, Deborah Molrine, William D. Thomas, Jr., Hui-Fen Zhang
  • Patent number: 8551484
    Abstract: Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to hepatitis C virus (HCV), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, and hybridomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Donna M. Ambrosino, William D. Thomas, Jr., Gregory J. Babcock, Teresa Broering, Susan Sloan
  • Publication number: 20130177592
    Abstract: The invention provides active and passive immunization methods for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile infection, which involve percutaneous administration of C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, C. difficile toxoids, or combinations thereof. Also provided by the invention are C. difficile toxoids, C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin, and methods of identifying subjects that produce C. difficile toxin-neutralizing polyclonal immune globulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Sanofi Pasteur Biologics, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Thomas, JR., Paul J. Giannasca, Zhenxi Zhang, Wende Lei, Thomas P. Monath
  • Patent number: 8481579
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 or CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2 and CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, CCR9-mediated diseases, as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M. K. Pennell, Sreenivas Punna, Edward J. Sullivan, Xuefei Tan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Yibin Zeng