Patents Issued in March 27, 2018
  • Patent number: 9926303
    Abstract: Provided herein are processes for synthesizing dihydropyridophthalazinone derivatives, such as for example, 5-fluoro-8-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-8,9-dihydro-2H-pyrido[4,3,2-de]phthalazin-3(7H)-one and its stereoisomers, which are potent poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitors as well as novel synthetic intermediate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Medivation Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bing Wang, Daniel Chu, Yongbo Liu, Quan Jiang, Lei Lu
  • Patent number: 9926304
    Abstract: Disclosed are 1-(arylmethyl)quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones represented by the Formula (I): wherein Ar, R1-R6 are defined herein. Compounds having Formula (I) are PARP inhibitors. Therefore, compounds of the invention may be used to treat clinical conditions that are responsive to the inhibition of PARP activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Impact Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sui Xiong Cai, Ye Edward Tian, Haijun Dong, Qingbing Xu, Lizhen Wu, Lijun Liu, Yangzhen Jiang, Qingli Bao, Guoxiang Wang, Feng Yin, Chengyun Gu, Xiuhua Hu, Xiaozhu Wang, Sishun Kang, Shengzhi Chen
  • Patent number: 9926305
    Abstract: Salts of 1-(3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazol-6-yl)-2,4-dioxo-3-[(1R)-4-(trifluoromethyl) -2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid of the formula (I), in particular amino acid salts such as the lysine salt and alkali metal salts such as the sodium salt and the potassium salt, processes for their preparation, medicaments comprising them and their use for controlling diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Britta Olenik, Birgit Keil, Martin-Holger Hinz, Chantal Fürstner, Mario Jeske, Jens Ackerstaff
  • Patent number: 9926306
    Abstract: This disclosure features compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit MCL-1 and/or BFL-1/A1 and compositions containing the same. This disclosure also features combinations that include one or more of the MCL-1/BFL-1/A1 inhibitor compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and one or more additional therapeutic agents (e.g., one or more chemotherapeutic agents (including small molecule and/or anti-body based chemotherapy and/or radiation); e.g., one or more therapeutic agents that modulate apoptosis; e.g., one or more therapeutic agents that bind to and inhibit anti-apoptotic proteins or modulate them indirectly; e.g., one or more therapeutic agents that bind to and inhibit, or indirectly modulate, anti-apoptotic BCL-2, BCL-XL, BCL-w, MCL-1, and/or BFL-1/A1; e.g., one or more therapeutic agents that directly bind to and inhibit anti-apoptotic BCL-2/BCL-XL; e.g., agents such as ABT-199, ABT-263 and ABT-737; e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Loren D. Walensky
  • Patent number: 9926307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods for the manufacture of inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs). In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1). The invention further relates to the use of DUB inhibitors in the treatment of cancer and other indications. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R8 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MISSION THERAPEUTICS LTD
    Inventors: Alison Jones, Mark Ian Kemp, Martin Lee Stockley, Karl Richard Gibson, Gavin Alistair Whitlock, Andrew Madin
  • Patent number: 9926308
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein R1, LP, n, HetAr1, and HetAr2 are as defined herein, and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for treating diseases or conditions which are mediated by activating the G-protein-coupled receptor GPR119, such as diabetes, dislipidemia, or obesity, by administering to a patient in need thereof these compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Nosse, Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Neil J. Ashweek, Nicole Harriott
  • Patent number: 9926309
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of pathogen infections. In some embodiments, the anti-infective compounds have broad spectrum activity against a variety of infective diseases, where the diseases are caused by pathogens containing a basic amino acid PIP-2 pincer (BAAPP) domain that interacts with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP-2) to mediate pathogen replication. Also provided are methods of inhibiting a PI4-kinase and methods of inhibiting viral infection. In some embodiments, the compound is a PI4-kinase inhibiting compound that is a 5-aryl-thiazole or a 5-hetereoaryl-thiazole. The subject compounds may be formulated or provided to a subject in combination with a second anti-infective agent, e.g. interferon, ribivarin, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Glenn, Michael A. Gelman, Brandon Tavshanjian, Kevan Shokat, Ingrid Choong, Mark Smith
  • Patent number: 9926311
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heteroaryl carboxamides, a process for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. These materials are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and for improving perception, concentration, learning and/or memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Hendrix, Frank-Gerhard Böβ, Christina Erb, Joachim Krüger, Christoph Methfessel, Rudy Schreiber, Welf-Burkhard Wiese, Joachim Luithle
  • Patent number: 9926312
    Abstract: 4-Azaindole derivatives which are modulators of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) M1 and which may be effective for the prevention or disease modifying or symptomatic treatment of cognitive deficits associated with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer-type dementia (AD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 4-azaindole derivative as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Payne, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Louise Michelle Birch, Afzal Khan, Alan James Braunton, James Edward Kitulagoda, Motohiro Soejima
  • Patent number: 9926313
    Abstract: A series of substituted 3H imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Michael Louis Robert Deligny, Jag Paul Heer, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, Fabien Claude Lecomte, John Robert Porter
  • Patent number: 9926314
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer, thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease caused by a Plasmodium parasite, such as malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Arnab Kumar Chatterjee, Advait Suresh Nagle, Prasuna Paraselli, Ravinder Reddy Kondreddi, Seh Yong Leong, Pranab Kumar Mishra, Robert Joseph Moreau, Jason Thomas Roland, Wei Lin Sandra Sim, Oliver Simon, Liying Jocelyn Tan, Bryan K S Yeung, Bin Zou, Venkatataiah Bollu
  • Patent number: 9926315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of Formula I or IA and methods of treating cystic fibrosis comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or IA to a patient in need thereof:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Flatley Discovery Lab, LLC
    Inventors: Bridget M. Cole, Richard A. Nugent, Paul T. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9926316
    Abstract: Imidazopyridine derivatives according to formula I are described wherein X is selected from CH, N, S, and O, Y is selected from S, CO, and O, R1 and optional R2 are independently selected from H, OH, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted C4-C6 cycloalkyl or cycloheteroalkyl, R3 is selected from H, OH, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, and optional Z is selected from OH, NH2, NH(CO)R4, NH(SO2)R4, guanidine, alkylguanidine, and fluoroguanidine, R4 is polyethylene glycol or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The imidazopyridine derivatives can be used for treatment of cancer in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Yogenthiran Saunthararajah, Kwok Peng Ng, James G. Phillips, Babal Kant Jha, Anand Dev Tiwari
  • Patent number: 9926317
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Ian Davies, Fa-Xiang Ding, Jinglong Jiang, Shuzhi Dong, Xin Gu
  • Patent number: 9926318
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are autotaxin inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with autotaxin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PHARMAKEA, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, David Lonergan, Martin Rowbottom, Andiliy Gokching Lai
  • Patent number: 9926319
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted pyridyl piperidine compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammatory or degenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Frank Stieber, Michel Calderini, Julian Blagg, Aurelie Mallinger, Dennis Waalboer, Christian Rink, Simon Ross Crumpler
  • Patent number: 9926320
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of general structure (I) in modulation of the Wnt pathway [Formula should be inserted here] wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, H or an alkyl group; D is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and dialkylamino, each (other than H and halogen) being optionally substituted; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group, optionally substituted; Cy is an aryl, heteroaryl or a saturated ring containing at least one heteroatom, each being optionally substituted; and n is an integer from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Soo Yei Ho, Stephanie Eliane Blanchard, Athisayamani Jeyaraj Duraiswamy, Jenefer Alam, Vikrant Arun Adsool
  • Patent number: 9926321
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formulae (IA) and (IB), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, Y, X2, and X4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) and/or (IB), and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such cancer which overexpresses Her-kinases, comprising administering to an patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) or (IB). The disclosure further relates to compounds of Formulae (IA) and (IB) in which X2 is a leaving for introducing a radiolabeled atom, such as 124I or 131I and to methods of using such compounds in the preparation of radiolabeled compounds, particularly for use in imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Weilin Sun, Tony Taldone, Pallav Patel, Gabriela Chiosis
  • Patent number: 9926322
    Abstract: Compounds represented by general formula (I) (all of the symbols in the formula conform to the definitions in the Description) are compounds that, in addition to having a Btk-selective inhibitory activity, exhibit an excellent metabolic stability and can avoid hepatotoxicity or the like, and as a consequence can provide safe therapeutic agents for diseases in which B cells or mast cells participate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Yamamoto, Toshio Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9926323
    Abstract: Use of a folate derivative to assay in vitro the folate in a sample such as a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Biomerieux
    Inventors: Yuping Guo, Sylvie Cheucle
  • Patent number: 9926324
    Abstract: The present invention provides heteroaromatic derivatives and pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein kinase activity, especially phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3 kinases) and mTOR, and in modulating inter- and/or intra-cellular signaling activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: CALITOR SCIENCES, LLC, SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ning Xi
  • Patent number: 9926325
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula I and their use as therapeutic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ogeda SA
    Inventors: Hamid R. Hoveyda, Marie-Odile Roy, Graeme L. Fraser, Guillaume Dutheuil
  • Patent number: 9926326
    Abstract: Autophagy inhibitors useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases are described. The autophagy inhibitors are a compound of formula: I wherein R1 is a group selected from lower alkyl, lower alkyl amide, lower alkyl ester, lower alkyl ketone, and lower alkyl ether; R2 and R3 are H or a group selected from cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, lower alkyl amide, lower alkyl ester, lower alkyl ketone, and lower alkyl ether; R4 is a heteroaryl group; and L is a —(CH2)n—X—(CH2)n— group, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, or 4, X is absent, O, S, or N—R5, wherein R5 is H or a lower alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Jennifer Carew, James G. Phillips
  • Patent number: 9926327
    Abstract: Described herein are improved processes for the preparation of the 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compound, N-methyl-1-{trans-4-[methyl(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino]cyclohexyl}-methanesulfonamide, intermediates thereof, and veterinary acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Stuk, Denis Billen, Valerie Sue Westrick, Vageesha Warnajith Liyana Gunawardana
  • Patent number: 9926328
    Abstract: Crystalline, anhydrous hydrochloride salts of 4,5?-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one (oxymorphone) are disclosed and three polymorphic forms of these salts are reported. The invention further relates to a method for the production of such salts, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of such a salt as a medicament and for the treatment and/or prevention of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Fischer, Dagmar Peters-Groth, Dagmar Lischke
  • Patent number: 9926329
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides acetate salts of buprenorphine, and its anhydrates, solvates, hydrates, and crystalline forms thereof, where the acetate salts of buprenorphine are essentially free of impurities. The disclosure further provides method of preparing the acetate salts, buprenorphine free base prepared from the acetate salts, other salts prepared from the free base, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof essentially free of impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Rhodes Technologies
    Inventors: C. Frederick M. Huntley, Erik Wayne Kataisto, Helge Alfred Reisch, Archana Sharma
  • Patent number: 9926330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of IRAK4 of Formula I and provides compositions comprising such inhibitors, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK4-mediated or -associated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Jason D. Brubaker, Matthew L. Childers, Anthony Donofrio, Thierry Fischmann, Craig R. Gibeau, Solomon D. Kattar, Charles A. Lesburg, Jongwon Lim, John K. F. MacLean, Umar F. Mansoor, Alan B. Northrup, John M. Sanders, Graham F. Smith
  • Patent number: 9926331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing anhydrosugar alcohol using an organic additive having one hydroxyl group. The present invention makes it possible to prevent oligomers and polymers from being produced by polymerization of isosorbide during dehydration of sorbitol molecules, and thus solves problems, including a reduction in fluidity in a dehydration reactor, interference with the flow of fluids in the reactor and pipelines, and interference with stirrer operation, which occur due to the oligomers and polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Real Son, Sang Hye Shin, In Hyoup Song, Suk Joon Hong, Tae Seung Kim, Yoon Jae Yim
  • Patent number: 9926332
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) having a selective dual action on the central GABAergic system, and a process for their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Egis Gyogyszergyar Zrt.
    Inventors: Agnes Kenez, Ferenc Bertha, Jozsef Barkoczy, Ferenc Antoni, Istvan Gacsalyi, Balazs Mihalik, Gabor Gigler, Krisztina Moricz, Gabor Nemeth, Agnes Angyalne Pataki, Gabor Laszlo Kapus, Adrienn Palvolgyi, Istvan Ling, Janos Petho, Gyula Simig, Balazs Volk, Lax Gyorgyi Kovanyine, Andras Dancso
  • Patent number: 9926333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof, wherein ring A, R1, L and R2 are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Wendy Eccles, Anne E. Fitzgerald, Michael D. Hack, Natalie A. Hawryluk, William M. Jones, John M. Keith, Paul Krawczuk, Alec D. Lebsack, Jing Liu, Neelakandha S. Mani, Kelly J. McClure, Steven P. Meduna, Mark D. Rosen
  • Patent number: 9926334
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for detecting remnant cancer cells in a tissue sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Indicator Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald F. Swiss, Richard J. Pariza, Robert M. Moriarty
  • Patent number: 9926335
    Abstract: There is provided a 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivative which is useful in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and for the prevention of disease associated with RSV infection. (Formula (1)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PULMOCIDE LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Fraser Hunt, Stuart Thomas Onions, Vladimir Sherbukhin, Euan Alexander Fraser Fordyce, Peter John Murray, Daniel William Brookes, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong
  • Patent number: 9926336
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: VENATORX PHARMACEUTICALS
    Inventors: Christopher J. Burns, Denis Daigle, Bin Liu, Randy W. Jackson, Jodie Hamrick, Daniel McGarry, Daniel C. Pevear, Robert E. Lee Trout
  • Patent number: 9926337
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases which are pathophysiologically mediated by the ghrelin receptor. The compounds have the general Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Claudio Giuliano, Silvina Garcia Rubio, Antoine Daina, Angelo Guainazzi, Claudio Pietra
  • Patent number: 9926338
    Abstract: Organopolysiloxanes bearing regularly spaced pendent carboxylic acid groups or salts thereof have a block polymer structure and are derived by the double half-esterification of a dianhydride and a silanol- or carbinol-functional organopolysiloxane or sulfur analog thereof. The products can form stable aqueous dispersions without the need for a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Calimente, Timothy McCormack
  • Patent number: 9926339
    Abstract: A novel fluorine-containing silane compound is provided. The fluorine-containing silane compound is capable of providing excellent water repellency and oil repellency, and is useful as a fluorine-containing silane coupling agent with applicability to a wide variety of applications, even if it has a chemical structure, which is free of a perfluoroalkyl group of 8 or more of carbon atoms; and has no risk of formation of PFOS or PFOA causing bioaccumulation potential and environment adaptability problems. A fluorine-containing silane compound containing at least one of each of a nitrogen-containing perfluoroalkyl group and an alkoxysilyl group in the molecule is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI MATERIALS ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masato Fujita, Daisuke Takano, Masakazu Uotani, Takeshi Kamiya, Tsunetoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 9926340
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides NAD analogs of the formula: wherein R1, n, and X1 are defined herein, useful for the identification of PARP target proteins and the amino acid sequence wherein the ribose group is attached to the target protein. Also, provided herein are methods of identifying target protein and amino acid sequences. Additionally, the present disclosure provides methods of identifying DNA sequences associated with specific chromatin proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Biolog Life Science Institute Forshungslabor und Biochemica-Vertrieb GmbH, Cornell University
    Inventors: W. Lee Kraus, Bryan A. Gibson, Frank Schwede, Hening Lin
  • Patent number: 9926341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation of recombinant and/or biotherapeutic proteins for capture or clarification from cell culture fluid using copolymers. The copolymers used according to the process of the present invention comprise hydrophobic and anionic residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Bauer, Almut Rapp, Bernd Stanislawski, Florian Capito
  • Patent number: 9926342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising consecutive amino acids, the sequence of which is substantially identical to a sequence of amino acids present in a Rhodococcus equi virulence-associated protein and compositions containing fusion proteins of the invention. The present invention also provides uses of the compositions in the manufacture of hyperimmune plasma against Rhodococcus equi, in producing a hyperimmune plasma against Rhodococcus equi in protecting an animal against Rhodococcus equi and in protecting a newborn animal against Rhodococcus equi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SANTA CRUZ BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: John R. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 9926343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a mutant fragment of an outer surface protein A (OspA), a nucleic acid coding the same, a pharmaceutical composition (particularly for use as a medicament of in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection) comprising the polypeptide and/or the nucleic acid, a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection and a method of immunizing a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Valneva Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Pär Comstedt, Markus Hanner, Urban Lundberg, Andreas Meinke, Wolfgang Schüler, Benjamin Wizel
  • Patent number: 9926344
    Abstract: Elimination of disulphide bond formation of cysteine-containing S. aureus antigens enhances antigen stability. The invention provides variant forms of cysteine-containing S. aureus antigen with a point mutation that replaces, deletes or modifies the cysteine residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Fabio Bagnoli, Fabiana Falugi, Guido Grandi, Massimo Mariani, Mikkel Nissum, Michele Pallaoro, Silvana Savino
  • Patent number: 9926345
    Abstract: Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated infection in hospitals worldwide. There is a need for a vaccine to Clostridium difficile that can target toxic proteins, or that can elicit adequate immunity to prevent infection or reduce the severity of infection. Modified Clostridium difficile toxin A and B (TcdA and TcdB) proteins are described herein, which comprise mutations that reduce toxin A and B toxicity compared to the native toxin. The proteins described are highly similar to the native toxin of Clostridium difficile, but toxicity is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Roman Melnyk, Zhifen Zhang, John Tam, Dana Borden Lacy, Stacey A. Seeback, Nicole M. Chumbler
  • Patent number: 9926346
    Abstract: Recombinant Mycobacteria (rMyc) which contain sequences encoding a heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) fusion protein are provided, as are methods of making and using the rMyc and the fusion protein. The fusion protein includes an amino terminal mycobacterial antigen Ag85B leader peptide and transcription of the fusion protein is driven by an Ag85B promoter sequence. The recombinant fusion protein is produced in abundance by the rMyc, is post-translationally methylated, and is highly antigenic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Aeras, Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)
    Inventors: John Fulkerson, Michael Brennan, Kamalakannan Velmurugan, Camille Locht
  • Patent number: 9926347
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for transporting xylose, arabinose and other monosaccharides, into a yeast cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Hal Alper, Eric Young
  • Patent number: 9926348
    Abstract: A method for producing a fibroin-like protein is described. A fibroin-like protein is produced by culturing Escherichia coli having a gene encoding the fibroin-like protein in a medium, inducing expression of the gene encoding the fibroin-like protein, and collecting the fibroin-like protein, wherein the accumulation of an organic acid at the time of inducing the expression is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Spiber Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Nakase
  • Patent number: 9926349
    Abstract: The present invention claims an isolated nucleotide sequence characterized by encoding the PFR1 protein of Leishmania infantum or a fragment thereof. This PFR1 protein or a fragment thereof comprises at least a selected immunodominant epitope between the following group: SEQ ID No: 1, SEQ ID No: 2, SEQ ID No: 3, SEQ ID No: 4, SEQ ID No: 5, SEQ ID No: 6, SEQ ID No: 7 and SEQ ID No: 8, where the immunodominant epitope is able to induce an antigen-specific T cell cytotoxic immune response in an animal, against the kinetoplastids causing the leishmaniasis disease. The immunodominant epitopes are cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activators and they present a high binding affinity for A2 type MHC Class I molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas (CSIC)
    Inventors: Maria del Carmen Thomas Carazo, Manuel Carlos López López, Darién Ledesma Arroyo
  • Patent number: 9926350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functional binding fragments comprising the minimal binding fragments of VAR2CSA, to antibodies against such binding fragments of VAR2CSA, nucleic acids encoding such fragments of VAR2CSA as well as methods for their production. The invention further relates to conjugates and fusion proteins of VAR2CSA polypeptides including the minimal binding fragments and their use, in particular in the treatment of conditions associated with expression of chondroitin sulfate A (CSA), such as an inappropriate expression of chondroitin sulfate A (CSA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: VAR2 PHARMACEUTICALS APS
    Inventors: Ali Salanti, Thor Grundtvig Theander, Mads Daugaard, Morten Nielsen, Madeleine Dahlback, Thomas Mandel Clausen
  • Patent number: 9926351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising biologically active proteins linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of using such compositions in treatment of glucose-related diseases, metabolic diseases, coagulation disorders, and growth hormone-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Amunix Operating Inc.
    Inventors: Volker Schellenberger, Joshua Silverman, Chia-wei Wang, Benjamin Spink, Willem P. Stemmer, Nathan Geething, Wayne To, Jeffrey L. Cleland
  • Patent number: 9926352
    Abstract: A chimeric protein that is a fusion construct of a series of functional domains is used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a human subject suffering from disease. In some embodiments, the chimeric protein includes a therapeutic region, a transportation region, and a cleavage region disposed between the therapeutic region and the transportation region. The transportation region allows the chimeric protein to be moved across a cellular membrane of an affected cell within the subject. Cleavage of the chimeric protein at the cleavage region once within the cell separates the therapeutic region from the transportation region, enabling the therapeutic region to function normally within the cell. The therapeutic region can be effective in the treatment of, for example, muscular dystrophy, diastrophic dysplasia, malignant melanoma, porphyria, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, cystic fibrosis, progeria, Marfan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, adrenoleukodystrophy, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SERENDIPITY BIOTECH INC.
    Inventor: Sujata Acharjee
  • Patent number: 9926353
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to polymerized products and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Thomas M. Wisniewski, Fernando Goni