Patents Issued in July 16, 2013
  • Patent number: 8486883
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an anionic polymer in a liquid washing or cleaning agent for inhibiting graying when washing and/or cleaning textile web materials, and acrylic acid homopolymers comprising liquid washing and cleaning agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marc-Steffen Schiedel, Ulrich Pegelow, Peter Schmiedel, Evelyn Langen, Sabine Schümann, Martina Hutmacher, Heinz-Jürgen Völkel, Matthias Sunder, Birgit Glüsen, Cornelius Bessler, Timothy O'Connell, Stephan Gomolka, Eva-Maria Wikker
  • Patent number: 8486884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing granular or pulverulent detergent compositions, comprising the production of a detergent base powder by drying an aqueous detergent slurry, which comprises adding to the slurry a copolymer which is obtained by free-radical copolymerization of (A) from 20 to 80% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic anhydrides, and (B) from 20 to 80% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aliphatic or aromatic monoolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tanja Seebeck, Helmut Guembel
  • Patent number: 8486885
    Abstract: This application describes a family of compounds acting as ?-arrestin effectors. Such compounds may provide significant therapeutic benefit in the treatment of chronic and acute cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Trevena, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Yamashita, Xiao-Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 8486886
    Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: K. Roger Aoki, Michael W. Grayston, Stephen R. Carlson, Judith M. Leon
  • Patent number: 8486887
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the discovery that a fragment from a cadherin of the western corn rootworm enhances Cry3 toxicity to larvae of naturally susceptible species. The subject invention also relates in part to the discovery that a cadherin fragment from a beetle enhances Cry3Aa and Cry3Bb toxicity to coleopteran larvae, particularly those in the family Chrysomelidae. Such cadherin fragments are referred to as Bt Boosters (BtBs). The subject invention can be extended to the use of BtBs with other coleopteran-toxic Cry proteins for controlling a wide range of coleopterans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Adang, Mohd Amir Fursan Abdullah
  • Patent number: 8486888
    Abstract: The invention provides an orally-administrable nutritional product comprising a dipeptide including a branched chain amino acids (BCAA). In one embodiment, the nutritional product comprises a dipeptide selected from at least one of the following: alanyl-leucine, alanyl-isoleucine, alanyl-valine, glycyl-leucine, glycyl-isoleucine, and glycyl-valine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Norman Alan Greenberg
  • Patent number: 8486889
    Abstract: This invention involves compositions and method of using of therapeutic agents for pain relief for the treatment and prevention of disorders associated with endothelial dysfunction, the cause of inflammation, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, asthma and stroke in mammals comprising anti-inflammatory agents, epinephrine, insulin, anti-viral agents and dietary supplements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Medical Instruments
    Inventor: Edward J Petrus
  • Patent number: 8486890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amylin derivatives having a protracted action profile, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these derivatives and to the use of the derivatives for the treatment of diseases related to obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse Hansen, Lauge Schäffer, Jesper Lau
  • Patent number: 8486891
    Abstract: An aqueous solution of calcitonin suitable for intranasal administration comprised of calcitonin, chlorobutanol at a concentration of less than 0.4% weight/weight, and water and having a pH of less than 4 with the proviso that benzalkonium chloride is not present in the solution. The aqueous solution of calcitonin can be used to treat osteoporosis, Paget's bone disease and hypercalcemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Quay, Jorge C. de Meireles, Arati Deshpande, Zenaida O. Go, Anthony P. Sileno
  • Patent number: 8486892
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds with formula (I) X1-X2-X3-X4-X5-(X6)n-(X7)m-Y useful as blood coagulation factor inhibitors. The compounds (I) may be used for treatment of thrombotic conditions or as stabilizers of liquid formulations of blood coagulation factors, in particular liquid formulations of FVIIa, Factor VII variants, or Factor VII derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Health Care AG
    Inventor: Florencio Zaragoza Dörwald
  • Patent number: 8486893
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating diseases, disorsers or injuries involving demyelination and dysmyelination, including multiple sclerosis, by the administration of an Sp35 antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Sha Mi, R. Blake Pepinsky, John McCoy
  • Patent number: 8486894
    Abstract: The invention relates to synthetic peptide amides that are ligands of the kappa opioid receptor and particularly to agonists of the kappa opioid receptor that exhibit low P450 CYP inhibition and low penetration into the brain. The synthetic peptide amides of the invention conform to the structure: wherein Xaa is a D-amino acid and G is selected from the following three groups: The compounds are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of pain, pruritis and inflammation associated with a variety of diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cara Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio D. Schteingart, Frédérique Menzaghi, Guangcheng Jiang, Roberta Vezza Alexander, Javier Sueiras-Diaz, Robert H. Spencer, Derek T. Chalmers, Zhiyong Luo
  • Patent number: 8486895
    Abstract: The present invention discloses humanized anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibodies, which have favorable binding activity (the binding affinity being 5.09×10?10 mol/L) and are able to inhibit the growth and migration of tumor cells. The present invention also discloses the preparation methods and uses of the antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Guangzhou Yunyuan Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Weaver, Michael Rynkiewicz, Cheng Cao, Yanwen Jin
  • Patent number: 8486896
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrogelator that is capable of forming a hydrogel with an extremely small amount thereof over a liquid property range from acidic to alkaline, and a hydrogel having high environmental suitability, biocompatibility and biodegradability. A hydrogelator comprising a lipid peptide represented by Formula (1): (where R1 represents an aliphatic group having 9 to 21 carbon atoms; R2, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atom(s) which may have a branched chain having 1 or 2 carbon atom(s), a phenylmethyl group or a —(CH2)n—X group, and at least one of R2, R3 and R4 represents a —(CH2)n—X group; n represents the number of 1 to 4; X represents an amino group, a guanidino group, a —CONH2 group or a 5-membered ring, a 6-membered ring or a fused heterocyclic ring composed of a 5-membered ring and a 6-membered ring which may have 1 to 3 nitrogen atom(s)) or a salt thereof, and a hydrogel comprising the hydrogelator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Kyushu University
    Inventors: Nobuhide Miyachi, Takehisa Iwama, Masahiro Gotoh, Tatsuo Maruyama, Daisuke Koda
  • Patent number: 8486897
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in the prevention and treatment of diseases including diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: TFCHEM
    Inventor: Géraldine Castelot-Deliencourt-Godefroy
  • Patent number: 8486898
    Abstract: Compounds extracted from Rhodiola rosea have ability to inhibit gelatinases and collagenases activity. The compounds have the chemical structure as shown below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Taipei Medical University (TMU), China Medical University
    Inventors: Ching-Kuo Lee, Chieh-Chih Hsu, George Hsiao, Shin-Hun Juang
  • Patent number: 8486899
    Abstract: To provide an antioxidant which is highly safe, inhibits oxidation of a biological component, in particular, a lipid, and is used as a drug, food or drink, a food additive, an external preparation for skin, or the like. The antioxidant contains 3-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl-4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miyuki Tanaka, Kouji Nomaguchi, Tatsuya Ehara
  • Patent number: 8486900
    Abstract: The invention concerns an extract of Centella asiatica comprising more than 75 wt. % of a mixture of madecassoside, terminoloside and asiaticoside, relative to the extract total weight, an extract of Centella asiatica comprising more than 95 wt. % of a mixture of madecassoside and terminoloside relative to the extract total weight and their use for regulating inflammatory mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Consumer Care AG
    Inventors: Alain Loiseau, Gérard Sene, Eric Theron
  • Patent number: 8486901
    Abstract: Novel sodium channel blocking compounds tetrodotoxm galactopyranosides of formula I were isolated and purified by HPLC and identified further through IR, NMR, GC, and MS. The compounds have a galactopyranosyl moiety attached to C11 of tetrodotoxin and retain the analgesic activity of the latter. Pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses thereof are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Wex Medical Limited
    Inventor: Weiyang Lin
  • Patent number: 8486902
    Abstract: The present invention provides hydroxyl, keto, and glucuronide derivatives of 3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Rodgers, Adam Shilling, Argyrios G. Arvanitis, Stacey Shepard, Laurine G. Galya, Mei Li, Frank M. Nedza
  • Patent number: 8486903
    Abstract: We provide an anti-TAZ agent for the treatment, prophylaxis or alleviation of cancer. We further provide a kit for detecting breast cancer in an individual or susceptibility of the individual to breast cancer comprising means for detection of TAZ expression in the individual or a sample taken from him or her as well as a method of detecting a cancer cell, the method comprising detecting modulation of expression, amount or activity of TAZ in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
    Inventors: Wanjin Hong, Siew Wee Chan
  • Patent number: 8486904
    Abstract: Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4). The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding fibroblast growth factor receptor 4. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Bhanot, Xing-Xian Yu, Susan M. Freier, Ravi Jain
  • Patent number: 8486905
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for diagnosing cancer or screening an anticancer drug comprising an FLJ25416 gene or an antibody directed to a protein expressed from the FLJ25416 gene, a composition for treating cancer comprising an inhibitor of the gene or an inhibitor of the protein expressed from the gene and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a kit for diagnosing cancer comprising at least one of the FLJ25416 gene and the protein expressed from the FLJ25416 gene. The FLJ25416 gene is expressed at high level in specific cancer cells, and induces an increase in proliferation rate of normal cells. The expression of the gene is suppressed, which results in an inhibitory effect on cancer cell growth. Thus, the FLJ25416 gene can be used as a target gene for diagnosis or treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, St. Pharm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misun Won, Kyung-Sook Chung, Young-Joo Kim, Shin-Jung Choi, Young Il Yeom, Seon-Young Kim, Kyung Bin Song, Hee Gu Lee, Eun Young Song, Young Ho Kim, Ho Kyung Chun, Chae-Ok Yun, Moon Hee Kim, Kyeong-Eun Jung, Sun-Jung Cho
  • Patent number: 8486907
    Abstract: An antisense molecule capable of binding to a selected target site to induce exon skipping in the dystrophin gene, as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 202.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Western Australia
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Wilton, Sue Fletcher, Graham McClorey
  • Patent number: 8486908
    Abstract: The invention provides novel immune regulatory oligonucleotides (IRO) as antagonist of TLRs and methods of use thereof. These IROs have unique sequences that inhibit or suppress TLR-mediated signaling in response to a TLR ligand or TLR agonist. The methods may have use in the prevention and treatment of cancer, an autoimmune disorder, airway inflammation, inflammatory disorders, infectious disease, skin disorders, allergy, asthma or a disease caused by a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ekambar R. Kandimalla, Daqing Wang, Ireneusz Nowak, Sudhir Agrawal
  • Patent number: 8486909
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for the treatment and diagnosis of inflammatory diseases and disorders, including pulmonary diseases and fibrotic disorders, including COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Stephen I. Rennard, Tadashi Sato, Xiang-der Liu, Olaf Holz, Helgo Magnussen
  • Patent number: 8486910
    Abstract: Polynucleotides and a method suitable for downregulation of small nuclear RNA which can be used to treat diseases associated with activity of small nuclear RNA are provided. Specifically, the present invention can be used to downregulate snoRNA molecules or box H/ACA-containing RNA molecules which are involved in diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bar-Ilan University
    Inventor: Shulamit Michaeli
  • Patent number: 8486911
    Abstract: Described herein is the identification of miRNAs (miRs) that are up-regulated in Th1 cells compared to Th2 cells (referred to herein as Th1-associated miRs). In particular, the miR-17-92 gene cluster was found to exhibit significantly greater expression in Th1 cells. Over-expression of miR-17-92 in T cells promotes the Th1 phenotype. Thus, the use of Th1-associated miRs for cancer immunotherapy is described. Provided herein are isolated T cells containing a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a Th1-associated miR, such as the miR17-92 gene cluster, or a portion thereof. Further provided is a method of treating cancer in a subject by administering to the subject an isolated T cell as disclosed herein. Also provided is a method of treating a subject with cancer by transfecting isolated T cells obtained from the subject with a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a Th1-associated miR and administering the transfected T cells to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Hideho Okada, Gary Kohanbash, Kotaro Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8486912
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of decreasing expression of MAFB in a subject having a cancer and/or myeloproliferative disorder associated with overexpression of a MAFB gene product where an effective amount of at least one miR-130a gene product or an isolated variant or biologically-active fragment thereof is administered to the subject sufficient to decrease expression of the MAFB gene product in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Ramiro Garzon, George A. Calin
  • Patent number: 8486913
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of decreasing expression of HOXA1 in a subject having a cancer and/or myeloproliferative disorder associated with overexpression of a HOXA1 gene product where an effective amount of at least one miR-10a gene product or an isolated variant or biologically-active fragment thereof is administered to the subject sufficient to decrease expression of the HOXA1 gene product in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Ramiro Garzon, George A. Calin
  • Patent number: 8486914
    Abstract: Compositions comprising Hirsutella sinensis mycelia extracts and chromatographically separated polysaccharide-enriched fractions thereof are provided. Methods for extracting Hirsutella sinensis mycelia are provided. Compositions for methods for their use in amelioration, prevention and treatment of sepsis, acute endotoxemia and inflammatory responses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Chi-Huey Wong, Alice L. Yu, Wen-Bin Yang, Eugene Fan, Hsien-Yeh Hsu, Peishan Lee, Tseng-Rong Tu, Chin-Chung Hung
  • Patent number: 8486915
    Abstract: A concentrate suitable for forming a stable aqueous composition upon dilution with water includes a water-insoluble active organic compound and a water-insoluble oil-modified alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Karoly Donders, Kolazi Narayanan
  • Patent number: 8486918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phenyl oxadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenkui K. Fang, Liming Wang, Evelyn G. Corpuz, Ken Chow, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8486919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that has a high whitening effect and is excellent in safety and stability and provides an external preparation for skin comprising the same. The compound of the present invention is a 4-alkylresorcinol derivative represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is a branched or cyclic alkyl group of 3 to 7 carbon atoms or a linear alkyl group of 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a group represented by —P(O)(OR4)(OR5), and at least one of R2 and R3 is a group represented by —P(O)(OR4)(OR5); and R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group of 2 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Fukunishi, Rikako Suzuki, Kiyoshi Sato, Masaru Suetsugu
  • Patent number: 8486920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases comprising, as active ingredients, ethaboxam and tolclofos-methyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kurahashi, Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8486921
    Abstract: The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The modular synthesis of tetracyclines and tetracycline analogs described provides an efficient and enantioselective route to a variety of tetracycline analogs and polycyclines previously inaccessible via earlier tetra-cycline syntheses and semi-synthetic methods. These analogs may be used as anti-microbial agents or anti-pro liferative agents in the treatment of diseases of humans or other animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Andrew G. Myers, Jason D. Brubaker, Cuixiang Sun, Qiu Wang
  • Patent number: 8486922
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition that includes a first agent selected from the group consisting of an oxidative phosphorylation inhibitor, an ionophore, and an adenosine 5?-monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator; a second agent that possesses anti-inflammatory activity; and a third agent that is a serotonin metabolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8486923
    Abstract: The subject matter of this application relates to the combination of ciclesonide with an antihistamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda GmbH
    Inventors: Degenhard Marx, Helgart Müller
  • Patent number: 8486924
    Abstract: Nanoparticulate formulations for delivery of taxane conjugate prodrug formed from a taxane coupled to a hydrophobic moiety through a glycolate linker are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Ansell, Sharon Johnstone, Paul Tardi, Lawrence Mayer
  • Patent number: 8486925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gel formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Laboratoires Besins International, SAS
    Inventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Miller
  • Patent number: 8486926
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid state forms of androst-5-ene-3?,7?,16?,17?-triol, formulations containing or prepared from such solid state forms and use of such materials for modulating acute and chronic non-productive inflammation. The formulations can be used to prevent, treat or slow the progression of conditions related to autoimmunity such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis or Type 1 diabetes. The formulations can also be used to prevent, treat or slow the progression of conditions related to metabolic disorders such as Type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Harbor Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: James Frincke, Marvin Lewbart, Christopher Reading
  • Patent number: 8486927
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel crystalline forms of lamotrigine. These novel crystalline forms of lamotrigine have improved dissolution and in-vivo absorption profile, as compared to pure lamotrigine. These novel crystalline forms of lamotrigine provide a substantial increase in the blood concentration of lamotrigine, as compared to pure lamotrigine when administered to a subject. These novel crystalline forms of lamotrigine also provide a slower, steady build up of lamotrigine blood concentration suitable for sustained release of lamotrigine in-vivo, as compared to pure lamotrigine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Thar Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Mazen Hanna, Ning Shan, Miranda L. Cheney
  • Patent number: 8486928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are effective as catalysts for dismutating superoxide and, more particularly, the manganese or iron complexes of substituted, unsaturated heterocyclic 16-membered macrocyclic complexes that catalytically dismutate superoxide. It also relates to methods of using these complexes to reduce the concentration or the effects of superoxide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds or their metal complexes, and methods of treating conditions associated with excessive superoxide activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Galera Therapeutics
    Inventor: Dennis P. Riley
  • Patent number: 8486929
    Abstract: Use of a monobactam antibiotic of formula (I) wherein the oxyimino group i.e. >C?N—O— has Z-orientation, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a bacterial infection in combination with a carbapenem antibiotic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Basilea Pharmaceutica AG
    Inventors: Eric Desarbre, Malcolm G. P. Page
  • Patent number: 8486930
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrochloride, malate, oxalate and tartrate salt forms of 1-(4-{1-[(E)-4-cyclohexyl-3-trifluoromethyl-benzyloxyimino]-ethyl}-2-ethyl-benzyl)-azetidine-3-carboxylic acid (Compound I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this salt, to processes for forming this salt and to its use in medical treatment. In addition, the present invention also relates to new polymorphic forms of each of these salts, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polymorphic forms, to processes for obtaining them, and their use in medical treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Marilyn De La Cruz, Piotr H. Karpinski, Yugang Liu
  • Patent number: 8486931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) in which A, B, R1, R2 and Het have the meaning given in claim 1; Y is a bivalent group of the formula in which D is C1-C3-alkylene, where D may have a substituent R5; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl or together with R4 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a, or together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene, and R4 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl or together with R3 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a, or together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene, where R5 together with R5a, where present, are a bond or C1-C3-alkylene; and where one of the following conditions is satisfied: R3 together with R4 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a; or R3 together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene; or R4 together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene where the radical A is different from phenyl when the radical B is phenyl or naphthyl; and medicaments which comprise such compounds and the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herve Genesle, Thorsten Oost, Charles W. Hutchins, Liliane Unger, Wilfried Hornberger, Wilfried Lubisch, Astrid Netz, Alfred Hahn
  • Patent number: 8486932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Burlison, Shijie Zhang, Weiwen Ying, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Minghu Song, Junghyun Chae, Stefan Schweizer
  • Patent number: 8486933
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein L1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and m are defined in the description. Methods of making said compounds, and compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as IGF-1R are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Gary T. Wang, Robert A. Mantei, Scott A. Erickson, Steve D. Fidanze, George S. Sheppard, Jieyi Wang, Randy L. Bell
  • Patent number: 8486934
    Abstract: Novel dioxazine- and oxdiazine-substituted arylamides of the formula (I) in which A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description, a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling pests, and also novel intermediates and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Bernd-Wieland Krüger, Achim Hense, Bernd Alig, Rüdiger Fischer, Christian Funke, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Olga Malsam, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Christian Arnold, Peter Lümmen, Erich Sanwald
  • Patent number: 8486935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the xinafoate salt of N4-[(2,2-difluoro-4H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-one)-6-yl]-5-fluoro-N2-[3-(methylaminocarbonylmethyleneoxy)phenyl]-2,4-pyrimidinediamine. This compound is a suitable drug substance and is useful in the treatment of conditions including asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Colin John Taylor