Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James W. Bolcsak
  • Patent number: 7947842
    Abstract: The invention relates to hydrates of pharmaceutically acceptable alkaline-earth salts of irbesartan and to their preparation in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Alain Aulombard, Philippe Mercey
  • Patent number: 7947684
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula which inhibit Factor Xa or tryptase, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the treatment of patients suffering from conditions which can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of Factor Xa or tryptase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz Pauls, Yong Gong, Julian Levell, Peter Astles, Paul R. Eastwood
  • Patent number: 7858619
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, A, L and n are as defined herein, its pharmaceutical composition, preparation and uses as a MMP inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Armin Hofmeister, Manfred Schudok, Hans Matter, Kristin Breitschopf, Antonio Ugolini
  • Patent number: 7772262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzoylguanidines of the formula I: in which R1 to R8 and X and Y are as described in the specification, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are substituted acylguanidines as inhibitors of the cellular sodium-proton antiporter (Na+/H+ exchanger, NHE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Patent number: 7772270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycloazaheterocyclyl carboxylic acid sulfonamide derivative of formula I herein, pharmaceutical preparation comprising it, process for preparing it and method for its pharmaceutical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schudok, Sven Ruf, Hans Matter, Volkmar Wehner, Reinhard Kirsch, Petra Lennig
  • Patent number: 7763661
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted pentafluorosulfanylbenzenes of the formula I: and/or salts thereof as claimed, for use as a synthetic intermediates for preparing medicaments, diagnostic aids, liquid crystals, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematicides, parasiticides, insecticides, acaricides, arthropodicides and polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Remo Weck
  • Patent number: 7659429
    Abstract: A process for preparing 4-pentafluorosulfanylbenzoylguanidines of formula I wherein R1 to R4 have the meanings indicated in the specification. The compounds of formula I are NHE1 inhibitors and can be employed, for example, for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerrit Schubert, Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Patent number: 7652143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound of the formula I: and/or all stereoisomeric forms of the compound of the formula I and/or mixtures of these forms in any ratio, and/or a physiologically tolerated salt of the compound of the formula I, in which R1 to R5 and V1, V2 have the meanings stated in the claims and specification. The inventive compounds are suitable as inhibitors of metalloproteases, especially of ADAMTS proteases and TNF-? converting enzyme (TACE), and for the treatment of disorders such as but not limited to osteoarthrosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lindenschmidt, Holger Wagner, Jochen Beninga, Sven Grueneberg, Klaus-ulrich Weithmann
  • Patent number: 7638320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bengamide derivatives which are formed, during fermentation, by the microorganism Myxococcus virescens ST200611 (DSM 15898), to their use for treating cancer diseases, to pharmaceuticals which comprise bengamide derivatives, to a process for preparing bengamides of the formula (V) and to the microorganism Myxococcus virescens ST200611 (DSM 15898).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Haag-Richter
  • Patent number: 7638521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-guanidinocarbonyl-1-heteroaryl-indole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, methods of treatment comprising administering such derivatives, and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Jean-Christophe Carry, Pascal Desmazeau, Serge Mignani, Jean Bouquerel, Arielle Genevois-Borella, Baptiste Ronan
  • Patent number: 7622611
    Abstract: Pentafluorosulfanylbenzoylguanidines of formula I wherein R1 to R4 have the meanings stated in the claims, are suitable, for example, as antiarrhythmic medicaments with a cardioprotective component for the prophylaxis of infarction and treatment of infarction and for the treatment of angina pectoris. They also inhibit preventively the pathophysiological processes associated with the development of ischemia-induced damage, especially in the triggering of ischemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Patent number: 7541368
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and ester prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates of such compounds; or ester prodrugs of such salts or solvates; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, their preparation, and their pharmaceutical use in the treatment of disease states capable of being modulated by the inhibition of p38 kinase and/or tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: David Roger Borcherding, Alexandre Gross, Patrick W. Shum, Nicole Willard, Brian S. Freed
  • Patent number: 7534591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bengamide derivatives which are formed, during fermentation, by the microorganism Myxococcus virescens ST200611 (DSM 15898), to their use for treating cancer diseases, to pharmaceuticals which comprise bengamide derivatives, to a process for preparing bengamides of the formula (V) and to the microorganism Myxococcus virescens ST200611 (DSM 15898).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Hoffmann, Sabine Haag-Richter, Heiko Tietgen
  • Patent number: 7531569
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing board warpage during the application and curing or drying of liquid epoxies, or the like, on printed circuit boards using a clamping fixture assembly, which includes at least one clamping fixture support and at least one clamping fixture overlay. If desired, a plurality of printed circuit boards may be processed using an appropriate clamping fixture assembly. Furthermore, the clamping fixture may be constructed so a slight bow or curvature thereof can counter either a convex or concave bow or curvature of the printed circuit board. In the method, at least one printed circuit board is mounted to a clamping fixture support whereby a clamping fixture overlay is placed on top of the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerrit Schubert, Joerg Rieke-Zapp, Johannes Keil, Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Reda Hanna, Bao-Guo Huang, Xiao-Dong Wu, Yves Gouraud
  • Patent number: 7531663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-guanidinocarbonyl-1-heteroaryl-indole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, methods of treatment comprising administering such derivatives, and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Werner Kleemann, Jean-Christophe Carry, Pascal Desmazeau, Serge Mignani, Jean Bouquerel, Arielle Genevois-Borella, Baptiste Ronan
  • Patent number: 7518000
    Abstract: Thienopyrazoles of formula I, their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and their pharmaceutical uses in the treatment of disease states capable of being modulated by the inhibition of the protein kinases, in particular interleukin-2 inducible tyrosine kinase (ITK).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gerald Jurcak, Matthieu Barrague, Timothy Alan Gillespy, Michael Louis Edwards, Kwon Yon Musick, Phillip Marvin Weintraub, Yan Du, Ramalinga M. Dharanipragada, Ashfaq Ahmed Parkar
  • Patent number: 7514578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing enantiomeris form of 2, 3-diaminopropionic acid derivatives of formula (I) by asymetric hydrogenation from compounds of formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Rieke-Zapp, Guenter Billen
  • Patent number: 7462638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of I?B-kinase Inhibitors and methods for the prophylaxis and therapy for treating pain comprising administering such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Michaelis, Olaf Ritzeler, Gerhard Jaehne, Karl Rudolphi, Gerd Geisslinger, Hans-Georg Schaible
  • Patent number: 7425566
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: and to solvates and/or hydrates thereof, with affinity for and selectivity towards the V1b receptors or both the V1b and V1a receptors of arginine-vasopressin. The invention also relates to a process for preparing them, to the intermediate compounds of formula (II) which are useful for preparing them, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use for preparing medicinal products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Richard Roux, Claudine Serradeil-le Gal, Jean Wagnon
  • Patent number: D601834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventor: Linda Szych