Patents by Inventor Xiao-Qing Tang

Xiao-Qing Tang 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).

  • Aromatic amides and ureas and their uses as sweet and/or umami flavor modifiers, tastants and taste enhancers
    Publication number: 20060045953
    Abstract: The inventions disclosed herein relate to non-naturally occurring amide compounds that are capable, when contacted with comestible food or drinks or pharmaceutical compositions at concentrations preferably on the order of about 100 ppm or lower, of serving as savory (“umami”) or sweet taste modifiers, savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for use in foods, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions, optionally in the presence of or in mixtures with conventional flavoring agents such as monosodium glutamate or known natural and artificial sweeteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Andrew Patron, Ming Qi, Sara Adamski-Werner, Xiao-Qing Tang, Qing Chen, Vincent Darmohusodo, Marketa Lebl-Rinnova, Chad Priest
  • Ligands of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and compositions and methods related thereto
    Publication number: 20060004093
    Abstract: Compounds which have utility in the treatment of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of structure (I), as well as methods relating to the use thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicants: MIGENIX Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra Ghosh, Yazhong Pei, Xiao-Qing Tang, Spiros Liras, Michael Ahlijanian
  • Ligands of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and compositions and methods related thereto
    Patent number: 6936638
    Abstract: Compounds which have utility in the treatment of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of structure (I), as well as methods relating to the use thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignees: Migenix Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Yazhong Pei, Xiao-Qing Tang, Spiros J. Liras, Michael K. Ahlijanian
  • Novel flavors, flavor modifiers, tastants, taste enhancers, umami or sweet tastants, and/or enhancers and use thereof
    Publication number: 20050084506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers,—savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Andrew Patron, Sara Adamski-Werner, Farid Bakir, Qing Chen, Vincent Darmohusodo, Stephen Hobson, Xiaodong Li, Ming Qi, Daniel Rogers, Marketa Rinnova, Guy Servant, Xiao-Qing Tang, Mark Zoller, David Wallace, Amy Xing, Klaus Gubernator
  • Ligands of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and compositions and methods related thereto
    Publication number: 20040198777
    Abstract: Compounds which have utility in the treatment of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MitoKor, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Yazhong Pei, Xiao-Qing Tang
  • Ligands of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and compositions and methods related thereto
    Publication number: 20040192740
    Abstract: Compounds which have utility in the treatment of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicants: MitoKor, Inc., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra S. Ghosh, Yazhong Pei, Xiao-Qing Tang, Spiros Liras, Michael K. Ahlijanian