Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael J. Ward
  • Patent number: 6472416
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses novel sulfonylphenylpyrazole compounds useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Teodozyj Kolasa, Meena V. Patel
  • Patent number: 6437138
    Abstract: Novel 3-pyridyloxymethyl heterocyclic ether compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof are selective and potent ligands at neuronal nicotinic cholinergic channel receptors, and are effective in controlling synaptic transmission. Key intermediates and processes using this key intermediates to produce compounds of formula I with the variables defined in the specification are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Nan-Horng Lin, Yun He, Mark W. Holladay, Keith Ryther, Yihong Li, Hao Bai
  • Patent number: 6376488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having formula I and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds of formula I inhibit &agr;1 adrenoreceptors and may be useful for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (also called benign prostatic hypertrophy) and other urological diseases such as bladder outlet obstruction, neurogenic bladder and gynecological syndromes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Fatima Z. Basha, Michael D. Wendt, John K. Pratt
  • Patent number: 6329536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to producing stereoselective nitro compounds by reacting a dicarbonyl compound with a nitrostyrene compound in the presence of a catalyst complex and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jianguo Ji, David M. Barnes, Steve King, Frederick A. Plagge, Steven J. Wittenberger, Ji Zhang
  • Patent number: 6323231
    Abstract: The following disclosure relates to a method of treating incontinence with a compound having a specific &agr;1A adrenoceptor profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jorge D. Brioni, Michael E. Brune, Steven A. Buckner, Teodozyj Kolasa, James P. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6307047
    Abstract: The present invention describes pyridazinone compounds of formula I which are cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors, and in particular, are selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). COX-2 is the inducible isoform associated with inflammation, as opposed to the constitutive isoform, cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) which is an important “housekeeping” enzyme in many tissues, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the kidneys. The selectivity of these compounds for COX-2 minimizes the unwanted GI and renal side-effects seen with currently marketed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Black, Anwer Basha, Teodozyj Kolasa, Michael E. Kort, Huaqing Liu, Catherine M. McCarty, Meena Patel, Jeffrey J. Rohde, Michael J. Coghlan, Andrew O. Stewart
  • Patent number: 6274587
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are useful in treating diseases prevented by or ameliorated with potassium channel openers. Also disclosed are potassium channel opening compositions and a method of opening potassium channels in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Mark W. Holladay, William A. Carroll, Irene Drizin, Lin Yi, Henry Q. Zhang
  • Patent number: 6265417
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula are useful in treating diseases prevented by or ameliorated with potassium channel openers. Also disclosed are potassium channel opening compositions and a method of opening potassium channels in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Irene Drizin, Mark W. Holladay, James P. Sullivan, Henry Q. Zhang
  • Patent number: 6191140
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula I which may be useful in hyperpolarizing cell membranes, opening potassium channels, relaxing smooth muscle cells, and inhibiting bladder contractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Konstantinos A. Agrios, Robert J. Altenbach, Irene Drizin, Michael E. Kort
  • Patent number: 6166019
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and II and their pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, esters and prodrugs thereof are selective alpha-1D adrenoceptor anatagonists and may be useful for treating disease states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael D. Meyer, William A. Caroll
  • Patent number: 6153614
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I ##STR1## and II and their pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, esters and prodrugs thereof are selective alpha-1D adrenoceptor anatagonists and may be useful for treating disease states, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, detrusor insatbility, and incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael D. Meyer, William A. Carroll
  • Patent number: 6133275
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula are .alpha..sub.1 adrenoreceptor antagonists. Processes for making these compounds, synthetic intermediates employed in these processes and a method for inhibiting .alpha..sub.1 adrenoreceptors and treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (also called benign prostatic hypertrophy or BPH) and other urological diseases such as BOO (bladder outlet obstruction), neurogenic bladder and gynecological syndromes such as dysmenorrhea are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Paul P. Ehrlich, Jeffrey W. Ralston, Jerome F. Daanen, Michael D. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6124474
    Abstract: A process for preparing chiral isomers of N-protected 2-azetidinemethanol compounds, particularly N-(phenylmethyl)-2-azetidinemethanol and N-BOC-2-azetidinemethanol, and especially the (R)-isomers thereof, as well as O-substituted derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Anthony R. Haight, John E. Lallaman, Gregory S. Wayne
  • Patent number: 6124485
    Abstract: The process of the present invention relates to a process for producing 1 3-cis retinoic acid. The process of the present invention involves reacting a Wittig salt in a solvent with a butenolide in the presence of a weak base and a Lewis acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Xiu C. Wang, Ashok V. Bhatia, Azad Hossain, Timothy B. Towne
  • Patent number: 6103911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of an azetidinone-carboxylic acid to an azetidine-alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: James E. Resek, Shyamal I. Parekh, Pulla R. Singam, Hemant H. Patel, Michael H. Cain, Bikshandarkoil A. Narayanan
  • Patent number: 6046207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein W is a bicyclic heterocyclic ring system. The compounds are .alpha.-1 adrenergic antagonists and are useful in the treatment of BPH; also disclosed are .alpha.-1 antagonist compositions and a method for antagonizing .alpha.-1 adrenoreceptors and treating BPH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventors: Michael D. Meyer, Robert J. Altenbach, Fatima Z. Basha, William A. Carroll, Irene Drizin, James F. Kerwin, Jr., Michael D. Wendt, Anthony R. Haight, Weijiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6001849
    Abstract: Novel heterocyclic ether compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A, m, R, X, Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 are specifically defined, which are useful in selectively controlling chemical synaptic transmission; therapeutically-effective pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and use of said compositions to selectively control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Richard L. Elliott, Keith B. Ryther, Mark W. Holladay, James T. Wasicak, Jerome F. Daanen, Nan-Horng Lin, Michael J. Dart, Yun He, Yihong Li
  • Patent number: 5998669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of making 2-amino-1,3-propanediol by reacting 1,3-dihyrdroxyacetone dimer with an amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Russell C. Klix, Deborah A. Davis, Owen J. Goodmonson
  • Patent number: 5994266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal compositions comprising an amount of a UV sensitive pesticide and a lignin as a UV sunscreen in an effective amount to protect the pesticide against inactivation by UV radiation for extending the persistence of the UV sensitive pesticide in the natural environment to control a pest and/or for reducing the amount of the pesticide typically needed to be a commercially effective pesticide. The present invention also relates to a method for protecting a UV sensitive pesticide against inactivation by UV radiation. The present invention further relates to a method for controlling a pest comprising exposing the pest to the pesticidal compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Abott Laboratories
    Inventors: David G. Hobbs, Brian J. Campbell, William D. Lidster
  • Patent number: 5990135
    Abstract: A retroviral protease inhibiting compound of the formula: ##STR1## is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Daniel W. Norbeck, Hing Leung Sham, Dale J. Kempf, Chen Zhao