Patents by Inventor Zhong Ma

Zhong Ma 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: 20250186541
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to targeting moieties such as peptides that can bind to DLL3. The disclosure also provides targeting constructs, which may include a targeting moiety attached, via an optional linker, to a chelating agent for association of a cargo. Methods of making the constructs and formulations thereof are also provided. Methods of using the constructs and/or formulations thereof to treat subjects, for example, to treat or prevent cancer, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Chunhui HUANG, III, Chester A. METCALF, Thomas C. BRUTON, Zhong MA, Lihua WU, Roberto COSTANTE, Danila BRANCA, Federica ROSOLIA, Alonso RICARDO
  • Publication number: 20250167236
    Abstract: Synthesis of lithiated carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber (XNBR-Li) and its use as a functional binder for the sulfur cathode of lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) are disclosed. Compared to carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber (XNBR), XNBR-Li has stronger adhesion to sulfur and carbon black particles, forming a more uniformly dispersed and robust sulfur cathode structure. Furthermore, due to the presence of the —COOLi groups, XNBR-Li has shown a greatly improved ability to trap lithium polysulfides (LPS), which helps to suppress the shuttle effect of LPS in LSBs. In addition, the cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data indicate that the use of XNBR-Li as the binder can accelerate lithium-ion diffusion kinetics in the sulfur cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: AIRBOSS OF AMERICA CORP.
    Inventors: Yuning LI, Zhong MA, Ali VAHIDIFAR, Abbas GHANBARI, Steven YU
  • Patent number: 12239684
    Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter
  • Publication number: 20250049970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to targeting moieties such as peptides that can bind to DLL3. The disclosure also provides targeting constructs, which may include a targeting moiety attached, via an optional linker, to a chelating agent for association of a cargo. Methods of making the constructs and formulations thereof are also provided. Methods of using the constructs and/or formulations thereof to treat subjects, for example, to treat or prevent cancer, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Chester A. METCALF, III, Chunhui Huang, Murray Wan, Thomas C. Bruton, Zhong Ma, Lihua Wu, Roberto Costante, Danila Branca, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20250034210
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to targeting moieties such as peptides and antibodies that can bind to DLL3. The disclosure also provides targeting constructs, which may include a targeting moiety attached, via an optional linker, to a chelating agent for association of a cargo. Methods of making the constructs and formulations thereof are also provided. Methods of using the constructs and/or formulations thereof to treat subjects, for example, to treat or prevent cancer, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Chester A. METCALF, III, Chunhui Huang, Murray Wan, Thomas C. Bruton, Zhong Ma, Lihua Wu, Roberto Costante, Danila Branca, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20250032574
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods of treating myasthenia gravis, including generalized myasthenia gravis, by providing C5 complement inhibitors. Included are devices and kits for inhibitor administration and methods of evaluating complement inhibitor treatment efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Petra DUDA, Ramin FARZANEH-FAR, Zhong MA, Nanqun ZHU, Evan THACKABERRY, Alonso RICARDO
  • Publication number: 20250011368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to targeting moieties such as peptides and antibodies that can bind to DLL3. The disclosure also provides targeting constructs, which may include a targeting moiety attached, via an optional linker, to a chelating agent for association of a cargo. Methods of making the constructs and formulations thereof are also provided. Methods of using the constructs and/or formulations thereof to treat subjects, for example, to treat or prevent cancer, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Chester A. METCALF, III, Chunhui Huang, Murray Wan, Thomas C. Bruton, Zhong Ma, Lihua Wu, Roberto Costante, Danila Branca, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20240156896
    Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter
  • Patent number: 11965040
    Abstract: The present invention provides modulators of complement activity. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter, Robert Paul Hammer
  • Patent number: 11932705
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Chengwei Wu, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Hyewon Youm, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Raffaele Ingenito, Willy Costantini, Aurash Shahripour, Yusheng Xiong
  • Patent number: 11814444
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Joseph R. Stringer, Derek M. LaPlaca, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Jonathan C. Blain, Rohit Vyasamneni
  • Patent number: 11707503
    Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter
  • Publication number: 20230122330
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Chengwei Wu, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Hyewon Youm, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Raffaele Ingenito, Willy Costantini, Aurash Shahripour, Yusheng Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230115176
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents compounds and compositions that interact with complement components. Some compounds inhibit complement activity. Included are small molecule compounds and compositions that function as C5 inhibitor compounds. Methods for inhibiting complement activity and methods of treating complement-related indications with the C5 inhibitor compounds and compositions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Willmen Wing-Menn Youngsaye, Bolin Geng, Michael R. Hale, Vincent P. Galullo, Jayashree G. Tikhe, Timothy Ryan Siegert, Alonso Ricardo, Derek M. LaPlaca, Douangsone D. Vadysirisack, Guo-Qing Tang, Kathleen Seyb, Michelle Denise Hoarty, Jonathan C. Blain, Joseph R. Stringer, Yongjin Gong, Claudio Sturino, Shawn Gallagher-Duval, Colin Diner, Burcin Akgun, Qing Cao, Douglas A. Treco, Vaishnavi Rajagopal, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Susan Ashwell, Jennifer Davoren, Xiaorong Liu, Camil Sayegh, Wenqing Xu, Alex Lemire, Audrey Belouin, Alexandria Jeanneret, Andrew Hildering, Barbara Bertani, Fabrizio MIcheli, Bemardo Pezzati, Alfonso Pozzan
  • Patent number: 11535650
    Abstract: The present invention provides modulators of complement activity. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter, Robert Paul Hammer
  • Patent number: 11505575
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Chengwei Wu, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Hyewon Youm, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Raffaele Ingenito, Willy Costantini, Aurash Shahripour, Yusheng Xiong
  • Publication number: 20220348610
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Joseph R. Stringer, Derek M. LaPlaca, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Jonathan C. Blain, Rohit Vyasamneni
  • Patent number: 11488010
    Abstract: Provided is an intelligent analysis system for inner detecting magnetic flux leakage (MFL) data in pipelines, including a complete data set building module, a discovery module, a quantization module and a solution module, wherein: a complete data set building method is adopted in the complete data set building module to obtain a complete magnetic flux leakage data set; a pipeline connecting component discovery method is adopted in the discovery module to obtain the precise position of a weld; an anomaly candidate region search and identification method is adopted in the discovery model to find out magnetic flux leakage signals with defects; a defect quantization method based on a random forest is adopted in the quantization module to obtain a defect size; and a pipeline solution based on an improved ASME B31G standard is adopted in the solution module to output an evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jin hai Liu, Ming rui Fu, Sen xiang Lu, Hua guang Zhang, Da zhong Ma, Gang Wang, Jian Feng, Xin bo Zhang, Ge Yu, Hong qiu Wei
  • Publication number: 20220160820
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions, and methods for modulating complement activity. Included are C5 inhibitor compounds and related methods of use in treating complement-related indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Zhong Ma, Nanqun Zhu, Evan Thackaberry, Ramin Farzaneh-Far, Alonso Ricardo
  • Publication number: 20220133841
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods of treating myasthenia gravis, including generalized myasthenia gravis, by providing C5 complement inhibitors. Included are devices and kits for inhibitor administration and methods of evaluating complement inhibitor treatment efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Petra Duda, Ramin Farzaneh-Far, Zhong Ma, Nanqun Zhu, Evan Thackaberry, Alonso Ricardo