Patents Issued in January 26, 2016
  • Patent number: 9242992
    Abstract: Crystal forms of (3R,4S)-7-hydroxymethyl-2,2,9-trimethyl-4-(phenethylamino)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-g]quinolin-3-ol that are excellent as a drug, and production methods thereof. Production methods include crystallizing (3R,4S)-7-hydroxymethyl-2,2,9-trimethyl-4-(phenethylamino)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-g]quinolin-3-ol from an acetate ester solvent, an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, a nitrile solvent, an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, a ketone solvent or an ether solvent, and crystal forms obtained according to the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Takada, Miyako Kamon, Shiro Kawahara, Yasuhiro Umeda
  • Patent number: 9242993
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein m, o, Ra, Rb, R1 and T1 have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of mTOR for the treatment or prophylaxis of mTOR related diseases and disorders. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, the preparation of the compounds as well as their use as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: CELLZOME LIMITED
    Inventors: Rosemary Lynch, Andrew David Cansfield, Daniel Paul Hardy, John Thomas Feutrill, Rita Adrego, Katie Ellard, Tammy Ladduwahetty
  • Patent number: 9242994
    Abstract: Methods for inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells or other cancer cells driven by Sonic hedgehog are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Marilyn D. Resh, Joseph Fraser Glickman, Elissaveta Petrova, Ouathek Ouerfelli
  • Patent number: 9242995
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isoxazolopyndine compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the isoxazolopyndine compounds described herein in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Dansu Li, Anthony J. Roecker
  • Patent number: 9242996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a salt thereof; and therapeutic uses of these compounds. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds with a therapeutic co-agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Bagdanoff, Yu Ding, Wooseok Han, Zilin Huang, Qun Jiang, Jeff Xianming Jin, Xiang Kou, Patrick Lee, Mika Lindvall, Zhongcheng Min, Yue Pan, Sabina Pecchi, Keith Bruce Pfister, Daniel Poon, Vivek Rauniyar, Xiaojing Michael Wang, Qiong Zhang, Jianguang Zhou, Shejin Zhu
  • Patent number: 9242997
    Abstract: The invention provides tricyclic sulfonamide compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Mary Cramp, Hazel Joan Dyke, Thomas David Pallin, Robert Zahler
  • Patent number: 9242998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shuwen He, Xing Dai, Anandan Palani, Ravi Nargund, Zhong Lai, Nicolas Zorn, Dong Xiao, Qun Dang, Casey C. McComas, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Richard Soll
  • Patent number: 9242999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound which has a broad antibacterial spectrum and particularly exhibits a high antibacterial activity on ?-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacteria. Specifically provided are: a compound represented by formula (I) wherein the meaning of each symbol is as defined in the description, an amino-group-protected form of a type of the compound which has the amino group on a ring in a position-7 side chain, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or the amino-group-protected form; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, the amino-group-protected form or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishitani, Toshiaki Aoki
  • Patent number: 9243000
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 and X are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Van Der Veen, Darryl McConnell, Siegfried Schneider, Matthias Grauert, Andreas Schoop, Tobias Wunberg
  • Patent number: 9243001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to azole compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emmerson Campbell, Kevin Wayne Kuntz
  • Patent number: 9243002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Xing Dai, Hong Liu, Anandan Palani, Shuwen He, Linda L. Brockunier, Ravi Nargund, Karen Marcantonio, Nicolas Zorn, Dong Xiao, Xuanjia Peng, Peng Li, Tao Guo
  • Patent number: 9243003
    Abstract: The present invention is a process comprising contacting a compound of formula 6: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; with a deprotecting reagent to form a compound of formula A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; where R is H or OR1; R1 and each R1? are protecting groups; R1? is H or OH, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 , or 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Jose J. Conde, John Anthony Kowalski, Matthew Allen Zajac
  • Patent number: 9243004
    Abstract: Boronic esters and boronic acids are synthesized at ambient temperature in an ethereal solvent by the reaction of Grignard reagents with a boron-containing substrate. The boron-containing substrate may be a boronic ester such as pinacolborane, neopentylglycolborane, or a dialkylaminoborane compound such as diisopropylaminoborane. The Grignard reagents may be pre-formed or generated from an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, vinyl, or allyl halide compound and Mg0. When the boron-containing substrate is a boronic ester, the reactions generally proceed at room temperature without added base in about 1 to 3 hours to form a boronic ester compound. When the boron-containing substrate is a dialkylaminoborane compound, the reactions generally proceed to completion at 0° C. in about 1 hour to form a boronic acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jacob W. Clary, Bakthan Singaram
  • Patent number: 9243005
    Abstract: Mercapto-containing organosilicon compounds of specific structure are low volatile and serve to enhance the adhesion of resins to inorganic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Munenao Hirokami
  • Patent number: 9243006
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-thiol mercaptoalkoxysilane compositions and methods of making multi-thiol mercaptoalkoxysilane compositions having the formula: wherein the R3 group, and the R4 group are independently an alkoxy, a halogen, an alkyl, an aryl, a heteroaryl, a heterocycle or derivatives thereof and n is an integer between 1 and 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: David Y. Son, Abby R. Jennings
  • Patent number: 9243007
    Abstract: The present invention provides organopolysiloxane comprising one or more unsaturated bond-containing group(s) in one molecule and having constitutional units F1, M1, and T in any combination of (i) F1 and M1, (ii) F1 and T, and (iii) F1, M1, and T: wherein R1 represents any selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; R2 represents an unsaturated bond-containing group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; X represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and a, b, and c each independently represent an integer of 1 or larger, wherein F1 represents a unit constituting cyclic organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Okada, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9243008
    Abstract: The invention relates to new functionalized unsaturated derivatives of (dimethylvinylgermoxy)heptasubstituted silsesquioxanes of the general formula 1, and the method in which: R are the same and represent linear and branched C2 to C8 alkyl groups, or cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl groups, or phenyl groups R? represents an unsubstituted aryl group containing between 1 and 2 rings or an aryl group substituted in any position in the ring. The invention also relates to the method of synthesis of functionalized unsaturated derivatives of (dimethylvinylgermoxy)heptasubstituted silsesquioxanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Adam Mickiewicz University
    Inventors: Dawid Frąckowiak, Patrycja Żak, Bogdan Marciniec
  • Patent number: 9243009
    Abstract: Phosphate ester compound of hydroxy acid substituted phenyl ester, preparation method and medical use thereof are provided. The title compound is shown in formula (I), in which Y?C1-4 straight carbon chain, M1 and/or M2=H, alkali metal ion, protonated amine or protonated amino acid. The compound has good water solubility and high stability in its aqueous solution, and it can release 2,6-diisopropylphenol rapidly under the action of enzymes in vivo, which has the effects of sedation, hypnosis and/or anesthesia. By protecting hydroxyl of 2,6-diisopropylphenol in compound of formula (I), the first-pass metabolic activity of 2,6-diisopropylphenol is reduced, so that the synthetic compound can be used for sedation, hypnosis and/or anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Yichang Humanwell Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wensheng Zhang, Jun Yang, Jin Liu
  • Patent number: 9243010
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of the compound of Formula I is set forth utilizing the starting compound 1 and the acid chloride compound
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Martin D. Eastgate, Michael S. Bultman, Ke Chen, Dayne Dustan Fanfair, Richard J. Fox, Thomas E. La Cruz, Boguslaw M. Mudryk, Christina Ann Risatti, James H. Simpson, Maxime C. Soumeillant, Jonathan Clive Tripp, Yi Xiao
  • Patent number: 9243011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound of dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine and the preparation method thereof and the application in the palladium catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl chloride and ketone. The dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine of the present invention could coordinate with the palladium catalyst to highly selectively activate the inert carbon-chlorine bond, and to catalyze direct arylation reaction in the ?-position of ketones to produce corresponding coupling compounds. The preparation method of the present invention is a simple one-step method which produces the air-stable dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine. Compared with the synthetic routes of ligands to be used in the activation of carbon-chlorine bonds in the prior arts, the preparation method of the present invention has the advantages of short route and easy operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shengming Ma, Bo Lv, Chunling Fu
  • Patent number: 9243012
    Abstract: A phosphorous containing benzoxazine-based monomer, or a polymer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongwoo Choi, Jungock Park, Wonmok Lee
  • Patent number: 9243013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a tetracyanoborate-containing ionic compound in a milder condition more efficiently and less expensively than conventional methods, and a tetracyanoborate-containing ionic compound having a reduced content of impure components. An ionic compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I), has a content of fluorine atom-containing impurities of 3 mol % or less per 100 mol % of the ionic compound, and a method for producing an ionic compound represented by the general formula (I) of the present invention comprises a step of reacting starting materials containing a cyanide and a boron compound. (In the formula, Ktm+ denotes an organic cation [Ktb]m+ or an inorganic cation [Ke]m+; and m denotes an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Hagiwara, Takanori Ochi, Kazunobu Ohata, Taisuke Kasahara, Taketo Toba, Keiichiro Mizuta, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Satoshi Ishida, Toshifumi Nishida
  • Patent number: 9243014
    Abstract: A prodrug can have a structure of Formula 10 or derivative thereof or stereoisomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The prodrug can be included in a pharmaceutical composition for use in treatment of fungus, cancer, dermatitis, superficial mycoses; inflammation, tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum canis, candidiasis (moniliasis), Candida albicans, tinea (pityriasis) vesicolor, Malassezia furfur, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoid leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Kansas
    Inventors: Mehmet Tanol, Scott J. Weir
  • Patent number: 9243015
    Abstract: Metallocorrole complexes of third row transition metals (see Formula I below) may be used as therapeutic agents, catalysts, components of oxygen detectors, and components of light emitting diodes. In particular, metallocorrole complexes of third row transition metals may be used as improved photosenitizers in photodynamic therapy; as improved catalysts in aziridination, epoxidation, and water splitting reactions; as improved in vivo imaging agents; and as improved components in the emissive layer of OLEDs. Due to their strongly sigma-donating nature, corroles are able to stabilize third row transition metals in high oxidation states. Third row transition metals are significantly more electropositive than their first and second row counterparts and may therefore act as improved catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joshua H. Palmer, Zeev Gross, Harry B. Gray
  • Patent number: 9243016
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the synthesis of novel stable open metal clusters by selective oxidation of bound ligands. The synthesis comprises, for example, using an amine based oxidant for decarbonylation of specific carbonyl ligands. The synthesis can also comprise further removal of a bound amine group by an acid. The resulting metal cluster contains a coordinatively unsaturated site comprising a carbonyl vacancy. The resulting metal cluster can be used as a catalyst in a variety of chemical transformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alexander S. Katz, Alexander Kuperman, Alexander Okrut, Ron C. Runnebaum, Xiaoying Ouyang
  • Patent number: 9243017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for rapid crystallization of amino acids, drug molecules, proteins and DNA/peptides. One method for rapid crystallization of functional group-containing molecules selected from the group consisting of amino acids, drug molecules, proteins and DNA/peptides includes (A) providing at least one metal or metal oxide in particulate or thin film form to provide (a) selective nucleation sites for crystallization of the functional group-containing molecules due to interactions of their functional groups and metal surfaces or engineered metal surfaces and (b) a microwave-transparent medium to create a thermal gradient between the metal surfaces or engineered metal surfaces and a warmer solution containing functional group-containing molecules to be crystallized, and (B) conducting microwave heating to cause the functional group-containing molecules to be crystallized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Morgan State University
    Inventor: Kadir Aslan
  • Patent number: 9243018
    Abstract: Preparation and use of synthetic monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides and pentasaccharides useful for the preparation of synthetic heparinoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, SA
    Inventors: Joachim Seifert, Latika Singh, Tracie E. Ramsdale, Michael L. West, Nicholas B. Drinnan
  • Patent number: 9243019
    Abstract: A hydroxysafflor yellow A sodium compound as shown in a formula (I) and preparation as well as medicinal application thereof are provided. According to the present invention, the safflower is utilized as a raw material. A monomer pharmaceutical compound, the hydroxysafflor yellow A sodium, is obtained by sufficient processes, and a purity thereof is surely above 98.5%. Therefore, the hydroxysafflor yellow A sodium is a monomer compound, which is safer, more effective, more stable and more controllable than hydroxysafflor yellow A, for treating blood circulation disorders such as platelet aggregation, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and acute cerebral ischemia. Furthermore, the hydroxysafflor yellow A sodium has sufficient solubility and human tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG YONGNING PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
    Inventors: Fengqi Ye, Ben Cai, Min Lu, Yongling Chen
  • Patent number: 9243020
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds with enhanced permeability for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Alectos Therapeutics Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ramesh Kaul, Ernest J. McEachern, Harold G. Selnick, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu
  • Patent number: 9243021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I): The compound of formula (I) is suitable for treating pulmonary fibrosis, such as Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a mammal. Furthermore the present invention concerns a method of monitoring development or progression of pulmonary fibrosis in a human subject, a method of monitoring or predicting exacerbation of symptoms in a human subject with pulmonary fibrosis as well as a method for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, such as Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a human subject having a galectin-3 level indicative of pulmonary fibrosis or exacerbation of symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Galecto Biotech AB
    Inventors: Tariq Sethi, Alison Mackinnon, Hakon Leffler, Ulf Nilsson
  • Patent number: 9243022
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as a HCV infection with one or more nucleotide analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Alios BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Beigelman, Guangyi Wang, David Bernard Smith
  • Patent number: 9243023
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for purifying synthetic oligonucleotides comprising capping, polymerizing and separating any failure sequences produced during oligonucleotide synthesis. The invention also provides a method for purifying synthetic oligonucleotides comprising reacting a full length oligonucleotide with a compound to attach a polymerizable functional group to an end of the full length oligonucleotide, polymerizing the full length oligonucleotides and removing the failure sequences, and recovering the full length oligonucleotides. The invention also provides novel capping agents having a polymerizable functional group, and kits comprising at least one composition of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Shiyue Fang
  • Patent number: 9243024
    Abstract: Disclosed are aptamer/drug conjugate complexes and the use of such complexes, together with a trigger compound, to inducibly release a drug. Also disclosed are methods for establishing a drug reservoir in a subject using these complexes, whereby drug may be released as needed. One example of such a complex is an aptamer/insulin conjugate complex from which insulin may be released by an innocuous, orally administrable trigger, such as quinine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Milan N. Stojanovic, Renjun Pei, Steven Michael Forna Taylor
  • Patent number: 9243025
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of liver disorders, including HCV infections. In one embodiment, compounds and compositions of nucleoside derivatives are disclosed, which can be administered either alone or in combination with other anti-viral agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Dominique Surleraux, Gilles Gosselin
  • Patent number: 9243026
    Abstract: Oligonucleotides having a nucleotide sequence complementary to nucleotide numbers such as 2571-2607, 2578-2592, 2571-2592, 2573-2592, 2578-2596, 2578-2601 or 2575-2592 of the dystrophin cDNA (Gene Bank accession No. NM_004006.1) and therapeutic agents for muscular dystrophy comprising such oligonucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, Orphan Disease Treatment Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Matsuo, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Makoto Koizumi
  • Patent number: 9243027
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. The compounds of Formula A are TGR5 modulators useful for the treatment of various diseases, including obesity, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, cholestasis, and bile desaturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Roberto Pellicciari
  • Patent number: 9243028
    Abstract: Provided are methods for forming a reactive S-nitroso thioacid (NTA), comprising nitrosation of a thioacid with a nitrosation reagent. Also provided are methods for: acylating a nucleophile including selective acylation with a high degree of selectivity toward amines over hydroxyls; amide or peptide bond formation; forming a dipeptide or polypeptide; and peptide coupling/ligation, comprising use of thioacid and amine starting materials, wherein the reactions are mediated by very reactive S-nitroso thioacid (NTA) intermediates enabling extremely fast reactions under mild conditions, providing for broad applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Ming Xian, Jia Pan
  • Patent number: 9243029
    Abstract: Provided is a novel crystal of oxidized glutathione hexahydrate. Crystal of oxidized glutathione hexahydrate is produced by cooling an aqueous solution containing oxidized glutathione to 15° C. or lower to precipitate a crystal of oxidized glutathione hexahydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Kimura, Kenta Fukumoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9243030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new optically pure compounds displaying an improved anticancer activity compared to previously known complex mixtures of stereoisomers thereof. Such compounds are of formula (I): wherein each X independently represents any amino acid; n is 0 or 1; m is an integer between 0 and 3; k is an integer of at least 3; Psi is a reduced bond of formula replacing the peptide amide bond between Lys and Pro; and wherein Lys residues in pseudopeptide units of said compound of formula (I) are either all in L configuration or all in D configuration. A method for preparing such compounds, and therapeutic uses thereof are also provided. The synthetic method involves the selective reduction of the peptide bond between Lys and Pro in a dipeptide intermediate with borane. The therapeutic uses are against cancer, inflammation and for wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ELRO Pharma Sarl
    Inventors: Jean Paul Briand, Gilles Guichard, Jose Courty, Robert H. Zimmer, Chantal Devin, Annie Lang, Haixang Zhang, Ara Hovanessian
  • Patent number: 9243031
    Abstract: Present invention refers to complex-forming compounds of the general formula and the use and preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: STRATOXER(S) KFT.
    Inventors: G. Imre Csizmadia, Zoltan Mucsi, Andrea Narcisz Koczkas
  • Patent number: 9243032
    Abstract: Isolated peptides are provided, being less than 20 amino acids in length. The peptides comprising an amino acid sequence GVLYVGSKTREGV (SEQ ID NO: 12) AAATGLVKREE (SEQ ID NO: 13) or GVVAAAEKTKQG (SEQ ID NO: 14), mimetics and/or fragment thereof, the peptides being capable of inhibiting alpha synuclein aggregation. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising same are also provided as well as uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronit Shaltiel-Karyo, Ehud Gazit
  • Patent number: 9243033
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to assessing immunity to folate receptors. For example, methods and materials for assessing FR? immunity in a mammal are provided. This document also provides methods and materials related to stimulating immunity to folate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Keith L. Knutson, Lynn C. Hartmann, Kimberly R. Kalli, Christopher J. Krco
  • Patent number: 9243034
    Abstract: Novel peptide inhibitors of GSK-3, compositions containing same and uses thereof are disclosed. The novel peptide inhibitors are substrate-competitive inhibitors and have an amino acid sequence designed so as to bind to a defined binding site subunit in GSK-3. Also disclosed are GSK-3 substrate competitive inhibitors which bind to the defined binding site subunit in the enzyme. Also disclosed are mutants of GSK-3 and uses thereof for identifying a putative GSK-3 substrate competitive inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Hagit Eldar-Finkelman, Avital Licht-Murava, Batya Plotkin
  • Patent number: 9243035
    Abstract: The embodiments are directed to peptides, compositions, and methods of treating conditions requiring removal or destruction of harmful or unwanted cells in a patient, such as benign and malignant tumors, using compounds containing or based on peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NYMOX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Averback, Jack Gemmell
  • Patent number: 9243036
    Abstract: Isolated synthetic peptides are disclosed that have anti-microbial activity against E. coli and P. aeruginosa. These isolated peptides can be used as anti-viral agents. The use of these peptides to treat infections with E. coli and P. aeruginosa and viruses are disclosed. The disclosed peptides are also of use for treating a biofilm, such as a biofilm on a medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Chintamani Atreya, Shilpakala Sainath Rao, Krishna Mohan V. Ketha
  • Patent number: 9243037
    Abstract: Described herein are antimicrobial peptides for use in pharmaceutical antibiotic compositions and methods of use thereof. These antimicrobial peptides are Gramicidin A (gA) peptide analogs that, in addition to having potent anti-microbial activity, have greatly increased solubility and significantly reduced toxicity in comparison to the wild-type Gramicidin A peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Jianmin Gao, Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 9243038
    Abstract: Macrocyclic compounds that specifically inhibit insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) are provided. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, stereoisomers, polymorphs, tautomers, isotopically enriched forms, and prodrugs of the macrocyclic IDE inhibitors are also described. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. In vivo and in vitro methods of using the IDE inhibitor, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the IDE inhibitor, for example, for the inhibition of IDE in a subject exhibiting aberrant IDE activity, impaired insulin signaling, or insulin resistance, for example, a subject having diabetes, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Juan Pablo Maianti, Alan Saghatelian, Ralph E. Kleiner
  • Patent number: 9243039
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): X-?-Y??(I) wherein X, Y, and a have any of the values defined in the specification and salts thereof. The compounds are inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Richard H. Ebright, Yu Feng, Yu Zhang, Yon Ebright
  • Patent number: 9243040
    Abstract: The invention provides polymers comprising Formula I: wherein monomer is a repeating unit comprising 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms and the monomers are linked together through amide or ester bonds; n is about 6 to about 1000; and Linker is an optionally substituted carbon chain that is optionally interrupted by moieties such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or silicon. Charge is a moiety having a positive or negative charge on a heteroatom, such as nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur; where the Linker separates the monomer and the Charge by at least six linear atoms. The invention also provides methods of preparing the polymers and the copolymers and methods of using the polymers and copolymers, for example, as drug delivery systems, as membrane penetrating peptides, and as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Hua Lu
  • Patent number: 9243041
    Abstract: Provided herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel consensus amino acid sequences of herpes virus antigens, as well as genetic constructs/vectors and vaccines expressing the sequences. Also provided herein are methods for generating an immune response against herpes virus using the vaccines that are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: David B Weiner, Devon J Shedlock