Patents Issued in May 1, 2018
  • Patent number: 9957260
    Abstract: An organic metal complex represented by the following general formula is useful as a light emitting material for an organic electroluminescent device and others. X represents O, S or —N(R7)—; Y represents O, S or —N(—SO2—R8)—; R1 to R8 represent H, an alkyl group or an aryl group; at least one of Z1 and Z2 represents a phenoxazin-10-yl group, a phenothiazin-10-yl group, a phenazin-10-yl group, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD., DYDEN CO.
    Inventors: Yumi Sakai, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Chihaya Adachi, Naoto Noutsuka
  • Patent number: 9957261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds TAAR receptor antagonists of formula I wherein X, R, L, Ar and R1 are as described herein, compositions containing compounds of formula I, methods of manufacture of compounds of formula I and methods of treating psychiatric disorders with compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Cecere, Guido Galley, Annick Goergler, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger, Alina Tirla, Philipp Schmid
  • Patent number: 9957262
    Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by formula (I) or (II), a salt thereof, or solvates of the compound and salt, having an analgesic effect and high metabolic stability. Further provided are the following: an analgesic obtained from the compound, a salt thereof, or solvates of the compound and salt; a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, a salt thereof, or solvates of the compound and salt; an analgesic treatment method using the compound, a salt thereof, or solvates of the compound and salt; and a use of the compound, a salt thereof, or solvates of the compound and salt, in the production of an analgesic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: National University Corporation Chiba University
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Takayama
  • Patent number: 9957263
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided. The compounds are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including inflammatory diseases, cancer, and AIDS. Pharmaceutical compositions comprised of one or more compounds of formula (I) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Yujia Dai, Steven D. Fidanze, Lisa Hasvold, James Holms, Dachun Liu, William McClellan, Keith McDaniel, Jasmina Marjanovic, George Sheppard, Le Wang
  • Patent number: 9957264
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of Formula (I) which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Childers, Peter Fuller, David Guerin, Jason David Katz, Qinglin Pu, Mark E. Scott, Christopher F. Thompson, Michelle Martinez, Danielle Falcone, Luis Torres, Yongqi Deng, Ravi Kurukulasuriya, Hongbo Zeng, Yunfeng Bai, Norman Kong, Yumei Liu, Zhixiang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9957265
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I, a JAK inhibitor, and use thereof for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Dinsmore, Peter Fuller, David Guerin, Christopher F. Thompson, Qinglin Pu, Mark E. Scott, Jason David Katz, Ravi Kurukulasuriya, Joshua T. Close, Danielle Falcone, Jason Brubaker, Hongbo Zeng, Yunfeng Bai, Jianmin Fu, Norman Kong, Yumei Liu, Zhixiang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9957266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that may be used for binding and imaging tau aggregates and related beta-sheet aggregates including, for example, beta-amyloid aggregates or alpha-synuclein aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Matthias Koerner, Dieter Muri
  • Patent number: 9957267
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, 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 that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yunfei Zhu, Jian Zhao, Zhiyong Chen
  • Patent number: 9957268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrrolopyridinones and substituted pyrazolopyridinones which are inhibitors of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t and are useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Thomas P. Maduskuie, Jr., Nikoo Falahatpisheh
  • Patent number: 9957269
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C-6 spirocarbocyclic iminothiadiazine compounds, including compounds Formula (I): or a tautomer thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein R1A, R1B, R2A, R2B, R2, R3, RN, ring A, RA, m, ring B, RB, and n are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Jack D. Scott
  • Patent number: 9957270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fused pyrimidine-based hydroxamate compounds of formula (I), comprising a hydroxamate group, that are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) and kinases. More particularly, the present invention relates to hydroxamate substituted purine or 5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment of disorders/conditions/diseases involving, relating to or associated with enzymes having histone deacetylase, non-histone deacetylase and kinase activities/functions and/or via unspecified/multi-targeted mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Haishan Wang, Dizhong Chen, Chang Kai Soh
  • Patent number: 9957271
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel substituted bicyclic aza-heterocycle sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca L. Casaubon, Radha Narayan, Christopher Oalmann, Chi B. Vu
  • Patent number: 9957272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-hydroxypyrrolidine compounds of the general formula (1) which are inhibitors of 5?-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase or 5?-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment of diseases or conditions in which it is desirable to inhibit 5?-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase or 5?-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase including cancer, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Victoria Link Limited, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Brian Evans, Alistair Ian Longshaw, Vern L. Schramm, Peter Charles Tyler
  • Patent number: 9957273
    Abstract: 5-substituted-7-[4-(2-pyridyl)phenylmethylamino]-3-isopropylpyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines are potent inhibitors of protein kinases, especially cyclin-dependent kinases such as CDK2 and CDK5, and display antileukemic, pro-apoptotic, antiangiogenic and anticancer activities. The invention also relates to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions and to their use as medicaments, particularly in the treatment of disorders involving cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis and inflammation, such as leukemia and metastatic solid cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: USTAV EXPERIMENTALNI BOTANIKY AV CR, V.V.I.
    Inventors: Libor Havlicek, Antonin Sturc, Vladimir Krystof, Radek Jorda, Tomas Pospisil, Stefan Zahler, Angelika Vollmar, Miroslav Strnad
  • Patent number: 9957274
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, n, and m are as defined herein and are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating various EED-related conditions or diseases, including cancer, by administration of such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Michaelides, Michael L. Curtin, Huan-Qiu Li, Marina A Pliushchev, Ying Wang, Hongyu H. Zhao, Richard F. Clark, Alan S. Florjancic, Zhiqin Ji, Mariazel Torrent, Ramzi F. Sweis, Anil Vasudevan, Justin D. Dietrich
  • Patent number: 9957275
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I or Formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, thereof, as described herein. The compounds and compositions thereof are useful for treating Pneumovirinae virus infections. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are particularly useful for the treatment of Human respiratory syncytial virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerim Babaoglu, Constantine G. Boojamra, Eugene J. Eisenberg, Hon Chung Hui, Richard L. Mackman, Jay P. Parrish, Michael Sangi, Oliver L. Saunders, Dustin Siegel, David Sperandio, Hai Yang
  • Patent number: 9957276
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GI Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. Tavares, Jay C. Strum
  • Patent number: 9957277
    Abstract: The present invention provides synthesis, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations and uses of compounds in accordance with Formula I, or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. For Formula I compounds X, Y, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b and R5 are as defined in the specification. The inventive Formula I compounds are inhibitors of eIF4A and find utility in any number of therapeutic applications, including but not limited to treatment of inflammation and various cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin T. Ernst, Siegfried H. Reich, Paul A. Sprengeler, Chinh Viet Tran, Garrick Kenneth Packard, Alan X. Xiang, Christian Nilewski, Theo Michels
  • Patent number: 9957278
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds are set forth. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Kyle J. Eastman, Zhongxing Zhang, Kyle E. Parcella, John F. Kadow
  • Patent number: 9957279
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process for preparation of 9-halo-3-(2-haloacetyl)-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[c,g]chromen-8(9H)-one of Formula I, which is an intermediate in the preparation of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LAURUS LABS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kirshna R. Yalamareddy, Clifton Leigh, Sankar Subramanian, Stephen Mccarron, Omar Depaolis, Lyndon Marble
  • Patent number: 9957280
    Abstract: A chemical compound is provided having a structure that includes at least one donor moiety covalently bonded to at least one acceptor moiety. For example, the compound may include an indolocarbazole moiety covalently bonded to at least one furylpyridine moiety. The compound may exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence and an accompanying ?EST of no greater than about 0.25 eV. The compound finds use in OLED display technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Chae, David P. McMahon, Troy Van Voorhis, Ohyun Kwon, Seong Ik Hong, Soonok Jeon
  • Patent number: 9957281
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from RSV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an RSV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Shook, In Jong Kim, Thomas P. Blaisdell, Jianming Yu, Joseph Panarese, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 9957282
    Abstract: The present invention includes crystalline forms of 2-(4-Methyl-[1,4]diazepan-1-yl)-5-oxo-5H-7-thia-1,11b-diaza-benzo[c]fluorene-6-carboxylic acid (5-methyl-pyrazin-2-ylmethyl)-amide and crystalline forms of salts and/or solvates of 2-(4-Methyl-[1,4]diazepan-1-yl)-5-oxo-5H-7-thia-1,11b-diaza-benzo[c]fluorene-6-carboxylic acid (5-methyl-pyrazin-2-ylmethyl)-amide. Furthermore, the present invention provides compositions comprising the crystalline forms and therapeutic use of the crystalline forms and the compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SENHWA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: David M. Ryckman, Iching Grace Yu, Hshiou-ting Liu
  • Patent number: 9957283
    Abstract: Novel processes, and intermediates, for making alkylated arylpiperazine and alkylated arylpiperidine compounds of the general formulas (I) and (VII), respectively wherein, R1 and R2 are individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted or alkyl; n=0, 1, or 2; Y=NR3R4, OR5, or SR5, where R3 and R4 are individually selected from acyl or sulfonyl, and where R5 is aryl or heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; and Ar is an aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coughlin, Jeremy C. Wilt, Da-Ming Gou, Steven Collier
  • Patent number: 9957284
    Abstract: A method and catalysts for increasing the overall mass transfer rate of acid gas scrubbing solids is disclosed. Various catalyst compounds for that purpose are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Cameron A. Lippert, Kunlei Liu, Christine Marie Brandewie, Joseph Eugene Remias, Moushumi Sarma
  • Patent number: 9957285
    Abstract: A separating material superior to conventional separating materials, and a separation method are provided, with which 1,3-butadiene is selectively separated and recovered from a mixed gas including 1,3-butadiene and C4 hydrocarbons other than 1,3-butadiene. A metal complex, which comprises a dicarboxylic acid compound (I) (see (I) below) represented by general formula (I), an ion of a metal such as beryllium, and a dipyridyl compound (II) represented by general formula (II), namely L-Z-L (II) (see L below), is characterized by including, as the dipyridyl compound (II), at least two different dipyridyl compounds (II). The metal complex is used as a 1,3-butadiene separating material. Formula (I) L is represented by any of the compounds below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kishida, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Yoshikuni Okumura
  • Patent number: 9957286
    Abstract: This invention describes the methodology to produce solid heterogeneous chiral organocatalysts that can be used in condensation reactions. The catalysts can be recovered in a simple manner by filtration and can also be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Universidad de Guanajuato
    Inventors: Ignacio Rene Galindo Esquivel, Juan Manuel Juarez Ruiz, Orlando Regalado Oliva
  • Patent number: 9957287
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to novel methods of treating type-1 or type-2 diabetes by inactivating TLR2 and TLR4 genes together in cells capable of producing insulin and/or regenerating ? cells, and providing the cells to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ling Qi, Shengyi Sun, Yewei Ji
  • Patent number: 9957288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which can be used to control plant development. Indeed, the present invention discloses a new class of pyrabactin analogues which have a physiological effect on—for example—seed germination, and/or stomatal closure, and/or have developmental effects on root and shoot development and organogenesis. Hence, the latter compounds can be used to control plant development such as—for example—increasing the tolerance of plants to drought stress or to control physiological phenomena such as pre-harvest sprouting, tolerance to pathogens etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Christian Stevens, Danny Geelen, Thomas Heugebaert, Inge Verstraeten
  • Patent number: 9957289
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds and methods for treating and preventing bacterial infections specifically urinary tract infections and those caused by bacteria containing type 1 pili and FimH. The present invention also encompasses compounds and methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease specifically Crohn's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James W. Janetka, Zhenfu Han, Scott Hultgren, Jerry Pinkner, Corinne Cusumano
  • Patent number: 9957290
    Abstract: Disclosed are derivatives of amphotericin B (AmB) characterized by improved therapeutic index compared to AmB. The AmB derivatives include C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (I); C3?-substituted C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (II); C16 acyls according to Formula (III); C2?epi-C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (IV); and C16 oxazolidinone derivatives according to Formula (V). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the AmB derivatives, and therapeutic methods of using the AmB derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sfunga Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin D. Burke, Arun P. Thottumkara, Kevin T. Mellem, Zachary K. Sweeney, Elena S. Koltun
  • Patent number: 9957291
    Abstract: Protected fluorescent reagent compounds and their methods of synthesis are provided. The compounds are useful in various fluorescence-based analytical methods, including the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, such as single molecule real time nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The compounds contain fluorescent dye elements, that allow the compounds to be detected with high sensitivity at desirable wavelengths, binding elements, that allow the compounds to be recognized specifically by target biomolecules, and protective shield elements, that decrease undesirable contacts between the fluorescent dye elements and the bound target biomolecules and that therefore decrease photodamage of the bound target biomolecules by the fluorescent dye elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventors: Lubomir Sebo, Jeremiah Hanes, Gene Shen, Louis Brogley, Stephen Yue, Frank Zheng, Yuri Lapin, John Lyle, Honey Osuna, Andrei Fedorov
  • Patent number: 9957292
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of an ANGPTL3 mRNA and protein in an animal. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing lipids and/or glucose in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of cardiovascular disease and/or metabolic disease, or a symptom thereof, in an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thazha P. Prakash, Punit P. Seth, Eric E. Swayze, Susan M. Freier, Mark J. Graham, Rosanne M. Crooke
  • Patent number: 9957293
    Abstract: Conjugates of porphyrin, chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll photosensitizers with RGD-containing peptides or RGD peptidomimetics are provided that are useful for photodynamic therapy (PDT), particularly vascular-targeted PDT (VTP), of tumors and nonneoplastic vascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, and for diagnosis of tumors by different techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Avigdor Scherz, Yoram Salomon, Efrat Rubinstein, Alexander Brandis, Doron Eren, Karin Neimann
  • Patent number: 9957294
    Abstract: A peptide is disclosed of the general structure: Z—W—Y, wherein Z and Y are independently a one to eight amino acid sequence wherein the amino acids are selected from glycine and alanine and W is a non-hydrolyzable pHis analogue. Such peptides can be used to produce sequence-independent anti-phosphohistidine antibodies. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind to a peptide comprising a phosphohistidine (or a non-hydrolyzable pHis analogue) but fail to specifically bind to an identical peptide containing histidine instead of phosphohistidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Sanofi
    Inventors: Magda Stankova, Fahad Al-Obeidi, Jacques Mauger, Robert A. Binnie, Tony Hunter, Jill Meisenhelder, Stephen Rush Fuhs
  • Patent number: 9957295
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CIRP inhibitor. Methods of treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory condition comprising administering to said subject a CIRP inhibitor are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventor: Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 9957296
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods for their preparation and use, as well as amino acid analogs and macrocycle-forming linkers, and kits useful in their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AILERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Huw M. Nash
  • Patent number: 9957297
    Abstract: Novel template-fixed ?-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I): cyclo[P1-P2-P3-P4-P5-P6-P7-P8-P9-P10-P11-P12-P13-P14-T1-T2] wherein the single elements T or P are ?-amino acid residues connected in either direction which, depending on their positions in the chain, are as defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have the property of antagonizing the biological effect of the receptor FPR1. They can be used as medicaments to treat or prevent diseases or conditions in the areas of inflammatory diseases, allergic conditions, immunological disorders, neuroinflammation, neurological disorders, obstructive airway diseases, infectious diseases, ischemic reperfusion injuries and proliferative disorders such as e.g. cancer. These ?-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: POLYPHOR AG
    Inventors: Françoise Jung, Daniel Obrecht, Ralf Löwe, Johann Zimmermann, Guillaume Lemercier, Eric Chevalier
  • Patent number: 9957298
    Abstract: The present compounds compounds are oxytocin receptor agonists for the treatment of autism, stress, including post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, including anxiety disorders and depression, schizophrenia, psychiatric disorders and memory loss, alcohol withdrawal, drug addiction and for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Konrad Bleicher, Christophe Grundschober
  • Patent number: 9957299
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AILERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Guerlavais, Noriyuki Kawahata
  • Patent number: 9957300
    Abstract: Briefly described, virus-like particles, methods of preparing virus-like particles, immunogenic compositions that include virus-like particles, and methods of eliciting an immune response using immunogenic compositions that include virus-like particles are described herein. A virus-like particle (VLP) can include a viral core protein that can self assemble into the VLP core and at least one viral surface envelope glycoprotein expressed on the surface of the VLP. The VLP can also optionally include at least one adjuvant molecule expressed on the surface of the VLP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Richard W. Compans, Chinglai Yang, Qizhi Yao, Sang-moo Kang
  • Patent number: 9957301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kit of parts, suitable for use in a therapy of cancer, wherein said kit comprises: (i) a recombinant protein comprising one or several polypeptides bearing one or several epitopes of one or several tumor-associated antigens, said polypeptides being inserted in the same or different permissive sites of an adenylate cyclase (CyaA) protein or of a fragment thereof, wherein said CyaA fragment retains the property of said adenylate cyclase protein to target Antigen Presenting Cells or a mixture of such recombinant proteins wherein at least one of said epitopes, or tumor associated antigens, or insertion sites of CyaA protein, or fragment of said CyaA protein is different between the various recombinant proteins in the mixture; and said kit of parts further comprises at least one of the following compounds; (ii) an agent, suitable for modulating a regulatory immune response in a patient ad optionally; (iii) an adjuvant component suitable for activating the innate immune response in a pat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: INSTITUT PASTEUR, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
    Inventors: Claude Leclerc, Pedro Berraondo Lopez
  • Patent number: 9957302
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to the use of nucleic acid coding for viruses to reduce the number of viable cancer cells within a mammal. For example, methods for using infectious nucleic acid to treat cancer, engineered viral nucleic acid, methods for making engineered viral nucleic acid, methods for identifying infectious nucleic acid for treating cancer, methods and materials for controlling virus-mediated cell lysis, and methods and materials for assessing the control of virus-mediated cell lysis are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Stephen James Russell, Elizabeth J. Kelly, Elizabeth M. Hadac
  • Patent number: 9957303
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Deverman, Paul H. Patterson, Viviana Gradinaru
  • Patent number: 9957304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use of cupredoxins, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that interfere with the ephrin signaling system in mammalian cells. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods that use cupredoxins, such as azurin, rusticyanin and plastocyanin, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents thereof to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ananda Chakrabarty, Tapas Das Gupta, Tohru Yamada, Anita Chaudhari, Arsenio Fialho, Yonghua Zhu
  • Patent number: 9957305
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a composition comprising a recombinant protein in soluble form wherein said recombinant protein comprises a portion of the Clostridium difficile toxin B sequence that comprises an epitope for anti-toxin B antibody. Other embodiments of the invention are directed to the generation of antibodies using peptide fragments of C. difficile toxin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Jimmy D. Ballard, Jordi M. Melton, Latisha Heinlen, Elaine E. Hamm
  • Patent number: 9957306
    Abstract: Disclosed are hypoallergenic variants of Mal d 1, the major allergen from Malus domestica, and the uses thereof in the treatment of allergic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LOFARMA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Mistrello, Stefania Zanotta, Daniela Roncarolo
  • Patent number: 9957307
    Abstract: The present invention provides expression vectors for cell-surface expression of polypeptides comprising a transmembrane domain of glycophorin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Beauchamp, Anita Dreyer, Hugues Matile
  • Patent number: 9957308
    Abstract: In order to provide a novel fluorescent protein and use thereof, the polypeptide according to the present invention has fluorescent properties in the presence of bilirubin and includes (1) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (2) an amino acid sequence having, for example, substitution of 1 to 21 amine acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (3) an amino acid sequence having 85% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or (4) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes with a polynucleotide consisting of a sequence complementary to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide according to the amino acid sequence in (1) under a stringent condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyawaki, Akiko Kumagai
  • Patent number: 9957309
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating muscular dystrophy, in particular, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In some embodiments, a method according to the present invention includes administering to an individual who is suffering from or susceptible to DMD an effective amount of a recombinant follistatin protein such that at least one symptom or feature of DMD is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency, or has delayed onset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rochelle Mineau