University of Pittsburgh Announces Patents Issued in June/July 2022

Posted on by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Innovators were issued 15 patents in June and July of 2022.

Featured patent: 11,384,400 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes”

Pitt innovators led by Jianhua Luo have discovered that the protein encoded by the MAN2A1-FER fusion gene exhibits kinase activity and the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting MAN2A1-FER in a cancer other than prostate, for example hepatocellular cancer, led to dramatic improvement of survival of animals xenografted with the cancer.

For more information on this innovation, contact Andrew Remes at aremes@innovation.pitt.edu.

Below is a listing of all patents issued to Pitt innovators in June and July of 2022.

Patent
Number		 Title   Inventor(s)   Licensing Manager        Status
 
11,358,930 Selective Potassium Channel Agonists Peter Wipf Andrew Remes Available for Licensing
 
11,366,192 Anisotropic Homogeneity Phantom Including Hollow Integrated Tubular Textile Bundles for Calibrated Anisotropic Imaging; MRI Compatible Temperature Measurement; and Expansion Bladder Walter Schneider; Sudhir Pathak; Anthony Zuccolotto; John Dzikiy; Leroy Basler; Benjamin Rodack Robert Racunas Licensed
 
11,369,339 Sensor Guided Catheter Navigation System David Schwartzman; Takeo Kanade; Hua Zhong Alex Ducruet Licensed
 
11,376,349 Biodegradable Iron-Containing Compositions, Methods of Preparing and Applications Thereof Prashant Kumta; Oleg Velikokhatnyi; Moni Datta; Sung Jae Chung; Da-Tren Chou; Dae Ho Hong; Partha Saha Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,380,918 System and Method for Monitoring a Reactor System Using Optical Fiber Based Sensors Kirk Gerdes; Thomas Brown Michael Buric; Paul Ohodnicki; Jacob Poole; Peng Chen George Coulston Available for Licensing
 
11,376,580 Methods and Systems Comprising Modified Pipettes for Transferring and Preserving Biomaterial Lawrence Vernetti; John Holmes Andrew Remes Available for Licensing
 
11,376,441 Systems and Methods for Finding Regions of Interest in Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Tissue Images and Quantifying Intratumor Cellular Spatial Heterogeneity in Multiplexed/Hyperplexed Fluorescence Tissue Images Sriivas Chennubhotla; Douglas Taylor Robert Racunas Licensed
 
11,384,400 Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes Jianhua Luo; Zhangui Chen; Yanping Yu ; George Michalopoulos; Joel Nelson Andrew Remes Available for Licensing
 
11,382,716 Adjustable Retaining Arm System Tyler Ferris ; Peter Allen ; Garth Elias; Mark Scaife; Jeffrey Vipperman; Christopher Dumm Janice Panza Optioned
 
11,382,862 Gel for Treating Periocular and/or Orbital Pathologies and Conditions Morgan Fedorchak; Jenny Yu; Michael Washington Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,389,866 Single-Helical Gold Nanoparticulate Superstructures and Methods of Making Soumitra Punekar; Nathaniel Rosi; Andrea Merg George Coulston Available for Licensing
 
11,389,083 Method, Device and System for Sensing Neuromuscular, Physiological, Biomechanical and Musculoskeletal Activity Heather Bansbach; Timothy Sell Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,389,566 Method and Composition for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease Without Colectomy Timothy Keane Jr.; Stephen Badylak; Marc Ramer Janice Panza Licensed
 
11,389,569 Biodegradable, Porous, Thermally Responsive Injectable Hydrogel as Soft Tissue Defect Filler William Wagner; Yang Zhu; Hongbin Jiang; Hideyoshi Sato; Stephen Badylak Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,395,853 Biomimetic Drug Delivery of an Immunomodulatory Agent for the Treatment of Ocular Conditions Michelle Ratay; Andrew Glowacki; Morgan Fedorchak; Steven Little; Stephen Balmert Janice Panza Optioned