Patents Issued in December 15, 2015
  • Patent number: 9212178
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and methods for inhibiting kinases, including spleen tyrosine kinases, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating a kinase-mediated disease or condition by administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Genosco, Oscotec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaekyoo Lee, Jang-Sik Choi, Hae-Jun Hwang, Ho-Juhn Song, Jung-Ho Kim, Se-Won Kim, Jong Sung Koh, Jaesang Lee, Tae-Im Lee, Yung-Geun Choi, Sung-Ho Park, In Yong Lee, Byung-Chul Suh, Paresh Devidas Salgaonkar, Dong-Sik Jung
  • Patent number: 9212179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures, for example, but not limited to, heterocyclic, phenyl or benzyl ring structures with or without substitutions and are described in detail herein. Also provided are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders, for example, obesity or diabetes, utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof and/or the A-B-C tripartite compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Motonari Uesugi, Salih J. Wakil, Lutfi Abu-Elheiga, Mizuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9212180
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds that inhibit the binding of menin and MLL or MLL fusion proteins and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising piperidine-containing compounds and methods of use thereof to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL oncoproteins (e.g., MLL1, MLL2, MLL-fusion oncoproteins), for example, for the treatment of leukemia, solid cancers, diabetes, and other diseases dependent on activity of MLL1, MLL2, MLL fusion proteins, MLL-PTD and/or menin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jolanta Grembecka, Tomasz Cierpicki, Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, Shaun R. Stauffer, Rocco D. Gogliotti, Timothy J. Senter
  • Patent number: 9212181
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-diaminopyrimidine compounds useful as kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Juswinder Singh, Russell C. Petter, Richland Wayne Tester, Arthur F. Kluge, Hormoz Mazdiyasni, William Frederick Westlin, III, Deqiang Niu, Lixin Qiao
  • Patent number: 9212182
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels, in particular Nav1.7. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with the activity of sodium channels such as pain disorders and itch. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Weiss, Alessandro Boezio, Christiane Boezio, John R. Butler, Margaret Yuhua Chu-Moyer, Erin F. Dimauro, Thomas Dineen, Russell Graceffa, Angel Guzman-Perez, Hongbing Huang, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Isaac E. Marx, Benjamin Charles Milgrim, Hanh Nho Nguyen, Emily Peterson, Karina Romero, Brian Sparling
  • Patent number: 9212183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel salt forms of 1-[(4-methyl-quinazolin-2-yl)methyl]-3-methyl-7-(2-butyn-1-yl)-8-(3-(R)-amino-piperidin-1-yl)-xanthine, processes for making these novel salts, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such novel salts. The invention also relates to the use of these novel salts in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Sieger, Waldemar Pfrengle
  • Patent number: 9212184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyrazine compounds of general formula (I): (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims, to methods of and intermediates for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Koppitz, Ulrich Klar, Rolf Jautelat, Dirk Kosemund, Rolf Bohlmann, Benjamin Bader, Philip Lienau, Gerhard Siemeister
  • Patent number: 9212185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (D) that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PHARMACYCLICS LLC
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan
  • Patent number: 9212186
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and A are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 receptor, such as Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Baker-Glenn, Bryan K. Chan, Jennafer Dotson, Anthony Estrada, Timothy Heffron, Joseph Lyssikatos, Zachary Sweeney
  • Patent number: 9212187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel diazepine compound that blocks the IKur current or the Kv1.5 channel potently and more selectively than other K+ channels. The present invention relates to a diazepine compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, cyclo lower alkyl or lower alkoxy lower alkyl; R2 and R3 may be linked to form lower alkylene; A1 is lower alkylene optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and oxo; Y1 and Y2 are each independently —N? or —CH?; and R5 is group represented by wherein R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen or organic group; R6 and R7 may be linked to form a ring together with the neighboring group —XA—N—XB—; XA and XB are each independently a bond, lower alkylene, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Oshima, Shuuji Matsumura, Hokuto Yamabe
  • Patent number: 9212188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an alicyclic diepoxy compound at a higher yield by carrying out epoxidation of an alicyclic olefin compound at a higher reaction rate. The method is a method for producing an alicyclic diepoxy compound represented by formula (1) below by reacting an alicyclic olefin compound represented by formula (2) below with hydrogen peroxide in the coexistence of the alicyclic olefin compound represented by formula (2) below, a hydrogen peroxide solution, a powdered solid catalyst support and a powdered solid catalyst all together: wherein R1 to R12 are each hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group optionally having halogen or an alkoxy group optionally having a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: JX Nippon Oil & Enery Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junko Ichihara, Shunro Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kameyama, Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Morikita
  • Patent number: 9212189
    Abstract: The invention provides reaction-based fluorescent probes for selective imaging of hydrogen sulfide in living cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Christopher J. Chang, Alexander R. Lippert, Vivian S. Lin
  • Patent number: 9212190
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Nimbus Iris, Inc.
    Inventors: Geraldine C. Harriman, Ronald T. Wester, Donna L. Romero, Shaughnessy Robinson, Mee Shelley, Matthew David Wessel, Jeremy Robert Greenwood, Craig E. Masse, Rosana Kapeller-Libermann
  • Patent number: 9212191
    Abstract: Provided are imidazopyrazine compounds, particularly including 6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrido-[2,3-b][1,4]oxazin-7-yl)-N-(4-morpholinophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine-8-amine, structure below, and methods and formulations for their use in inhibiting Spleen Tyrosine Kinase in treating conditions including B-cell lymphomas or leukemias and inflammatory conditions:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: GILEAD CONNECTICUT, INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Mitchell, Kevin S. Currie
  • Patent number: 9212192
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts are provided, wherein X1˜X5, R1˜R3, A, B, Z and n are defined in the description. And compositions containing said compounds, and the uses for inhibitors of kinases such as ALK, and the uses for treating cancer thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Vasudevan, Thomas Dale Penning, Huanming Chen, Bo Liang, Shaohui Wang, Fengchun Wu, Yan Shen, Cuihua Liu, Zhenguang Zou, Marina Pliushchev
  • Patent number: 9212193
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of certain amine promoters in processes for surface-treating colloidal silica nanoparticles with selected aromatic aminosilanes, aromatic aminoalkylsilanes, and secondary and tertiary aliphatic aminosilanes. This process provides surface-modified nanoparticle colloidal silica without causing the silica nanoparticles to gel, agglomerate, or aggregate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Gregory Bekiarian, Gordon Mark Cohen, Paul Douglas Stull
  • Patent number: 9212194
    Abstract: A method of making a powder coating composition includes obtaining functionalized particles by reacting inorganic particles with alkoxysilanes having the general structural formula (I) R1Si(OR2)3, silane oligomers having the general structural formula (II) (R1)(OR2)2Si—O—[—Si(R1)(OR2)—O—]m?—Si(R1)(OR2)2 or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SACHTLEBEN CHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Petra Fritzen, Bernd Rohe
  • Patent number: 9212195
    Abstract: A monophosphite ligand having a carbonate group is useful for hydroformylation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Katrin Marie Dyballa, Robert Franke
  • Patent number: 9212196
    Abstract: The invention relates to hypophosphorous acid derivatives of formula (I) wherein —X is H or OH, —R represents one or several radicals R1-R5, identical or different, two of R1-R5 optionally occupying the same position on the phenyl group, one to four of R1-R5 being H and the others being selected in the group comprising -0-(CH2)n—COOH; —S—(CH2)n—COOH; —NH—(CH2)n—COOH; -0-(CH,R?)—COOH; —O—(CH2)n—OH; OR?, —R? being a C1-C3 alkyl radical; —OH; —COOH; halogen, particularly —F, —CI, —Br, —I, —CF3; —OCF3; —N02; —CH?CH—COOH; —(CH2)n—COOH; O—(CH2)n—P03H2; O—(CF2)n—P03H2; O—(CH2)n—S03H; O—(CH2)n—CONHOH; O—(CH2)n-tetrazol; O—(CH2)n-hydroxyisoxazol—n=1 to 5, preferably 1-3; said hypophosrous acid derivatives being diastereoisomers or enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES, UNIVERSITE D'AUVERGNE
    Inventors: Francine Acher, Jean-Philippe Pin, Cyril Goudet, Alain Eschalier, Jérôme Busserolles, Delphine Rigault, Isabelle Lemasson, Sara Cesarini, Bruno Commare
  • Patent number: 9212197
    Abstract: Novel phosphorescent heteroleptic iridium complexes with benzimidazole and phenylpyridine ligands are provided. These iridium complexes can improve OLED properties, and are useful in white light applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregg Kottas, Chuanjun Xia, Zeinab Elshenawy, Nasrin Ansari
  • Patent number: 9212198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes having high solubility and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Adam W. Franz, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Patent number: 9212199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an iridium-based catalyst compound for hydrogenating reducible moieties, especially imines and iminiums, the catalyst compounds being defined by the formulas: where ring B is either itself polycyclic, or ring B together with R is polycyclic. The catalysts of the invention are particularly effective in reductive amination procedures 10 which involve the in situ generation of the imine or iminium under reductive hydrogenative conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Dinesh Talwar, Weijun Tang, Chao Wang, Barbara Villa Marcos, Jianliang Xiao
  • Patent number: 9212200
    Abstract: A nanostructure and method for assembly thereof are disclosed. An exemplary nanostructure includes a photocatalytic nanoparticle; a first tier of metal nanoparticles, each metal nanoparticle of the first tier being linked about the photocatalytic nanoparticle; and a second tier of metal nanoparticles, each metal nanoparticle of the second tier being linked to one of the metal nanoparticles of the first tier and located a distance from the photocatalytic nanoparticle greater than a distance between a metal nanoparticle of the first tier and the photocatalytic nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Idan Mandelbaum, Tadd C. Kippeny
  • Patent number: 9212201
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides for novel, water-soluble polyene macrolides and salts or solvates thereof and methods of making the water-soluble polyene macrolides. Also provided are compositions and methods for inhibiting, preventing, and/or treating fungal and parasitic diseases in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ACEA Biotech, Inc.
    Inventor: Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 9212202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the resistance of a peptide or peptidomimetic to degradation by trypsin which comprises incorporating into said peptide or peptidomimetic a C-terminal capping group of formula (I): X—Y—Z (I) wherein X is a N atom, which may be substituted by a branched or unbranched C1-C10 alkyl or aryl group which group may incorporate up to 2 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; Y represents a group selected from —Ra—Rb—, —Ra—Rb—Rb,- and —Rb—Rb—Ra— wherein Ra is C, O, S or N, and Rb is C; each of Ra and Rb, may be substituted by C1-C4 alkyl groups or unsubstituted; and Z is a group comprising 1 to 3 cyclic groups each of 5 or 6 non-hydrogen atoms, 2 or more of the cyclic groups may be fused and one or more of the cyclic groups may be substituted; the Z. moiety incorporates a maximum of 15 non-hydrogen atoms; and wherein the bond between Y and Z is a covalent bond between Ra or Rb of Y and a non-hydrogen atom of one of the cyclic groups of Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Lytix Biopharma AS
    Inventors: Wenche Stensen, Oystein Rekdal, John Sigurd Svendsen
  • Patent number: 9212203
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of neutralizing apatite surfaces, for example during chromatography and before protein elution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Larry J. Cummings, Mark A. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9212204
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) using glycyl-2-methylprolyl-glutamic acid (G-2-MePE) and analogs thereof. Autism Spectrum Disorders include Autism, Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder—Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Fragile X Syndrome, and Rett Syndrome. Compositions containing compounds include water-soluble formulations, water-in-oil micro-emulsions, water-in-oil coarse emulsions, water-in-oil liquid crystals, nanocapsules, tablets, and orally administered gels. The compounds and compositions of this invention can be administered intravenously, intraventricularly, parenterally, or orally, and can be effective in treating neurodegeneration, promoting neurological function, treating seizure activity and other symptoms of ASD, and can prolong life in animals including human beings having Autism Spectrum Disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Lawrence Irwin Glass, Michael John Bickerdike, Michael Frederick Snape
  • Patent number: 9212205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to homo- and hetero-dimer compounds formed by a disulfide, sulfinyl thio, or olefin bond between two monomers. A method of making a homo- or hetero-dimer compound is also disclosed. The present invention also relates to monomer compounds capable of forming homo- or hetero-dimer compounds, as well as oligomers formed via linkage of one or more dimers. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting the activity of target RNA molecules, particularly those having a secondary structure that include a stem or stem-loop formation. Dimer compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of an HIV-I RNA frameshifting stem-loop and a (CUG)n expanded repeat stem-loop are disclosed, as are methods of treating diseases associated with these target RNA molecules. The dimer compounds can also be used for selectively detecting presence of the target RNA molecule in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Miller, Brian R. McNaughton, Peter C. Gareiss, Joseph Wedekind, Charles Thornton, Krzysztof Sobczak
  • Patent number: 9212206
    Abstract: The present invention has multiple aspects. In its first aspect, it is directed to a compound that is a 4(S)-fluoro-thio-tripeptide analog that has the unexpectedly superior property of specifically inhibiting the enzyme, membrane-bound aminopeptidase P2 (APP2), whose natural substrate is bradykinin, but not the enzyme angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) which also cleaves bradykinin. In its second aspect, the present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the 4(S)-fluoro-thio-tripeptide analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In its third aspect, the invention is directed to a method of inhibiting bradykinin degradation in a mammalian patient, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of the invention to a mammalian patient in need of inhibition of bradykinin degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: William H Simmons
  • Patent number: 9212207
    Abstract: Described herein is the generation of optimized H5N1 and H1N1 influenza HA polypeptides for eliciting a broadly reactive immune response to influenza virus isolates. The optimized HA polypeptides were developed through a series of HA protein alignments, and subsequent generation of consensus sequences, based on H5N1 and H1N1 influenza isolates. Provided herein are optimized H5N1 and H1N1 influenza HA polypeptides, and compositions, fusion proteins and VLPs comprising the HA polypeptides. Further provided are codon-optimized nucleic acid sequences encoding the HA polypeptides. Methods of eliciting an immune response against influenza virus in a subject are also provided by the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Ted M. Ross, Corey J. Crevar, Donald M. Carter
  • Patent number: 9212208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel muteins derived from human tear lipocalin having affinity to human c-Met receptor tyrosin kinase (c-Met). The invention also refers to a corresponding nucleic acid molecule encoding such a mutein and to a method for its generation. The invention further refers to a method for producing such a mutein. Finally, the invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a lipocalin mutein as well as to various uses of the mutein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Pieris AG
    Inventors: Gabriele Matschiner, Andreas Hohlbaum, Martin Huelsmeyer, Stefan Trentmann
  • Patent number: 9212209
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In certain embodiments, compounds are provided that increase full-length survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein production by an SMN2 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Elliot Androphy, Gregory D. Cuny, Jonathan Cherry, Marcie A. Glicksman
  • Patent number: 9212210
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polypeptide specifically inhibiting the activity of Akt (Protein Kinase B), the DNA thereof, the antibody thereof, an inhibitor of Akt activity or an antitumor agent, and the like. The polypeptide comprises polypeptides (SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 of the sequence listing) that contain an amino acid sequence corresponding to any of the position of amino acid residue 10-24 of human TCL1, amino acid residue 8-22 of human TCL1B, amino acid residue 5-19 of human MTCP1, and amino acid residue 9-24 of mouse or rat TCL1; and the derivatives. Further, the present invention includes DNA encoding the polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 of the sequence listing), and the antibodies specifically binding to the polypeptides. The polypeptide of the present invention can be used for an inhibitor of Akt activity, an antitumor agent, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Masayuki Noguchi, Futoshi Okada, Makoto Hiromura
  • Patent number: 9212211
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a fusion protein comprising a TNF-superfamily (TNFSF) cytokine or a receptor binding domain thereof fused to a collectin trimerization domain, to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein, and to a cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule. The fusion protein is present as a trimeric complex or as an oligomer thereof. The fusion protein, the nucleic acid, and the cell is suitable as pharmaceutical composition or for therapeutic, diagnostic and/or research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: APOGENIX GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Hill, Christian Gieffers, Meinolf Thiemann, Marcus Branschädel
  • Patent number: 9212212
    Abstract: The invention provides a CR2-FH molecule comprising a CR2 portion comprising CR2 protein or a fragment thereof and a FH portion comprising a factor H protein or a fragment thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CR2-FH molecule. Also provided are methods of using the compositions for treatment diseases in which the alternative complement pathway is implicated, such as age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ischemia reperfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Gary Gilkeson, Stephen Tomlinson, V. Michael Holers, Baerbel Rohrer
  • Patent number: 9212213
    Abstract: Novel polypeptide combinations, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for zcytor17-containing multimeric or heterodimer cytokine receptors that may be used as novel cytokine antagonists, and within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. The present invention also includes methods for producing the multimeric or heterodimeric cytokine receptor, uses therefor and antibodies thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy A. Sprecher, Joseph L. Kuijper, Maria M. Dasovich, Francis J. Grant, Theodore E. Whitmore, Angela K. Hammond, Julia E. Novak, Jane A. Gross, Stacey R. Dillon
  • Patent number: 9212214
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the use of one or more compounds selected from a list comprising i) reduced forms of vitamin K and/or ii) reduced forms of a vitamin K analog and/or iii) reduced forms of a vitamin K precursor for the expression of one or more functional vitamin K-dependent proteins in cell culture as well as processes for the fermentation of eucaryotic cells expressing one or more vitamin K-dependent proteins wherein one or more compounds selected from a list comprising i) reduced forms of vitamin K and/or ii) reduced forms of a vitamin K analog and/or iii) reduced forms of a vitamin K precursor are added to the cell culture medium before and/or during the fermentation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CSL Limited
    Inventors: Julian Keane, Anthony Stowers, Peter Soupourmas, Fraser Goodwin
  • Patent number: 9212215
    Abstract: A fibrinogen with reduced half-life and low sialic acid content as a result of recombinant expression or enzymatic and chemical removal. The fibrinogen is useful in treating or effecting prophylaxis of bleeding particularly in situations of an acute nature in which a high initial dose and rapid decline to normal or below normal levels is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LABORATOIRE FRANCAIS DU FRACTIONNEMENT ET DES BIOTECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Frank Pieper, Anurag Relan, Erik Jordahl Forsberg
  • Patent number: 9212216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide expressed in the salivary glands of ticks, more particularly the Ixodes ricinus arthropod tick, during the slow-feeding phase of the blood meal have, said polynucleotide and related polypeptide may be used in different constructions and for different applications which are also included in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BIOXODES SA
    Inventors: Edmond Godfroid, Yves Decrem, Luc Vanhamme, Alex Bollen, Gerard Leboulle
  • Patent number: 9212217
    Abstract: Antibody molecules that specifically bind to dengue virus are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the antibody molecule bind to dengue virus serotypes DV-1, DV-2, DV-3, and DV-4. The antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent, and/or diagnose dengue virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Visterra, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Robinson, Zachary Shriver, James Myette, Gregory Babcock, Karthik Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 9212218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding Vmp-like polypeptides of pathogenic Borreliae, the use of the DNA sequences in recombinant vectors to express polypeptides, the encoded amino acid sequences, application of the DNA and amino acid sequences to the production of polypeptides as antigens for immunoprophylaxis, immunotherapy, and immunodiagnosis. Also disclosed are the use of the nucleic acid sequences as probes or primers for the detection of organisms causing Lyme disease, relapsing fever, or related disorders, and kits designed to facilitate methods of using the described polypeptides, DNA segments and antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Steven J. Norris, Jing-Ren Zhang, John M. Hardham, Jerrilyn K. Howell, Alan G. Barbour, George M. Weinstock
  • Patent number: 9212219
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant or an antibody directed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Olaf Schneewind, Alice Cheng, Dominique M. Missiakas, Hwan Keun Kim
  • Patent number: 9212220
    Abstract: Methods, devices, kits and compositions for detecting the presence or absence of roundworm in a mammalian sample are disclosed herein. The methods, devices, kits and compositions of the present invention may be used to confirm the presence or absence of roundworm in a fecal sample from a mammal that may also be infected with one or more of hookworm, whipworm, and heartworm. Confirmation of the presence or absence of roundworm in the mammal may be made, for example, for the purpose of selecting an optimal course of treating the mammal and/or for the purpose of determining whether the mammal has been rid of the infection after treatment has been initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Divergence, Inc.
    Inventors: David Allen Elsemore, Laurie A. Flynn, Michael Crawford, Jinming Geng
  • Patent number: 9212221
    Abstract: A method of producing form-specific anti-peptide antibodies for a wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein using a peptide antigen, by obtaining a protein sequence of the wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein, selecting a continuous amino acid sequence without any internal cysteine residues that includes the one amino acid mutated sequence and wild type sequence corresponding to the mutated site at the end of the sequence to obtain a synthetic mutation peptide and a synthetic wild type peptide, conjugating the synthetic peptides to a carrier protein, and immunizing an animal to produce antibodies. Methods of detecting cancer and methods of treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Detroit R & D, Inc.
    Inventor: Hyesook Kim
  • Patent number: 9212222
    Abstract: The invention concerns anti-NGF antibodies (such as anti-NGF antagonist antibodies), and polynucleotides encoding the same. The invention further concerns use of such antibodies and/or polynucleotides in the treatment and/or prevention of pain, including post-surgical pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, and osteoarthritis pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: RINAT NEUROSCIENCE CORP.
    Inventors: Jaume Pons, Arnon Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 9212223
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat thrombosis in diseases associated with abnormal blood coagulation or fibrinolysis. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related proteins and optionally will further exhibit elevated C reactive protein prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, et al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. L. Smith
  • Patent number: 9212224
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John Cogswell, Stacie M. Goldberg, Ashok K. Gupta, Maria Jure-Kunkel, Xi Tao Wang, John M. Wigginton
  • Patent number: 9212225
    Abstract: Described herein are binding proteins that specifically bind to human CD33, and in particular to bispecific binding proteins that specifically bind to human CD33 and human CD3. Also described herein are bispecific tandem diabodies that bind to CD33 and CD33, and their uses for immunotherapy of CD33+ cancers, diseases and conditions such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AMPHIVENA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kristina Ellwanger, Luke Evnin, Judith A. Fox, Ivica Fucek, Jeanmarie Guenot, Stefan Knackmuss, Lori Kunkel, Melvyn Little, Vera Molkenthin, Erich Rajkovic, Uwe Reusch, Claudia Wall, Michael Weichel, Eugene Zhukovsky
  • Patent number: 9212226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and in particular to CXCR4 and CXCR7, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences (also referred to herein as “amino acid sequences of the invention”, “compounds of the invention”, and “polypeptides of the invention”, respectively). Furthermore, the invention provides a new method of making amino acid sequences that are directed against transmembrane protein, and in particular for multiple spanning transmembrane proteins for which the native conformation cannot be reproduced in other “in vitro” system (e.g. GPCRs in general).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Ablynx N.V.
    Inventors: Christophe Blanchetot, Martine Smit, Regorius Leurs, Sven Jähnichen, Michael John Scott Saunders, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard, Peter Vanlandschoot
  • Patent number: 9212227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ST2L antagonists, polynucleotides encoding the antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Duffy, Natalie Fursov, LeRoy Hall, Catherine Healy, Roberta Lamb, Jinquan Luo, Ravi Malaviya, Michael Naso, Michael Pratta, Mark Tornetta, John Wheeler, Sheng-Jiun Wu