Patents Issued in December 19, 2017
  • Patent number: 9845307
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include compounds that activate Nrf2. Such compounds find use in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and disorders, such as for example psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to pharmaceutical compositions that include these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Duncton, Rajinder Singh
  • Patent number: 9845308
    Abstract: Provided are novel compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by ROR?. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds of Formula (I) and methods for their use in treating one or more inflammatory, metabolic, autoimmune and other diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Lawrence Wayne Dillard, Chengguo Dong, Yi Fan, Lanqi Jia, Stephen D. Lotesta, Andrew Marcus, Suresh B. Singh, Colin M. Tice, Jing Yuan, Wei Zhao, Yajun Zheng, Linghang Zhuang
  • Patent number: 9845309
    Abstract: PKC inhibitors are disclosed. The PKC inhibitors are useful for treating PKC associated diseases, including certain cancers. The PKC inhibitors have improved efficacy at lower dosage amounts to achieve tumor regression, improved potency, PK profile, absorption, gastrointestinal tolerance and kinase selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Luzzio, Julien Papillon, Michael Scott Visser
  • Patent number: 9845310
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula VII, salts thereof, tautomers thereof, and salts of the tautomers are useful intermediates in the synthesis of agonists of the APJ Receptor. Compounds of Formula VII have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Mikkel V. Debenedetto, Simon J. Hedley
  • Patent number: 9845311
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include compounds that activate Nrf2. Such compounds may find use in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and disorders, such as for example psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to pharmaceutical compositions that include these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Duncton, Rajinder Singh
  • Patent number: 9845312
    Abstract: A new process for the preparation of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazoles of the general formula (I) as described herein comprising reacting an olefin with an hydrazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sergii Pazenok, Norbert Lui
  • Patent number: 9845313
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are therapeutic agents and/or preventive agents for pain or therapeutic agents and/or preventive agents for a sodium channel associated disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shinozuka, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Sayaka Suzuki, Kyosuke Tanaka, Hiroko Kimoto, Yuki Domon
  • Patent number: 9845314
    Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted heteroaryls of formula 1 or of formula 1? wherein A is either N or CH, wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of —C1-3-alkyl, —C1-3-haloalkyl, F, Br, Cl, wherein Y is selected from —O— or —CH2—, and wherein R3 is defined as in claim 1, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and the use of these aforementioned compounds for the treatment of diseases such as asthma, COPD, allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis, lupus erythematodes, lupus nephritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Boehrnger Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hoffmann, Georg Dahmann, Christian Gnamm, Daniel Fandrick, John Scott, Clive McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9845315
    Abstract: Revealed in the present invention is a method for preparing Afatinib (I): using 2-nitrile-4-[4-(N,N-dimethylamino-1-oxo-2-buten-l-yl]amino-5-[(S)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]aniline (II) and 4-fluoro-3-chloroaniline (III) as starting materials, and respectively performing a condensation and cyclization reaction with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (IV) to prepare Afatinib (I), wherein the method significantly reduces the manufacturing steps of Afatinib and greatly lower the costs. In addition, also provided in the present invention is a method for preparing an intermediate of Afatinib, wherein the method has a stable process, uses readily available starting materials, has a low cost, and all the reactions are classic reactions, suitable for meeting amplification requirements in the industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SUZHOU MIRACPHARMA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuenong Xu
  • Patent number: 9845316
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel polymorphs of (HO)2NO2(C6H)—(C2N2O)—(C5N)(CH3)2Cl2O, to processes for their preparation, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing said novel polymorphs as active pharmaceutical ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BIAL—PORTELA & CA., S.A.
    Inventor: David Alexander Learmonth
  • Patent number: 9845317
    Abstract: A method of performing a chemical reaction includes reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of an organohalide and an organo-pseudohalide, and a protected organoboronic acid represented by formula (I) in a reaction mixture: R1—B-T??(I); where R1 represents an organic group, T represents a conformationally rigid protecting group, and B represents boron having sp3 hybridization. When unprotected, the corresponding organoboronic acid is unstable by the boronic acid neat stability test. The reaction mixture further includes a base having a pKB of at least 1 and a palladium catalyst. The method further includes forming a cross-coupled product in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Martin D. Burke, David M. Knapp, Eric P. Gillis
  • Patent number: 9845318
    Abstract: 2,5-Bis(benzoxazol-2?-yl)benzene-1,4-diol derivatives (Zinhbo derivatives) are used to detect zinc ions and have particular application in vivo and in vitro. Zinhbo derivatives upon excitation give a florescence response emission that can be used to determine the presence of zinc cation in solution. Zinhbo derivatives complexed with zinc cations upon excitation can produce a florescence response emission in the visible and near infrared range. Zinhbo derivatives complexed with zinc cations exhibit a large stoke shift between the excitation and emission wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Yi Pang, Yongqian Xu
  • Patent number: 9845319
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: R1, R2, R3, R5, A1, A2, and are defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein the syndrome, disorder or disease is rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. The invention also comprises a method of modulating ROR?t activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutiuca NV
    Inventors: Steven Goldberg, Hariharan Venkatesan, Virginia Tanis, Maud Urbanski, Aihua Wang, David Kummer, Christoph Steeneck, Christian Gege, Olaf Kinzel, Gerald Kleymann, Thomas Hoffmann, Anne M. Fourie, Xiaohua Xue
  • Patent number: 9845320
    Abstract: Provided are SUMO activators, which can enhance SUMOylation of SERCA2a, which are useful in the treatment of heart failure, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, viral infection, bacterial infection, liver disease, inflammation, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Inventors: Russell Dahl, Ah Young Lee, Changwon Kho, Roger J. Hajjar
  • Patent number: 9845321
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel 1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-one derivatives substituted with heterocycles having formula (I) stereoisomeric forms thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, and the solvates thereof, wherein R4, R5, Z and Het have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as inhibitors on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns the preparation of such novel compounds, compositions comprising these compounds, and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
    Inventors: Abdellah Tahri, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Sandrine Marie Helene Vendeville, Lili Hu, Samuel Dominique Demin, Ludwig Paul Cooymans
  • Patent number: 9845322
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, U, W, X, Y and Z are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanling Cheng, Xingchun Han, Min Jiang, Jianhua Wang, Min Wang, Yongguang Wang, Song Yang
  • Patent number: 9845323
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), their preparation, and use in preventing or treating a bacterial infection are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: WOCKHARDT LIMITED
    Inventors: Sanjay Raikar, Sanjay Kisan Dabhade, Laxmikant Pavase, Sachin Bhagwat, Ravindra Dattatraya Yeole, Mahesh Vithalbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 9845324
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of treatment using compound (1) or analogs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compounds of formula (10): as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Methods of treatment, such as for cancer, are provided that comprise administering the compounds and their salts to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Oncoceutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua E. Allen, Martin Stogniew, Richard S. Pottorf, Bhaskara Rao Nallaganchu, Gary Olson, Yanjun Sun
  • Patent number: 9845325
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by hepatitis B virus, and reducing the occurrence of serious conditions associated with HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jiping Fu, Xianming Jin, Patrick Lee, Peichao Lu, Joseph Michael Young
  • Patent number: 9845326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 3,4-dihydro-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-1-ylamine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4, L, and Ar are defined in the specification, as inhibitors of beta-secretase, also known as beta-site amyloid cleaving enzyme, BACE, BACE1, Asp2, or memapsin2. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which beta-secretase is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senility, dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Down's syndrome, dementia associated with stroke, dementia associated with Parkinson's disease or dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Francisca Delgado-Jiménez
  • Patent number: 9845327
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides technologies relating to lysosomal activation. The disclosure provides several strategies for increasing level and/or activity of lysosomal enzyme, and furthermore demonstrates the surprising applicability of such strategies in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of certain proteinopathies. Among other things, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of proteinopathies other than lysosomal storage diseases through lysosomal activation. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of neurodegenerative proteinopathies, and in particular those associated with accumulation of ?-synuclein. The present disclosure specifically provides methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dmitri Krainc, Joseph R. Mazzulli
  • Patent number: 9845328
    Abstract: The method of synthesizing vardenafil base, in anhydrous conditions, by chlorosulfonation of 2-(2-etoxy-phenyl)-5 -methyl-7-propyl-iH-imidazo[5,1-fJ[1,2,4]triazin-4-one in a mixture of thionyl chloride and sulfurochloridic acid followed by amidation of the product, 4-etoxy-3-(5-methyl-4-oxo-7-propyl-3,4-dihydroimidazo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl)benzene-sulfonic acid chloride with N-ethylpiperazine, in an aprotic solvent, in the presence of an inorganic base and the method of conversion the product, vardenafil base, to yield vardenafil monohydrochloride trihydrate having a melting point of 234° C. by contacting with water of the anhydrous modification V of vardenafil monohydrochloride in an organic solvent. The subject of the invention is also the anhydrous modification V of vardenafil monohydrochloride and its use in the preparation of vardenafil monohydrochloride trihydrate having a melting point of 234° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Roman Szramka, Jerzy Drygas, Marcin Szulc, Robert Rynkiewicz
  • Patent number: 9845329
    Abstract: A method for producing a pyrrolopyrimidine ring-containing tricyclic compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof. The method comprising the steps of: (I) reacting an organoborane reagent with a compound represented by Formula (2) or a salt thereof, and (II) performing an intramolecular cyclization reaction of the reaction product of step (I) in the presence of a zerovalent palladium catalyst and an alkali metal hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Uno, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9845330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to newer generation of triazoles, tetrazoles, isoxazoles, urea and sulphonamide functionalities containing 6-nitro-2,3-dihydronitroimidazooxazoles agents of formula 1, their method of preparation, and their use as drugs for treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MDR-TB and XDR-TB either alone or in combination with other anti-tubercular agents. In the present invention, new generation 6-nitro-2,3-dihydronitroimidazooxazoles agents also show acceptable pharmacokinetic properties and synergistic or additive effects with known anti-tubercular drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Parvinder Pal Singh, Gurunadham Munagala, Reddy Yempalla Kushalava, Inshad Ali Khan, Nitin Pal Kalia, Vikrant Singh Rajput, Amit Nargotra, Sanghapal Damodhar Sawant, Ram Asray Vishwakarma
  • Patent number: 9845331
    Abstract: Provided are a series of novel pyridine or pyrimidine derivatives which inhibit CDK9 and may be useful for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases. In particular the compounds are of use in the treatment of proliferative disease such as cancer including hematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and solid tumors such as breast cancer, lung cancer, neuroblastoma and colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Barlaam, Christopher De Savi, Janet Hawkins, Alexander Hird, Michelle Lamb, Kurt Pike, Melissa Vasbinder
  • Patent number: 9845332
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1-R6, a, b, and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Roland Gendron, Melissa Fleury, Adam D. Hughes
  • Patent number: 9845333
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein X is N or CR1; Y is N or CR2; R1 is H, alkoxy, halo, triazolyl, pyrimidinyl, oxazolyl, isoxazole, oxadiazolyl, or pyrazolyl; R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; Z is NH or O; R3 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, halo, or triazolyl; R4 is H or alkyl; or R3 and R4, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 6-membered aryl ring or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl ring; R5 is pyridyl, pyrazinyl, or pyrimidinyl, wherein the pyridyl, pyrazinyl, or pyrimidinyl is optionally substituted with halo or alkyl; and n is 1 or 2. Methods of making the compounds of Formula I are also described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I. Methods of using the compounds of the invention are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Christine F. Gelin, Terry P. Lebold, Brock T. Shireman
  • Patent number: 9845334
    Abstract: A new family of neutron/gamma discriminating scintillators is disclosed that comprises stable organic glasses that may be melt-cast into transparent monoliths. These materials have been shown to provide light yields greater than solution-grown trans-stilbene crystals and efficient PSD capabilities when combined with 0.01 to 0.05% by weight of the total composition of a wavelength-shifting fluorophore. Photoluminescence measurements reveal fluorescence quantum yields that are 2 to 5 times greater than conventional plastic or liquid scintillator matrices, which accounts for the superior light yield of these glasses. The unique combination of high scintillation light-yields, efficient neutron/gamma PSD, and straightforward scale-up via melt-casting distinguishes the developed organic glasses from existing scintillators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick L. Feng, Joseph S. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9845335
    Abstract: Sofosbuvir in crystalline Form ?, process for its production and use in pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HC-PHARMA AG
    Inventors: Mauro Gaboardi, Marta Castaldi, Graziano Castaldi, Sara Helmy
  • Patent number: 9845336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: including any possible stereoisomers thereof, wherein R9 has the meaning as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use, alone or in combination with other HCV inhibitors, in HCV therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
    Inventors: Ioannis Nicolaos Houpis, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Abdellah Tahri
  • Patent number: 9845337
    Abstract: Anti-inflammatory and antiallergic compounds of the glucocorticosteroid series, according to formula (I) according to formula (I) defined herein are useful for treating diseases of the respiratory tract characterized by airway obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Eleonora Ghidini, Andrea Rizzi
  • Patent number: 9845338
    Abstract: A method of purifying an antibody composition comprises application of anion exchange chromatography late in the purification process. An ultrafiltration/diafiltration-purified antibody composition is subjected to anion exchange chromatography (AEX) to form a pharmaceutically-pure antibody composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Synthon Biopharmaceuticals BV
    Inventors: Bastiaan Pieter Arjan Kokke, Everdina Josephina Wilhelmina Wijk-Basten Van, Thomas Antonius Bernardus Beijer De, Maria Marzá Pérez, Michel Hendrikus Maria Eppink
  • Patent number: 9845339
    Abstract: A method of treating a disorder in a subject. The method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of an agonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R). The subject is a heterozygous carrier of an MC4R mutation, and the disorder results from an attenuated response of MC4R to a-melanocortin stimulating hormone (a-MSH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Louis A. Tartaglia, Bart Henderson
  • Patent number: 9845340
    Abstract: A polypeptide or multimeric polypeptide construct having the ability to bind to cMet or a complex comprising cMet and HGF, and methods for use are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dyax Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Dransfield, Aaron K. Sato, Robert Charles Ladner
  • Patent number: 9845341
    Abstract: Embodiments described are immunosuppressant therapeutics and compositions comprising a Vop protein derived from Vibro parahaemolyticus; and drug delivery vehicles derived from a V. parahaemolyticus expressing a mutant VopZ protein lacking amino acid residue 38-62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Waldor, Xiaohui Zhou, Benjamin Gewurz
  • Patent number: 9845342
    Abstract: Fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence, an exosporium protein, or an exosporium protein fragment that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member are provided. Recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins are also provided. Genetically inactivated Bacillus cereus family members and recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that overexpress exosporium proteins are also provided. Seeds coated with the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members and methods for using the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members (e.g., for stimulating plant growth) are also provided. Various modifications of the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that express the fusion proteins are further provided. Fusion proteins comprising a spore coat protein and a protein or peptide of interest, recombinant bacteria that express such fusion proteins, seeds coated with such recombinant bacteria, and methods for using such recombinant bacteria (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Spogen Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thompson, Ashley Siegel
  • Patent number: 9845343
    Abstract: Uranium-chelating polypeptides comprising at least one helix-loop-helix calcium-binding (EF-hand) motif which comprises a deletion of at least two amino acid in the 12-amino-acid calcium-binding loop sequence, and their use for uranium biodetection and biodecontamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Romain Pardoux, Sandrine Sauge-Merle, David Lemaire, Catherine Berthomieu, Philippe Guilbaud, Pascale Delangle, Nicolas Bremond, Maria-Rosa Beccia
  • Patent number: 9845344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of therapeutic use of proteins, genes and cells. More specifically the invention relates to therapy based on the biological function of a secreted therapeutic protein, NsG33, in particular for the treatment of disorders of the nervous system. NsG33 is a nerve survival and growth factor with antiapoptotic effects on a cell line with neuronal potential and with neuroprotective and/or neurogenesis effects on a neural precursor cell line and on primary striatal cultures. The invention also relates to novel bioactive NsG33 polypeptide fragments and the corresponding encoding DNA sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HOBA THERAPEUTICS APS
    Inventors: Mette Grønborg, Philip Kusk, Nikolaj Blom, Thomas Nordahl Petersen, Teit E. Johansen, Søren Brunak, Lars U. Wahlberg
  • Patent number: 9845345
    Abstract: Provided herein are SIRP-gamma, SIRP-beta or SIRP-beta2 decoy polypeptides for immunotherapy and/or treatment of cancer, anemia, transplant, asthma, allergy, auto-immune disease, and viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AB INITIO BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Ring, Roy Louis Maute, Andrew Curtis Kruse, Aashish Manglik, Kenneth S. Lin
  • Patent number: 9845346
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to therapeutic fusion proteins useful to treat lysosomal storage diseases and methods for treating such diseases. Exemplary therapeutic fusion proteins comprise a lysosomal enzyme, a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide. Also provided are compositions and methods for treating Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (Sanfilippo B Syndrome), comprising a targeted therapeutic fusion protein comprising alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (Naglu), a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BioMarin Pharmaceurical Inc.
    Inventors: Mika Aoyagi-Scharber, Teresa Margaret Christianson, Melita Dvorak-Ewell, Daniel J. Wendt, Shinong Long, Jonathan LeBowitz, Daniel Solomon Gold
  • Patent number: 9845347
    Abstract: A method for cultivating a bacterial cell comprising the addition of an amino acid in an alkaline solution used for pH regulation. Also an aspect is a method for producing a polypeptide comprising the steps of a) providing a bacterial cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, b) cultivating the provided cell, c) adjusting the pH value during the cultivating with a basic solution comprising an amino acid, d) recovering the polypeptide from the cell or the cultivation medium and thereby producing the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Schantz
  • Patent number: 9845348
    Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated bacteremia and sepsis, and methods for preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using anti-S. aureus alpha-toxin (anti-AT) antibodies. Also provided are methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial load in the bloodstream or heart of a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial agglutination and/or thromboembolic lesion formation in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, are also provided. Also provided are methods of preventing or reducing the severity of S. aureus associated pneumonia in an immunocompromised mammalian subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: MedImmune, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Sellman, Christine Tkaczyk, Melissa Hamilton, Lei Hua
  • Patent number: 9845349
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies capable of binding to a particular epitope or specifically binding to LF or LTx and enhancing the activity of the LF or LTx relative to the LF or LTx absent the antibody binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Jason Marc Goldstein, Conrad P. Quinn, Dennis A. Bagarozzi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9845350
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind poly-?-D-glutamic acid (?DPGA), which is present on the surface of Bacillus anthracis. The disclosure also provides chimeric forms of the monoclonal antibodies, humanized forms of the monoclonal antibodies, and fragments thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and fragments thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies are also disclosed herein. The disclosure further provides prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods of using the disclosed antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Zhaochun Chen, Robert H. Purcell, Rachel Schneerson, Joanna Kubler-Kielb, Lily Z. Dai
  • Patent number: 9845351
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for producing one or more immunoglobulins in an isolated B lymphocyte cell line. An isolated cell line includes an isolated B lymphocyte cell line capable of expressing at least one exogenously incorporated membrane immunoglobulin reactive to a first antigen and at least one endogenous secreted immunoglobulin reactive to a second antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Wayne R. Kindsvogel
  • Patent number: 9845352
    Abstract: The invention provides unique therapeutic and diagnostic antibodies, as well as their fragments, portions, derivatives, and variants thereof, that bind regions of the tau protein that contribute to the initiation and propagation of pathological tau-tau interactions, as well as methods of making them. The invention also relates to methods of using those antibodies for diagnostics, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies. The present invention also provides a method for a prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative tauopathies. This method entails the injection of antibodies and/or peptide vaccines that elicits an immune response directed to pathological tau proteins and tau deposits in the brains of patients. Suitable vaccines represent a tau peptide carrying one or more of the tau therapeutic epitopes provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AXON NEUROSCIENCE SE
    Inventors: Michal Novák, Eva Kontseková, Branislav Kováce{hacek over (c)}h, Norbert {hacek over (Z)}ilka
  • Patent number: 9845353
    Abstract: The present invention provides stabilized pharmaceutical formulations for anti-IL-17 antibodies, comprising e.g. citrate, sodium chloride and polysorbate-80 at pH 5.7. These stabilized anti-IL-17 antibody pharmaceutical formulations can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, ankylosing spondilitis, psoriatic arthritis or multiple myeloma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Vincent John Corvari, Barbara Ann Williams, Patrick Daniel Donovan, Aaron Paul Markham
  • Patent number: 9845354
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-EphrinB2 antibodies, and compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Wu, Minhong Yan
  • Patent number: 9845355
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-CD79b antibodies with specific hypervariable region sequences in the heavy and light chain variable domains as enumerated in the SEQ ID NOs described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvonne Chen, Mark Dennis, Kristi Elkins, Jagath Reddy Junutula, Andrew Polson, Bing Zheng
  • Patent number: 9845356
    Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on the identification of novel antibodies that have binding affinity for both PD-L1 and PD-L2 and methods of using same. In one aspect, an isolated monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which specifically binds both PD-L1 and PD-L2, is provided. In one embodiment, both PD-L1 and PD-L2 are human PD-L1 and human PD-L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Gordon J. Freeman, Arlene H. Sharpe