Patents
US 10870654 B2: Pharmaceutically acceptable salts and polymorphic forms of hydrocodone benzoic acid enol ester and processes for making same
- Granted
- 2020-12-22
- Filed
- 2019-03-18 application 16356938
- Type
- Utility · 11 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Compositions comprising hydrocodone benzoic acid enol ester to form novel prodrugs including hydrocodone benzoic acid enol ester salts, and various polymorphs. Also provided are processes for the preparation of hydrocodone benzoic acid enol ester salts, and various polymorphs.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201222.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEMPHARM, INC. 57 patents | US company or organization | Four Corners, FL | KEMPHARM, INC Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Mickle | Kissimmee, FL | 83 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sven Guenther | Coralville, IA | 63 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christal Mickle | Kissimmee, FL | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Guochen Chi | Coralville, IA | 41 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jaroslaw Kanski | Blacksburg, VA | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Andrea K. Martin | Fincastle, VA | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bindu Bera | Blacksburg, VA | 29 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C07D | Heterocyclic compounds | C07D489/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61K | Preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes | A61K31/485 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C07B | General methods of organic chemistry; apparatus therefor | C07B2200/13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC signed 2026-03-12 | ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. CELEBRATION, FL | 75080/907 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-04-08 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. signed 2024-04-05 | ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC CHICAGO, IL | 67040/637 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-02-23 | Name change Change of name | KEMPHARM, INC. signed 2023-02-21 | ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. CELEBRATION, FL | 66664/108 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-09-29 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the execution date of inventor jaroslaw kanski previously recorded on reel 053826 frame 0099. assignor(s) hereby confirms the execution date of inventor jaroslaw kanski as 01/17/2019. | GUENTHER, SVEN signed 2019-01-16 MICKLE, CHRISTAL signed 2019-01-16 MICKLE, TRAVIS signed 2019-01-16 KANSKI, JAROSLAW signed 2019-01-17 MARTIN, ANDREA K. signed 2019-01-22 BERA, BINDU signed 2019-01-24 CHI, GUOCHEN signed 2019-01-25 | KEMPHARM, INC. CELEBRATION, FL | 53919/165 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-09-29 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the inventor's execution date previously recorded at reel: 053826 frame: 0164. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment . | GUENTHER, SVEN signed 2019-01-16 MICKLE, CHRISTAL signed 2019-01-16 MICKLE, TRAVIS signed 2019-01-16 KANSKI, JARASLAW signed 2019-01-17 MARTIN, ANDREA K. signed 2019-01-22 BERA, BINDU signed 2019-01-24 CHI, GUOCHEN signed 2019-01-25 | KEMPHARM, INC. CELEBRATION, FL | 53913/862 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-09-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GUENTHER, SVEN signed 2019-01-16 MICKLE, TRAVIS signed 2019-01-16 KANSKI, JAROSLAW signed 2019-01-17 MARTIN, ANDREA K. signed 2019-01-22 BERA, BINDU signed 2019-01-24 CHI, GUOCHEN signed 2019-01-25 MICKLE, CHRISTAL signed 2019-01-25 | KEMPHARM, INC. CELEBRATION, FL | 53826/99 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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