Patents Represented by Attorney Robert C. Hall
  • Patent number: 8349572
    Abstract: A stable eukaryotic cell line that expresses hERG and exhibits a stable current under electrophysiological test conditions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Paul Shartzer Dietrich, Bruce Koch, Heather Guthrie, Ulrich Andreas Gubler
  • Patent number: 8318770
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Craig Schoenfeld
  • Patent number: 8288552
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Ra are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Berger, Joan Marie Caroon, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Dov Nitzan, Keith Adrian Murray Walker, Shu-Hai Zhao
  • Patent number: 8283383
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyridinyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, Ronald Charles Hawley
  • Patent number: 8198332
    Abstract: The application discloses compounds of Formula I: wherein Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, and n are defined as described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the subject compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventor: Todd Richard Elworthy
  • Patent number: 8198274
    Abstract: This application discloses compounds of generic Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, Q, X, Y, m, p, and q are defined as described herein, useful for treatment of diseases associated with monoamine reuptake inhibitors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Lee, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Robert James Weikert
  • Patent number: 8193368
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Ronald Charles Hawley, Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Minmin Yang
  • Patent number: 8163929
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, p, q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Berger, Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Keith Adrian Murray Walker, Shu-Hai Zhao
  • Patent number: 8153808
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Keith Adrian Murray Walker, Shu-Hai Zhao
  • Patent number: 8153809
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Joan Marie Caroon, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Dov Nitzan, Keith Adrian Murray Walker
  • Patent number: 8119644
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted thiadiazolyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLP
    Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Minmin Yang, Michael Patrick Dillon, Yingjie Lai
  • Patent number: 8119842
    Abstract: Methods for producing a compound of formula k1 or k2 by reducing a dihydronapthalene amide compound of formula i with hydrogen gas in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst of formula j1 or j2 Ru(Z)2(L)??j1; Ru(E)(E?)(L)(D)??j2; wherein m, n, Ar, Y, R1 E, E?, D, Z and L are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLP
    Inventors: Kieran Durkin, Lawrence Emerson Fisher, Arthur Meili, Michaelangelo Scalone, Xianqing Shi, Justin Vitale
  • Patent number: 8101665
    Abstract: Methods for preparing tritium or deuterium labeled thiorphan comprising reacting a compound of formula j wherein m is from 1 to 5 and X is halo, with Z2 wherein Z is tritium or deuterium, in the presence of a catalyst, to form a compound of formula k wherein n is from 1 to 5, provided that n is less than or equal to m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Mohammand R. Masjedizadeh, Shao-Yong Wu
  • Patent number: 8093285
    Abstract: This application discloses aminopiperidinyl compounds of generic Formulae I-II: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, r, Q1, Q2, Q3, R, Ra, R1, R2a, R2b, and R3 are defined as described herein, useful for treatment of diseases associated with monoamine reuptake inhibitors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Matthew C. Lucas, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Robert James Weikert
  • Patent number: 8093424
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, p, q, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Robert Greenhouse, Ralph New Harris, III, Saul Jaime-Figueroa, James M. Kress, David Bruce Repke, Russell Stephen Stabler
  • Patent number: 8093275
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Minmin Yang
  • Patent number: 8084623
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, Ar, R1, R2, Ra and Rb are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Stephen M. Lynch, Matthew C. Lucas, Ann Marie Madera, Kerem Erol Ozboya, Robert James Weikert, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld
  • Patent number: 8048905
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5, R6 R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
  • Patent number: 8008313
    Abstract: Methods for treating respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist, the methods comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein D, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, David Scott Carter, Michael Patrick Dillon, Anthony P. D. W. Ford, Ronald Charles Hawley, Alam Jahangir, Amy Geraldine Moore, Daniel Warren Parish
  • Patent number: 8003788
    Abstract: A method for preparing a compound of formula k or a salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is as defined herein, the method comprising treating a compound of formula j or a salt or solvate thereof, with ammonia, to form the compound of formula k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Charles Alois Dvorak, Keena Lynn Green, Gary R. Lee