Patents Examined by Oluwafemi Masha
  • Patent number: 8962665
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with substituted azole derivatives that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant proteine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. In particular, several of these compounds are potent and selective Flt-3 inhibitors or/and syk inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: AB Science
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Abdellah Benjahad, Jason Martin, Emmanuel Chevenier, Didier Pez, Franck Sandrinelli, Willy Picoul
  • Patent number: 8916557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 4-Aryl-N-phenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-amines of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders, in particular of hyper-proliferative disorders and/or virally induced infectious diseases and/or of cardiovascular diseases. The invention further relates to intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of said compounds of general formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Lücking, Rolf Bohlmann, Arne Scholz, Gerhard Siemeister, Mark Jean Gnoth, Ulf Bömer, Gerd Rühter, Carsten Schultz-Fademrecht, Dirk Kosemund, Philip Lienau
  • Patent number: 8912359
    Abstract: A method of combating infectious agents, such as Pneumocystis pneumonia, and a method of treating a subject in need of such treatment is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject a bis-benzamidoxime of formula I wherein the linker is a di-substituted cyclic moiety of any ring size and may contain at least one heteroatom; the aromatic group is 1,2-; 1,3-; or 1,4-disubstituted; R is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group, containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R? is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group containing from one to twenty carbon atoms, an aromatic ring, a cycloalkyl group containing three to eight carbon atoms, or a hydroxyl group; alternatively, R and R? may form a cyclic structure that can be fused to another cyclic system; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical formulations and active compounds useful in the practice of the present invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: University of Cincinnati, Xavier University
    Inventors: Peter D. Walzer, Melanie T. Cushion, Annie Mayence, Tien Liang Huang, Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde
  • Patent number: 8906893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substances, to electroluminescent device comprising these substances, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Sigurd Hoeger, Eva Maria Reis, Vanessa Bobbe
  • Patent number: 8901127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of general formula I wherein R1 and R2 are defined as described hereinafter, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with organic or inorganic acids or bases, which have valuable properties, the preparation thereof, the medicaments containing the pharmacologically effective compounds, the preparation thereof and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Hauel, Raimund Kuelzer
  • Patent number: 8901142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[3,2-e]pyrimidine and dipyrazolopyrimidine compounds of Formula (I) as inhibitors of mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) kinase, which is also known as FRAP, RAFT, RAPT or SEP. The compounds may be used in the treatment of cancer and other disorders where mTOR is deregulated. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrrolo[3,2-e]pyrimidine or dipyrazolopyrimidine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Meng, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Panduranga Adulla P. Reddy, Mehul F. Patel, Yang Nan
  • Patent number: 8895729
    Abstract: Process methods for making the dual mTOR/PI3K inhibitor GDC-0980, named as (S)-1-(4-((2-(2-aminopyrimidin-5-yl)-7-methyl-4-morpholinothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-2-hydroxypropan-1-one, having the structure: and stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Babu, Zhigang Cheng, Francis Gosselin, Pirmin Hidber, Ursula Hoffmann, Theresa Humphries, Reinhard Reents, Qingping Tian, Herbert Yajima
  • Patent number: 8889667
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey Saunders, Shunqi Yan
  • Patent number: 8889858
    Abstract: As a novel substance having a novel skeleton, provided is a novel phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex that can emit phosphorescence in a blue green to red wavelength region and has high emission efficiency. The phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex has a ligand having a pyridyl pyrimidine skeleton, i.e., the phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex has a ligand having a structure represented by the following general formula (G0). Note that in the formula, R1 and R4 to R6 separately represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R2 and R3 separately represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group that may have a substituent, and a pyridyl group that may have a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka Nakagawa, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8865711
    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: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Ritzén, Jan Kehler, Morten Langgård, Jacob Nielsen, John Paul Kilburn, Mohamed M. Farah
  • Patent number: 8859584
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, Rz, A, m, n, p, q, s, and positions a and b are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Woller, Gregory A. Gfesser, Huaqing Liu, Jerome F. Daanen, Eric A. Voight, Irene I. Drizin, Anurupa Shrestha, Kathleen H. Mortell, Philip R. Kym, Michael E. Kort, Arthur Gomtsyan
  • Patent number: 8853249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for the synthesis of particular macrocycles that are inhibitors of the proteasomic degradation of p27, in particular argyrin and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschungs GmbH, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität
    Inventors: Markus Kalesse, Ulrike Eggert
  • Patent number: 8846935
    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: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    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: 8841311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulphone-substituted quinazoline derivatives of the formula (I), processes for their preparation and their use as a medicament for the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Buchmann, Dirk Kosemund, Duy Nguyen, Arne Von Bonin
  • Patent number: 8829012
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: G1 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. Tavares, Jay C. Strum
  • Patent number: 8822683
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: G1 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. Tavares, Jay C. Strum
  • Patent number: 8809353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Wilson, Lev T. D. Fanning, Paul Krenitsky, Andreas Termin, Pramod Joshi, Urvi Sheth
  • Patent number: 8809547
    Abstract: The present application relates to the use of heterocyclic compounds, some of which are known, for controlling animal pests, including arthropods and in particular insects, furthermore to novel heterocyclic compounds and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Eva-Maria Franken, Ulrich Görgens, Martin Füβlein, Achim Hense, Joachim Kluth, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Adeline Köhler, Olga Malsam, Arnd Voerste, Angela Becker
  • Patent number: 8809336
    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 R1 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: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    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: 8809328
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound that can regulate plant growth. The compound selected from the group consisting of (A) and (B): (A) 3H-imidazo[4,5-d][1,2,3]triazin-4,6(5H,7H)-dione; and (B) 3-methyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-d][1,2,3]triazin-4,6(5H,7H)-dione; has a plant growth regulating action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kawagishi, Jae-Hoon Choi