Patents Examined by Leslie A. Royds
  • Patent number: 10772890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of myeloperoxidase inhibitors (MPO) inhibitors for the treatment of multiple system atrophy. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for the treatment of Huntington's disease. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for neuroprotection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Hakan Eriksson, Werner Poewe
  • Patent number: 10738048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR4 enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR4-associated diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Liang Lu, Liangxing Wu, Ding-Quan Qian, Wenqing Yao
  • Patent number: 10723700
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tosylate salts 1-{[4-(methoxymethyl)-4-({[(1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}methyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl}cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, which are useful in the treatment of the LSD1-associated or mediated diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yongchun Pan, Wayne Han, Ganfeng Cao, Zhongjiang Jia, Jiacheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 10716768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a use of a compound to prepare a pharmaceutical composition for treating abnormal ?-amyloid aggregation mediated diseases. The compound is represented by the following formula (I): wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guey-Jen Lee-Chen, Wenwei Lin
  • Patent number: 10668072
    Abstract: A liquid formulation of (S)—N-(5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-3-hydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a combination thereof and the use of the liquid formulation in the treatment of pain, cancer, inflammation, and certain infectious diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Loxo Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Reynolds, Steven A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10668030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of a disease or pathology of the central nervous system, an eating disorder, or substance use disorder, drug dependence/abuse and withdrawal therefrom comprising administering at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one N-phenylalkyl amphetamine derivative to an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Linda P. Dwoskin, Peter Anthony Crooks, Guangrong Zheng, Justin R. Nickell, Zheng Cao, Na-Ra Lee
  • Patent number: 10653703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyunsaturated fatty acid composition comprising Omega-3 fatty acids, 17-HDHA and 18-HEPE. The composition can furthermore comprise DPA and/or an acceptable carrier and can be present in a capsule or other suitable dosage unit. The invention also relates to the process of obtaining the composition and methods for using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Solutex NA LLC
    Inventors: Charles Nicholas Serhan, Fernando Moreno Egea, Joan Clària Enrich
  • Patent number: 10610526
    Abstract: A composition suitable for use in nicotine replacement therapy products includes a nicotine product that includes a synthetic nicotine that is substantially free of one or more contaminants and/or impurities normally associated with tobacco-derived nicotine. For example, the synthetic nicotine is substantially free of one or more of nicotine-1?-N-oxide, nicotyrine, nornicotyrine, 2?,3-bipyridyl, cotinine, anabasine, and/or anatabine. The composition further comprises one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, additives and/or carriers. The nicotine replacement therapy products may include any number of such products, including transdermal nicotine delivery patches, nicotine gums, synthetic chewing tobacco, synthetic snuff, and synthetic strips (e.g., dissolvable synthetic tobacco). Additionally, a method of treating nicotine addiction includes administering a nicotine replacement composition, e.g., via a nicotine replacement therapy product, to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEXT GENERATION LABS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Arnold
  • Patent number: 10555915
    Abstract: The current invention provides methods and compositions for treating sensorineural hearing loss including but not limited to acute acoustic trauma (AAT). The composition 2,4-disulfonyl ?-phenyl tertiary butyl nitrone and N-acetylcysteine (NAC). Preferably, the compositions for treating AAT will be administered orally. However, other methods which deliver the compositions for treating AAT systemically to the body should work equally well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Hough Ear Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Dana Kopke, Robert A. Floyd
  • Patent number: 10526318
    Abstract: Oral formulations of benzofuran compounds which modulate cannabinoid receptors are presented. Methods of using these formulations for treatment of cannabinoid receptor-mediated disease, including neuropathic pain and addition, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joseph Foss, Mohamed Naguib Attala
  • Patent number: 10519125
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the following general formula (I) in the form of one of the enantiomers thereof or a mixture of the enantiomers thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof, especially for the use thereof as a medicament, more specifically in cancer treatment. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing same and to the methods for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Frédéric Marion, El Bachir Kaloun, Frédéric Lieby-Muller, Michel Perez, Jean-Philippe Annereau, Laurent Creancier
  • Patent number: 10512618
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of mitochondrial function. Methods of screening compounds for mitochondrial inhibition are disclosed. Also described are methods of using mitochondrial inhibitors called mitoriboscins—mitochondrial-based therapeutic compounds having anti-cancer and antibiotic properties—to prevent or treat cancer, bacterial infections, and pathogenic yeast, as well as methods of using mitochondrial inhibitors to provide anti-aging benefits. Specific mitoriboscin compounds and groups of mitoriboscins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LUNELLA BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Michael P. Lisanti, Federica Sotgia
  • Patent number: 10493068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a lipophilic local anaesthetic, preferably bupivacaine or a pharmaceutically active salt thereof, which are formulated for local administration to the mouth or throat of a subject. The compositions are useful in the treatment or alleviation of pain, burning or xerostomia of the oral cavity, pharynx, oral mucosa and pharyngeal mucosa or for use in providing local anesthesia of the oral cavity, pharynx, oral mucosa and pharyngeal mucosa. In particular in the treatment of pain, burning or xerostomia, which is caused by a disease such as oral mucositis, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, xerostomia, periodontitis, toothache, tonsillectomy, throat infection or mononucleosis, canker sores and aphthous stomatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Moberg Pharma AB
    Inventors: Ove Andersen, Stine Mogensen, Charlotte Treldal, Torben Mogensen, Sylvia Pulis Sundby
  • Patent number: 10442758
    Abstract: There is provided as a biocide zinc or copper (II) salt having the general formula CH2?C(R1)COO-M-OCOC6H3R2R4, wherein M is Zn or Cu, R1 is selected from the group comprising hydrogen and methyl, R2 is selected from the group comprising hydrogen and OH, R4 is selected from the group comprising hydrogen, alkyl and SO2OH group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LABORATORIYA BIO ZET, LLC
    Inventors: Igor I. Zotkin, Nadezhda V. Kuznetsova, Larisa V. Kabanova
  • Patent number: 10385022
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3-aminopyridines of the formula wherein B1, B2 and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and can be used as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Henrietta Dehmlow, Shawn David Erickson, Prabha Saba Karnachi, Kyungjin Kim, Rainer E. Martin, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Hans Richter, Christoph Ullmer
  • Patent number: 10369120
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel T type calcium channel inhibitors of formula (I), the use thereof in the treatment of a disease or condition in a mammal associated with influx of extracellular calcium via T type calcium channels, wherein R1 is C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, or C1-C4 alkoxy; Z is NH, NCH3, O, S, or CH2; Y is NH, O, or CH2 with the proviso that Y and Z are not the same; R2 is H, halo, NH2, C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, or C1-C4 alkoxy; m and n are independently selected from integers ranging from 1-5 with the proviso that m+n=an integer ranging from 2-9; and R3 is H, halo, NH2, C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, or C1-C4 alkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Lloyd S. Gray, Timothy L. Macdonald, Doris M. Haverstick, Jaclyn R. Patterson, William F. McCalmont
  • Patent number: 10328083
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of treating a subject believed to have suffered a stroke. This method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising conivaptan or an active derivative, stereoisomer, pro-drug, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: David Andrew Decker, Keith Pennypacker
  • Patent number: 10329255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tosylate salts 1-{[4-(methoxymethyl)-4-({[(1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}methyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl}cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, which are useful in the treatment of the LSD1-associated or mediated diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yongchun Pan, Wayne Han, Ganfeng Cao, Zhongjiang Jia, Vaqar Sharief, Jiacheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 10314810
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel agents that modulate AhR activity for use in therapeutic compositions and methods thereof for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and tumor cell invasion and metastasis. The agents comprise AhR inhibitors or non-constitutive AhR agonists of Formula (I) and (II) for the inhibition of cancer cell growth and parameters that characterize tumor metastasis, such as tumor cell invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston University, Northeastern University, Boston Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Sherr, Michael Pollastri, Jennifer Schlezinger, Sarah Haigh Molina, Scott Schaus, Joshua Robert Giguere
  • Patent number: 10314784
    Abstract: A process for preparing dry powder formulations of a glycopyrronium salt for inhalation that have good stability. The process involves (a) micronising a glycopyrronium salt together with an anti-adherent agent, and (b) admixing carrier particles to form the dry powder formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Barbara Haeberlin, Frank Stowasser, Wolfgang Wirth, Anton Baumberger, Stephan Abel, Sebastian Kaerger, Thomas Kieckbusch