Patents Examined by Oluwafemi Masha
  • Patent number: 9040512
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to metal complexes having improved solubility, to processes for the preparaion of the metal complexes, to devices comprising these metal complexes and to the use of the metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Burkhard Koenig, Claire de Nonancourt
  • Patent number: 9035049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidal compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R1, R2, A1, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined herein. The invention further relates to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Dallimore
  • Patent number: 9035074
    Abstract: Described herein are pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine derivatives, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Mark Edward Flanagan, Andrea Gonzales, Timothy Allan Johnson, Neelu Kaila, Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Ruth E. TenBrink, John David Trzupek, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Michael L. Vazquez, Mihir D. Parikh
  • Patent number: 9018217
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds, which are PDE10A enzyme inhibitors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides processes for the preparation of the compounds of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a drug addiction comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a psychiatric disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Ritzen, Morten Langgard, Jan Kehler, Jacob Nielsen, John Paul Kilburn, Mohamed M. Farah
  • Patent number: 9018382
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed indazoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Celine Duquenne, Neil Johnson, Steven D. Knight, Louis LaFrance, William H. Miller, Kenneth Newlander, Stuart Romeril, Meagan B. Rouse, Xinrong Tian, Sharad Kumar Verma
  • Patent number: 9018395
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of Formula I: wherein X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defend herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to allow the drug to penetrate the cell membrane; or a prodrug, or the compound is labeled with a detectable label or an affinity tag thereof. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition, a method of treating a disorder mediated by melanocortin-4 receptors, and a method of treating obesity using the compounds described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Université de Montréal
    Inventors: Michel Bouvier, Anne Marinier, Réjean Ruel, Patricia René, Yves Chantigny, Philippe Dagneau, Stéphane Gingras
  • Patent number: 9012648
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I, wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the specification, useful for the synthesis of novel conjugates and immunogens derived from risperidone and paliperidone. The invention also relates to conjugates of a risperidone or paliperidone hapten and a protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Pieter Rik Haspeslagh, Maarten Vliegen, Eric Hryhorenko, Thomas R. DeCory, Banumathi Sankaran
  • Patent number: 9006251
    Abstract: Aminoquinazolinyl compounds of formula (I) are described, which are useful as prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by prolyl hydroxylase activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anemia, vascular disorders, metabolic disorders, and wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharamceutica NV
    Inventors: Michael H. Rabinowitz, Mark D. Rosen, Kyle T. Tarantino, Hariharan Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 9006235
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Zhizhen Barbara Zheng, Stanley D'Andrea, David R. Langley, B. Narasimhulu Naidu
  • Patent number: 9006430
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, David Winter Walker, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Alastair Donald, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca
  • Patent number: 9000186
    Abstract: A ring-fused heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having a T-type calcium channel regulatory effect and useful as a pruritus therapeutic and/or preventive agent, and the like are provided. In the general formula (I), R1 represents optionally substituted lower alkyl, and the like; R2 represents an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, and the like; Q represents a hydrogen atom, and the like; R3 represents —C(?O)NR8R9 (wherein R8 and R9 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, and the like), and the like; L1 represents —CR11AR11B— (wherein R11A and R11B may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, and the like), and the like; and W1 and W2 may be the same or different, and each represents C—R12 (wherein R12 represents a hydrogen atom, and the like), and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Tomohiro Danjo, Keiichi Motosawa, Takayuki Furuta, Maki Ichioka, Masamori Sugawara, Noriaki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9000023
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 1,4-disubstituted phthalazine hedgehog pathway antagonists useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Philip Arthur Hipskind, Bharvin Kumar Patel, Takako Wilson (nee Takakuwa)
  • Patent number: 8987441
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral effects, particularly having growth inhibitory activity on influenza viruses, a preferred example of the compound being a substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone derivative prodrug having cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chika Takahashi, Hidenori Mikamiyama, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Kenji Tomita, Yoshiyuki Taoda, Makoto Kawai, Kosuke Anan, Masayoshi Miyagawa, Naoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8981111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydroximoyl-heterocycle derivatives, their process of preparation, intermediate compounds for their preparation, their use as fungicide active agents, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions, and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi, notably of plants, using these compounds or compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Christian Beier, Jürgen Benting, David Bernier, Isabelle Christian, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Philippe Desbordes, Christophe Dubost, Pierre Genix, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Daniela Portz, Rachel Rama, Philippe Rinolfi, Arnd Voerste, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 8980886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anthranilic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Qx, A, Qy and n have the meanings given in the description, to their use as insecticides and acaricides for controlling animal pests, also in combination with other agents for activity boosting, and to a plurality of processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Fischer, Christoph Grondal, Markus Heil, Heinz-Juergen Wroblowsky, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Görgens
  • Patent number: 8975398
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Hansen, Kenton Longenecker, Howard R. Heyman, Michael L. Curtin, Richard F. Clark, Bryan Sorensen, Zhiqin Ji, Kevin Woller, George Doherty, Robin Frey
  • Patent number: 8975260
    Abstract: Pyridazinone compounds of Formula I including stereoisomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful for inhibiting Btk kinase, and for treating immune disorders such as inflammation mediated by Btk kinase. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Genetech, Inc, Gilead Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Currie, Xiaojing Wang, Wendy B. Young
  • Patent number: 8969555
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the Formula I: wherein X is a bond or CH2; R is selected from the group consisting of R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CH and N; R3 is H or CH3; R4 is H or CH3; L is selected from the group consisting of —O(CH2)3—, —C(O)NH(CH2)2—, —CH2C(O)NH(CH2)2—, —(CH2)3N(C(O)CH3)CH2—, —(CH2)2N(C(O)CH3)CH2—, —(CH2)3NH—, (CH2)2OCH2—, —(CH2)4—, —(CH2)2NHCH2—, —(CH2)3O—, and —CH2O(CH2)2—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compounds of this invention are autotaxin inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Beauchamp, Yen Dao, Spencer Brian Jones, Bryan Hurst Norman, Lance Allen Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 8969376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula [I]: wherein: R1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or cyano; Ring A is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; Ring B is an optionally substituted 3 to 6-membered monocyclic group; and Y is optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted cyclic amino, optionally substituted aliphatic 3 to 6-membered monocyclyloxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl or optionally substituted lower alkyl-O—, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and to their use as PDE10 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Kawanishi, Mitsuya Hongu, Yoshihito Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8969587
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of RAF kinases, including BRAF kinase and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by RAF kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ambit Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Sunny Abraham, Shripad S. Bhagwat, Brian T. Campbell, Qi Chao, Raffaella Faraoni, Mark W. Holladay, Andiliy G. Lai, Martin W. Rowbottom, Eduardo Setti, Kelly G. Sprankle