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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,333,171 B2 Lichter Et Al US009333171B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,333,171 B2 Lichter et al. (45) Date of Patent: *May 10, 2016 (54) CONTROLLED-RELEASECNS A647/4 (2006.01) MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND A647/38 (2006.01) METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OTC A647/44 (2006.01) DSORDERS A 6LX3/97 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. (71) Applicants: Otonomy, Inc. San Diego, CA (US); CPC ................. A61 K9/0046 (2013.01); A61 K9/06 Gis they of (2013.01); A61 K3I/00 (2013.01); A61 K s s 31/167 (2013.01); A61K 31/195 (2013.01); (72) Inventors: Jay Lichter, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); A6 IK31/197 (2013.01); A61 K3I/5513 Andrew M. Trammel, Olathe, KS (US); (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61K47/10 FabriceO Piu,TO San Diego, CA (US); (2013.01); A61(2013.01); K47/14 (2013.01);A61 K47744 A61K47/38 (2013.01) Qiang Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Michael • u. fs Christopher Scaife, Los Altos, CA (58) Field of Classification Search (US); Benedikt Vollrath, San Diego, CA None (US); Sergio G. Duron, San Diego, CA See application file for complete search history. (US); Luis A. Dellamary, San Marcos, CA (US); Carl Lebel, Malibu, CA (US); Jeffrey P. Harris, La Jolla, CA (US) (56) References Cited (73) Assignees: OTONOMY, INC., San Diego, CA U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (US): THE REGENTS OF THE 4,478,822. A 10/1984 Haslam et al. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNLA, 5,292,516 A * 3/1994 Viegas et al. ................. 424/423 Oakland, CA (US) 5,503,848 A 4/1996 Perbellini et al. 5,861,174 A 1/1999 Stratton et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 86. 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