Patents by Inventor Yizhou Dong

Yizhou Dong 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: 20250099392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising lipid compounds and methods of making and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG, Xucheng HOU, Jingyue YAN
  • Publication number: 20250041442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are diamino lipid (dal) compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including mRNA encoding an immunotherapeutic agent and methods of making and use thereof. Also disclosed herein are diamino lipid (DAL) nanoparticles. These nanoparticles can encapsulate a nucleic acid, such as an mRNA, for example. This mRNA can encode a cytokine, such as IL-12, IL-27 and GM-CSF. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject in need thereof, such as a subject with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Xue-Feng BAI, Jin-Qing LIU, Chengxiang ZHANG, Xinfu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250032415
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising amino lipid compounds and methods of making and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yonger XUE, Yuebao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240293319
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicants: Translate Bio, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Patent number: 12065667
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cpf1 genome editing systems. Disclosed herein are modified Cpf1 mRNAs, modified guide RNAs, and combinations thereof, that confer increased levels of genome editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Bin Li
  • Publication number: 20240254076
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are lipid formulations that can be used in drug delivery and screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Chang WANG, Yuebao ZHANG, Yonger XUE
  • Publication number: 20240229011
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to genome editing systems and methods and compounds and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) genome editing systems. Disclosed herein are modified nucleic acids that modulate the activity of genome editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Bin LI
  • Patent number: 12029790
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to biomimetic nanomaterials, compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Xinfu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240140960
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating cancers, immune disorders, and other preventive and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG, Xucheng HOU
  • Patent number: 11890377
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Translate Bio, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa
  • Publication number: 20240024394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Karl Dane Wittrup, Ron Weiss, Yingzhong Li, Noor Momin, Yizhou Dong
  • Patent number: 11845929
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to genome editing systems and methods and compounds and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) genome editing systems. Disclosed herein are modified nucleic acids that modulate the activity of genome editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Bin Li
  • Publication number: 20230303598
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11717548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Karl Dane Wittrup, Ron Weiss, Yingzhong Li, Noor Momin, Yizhou Dong
  • Publication number: 20230181743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents (for example, a nucleic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Yuebao ZHANG, Wenqing LI, Jingyue YAN
  • Publication number: 20230124955
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Thomas Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11622942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide derived ester lipid compounds, compositions, lipid-like nanoparticles, and methods for delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Xinfu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230000908
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antigen presenting cells and uses thereof for treating sepsis. In some aspects, disclosed herein is an antigen presenting cell, comprising: a lipid-based nanoparticle, comprising: a recombinant polynucleotide, comprising: a first nucleic acid encoding an antimicrobial peptide; a second nucleic acid encoding cathepsin B; and a third nucleic acid encoding a linker; and a vitamin-lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhou DONG, Xucheng HOU, Xinfu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220347115
    Abstract: The present application relates to nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of CRISPR/Cas13 systems, and their therapeutic use to treat diseases and disorders such as prostate cancer and COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: DUKE UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Qianben Wang, Zhifen Cui, Yizhou Dong
  • Publication number: 20220347099
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of delivering mRNA in vivo, including administering to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome such that the administering of the composition results in the expression of the protein encoded by the mRNA in vivo, wherein the liposome comprises a cationic lipid of formula I-c: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Heartlein, Daniel Anderson, Yizhou Dong, Frank DeRosa