Patents by Inventor Zerom Tesfai

Zerom Tesfai 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).

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors and methods of their use
    Patent number: 8889664
    Abstract: The present invention comprises small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which is associated with a number of malignancies such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and glioblastomas, among others. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating, preventing, and/or inhibiting these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bajjalieh, Lynne Canne Bannen, S. David Brown, Patrick Kearney, Morrison Mac, Charles K. Marlowe, John M. Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Pyrazole kinase modulators and methods of use
    Patent number: 8710038
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinases. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions are also an aspect of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Gon Baik, Chris A. Buhr, Sunghoon Ma, John M. Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Longcheng Wang, Bryan K. S. Yeung
  • JAK1 Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20130165440
    Abstract: JAK1 inhibitors of structural formula (I), wherein Ar1, Ar2, Q, W, X, Y, and Z are defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and use of the compounds and compositions for treating diseases. The invention also comprises use of the compounds in and for the manufacture of medicaments, particularly for treating diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Neel Kumar Anand, S. David Brown, Zerom Tesfai, Cristiana A. Zaharia
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibitors And Methods Of Their Use
    Publication number: 20110207712
    Abstract: The present invention comprises small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which is associated with a number of malignancies such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and glioblastomas, among others. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating, preventing, and/or inhibiting these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bajjalieh, Lynne Canne Bannen, S. David Brown, Patrick Kearney, Morrison Mac, Charles K. Marlowe, John M. Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors and methods of their use
    Patent number: 7989622
    Abstract: The present invention comprises small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which is associated with a number of malignancies such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and glioblastomas, among others. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating, preventing, and/or inhibiting these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bajjalieh, Lynne Canne Bannen, S. David Brown, Patrick Kearney, Morrison B. Mac, Charles K. Marlowe, John M. Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Protein kinase modulators and methods of use
    Patent number: 7704995
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Even more specifically, the invention relates to compounds that inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinases, particularly Checkpoint Kinases, even more particularly Checkpoint Kinase 1, or Chk1. Methods of therapeutically or prophylactically using the compounds and compositions to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions are also an aspect of the invention, and include methods of treating cancer, as well as other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris A. Buhr, Tae-Gon Baik, Sunghoon Ma, Zerom Tesfai, Longcheng Wang, Erick Wang Co, Sergey Epshteyn, Abigail R Kennedy, Baili Chen, Larisa Dubenko, Neel Kumar Anand, Tsze H. Tsang, John M. Nuss, Csaba J Peto, Kenneth D. Rice, Mohamed Abdulkader Ibrahim, Kevin Luke Schnepp, Xian Shi, James William Leahy, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Grace Mann, Larry Wayne Mann, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Peter Lamb, David J. Matthews, Nicole Miller
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibitors and Methods of Their Use
    Publication number: 20100087440
    Abstract: The present invention comprises small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which is associated with a number of malignancies such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and glioblastomas, among others. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating, preventing, and/or inhibiting these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: William Bajjalieh, Lynne Canne Bannen, S. David Brown, Patrick Kearney, Morrison B. Mac, Charles K. Marlowe, John M. Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Pyrazole Kinase Modulators And Methods Of Use
    Publication number: 20070293507
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinases. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions are also an aspect of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Tae-Gon Baik, Chris Buhr, Sunghoon Ma, John Nuss, Zerom Tesfai, Longcheng Wang, Bryan Yeung
  • Protein kinase modulators and methods of use
    Publication number: 20060211709
    Abstract: Substituted aryl 1,4-pyrazine derivatives and their use in treating anxiety disorders, depression and stress related disorders are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Chris Buhr, Tae-Gon Baik, Sunghoon Ma, Zerom Tesfai, Longcheng Wang, Erick Co, Sergey Epshteyn, Abigail Kennedy, Baili Chen, Larisa Dubenko, Neel Anand, Tsze Tsang, John Nuss, Csabaj Peto, Kenneth Rice, Mohamed Ibrahim, Xian Shi, James Leahy, Jeff Chen, Lisa Dalrymple, Timothy Forsyth, Tai Huynh, Grace Mann, Larry Mann, Craig Takeuchi