Patents Examined by Janet Andres
  • Patent number: 8507688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ?-arylmethylcarbonyl compound of the formula (III), characterized in that aryl- and heteroarylacetic acids and derivatives thereof of the formula (I) are reacted with ?-halomethylcarbonyl compounds of the formula (II) in the presence of a palladium catalyst, of a phosphine ligand, of an inorganic base and of a phase transfer catalyst, optionally using an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Himmler, Lukas J. Gooβen, Bettina Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8501783
    Abstract: Inhibitors of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) are provided that incorporate multiple pharmacophores and are useful in the treatment of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hammock, Paul D. Jones, Christophe Morisseau, Huazhang Huang, Hsing-Ju Tsai, Richard Gless, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8501772
    Abstract: A method for treatment of a systemic wasting disease, by administering, to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a 3,8-diaminotetrahydroquinoline derivative represented by formula (Ia) (wherein X represents CH2, C?O, CH—OR, CH—SR, or CH—NRR?; m is a number of 1 or 2; Ar represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group having one or two elements selected from S, N, and O, or a similar group; R1 and R2, which may be identical to or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a similar group; n is a number of 0 or 1; R4 and R5, which may be identical to or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom, or a C1 to C6 alkyl group, etc.; and R6, R7, R, and R?, which may be identical to or different from one another, each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C6 alkyl group), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Masaru Terauchi, Masaaki Nagasawa, Kouichirou Tanaka, Masataka Washiduka
  • Patent number: 8501936
    Abstract: This application relates to compounds of the general Formula I and salts thereof, wherein X, R1A, R1B, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. The application also relates to compositions and methods of treatment of hyperproliferative diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Curry, Bruce D. Dorsey, Benjamin J. Dugan, Diane E. Gingrich, Eugen F. Mesaros, Karen L. Milkiewicz
  • Patent number: 8497375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of synthesis of ferroquine of formula (F) or of its metabolite of formula (Fm): comprising a reaction of reductive amination, said reaction comprising: (i) a stage of condensation of an aldehyde-amino ferrocene of formula (III), in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, with 7-chloroquinolin-4-amine as shown below, followed by (ii) a stage of reduction of the product of condensation obtained in the preceding stage and (iii) then a stage of hydrolysis of the reaction mixture in the presence of an aqueous solution of ammonia or of citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Vincent Ferey, Julia Mateos-Caro, Régis Mondiere, Philippe Vayron, Sylvie Vigne
  • Patent number: 8497283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Schultz, Kai Schiemann, Jr., Wolfgang Staehle
  • Patent number: 8497380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to formula: (1); wherein X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 independently of each other represent —CH— or N; or X3, X4 and X5 independently of each other represent —CH— or N, and X1 and X2 independently of each other represent C and form part of an additional 6-membered aromatic ring; R1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or alkylcarbonyl, all of which are optionally substituted; R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, —CH2, —C(O)NR—R?, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, heterocycloalkenyl, alkylaryl, alkylalkoxycarbonyl, aikylcarbonyloxy, or alkoxyalkyl, all of which are optionally substituted; R11 represents hydrogen, halogen, cyano, amino, alkoxy or alkylamino, X1-X5 represent —CH— or N, including N-oxides, enantiomers and diastereomers; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof. The invention relates further to methods of treating dermal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Felding, Simon Feldbæk Nielsen
  • Patent number: 8497376
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein Z, X, J, R2 and W are set forth in the specification, as well as solvates, hydrates, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit protein tyrosine kinases, especially c-fms kinase. Methods of treating autoimmune diseases; and diseases with an inflammatory component; treating metastasis from ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, hairy cell leukemia; and treating pain, including skeletal pain caused by tumor metastasis or osteoarthritis, or visceral, inflammatory, and neurogenic pain; as well as osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and other diseases in which bone resorption mediates morbidity including rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, prosthesis failure, osteolytic sarcoma, myeloma, and tumor metastasis to bone with the compounds of Formula I, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Carl R. Illig, Jinsheng Chen, Sanath K. Meegalia, Mark J. Wall
  • Patent number: 8497379
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for the preparation of 2,2,2-trifluoro-n-(4-fluoro-3-pyridin-4-yl-benzyl)-acetamide hydrochloride of the formula: and reaction intermediates used in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Yong Mi Choi-Sledeski, Nakyen Choy, Gregory B. Poli, John J. Shay, Jr., Patrick Wai-Kwok Shum, Adam W. Sledeski
  • Patent number: 8492547
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for the enrichment of buprenorphine in a product. In particular, the present invention provides processes for the enrichment of buprenorphine in a product using chromatographic techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt LLC
    Inventor: Enrico A. Antonini
  • Patent number: 8492549
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein X, Z, R1-R4, and m are as defined in the claims, exhibit alpha2C antagonistic activity, and are thus useful as alpha2C antagonists. Methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions of the peripheric system and the central nervous system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: David Din Belle, Patrik Holm, Arto Karljalainen, Arto Tolvanen, Gerd Wohlfahrt, Petteri Rummakko
  • Patent number: 8487111
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted oxazolidinones, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Allerheiligen, Marcus Bauser, Hartmut Schirok, Ulrich Rester, Stefan Heitmeier, Christoph Gerdes, Georges Von Degenfeld, Elke Dittrich-Wengenroth, Uwe Saatmann, Julia Straβburger, Klaus Münter, Mark Jean Gnoth, Dieter Lang
  • Patent number: 8487105
    Abstract: Processes for preparing pravastatin, intermediates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided Crystalline forms of pravastatin, intermediates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: MSN Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Manne Satyanarayana Reddy, Sajja Eswaraiah, Maramreddy Sahadeva Reddy
  • Patent number: 8487104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds 3-amino-1-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2,3, 4-tetrahydroquinoline-7-carbonitrile, 3-amino-1-hydroxy-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one, and 3-amino-1-hydroxy-7-[(1S)-2-methoxy-1-methylethoxy]-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one, including racemic mixtures and resolved enantiomers thereof, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Amy B Dounay, Christopher J Helal, Jamison B Tuttle, Patrick R Verhoest
  • Patent number: 8481743
    Abstract: The invention relates to phenylpropionamide compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates thereof, wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula (I) to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the activation of opioid receptors, particularly ?-opioid receptors. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Zhou
  • Patent number: 8476441
    Abstract: (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methyl-hexanoic acid or (S)-pregabalin is an anticonvulsive drug. In addition to its use as an anticonvulsive agent, pregabalin has also been indicated as a medicament in the treatment of anxiety, neuropathic pain and pain in patients with fibromyalgia. Provided herein are thioester intermediates in the synthesis of and processes for the synthesis of 3-(aminomethyl)-5-methyl-hexanoic acid in the (R) or (S) configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph Connon, Aldo Peschiulli, Lyn Markey
  • Patent number: 8476442
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of Formula 1, comprising coupling a carboxylic acid of Formula 2 with an aniline of Formula 3 in the presence of a coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated
    Inventors: John DeMattei, Adam R. Looker, Bobbianna Neubert-Langille, Martin Trudeau, Stefanie Roeper, Michael P. Ryan, Dahrika Milfred Lao Yap, Brian R. Krueger, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick F. van Goor, Martyn C. Botfield, Gregor Zlokarnik
  • Patent number: 8476277
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula IA and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD and IBS, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Laykea Tafesse
  • Patent number: 8476446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isoxazole compounds of formula (I) having fungicidal activity, to agricultural compositions comprising them, and to the use of said compounds and compositions in agriculture for the control of microbial pests, particularly fungal pests, on plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Camilla Corsi, Sebastian Volker Wendeborn, Carla Bobbio, Jilali Kessabi, Peter Schneiter, Valeria Grasso, Shy-Fuh Lee, Ulrich Johannes Haas, Micah Gliedt
  • Patent number: 8476448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel solid form of 4-[[(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl](2,2-difluoroethyl)amino]furan-2(5H)-one, to processes for its preparation and to its use in agrochemical preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Britta Olenik, Robert Velten, Peter Jeschke, Norbert Lui, Christian Funke, Wolfgang Wirth