Patents Issued in November 15, 2016
  • Patent number: 9492459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition of Linezolid. The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition comprising Linezolid Form III along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and a process to prepare the said composition. The present invention relates to an oral dosage forms for the treatment of severe infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Indoco Remedies Limited
    Inventors: Aditi Panandikar, Sundeep Bambolkar, Kavita Inamdar, Sapna Ramesh, Amol Burkul, Nasir Shaikh
  • Patent number: 9492460
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to carbazole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Poss, David R. Tortolani, Dharmpal S. Dodd, Christopher P. Mussari, John S. Tokarski, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Yufen Zhao, George V. Delucca, Daniel O'Malley, Derek J. Norris, Patrice Gill, Claude A. Quesnelle, Wen-Ching Han
  • Patent number: 9492461
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating an intervertebral disc herniation by local administration of one or more biodegradable drug depots comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a glucocorticoid at or near the intervertebral disc herniation to reduce the size of the intervertebral disc herniation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Vanja M. King, John M. Zanella, Jared Wilsey
  • Patent number: 9492462
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inducing the deposition of elastin in skin by administering compositions including a mineralocorticoid, such as, for example, aldosterone and, optionally, a secondary active agent for enhancing or modulating the effect of the mineralocorticoid are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Human Matrix Sciences, LLC, The Hospital for Sick Children
    Inventors: Aleksander Hinek, Thomas Mitts
  • Patent number: 9492463
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting, treating, characterizing, and diagnosing interstitial lung and/or fibrotic diseases are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Zi-Jian Xie, Joseph I. Shapiro
  • Patent number: 9492464
    Abstract: A method for preventing or treating side effects of glucocorticoid in a subject including administrating to a subject acetylsalicylic acid a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or polymorph thereof, or a combination of at least two of the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euiseok Shin, Sangchul Park, Sungchun Cho
  • Patent number: 9492465
    Abstract: Gold(I) complexes of formulae [Au{P(t-Bu)3}(S2CN(CH3)2)] (1), and [Au{P(t-Bu)3}(S2CN(C2H5)2)] (2) have been prepared by the reaction of equimolar amounts of [Au{P(t-Bu)3}(Cl)] with sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate monohydrate, and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate trihydrate respectively. Both complexes (1) and (2) are iso-structural having linear geometry. These gold(I) dithiocarbamate complexes show in vitro cytotoxic activities against A549 (human lung carcinoma), HeLa (human cervical cancer) and MCF7 (human breast cancer) cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Anvarhusein Abdulkadir Isab, Muhammad Altaf, Muhammad Monim-Ul-Mehboob, Adam Ahmed Abdallah Seliman, Mohammed Ismail Wazeer
  • Patent number: 9492466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating, ameliorating, or preventing immune disorders, allergic disorders, or inflammatory disorders, or combinations thereof, or providing hepatoprotection in subject. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ?-hydroxy-?-aminophosphonate or ?-amino-?-aminophosphonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nucitec S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Ricardo Abraham De La Cruz Cordero, Jorge Luis Rosado Loria, Miguel Angel Duarte Vazquez, José Mario Ordóñez Palacios, Jorge Alberto Reyes Esparza, Maria de Lourdes Rodriguez Fragoso
  • Patent number: 9492467
    Abstract: A composition in aqueous solution, including an insulin and at least one oligosaccharide whose average degree of polymerization is between 3 and 13 and whose polydispersity index PDI is above 1.0, the oligosaccharide having partially substituted carboxyl functional groups, the unsubstituted carboxyl functional groups being salifiable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ADOCIA
    Inventors: Olivier Soula, Rémi Soula, Gérard Soula
  • Patent number: 9492468
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating acute heart failure, by administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an AICA riboside analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PERICOR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Richard R. Stover
  • Patent number: 9492469
    Abstract: A method of treating a proliferative disease, such as cancer, is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof synergistically therapeutically effective amounts of: (i) (2R,3S)—N-((3S)-1-methyl-2-oxo-5-phenyl-2,3-di-hydro-1H-1,4-benzodiazepin-3-yl)-2,3-bis(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)succinamide; (ii) 2-deoxy-2,2-difluorocytidine monohydrochloride (beta-isomer); and (iii) optionally, one or more additional anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 9492470
    Abstract: Elevated high mobility group A (HMGA) protein expression in human cancer cells, and especially human pancreatic cancer cells, is correlated with resistance to the chemotherapy agent gemcitabine. The present invention uses HMGA-targeted AT-rich phosphorothioate DNA (AT-sDNA) aptamers to suppress HMGA carcinogenic activity. Cell growth of human pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC-1 and Miapaca-2) transfected with AT-sDNA were monitored after treatment with gemcitabine. Significant increases in cell death in AT-sDNA transfected cells compared to non AT-rich sDNA treated cells were observed in both cell lines. The data indicates the potential use of HMGA targeted DNA aptamers to enhance chemotherapy efficacy in human cancer treatment, and in particular human pancreatic cancer treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Michael A Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9492471
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating, stabilizing or lessening the severity or progression of a disease or disorder associated with BTK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Daniel, Kenichi Takeshita, Kenneth Foon, Jay Mei
  • Patent number: 9492472
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting neoplastic, cancer, and/or tumorgenic cell proliferation, cell growth and motility in a subject includes administering to a cancer cell expressing Pro-PrP and FLNa a therapeutically effective amount of a Pro-PrP regulating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Man Sun Sy, Wei Xin, Chaoyang Li, Shuiliang Yu, Shaoman Yin
  • Patent number: 9492473
    Abstract: Preparations of glycan therapeutics, pharmaceutical compositions and medical foods thereof, optionally comprising micronutrients, polyphenols, prebiotics, probiotics, or other agents are provided and methods of making same. Also provided are methods of using said glycan therapeutics, e.g. for the modulation of human gastrointestinal microbiota and to treat dysbioses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KALEIDO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. von Maltzahn, Jared Silverman, Yvonne J. Yamanaka, John Miles Milwid, John M. Geremia
  • Patent number: 9492474
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising hyaluronan with high elasticity, as well as methods for improving joint function, reducing pain associated with joint function and treating osteoarthritis by introducing into a joint a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising hyaluronan with high elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Matrix Biology Institute
    Inventors: Endre A. Balazs, Carlos Belmonte
  • Patent number: 9492475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antioxidant composition comprising a combination of galatomannan and N-acetyl cysteine for its use in the treatment of a skin disease or condition resulting from reactive oxygen species production in the skin or involving reactive oxygen species production in the skin, to a hydrogel containing said combination as well as to dressing wounds comprising said hydrogel and its use in the healing of ulcers, wounds, burns and scalds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HISTOCELL, S.L.
    Inventors: Maria Begoña Castro Feo, Iker Azcoitia Ramsden, Teodoro Palomares Casado, Jone Herrero De Miguel, Ana Isabel Alonso Varona, Maite Del Olmo Basterrechea
  • Patent number: 9492476
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods of treating hypertension (HTN) in patients in need thereof wherein the patient optionally further suffers from chronic kidney disease (CKD) or Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The invention also relates to methods of treating hyperkalemia in a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient suffers from CKD, T2DM or HTN and are optionally being treated with an effective amount of a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) agent. The invention also relates to methods of treating kidney disease in a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient is optionally being treated with an effective amount of a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) agent. The methods can comprise administering an effective amount of a potassium-binding agent to the patient to lower the patient's blood pressure and/or increase or stabilize the patient's kidney function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Relypsa, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerrit Klaerner, Lance Berman
  • Patent number: 9492477
    Abstract: In one aspect, methods of promoting bone growth are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of promoting bone growth described herein comprises promoting cell differentiation or phenotype progression in a population of bone cells by providing a citrate-presenting composition to the population of bone cells. In some embodiments, the citrate-presenting composition is provided to the bone cells at a first stage of cell development selected to obtain a first cell differentiation or phenotype progression. Additionally, in some cases, a second citrate-presenting composition is further provided to the bone cells at a second stage of cell development selected to obtain a second cell differentiation or phenotype progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Jian Yang
  • Patent number: 9492478
    Abstract: A bioelectronic medical method and system for rapidly destroying living cancer cells and the tumors they create including metastatic off-spring of such tumor(s) regardless of their location within a human or animal body. Calcium ions can be inserted into a nucleus of a cancer cell(s). The nucleus of the cancer cell(s) is then fragmented among many cancer cells (e.g., in a tumor) simultaneously with the transmission of a destructive analog electrically encoded signals to provide a medical cancer treatment thereof. A first target of medical cancer treatment is aimed principally into the nucleus and mitochondrion bodies of a malignancy associated with the cancer cell(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Neuro Code Tech Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Eleanor L. Schuler
  • Patent number: 9492479
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to compositions of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and methods of manufacture thereof. In certain aspects, the invention provides air-free compositions of HOCl. In other aspects, the invention provides methods of making HOCl that involve mixing together in water in an air-free environment, a compound that generates a proton (H+) in water and a compound that generates a hypochlorite anion (OCl?) in water to thereby produce air-free hypochlorous acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Wiab Water Innovation AB
    Inventors: Geir Hermod Almås, Adrian Bignami
  • Patent number: 9492480
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure there are provided iron oxide nanoparticles for use in the treatment of non-infectious inflammatory disorders. Also provided by the present disclosure is a method of treatment of non-infectious inflammatory disorders making use of such particles, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD., TEL HASHOMER MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Leor, Tamar Ben-Mordechai, Shimrit Adutler-Lieber, Rimona Margalit, Inbar Elron-Gross, Yifat Glucksam-Galnoy
  • Patent number: 9492481
    Abstract: A bioactive agent in which the bioactive effectiveness of ferrous iron salt and/or ferric ferrous iron salt contained therein is stabilized, making long term preservation possible, so that the bioactive agent can be useful as an original solution for medical use, as a soil conditioner, or the like. An iron-magnesium mixture solution is provided in the invention, wherein the iron-magnesium mixture solution is produced by mixing an aqueous solution containing a ferrous iron salt and/or a ferric ferrous iron salt in a concentration of not less than 0.5 mol/L as iron in the ferrous iron salt and/or the ferric ferrous iron salt, and an aqueous solution containing a magnesium salt in a concentration of not less than 0.2 mol/L as magnesium in the magnesium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: I.B.E. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Makino, Mie Makino
  • Patent number: 9492482
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of therapeutics. Most specifically invention provides methods of generating in vitro engineered immune cells conditionally expressing interleukin-12 (IL-12) and one or more immunomodulators under the control of a gene expression modulation system in the presence of activating ligand and uses for therapeutic purposes in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Intrexon Corporation
    Inventors: Robert P. Beech, Thomas D. Reed
  • Patent number: 9492483
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to promote wound healing in a patient. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the regenerative cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Eric Daniels
  • Patent number: 9492484
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for isolating and culturing cardiac progenitor cells, and for improved transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yerem Yeghiazarians, Jianqin Ye, Andrew Boyle, Kevin E. Healy, Amit K. Jha
  • Patent number: 9492485
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, a method of producing cell aggregates as an intermediate product thereof, pluripotent stem cell-derived cell aggregates and pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes produced by these methods, and cell therapy using the pluripotent stem cell-derived brown adipocytes. In the method of producing brown adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells, cell aggregates are produced from pluripotent stem cells by a method including the step (A), and brown adipocytes are prepared from the cell aggregates by a method including the step (B). The step (A) is a step of producing cell aggregates by non-adhesive culture of pluripotent stem cells in serum-free environment in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine, and the step (B) is a step of producing brown adipocytes by adhesion culture of the cell aggregates in the presence of a hematopoietic cytokine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: ID Pharma Co., Ltd., National Center for Global Health and Medicine
    Inventors: Kumiko Saeki, Akira Yuo, Miwako Nishio, Masako Kawasaki, Koichi Saeki, Mamoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9492486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a separated and purified bee venom (separated PBV) not possessing allergy-triggering effects by reducing or eliminating allergy-inducing components contained in a bee venom via ultrafiltration, thereby producing a PVB with desirable pharmacological effects while fundamentally blocking allergies that may be induced by the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CHUNG JIN BIOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chang Zhe Shen, Ha Young Won, Seung Ju Kim, Choul Goo Kim, Ji Yeon Lee, Yeon Hee Shin, Seon Young Lee, Jung Keun Park, Eui Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 9492487
    Abstract: Methods to reduce or inhibit populations of pathogenic bacteria in animals are disclosed. These methods include providing a number of administrations of probiotic microorganism compositions containing one or more strains or species of probiotic microorganisms. Routes of administration, dosage of administration and pathogenic organisms to be reduced or inhibited are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Garner, Joseph Flint
  • Patent number: 9492488
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating inflammatory bowel disease involve the use of targeted antibiotics in combination with probiotic formulations. The probiotics mitigate many of the deleterious side effects associated with antibiotic use and permit the antibiotic to be administered at a higher dose and for a longer duration than would otherwise be possible in the absence of the probiotic. The practice of the invention may reduce or eliminate the use of immunosuppressants in the treatment and management of IBD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Ira Milton Trachtman
  • Patent number: 9492489
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of hibiscus or of a crude or purified hibiscus extract in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of urinary infections associated with the presence of Escherichia coli and Candida albicans, especially for the treatment or prevention of cystitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: NATUREX
    Inventors: Yohan Rolland, Charles Duval
  • Patent number: 9492490
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TYRATECH, INC.
    Inventor: Essam Enan
  • Patent number: 9492491
    Abstract: An oral dosage form or plurality of oral dosage forms comprising as active ingredients combinations of citric acid, magnesium citrate, phytin, pyridoxine, and musa is disclosed. The oral dosage form(s) is useful for inhibiting calcium oxalate crystal growth and for treating or inhibiting growth of kidney stones. Methods of inhibiting calcium oxalate crystal growth and of treating or preventing kidney stones are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KIDNEY STONE LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory K. Hayer, Brendan Magrab, Henry R. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9492492
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising an extract of Lilium martagon and a carrier. Also provided are methods of lightening the skin comprising the step of applying to skin in need of skin lightening treatment an extract of Lilium martagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventor: Khalid Mahmood
  • Patent number: 9492493
    Abstract: A softgel of NLKJ for the treatment of prostate diseases, comprising 0.05-1.0 g of NLKJ and 0.05-1.5 mg of an antioxidant, said NLKJ having the following physicochemical parameter: acid value<0.56, iodine value 95.0-107.00, saponification value 185.00-195.00, specific gravity 0.914-0.918 (20° C.), and refractive index 1.470-1.475 (20° C.). The inhibition of the softgel of NLKJ on the growth of prostate cancer in combination with the injection of Lupron is stronger than that of each of them used alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Dapeng Li
  • Patent number: 9492494
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oral composition useful for promoting collagen synthesis and the like. The present invention can provide an oral composition containing collagen or gelatin or a degradation product thereof, and hydroxyproline or a salt thereof. The weight ratio of alanine and hydroxyproline contained in the amino acids obtained by hydrolyzing the oral composition is preferably 1:1.5-150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Kamimura, Yasushi Sakai, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9492495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bradykinin receptor modulators and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for use as a medicament for modulating collateral blood vessel growth of collateral arteries and/or other blood vessels of pre-existing arterial networks. The bradykinin receptor modulators of arteriogenesis are applicable in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with defective blood flow or blood vessel malformation. A preferred aspect of the invention relates to bradykinin receptor agonists for use as a medicament for the prevention of cardiovascular ischemic disease in a patient at risk thereof. Further, the invention relates to a bradykinin receptor agonist for use in a method for treating a cardiovascular ischemic disease in a patient in need thereof, wherein said cardiovascular ischemic disease is a peripheral limb disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MAX-DELBRUECK-CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN
    Inventors: Philipp Hillmeister, Ivo Buschmann, Ferdinand Lenoble, Nora Gatzke
  • Patent number: 9492496
    Abstract: The present application describes organic compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of diseases, particularly bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Simon Bushell, Matthew J. Lamarche, Jennifer Leeds, Lewis Whitehead
  • Patent number: 9492497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated peptide for use in the treatment of cancer consisting of 12 to 50 amino acid residues comprising—at least two beta-strands, or—at least two alpha-helices or—at least one beta-strand and at least one alpha-helix, —wherein said beta-strands and/or alpha-helices are preferably separated from each other by at least one turn, wherein the peptide has a net positive charge of +7 or more; —wherein said peptide comprises at least one peptide moiety having amino acid sequence (X1)M-X2-(X3)P-X4-(X5)Q-X6-(X7)s or the reverse sequence thereof, wherein X1 is a hydrophobic amino acid, preferably selected from the group consisting of phenylalanine (Phe), alanine (Ala), leucine (Leu) and valine (Val), X2 is a hydrophobic amino acid, preferably tryptophan (Trp), X3 is selected from the group consisting of alanine (Ala), arginine (Arg), glutamine (Gin), asparagine (Asn), proline (Pro), isoleucine (lie), leucine (Leu) and valine (Val), X4 is selected from the group consisting of isole
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: NEWFIELD THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dagmar Zweytick, Karl Lohner, Sabrina Riedl
  • Patent number: 9492498
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an improved balance of the essential branched chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine in infant formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Johannes Bernard Van Goudoever, Eline Marleen Van Der Beek, Marieke Abrahamse-Berkeveld, Günther Boehm
  • Patent number: 9492499
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to peptides having anti-inflammatory activity, compositions containing one or more of the peptides, and use of the peptides to treat conditions associated with excessive inflammation in animals, particularly humans and other mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Riptide Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse M. Jaynes, Henry W. Lopez, George R. Martin, Clayton Yates, Charles E. Garvin
  • Patent number: 9492500
    Abstract: Microcin MccPDI and bacteria harboring the mcpM gene which encodes MccPDI, limit growth of and/or kill pathogenic bacteria such as pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) and/or Shigella bacteria via proximity-dependent inhibition (PDl).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Douglas R. Call, Lauren Eberhart, Kelly A. Brayton, Thomas E. Besser, Ashish Sawant, Lisa Orfe
  • Patent number: 9492501
    Abstract: The present invention describes the use of a composition including or constituted by at least one element chosen from: a specific protein including or consisting of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 5, and a protein homologous to the specific protein, for the preparation of a medicament intended for the prevention or treatment of pathologies associated with a viral infection or an inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE
    Inventors: Eric Chabriere, Mikael Elias, Olivier Rohr, Christian Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9492502
    Abstract: A process of producing a composition comprising at least two different proteins is disclosed, of which at least one is a coagulating protein, such as a casein and/or a caseinate, and at least one is an anti-coagulating protein, such as a leguminous protein (for example pea and/or soy) combined or not with whey protein, comprising the steps of: a) heat-sterilizing a first liquid component comprising the coagulating protein, b) heat-sterilizing a second liquid component comprising the anti-coagulating protein, and c) mixing the first component with the second component to obtain a mixture thereof. The obtained mixture is useful as a food constituent having reduced coagulation in the upper gastro-intestinal tract, more in particular in the stomach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: N. V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Claudia Catharina Maria Van den Braak, Thomas Ludwig, Marcel Minor, Rudolph Eduardus Maria Verdurmen, Hilde Ruis
  • Patent number: 9492503
    Abstract: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a member of the collectin family of collagenous lectin domain-containing proteins that is expressed in epithelial cells of the lung. Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of disorders associated with lung injury, including methods and compositions for the treatment of bronchopulmonary disorder (BPD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Machiko Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9492504
    Abstract: The inventions provided herein relate to compositions, methods, delivery devices and kits for repairing or augmenting a tissue in a subject. The compositions described herein can be injectable such that they can be placed in a tissue to be treated with a minimally-invasive procedure (e.g., by injection). In some embodiments, the composition described herein comprises a compressed silk fibroin matrix, which can expand upon injection into the tissue and retain its original expanded volume within the tissue for a period of time. The compositions can be used as a filler to replace a tissue void, e.g., for tissue repair and/or augmentation, or as a scaffold to support tissue regeneration and/or reconstruction. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein can be used for soft tissue repair or augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Gary G. Leisk, Tim Jia-Ching Lo, Lei Li, Evangelia Bellas, David L. Kaplan
  • Patent number: 9492505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating obesity involving satiation gut peptide administration to the mouth of a subject for a predetermined dose and frequency. In other embodiments, materials and methods of treating certain psychological disorders are disclosed involving satiation gut peptides. In exemplary embodiments, the satiation gut peptide pertains to PYY.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Zolotukhin, Andres Acosta
  • Patent number: 9492506
    Abstract: It is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition containing an oligonuclelotide chelate complex and at least one polypeptide or pegylated polypeptide. The present disclosure also describes additional pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases including viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: REPLICOR INC.
    Inventors: Michel Bazinet, Andrew Vaillant
  • Patent number: 9492507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insulin conjugate having improved in vivo duration and stability, which is prepared by covalently linking insulin with an immunoglobulin Fc region via a non-peptidyl polymer, a long-acting formulation comprising the same, and a preparation method thereof. The insulin conjugate of the present invention maintains in vivo activity of the peptide at a relatively high level and remarkably increases the serum half-life thereof, thereby greatly improving drug compliance upon insulin treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HANMI SCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hae Song, Jae Hee Shin, Young Jin Park, Dae Seong Im, Sung Min Bae, Se Chang Kwon
  • Patent number: 9492508
    Abstract: Disclosed are two PTH analog ligands, SP-PTH-AAK and Aib-SP-PTH-AAK, that have long-acting activity at the PTH receptor, as demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. These polypeptides are thus particularly useful in the treatment of diseases, such as hypoparathyroidism, in which long-acting activity is desired. The method of making the analog polypeptides is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Thomas J. Gardella, John T. Potts, Jr., Harald Jueppner, Makoto Okazaki