Patents Examined by Angela Brown-Pettigrew
  • Patent number: 9956151
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treating skin with at least two alternating treatment modalities to improve the health and/or diminish signs of aging. Some methods according to the present invention may comprise topically applying at least two separate compositions, in a sequential, rotating, or alternating fashion to overcome adaptation, tolerance, or sensitization phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Uma Santhanam, Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys, Daniel Thorn Leeson, Anthony David Gonzalez, Glen Thomas Anderson
  • Patent number: 9877956
    Abstract: Inhibitors of retroviral propagation, methods of treatment and prevention of retroviral infections using the inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TRANA DISCOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard H. Guenther, Daniel Sternbach, Steven E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 9861597
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to the treatment of neonatal patients exhibiting convulsion comprising administering a composition comprising a gluconate complex, wherein said gluconate complex lacks a divalent cation such as sodium gluconate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gong Chen, Zheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9851354
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of alleviating a sign or a symptom of Fragile X Syndrome and relates disorders such as autism spectrum disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Alcobra Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaron Daniely, Dalia Megiddo
  • Patent number: 9834544
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds having structural formula (I), or salts or solvates thereof. These compounds are useful as sweet flavor modifiers. The present invention also includes compositions comprising the present compounds and methods of enhancing the sweet taste of compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Xiao Qing Tang, Donald S. Karanewsky, Guy Servant, Xiaodong Li, Feng Zhang, Qing Chen, Hong Zhang, Timothy James Davis, Vincent Darmohusodo, Melissa S. Wong, Victor Selchau
  • Patent number: 9834535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfamate derivative compounds and a composition for treating and/or alleviating pain containing the sulfamate derivative compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating or alleviating pain containing a sulfamate derivative compound and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for treatment or alleviation of pain comprising administering a sulfamate derivative compound in a pharmaceutically effective amount to a subject in need of treatment or alleviation of pain; and a use of the sulfamate derivative compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in treating and/or alleviating pain, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Bio-Pharm Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Moon Choi
  • Patent number: 9802932
    Abstract: Solid forms of the compound, [5-(5-chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-(6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-amine HCl salt (Compound I) and its free base, active on the receptor protein kinases c-Kit and/or c-Fms and/or Flt3, were prepared and characterized: Also provided are methods of using the solid forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Gary Conard Visor
  • Patent number: 9783482
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating viral infections by an influenza type A virus, includes a compound capable of acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses, and capable of binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein. A pharmaceutical composition for treating viral infections by an orthomyxovirus, includes a compound capable of acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of orthomyxoviruses, and capable of binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein of the viruses. A compound acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses, and binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses and a method for identifying such a compound having these properties are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
    Inventors: Anny Slama Schwok, Bernard Delmas, Stephane Quideau, Helene Bertrand, Bogdan Tarus
  • Patent number: 9757378
    Abstract: Novel methods for modulating acute myeloid leukemia stem/progenitor cell expansion and/or differentiation are disclosed. These methods are based on the use of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) modulators and/or compounds of formula I or II Screening assays to identify compounds that may be useful for inhibiting and/or eliminating AML initiating cells using AhR modulators and/or the compounds of formula I or II are also disclosed. The use of pharmaceutically acceptable agonists of the AhR for preventing or inhibiting minimal residual disease (MRD) in an AML patient is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL, RSEM, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Guy Sauvageau, Josee Hebert, Caroline Pabst
  • Patent number: 9751842
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, X and n have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Tankyrase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Marck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Dieter Dorsch, Christina Esdar, Birgitta Leuthner
  • Patent number: 9717727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to preventing and treating leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone, as well as disorders of the blood, by inhibiting gut-derived serotonin. The inhibition of the gut-derived serotonin is accomplished by inhibiting Tph1, an enzyme responsible for the production of gut-derived serotonin. The present invention also relates to preventing and treating leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone, as well as disorders of the blood, by increasing the number, growth and proliferation of osteoblasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventor: Stavroula Kousteni
  • Patent number: 9708286
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein R is heteroaryl optionally substituted by R7; or R is heterocycloalkyl or heterocycloalkenyl, optionally substituted by R8; or R is X wherein X is —NR11R12; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases or conditions responsive to stimulation of neutrophil oxidative burst, responsive to stimulation of keratinocyte IL-8 release or responsive to induction of necrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: LEO LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Gunnar Grue-Sørensen, Xifu Liang, Thomas Högberg, Kristoffer Månsson, Per Vedsø, Thomas Vifian
  • Patent number: 9687476
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel bisaryl-linked 5-aryl-1,2,4-triazolone derivatives, to processes for preparing them, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and also to their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, more particularly for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Chantal Fürstner, Jörg Keldenich, Martina Delbeck, Peter Kolkhof, Axel Kretschmer, Ingo Pluschkell, Elisabeth Pook, Carsten Schmeck, Hubert Trübel
  • Patent number: 9682082
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising a) compound of formula I: (formula I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and another agent selected from GDC-0973, PD-0325901, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The combinations are particularly useful for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Kui Lin, Michelle Nannini, Elizabeth Punnoose, Deepak Sampath
  • Patent number: 9662304
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and dietary supplements comprising the following compound
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ThermoLife International, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Kramer, Alexander Nikolaidis
  • Patent number: 9662318
    Abstract: Compositions for treating a condition associated with activity of a muscarinic receptor (e.g., one or more of M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) and for anesthetizing a subject include a bitopic muscarinic antagonist or agonist. A bitopic muscarinic antagonist named JB-D4 was discovered. Additional bitopic muscarinic antagonists discovered and described herein include BK-23, HD-42, HD153, HD-185, KH-5, JM-31 and JM-32. These bitopic ligands and their structural analogs, as well as bitopic muscarinic agonists, may be used as neuromuscular blocking agents (e.g., for use in compositions for anesthetizing a subject) and for the treatment of central nervous system disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Schizophrenia, etc.), Overactive Bladder Syndrome, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, asthma, and many other diseases associated with the activation or inhibition of M1-M5 acetylcholine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.
    Inventor: John Boulos
  • Patent number: 9662340
    Abstract: Described are gel compositions containing active pharmaceutical ingredient such as testosterone, solvent, and thickener, the gel compositions being useful for transdermal administration of the active ingredient to a patient, and related methods. Certain embodiments of the gel composition specifically exclude Hsieh enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Harish K. Pimplaskar
  • Patent number: 9642819
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for the treatment of an inflammatory disorder in a mammal, said method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of (R)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane ((R)-DOI) in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or salt thereof, wherein said inflammatory disorder is associated with a disease selected from asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and Crohn's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
    Inventors: Charles D. Nichols, Bangning Yu
  • Patent number: 9636323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating cancer that overexpresses TopBP1 by administering to a patient suffering from the cancer with an effective amount of a small molecule inhibitor that binds the BRCT7/8 domain of TopBP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Weei-Chin Lin, Pinki Chowdhury, Gregory E. Lin, Kang Liu, Yongcheng Song, Fang-Tsyr Lin
  • Patent number: 9637476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: (a) mandelate salts of atrasentan, (b) pharmaceutical compositions comprising an atrasentan mandelate salt, and, optionally, one or more additional therapeutic agents; (b) methods of using an atrasentan mandelate salt to treat nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, and/or other conditions; (c) kits comprising a first pharmaceutical composition comprising an atrasentan mandelate salt, and, optionally, a second pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more additional therapeutic agents; (d) methods for the preparation of an atrasentan mandelate salt; and (e) atrasentan mandelate salts prepared by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchuan Gong, Geoff G. Zhang