Patents Examined by Rei Tsang Shiao
  • Patent number: 11986442
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting respiratory complex III in a cell. The present invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Muhammad Hagras, Alexei Stuchebrukhov
  • Patent number: 11986465
    Abstract: A 2-amino-4-(4-bromophenyl)-6-ethoxypyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile as an antibacterial compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antibacterial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Amer A. Amer
  • Patent number: 11986457
    Abstract: The invention relates to nutraceutical compositions comprising dopamine transporter inhibitors and to their use as dietary supplements and food additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SPECNOVA LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Balcombe, William Hamilton, Jonathan Heal, Joseph Sheridan
  • Patent number: 11986466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, methods of treating a solid-tumor by administering an effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist. Also provided herein are methods of reducing the number of macrophages in a solid tumor microenvironment, said method comprising administering effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist. In an additional aspect, the current disclosure further provides methods of increasing the number CD8+ T cells in a solid tumor microenvironment, said method comprising administering effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Campbell, Rajinder Singh, Samuel Hwang, Xuesong Wu
  • Patent number: 11986450
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for treating pulmonary infections and inflammation with a composition comprising selenocyanate, hyposelenocyanite or a selenocyanate conjugate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: National Jewish Health
    Inventors: Brian J. Day, Preston E. Bratcher
  • Patent number: 11980630
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, methods and compositions for treating or preventing viral infections using nucleosides analogs. Specifically, the present invention provides for the design and synthesis of acyclic fleximer nucleoside analogues having increased flexibility and ability to alter their conformation structures to provide increased antiviral activity potential with the result of inhibiting flaviviruses, filoviruses and/or coronaviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY
    Inventor: Katherine L. Radtke
  • Patent number: 11981637
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (2-{4-[(2,2-dimethylpropanoyl)oxy]-1H-indol-3-yl}ethyl)(methyl)azanium chloride (4-pivaloyloxy-N-methyltryptammonium chloride), crystalline 4-pivaloyloxy-N-methyltryptammonium chloride, and specific crystalline forms thereof, including crystalline form 1 of 4-pivaloyloxy-N-methyltryptammonium chloride, to compositions containing the same, and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CAAMTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew R. Chadeayne
  • Patent number: 11981670
    Abstract: Disclosed are alkyl chain modified 1H-imidazoquinoline compounds, derivatives and analogs thereof, as Toll-like receptor-7 and -8 agonists for enhancing immune responses. Also provided are methods of making pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. The present disclosure also describes methods of use for the alkyl chain modified 1H-imidazoquinoline compounds, derivatives and analogs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds for the treatment of disease in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dynavax Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart D. Chipman, Radwan Kiwan, Melissa A. Kachura, Robert Coffman
  • Patent number: 11974989
    Abstract: Methods of using glucokinase (GK) activators are generally disclosed herein, particularly in combination with insulin or insulin analogs. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides methods of treating type 1 diabetes that include administering a GK activator in combination with insulin or insulin analogs. Uses of GK activators as a medicament are also disclosed herein, as well as the manufacture of a medicament for such uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: VTV THERAPEUTICS LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer L. R. Freeman, Maria Carmen Valcarce Lopez
  • Patent number: 11976047
    Abstract: A 4,5-bis(4-bromo-phenyl)-1-hexyl-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11969422
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) using modified forms of trimetazidine, such as CV-8972 and CV-8814.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IMBRIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jaikrishna Patel, Paul Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 11963936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a biologically active agent; a base oil; an additional oil that is soluble in the base oil with a partition coefficient for the biologically active molecule that is at least twice that of the base oil; where the base oil and the additional oil are present in the composition in an amount effective to reduce the amount of the biologically active agent in an aqueous phase to less than 80 wt % of the amount with just the base oil present in an otherwise identical composition at the same total oil loading; a non-ionic surfactant; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuj Chauhan, Robert A. Damitz
  • Patent number: 11963964
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation, and an assay for screening for a candidate compound for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation. Also provided are methods for repairing or regenerating a damaged muscle tissue of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Lee L. Rubin, Amy J. Wagers, Amanda K. W. Gee, Feodor D. Price
  • Patent number: 11958832
    Abstract: A 2-alkoxy[4,3:6,3-terpyridine]-3-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Amer A. Amer
  • Patent number: 11957678
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for generating a immune response in an individual and/or inducing the expression of neoantigens on the surface of abnormal (such as proliferative) cells via promotion of premature termination codon (PTC) read-through and inhibition of nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) bearing PTCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MOONSHOT PHARMA LLC
    Inventor: Angela Christiano
  • Patent number: 11957657
    Abstract: Disclosed are combination therapies including administration of I-DASH inhibitors and PGE2 antagonists, and the use of such therapies in the treatment of cell proliferative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: William W. Bachovchin, Hung-sen Lai, Wengen Wu
  • Patent number: 11951101
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) with the Factor B inhibitor LNP023 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, e.g. LNP023 hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Irina Baltcheva, Peter End, Julie Marie-Pomme Gabrielle Milojevic
  • Patent number: 11951081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to metformin glycinate and methods of using metformin glycinate for the treatment of diseases including diabetes mellitus, obesity, dyslipidemia, diseases associated with IL-10 up-regulation, and diseases or disorders associated with elevated or increased ceramide levels. Pharmaceutical formulations comprising metformin glycinate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS SILANES S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Jorge González-Canudas
  • Patent number: 11951115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating certain retinal vasculopathies such as diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, among others. The method includes treating a patient suffering from a retinal vasculopathy by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dose of a compound as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Klier, Jamie Dananberg
  • Patent number: 11945833
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention is directed to prodrug compounds of L-BHDU according to the chemical structure I: Where R1 is a —(CH2)n—O—R1a group or a —(CH2)j—O—C(O)Ok—R2a group; R2 is H, a —(CH2)n—O—R1a group or a —(CH2)j—O—C(O)Ok—R2a group; R1a is independently a C6-C30 alkyl group, often a C12-C22 alkyl group, often a C14-C20 alkyl group or a C16-C18 alkyl group, often a C16 or C18 alkyl group; R2a is independently a C1-C12 alkyl group, often a C2-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C4 alkyl group, an isopropyl, t-butyl or sec-butyl group, or an isopropyl or t-butyl group; Each j is independently 1-6, 1-3, often 1 or 2; Each k is 0 or 1; Each n is independently 1-6, 1-4, 2-4 or 2 or 3; or A pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solute or polymorph thereof. Additional embodiments are directed to pharmaceutical compositions based upon the disclosed chemical compounds and methods of treating or reducing the likelihood of VZV, HSV-1 or HSV-2 infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Anterogen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Uma Sharan Singh, Chung Chu