Patents Examined by Anna Pagonakis
  • Patent number: 11207323
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I? and I are described, which are useful as stimulators of sGC, particularly NO-independent, heme-dependent stimulators. These compounds are also useful for treating, preventing or managing various disorders that are herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakai, Joel Moore, Nicholas Robert Perl, Rajesh R. Iyengar, Ara Mermerian, G-Yoon Jamie Im, Thomas Wai-Ho Lee, Colleen Hudson, Glen Robert Rennie, Lei Jia, Paul Allan Renhowe, Timothy Claude Barden, Xiang Y. Yu, James Edward Sheppeck, Karthik Iyer, Joon Jung, George Todd Milne, Kimberly Kafadar Long, Mark G. Currie
  • Patent number: 11192869
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that activate CFTR and methods for treating constipation, dry eye disorders or other diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alan S. Verkman, Marc H. Levin, Onur Cil
  • Patent number: 11179395
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating melanoma in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Stephen W. Byers, Dean Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 11173159
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for inhibition of viral nucleic acid polymerases, such as RNA and DNA polymerases, and methods and compositions that are useful for treating viral infections in subjects. The methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, or a composition comprising a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition or method may optionally comprise one or more additional anti-viral agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shanta Bantia, Pravin L. Kotian, Yarlagadda S. Babu
  • Patent number: 11173160
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to uses of TG02, for treating a glioma in a pediatric human subject. In certain embodiments, the glioma can be a pediatric high-grade glioma (PHGG), e.g., a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), and/or a H3.3-mutated glioma (e.g., a H3K27M-mutated glioma). The present disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits that include an ERK5 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ADASTRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Sameer Agnihotri, Alberto Broniscer, Ian F. Pollack, Thomas M. Estok
  • Patent number: 11160783
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of specific cancers. Such compositions may generally comprise a compound of formula (I): wherein R1-R3 are as defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Sergei Agoulnik, Bruce Decosta, Hong Du, Yimin Jiang, Xiang-Yi Li, Kenichi Nomoto, John (Yuan) Wang, Huiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11142530
    Abstract: An anthraquinone compound and the use thereof in preparing anti-allergic drugs. The anthraquinone compound has a structure according to formula (I) and can be used to prepare anti-allergic drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association
    Inventors: Xianwen Yang, Cuiping Xing, Jinmei Xia
  • Patent number: 11136315
    Abstract: A compound as a CXCR2 antagonist and an application thereof in preparing a drug as a CXCR2 antagonist. In particular, the present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (II) or an isomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MEDSHINE DISCOVERY INC.
    Inventors: Bin Chen, Xiawei Wei, Xuefeng Sun, Lei Zhang, Zhaoying Xu, Wenli Li, Peng Zhang, Feng Gao, Yunfu Luo, Jian Li, Shuhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11136326
    Abstract: This application relates to compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of TAM kinases which are useful for the treatment of disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, David M. Burns, Hao Feng, Joseph Glenn, Chunhong He, Song Mei, Jun Pan, Xiaozhao Wang, Yingda Ye
  • Patent number: 11135222
    Abstract: Disclosed herein inter alia are compositions and methods useful in the treatment of cancer and for modulating the activity of Aurora A kinase and/or a Myc family protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSIITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Justin Gabriel Meyerowitz, William Clay Gustafson, William A. Weiss, Nicholas T. Hertz, Kevan M. Shokat
  • Patent number: 11135186
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds for activating the activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) arm of the unfolded protein response (UPR), or activating the transcriptional targets of ATF6, in the endoplasmic reticulum of a cell, the compounds being of any of formulas (I) through (IX) as described herein. The compounds can be used for treatment of conditions involving gain-of-toxic-function and loss-of-function folding disorders including lysosomal storage diseases, antitrypsin-associated emphysema and similar diseases. These molecules are also expected to have disease-ameliorating effects in Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Christina Cooley, Jeffery W. Kelly, Ryan Paxman, Lars Plate, R. Luke Wiseman
  • Patent number: 11110101
    Abstract: The invention provides unit dosage forms and methods that are effective to improve prostate function. Such unit dosage forms and methods are useful to decrease bladder discomfort and improve urinary flow in men.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Bassam Damaj
  • Patent number: 11076595
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 1-(N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl)4-(substituted sulfonyl)triazolin-5-one derivative represented by the following formula (1), a 4-(N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl)1-(substituted sulfonyl)triazolin-5-one derivative represented by the following formula (11), each of which exhibits an excellent herbicidal activity, and a herbicide characterized by containing the derivative as an active ingredient: wherein in the formula (1), R1 to R4 represent predetermined substituents, and in the formula (11), R11 to R14 represent predetermined substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HOKKO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Suzuki, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Akihito Ootaka, Sho Sunagawa, Kohei Koyama, Satoshi Kanematsu
  • Patent number: 11071744
    Abstract: Provided are novel prodrug salts of selective aquaporin inhibitors, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and novel processes for their synthesis and novel intermediates for use in their synthesis. Also provided is use of a compound for the prophylaxis, treatment, and control of aquaporin-mediated conditions. Aquaporin inhibitors, e.g., inhibitors of AQP4 and/or AQP2, may be of utility in the treatment or control of diseases of water imbalance, for example edema (particularly edema of the brain and spinal cord), hyponatremia, and excess fluid retention, as well as diseases such as epilepsy, retinal ischemia and other diseases of the eye, myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, myocardial hypoxia, congestive heart failure, sepsis, and neuromyelitis optica, as well as migraines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AEROMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marc F. Pelletier, Paul Robert McGuirk, George William Farr, Robert Zamboni, John Colucci, Helmi Zaghdane
  • Patent number: 11045542
    Abstract: The invention provides a pro-resolving mediator for use in the reduction of reactogenicity induced by administration of a vaccine or immunogenic composition comprising at least an antigen, and vaccines or immunogenic compositions comprising such a pro-resolving mediator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Arnauld Michel Didierlaurent, Caroline Christiane Herve
  • Patent number: 11040043
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for providing sustained release of an active agent through the skin of a subject, wherein a pharmaceutical percutaneous composition comprises at least one fatty acid ester and a therapeutically effective amount of active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: BESINS HEALTHCARE LUXEMBOURG SARL
    Inventors: Valerie Masini-Eteve, Denis Canet
  • Patent number: 11021424
    Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing mitochondrial diseases, such as Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, stroke (MELAS), or Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS) are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as alpha-tocopherol quinone. Methods and compounds useful in treating other disorders are also disclosed. Energy biomarkers useful in assessing the metabolic state of a subject and the efficacy of treatment are also disclosed. Methods of modulating, normalizing, or enhancing energy biomarkers, as well as compounds useful for such methods, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Guy M. Miller, Sidney M. Hecht
  • Patent number: 11020400
    Abstract: The application relates to a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, tautomer, prodrug, solvate, metabolite, polymorph, analog or derivative thereof, which modulates the activity of BTK, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Formula (I), and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which BTK plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lapierre, Sudharshan Eathiraj, Nivedita Namdev, Brian Schwartz, Yusuke Ota, Takayuki Momose, Tomoyuki Tsunemi, Hiroaki Inagaki, Kiyoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11000524
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions characterized by recurrent seizures, particularly, epilepsy. According to the invention, compounds which inhibit the activity or expression of non-receptor Fyn tyrosine kinase can prevent activation epileptic pathophysiology and provide protection from and treatment of epilepsy. Particularly preferred is the class of small molecule Fyn kinase inhibitors such as sacaratinib and its prodrugs, derivatives, analogs and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thimmasettappa Thippeswamy, Anumantha G. Kanthasamy
  • Patent number: 10981952
    Abstract: The present invention regards specific IBAT inhibitors useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a liver disease. It also relates to compositions comprising these IBAT inhibitors, a method for treatment of the disorders and a kit comprising the substances or the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Albireo AB
    Inventors: Per-Göran Gillberg, Hans Graffner, Ingemar Starke