October 15, 2016
The University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute reported that Pitt Innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in September 2016.
Featured Patent
US 9,452,171 "Methods of Treating Disorders Associated with Protein Aggregation"
David Perlmutter, former Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, and colleagues Gary Silverman and Stephen Pak, have discovered that FDA approved cancer therapeutics can be used to treat symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders associated with protein aggregation, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. Efficacy of treatments have been demonstrated in animal models of these diseases. Data is available and an IND is being submitted. Click here for a more detailed description of the discovery. For more information on licensing this discovery, contact Andrew Remes, Licensing Manger.
Other patents issued to Pitt Innovators in September 2016 include:
| Patent Number | Title | Inventor(s) | Licensing Manager | Status |
| 9,443,128 | Segmenting Biological Structures From Microscopy Images | John Ozolek | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing |
| 9,439,919 | Uridine Diphosphate Compounds as Mobilizers of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells |
Byeong Chel Lee | Andrew Remes | Available for Licnesing |
| 9,439,877 | Small Molecule Inhibitors of DUSP6 and uses Thereof | Micahel Wai Kok Tsang, Billy W. Day, Vasily Korotchenko | Alex Ducruet | Available for Licensing |
| 9,449,144 | Flux Balance Analysis with Molecular Crowding | Zoltan Nagy Oltavi, Alexei Vazquez | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing |
| 9,445,874 | Graft Devices and Methods of Use | David A. Vorp, William Wagner | Alex Ducruet | Available for Licensing |
| 9,447,449 | Recombinant Mycobacteriophages for Delivery of Nucleic Acids of Interest Into Mycobacteria | Graham F. Hatfull | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing |
| 9,451,885 | Depth-Selective Fiber-Optic Probe | Yang Lui, Can Fang | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing |
| 9,452,200 | Activators of CXCR3 for the Treatment of Angiopathies of the Eye | Alan H. Wells | Janice Panza | Optioned |