Patents Examined by Oluwafemi Masha
  • Patent number: 8796263
    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: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Michael H. Rabinowitz, Mark D. Rosen, Kyle T. Tarantino, Hariharan Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 8791108
    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: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Manoj Patel
  • Patent number: 8772298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spirocyclic heterocycles of general formula (I) the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly tumoral diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and airways, and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Birgit Jung, Ralf Lotz
  • Patent number: 8765753
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of s-triazine derivatives of the formula in which R is a C1-C12-alkyl radical, by reacting a cyanuric acid halide with a p-aminobenzoic acid ester, which comprises a C6-C12-alkyl radical as radical of the ester alcohol, in a molar ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 in a xylene isomer mixture as solvent. 10 The process is characterized in that the solvent is used in amounts of from 0.6 to 2.1 mol/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Rudi Kroner
  • Patent number: 8765950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides isotopically substituted compounds of the formula (II): wherein T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R0, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the detailed description. The method for detection and quantification using the same is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Vincent Jo Davisson, Shirshendu K. Deb, Giselle Marcelline Knudsen-Mooney, Meiguo Xin
  • Patent number: 8759344
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds corresponding to formula (I): in which R2 and R3 together form, with the carbon atoms of the phenyl nucleus to which they are attached, a 6-membered nitrogenous heterocycle corresponding to one of formula (A), (B) or (C) below: in which the wavy lines represent the phenyl nucleus to which R2 and R3 are attached. Preparation process and therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Chantal Alcouffe, Reinhard Kirsch, Corentin Herbert, Gilbert Lassalle
  • Patent number: 8759338
    Abstract: New compounds, compositions and methods of inhibition of Provirus Integration of Maloney Kinase (PIM kinase) activity associated with tumorigenesis in a human or animal subject are provided. In certain embodiments, the compounds and compositions are effective to inhibit the activity of at least one PIM kinase. The new compounds and compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a serine/threonine kinase- or receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated disorder, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Matthew Burger, Jiong Lan
  • Patent number: 8754084
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating myotonic dystrophy. The compounds can selectively bind to CUG repeats in RNA, or to CTG repeats in DNA, and inhibit replication of the nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Steven C. Zimmerman, Chun-Ho Wong, Paul J. Hergenrother, Jessie Peh
  • Patent number: 8748434
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1,2-pyridazines, 1,6-pyridazines or pyrimidines of the formula wherein B1 to B3 and R1 to R7 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Henrietta Dehmlow, Shawn David Erickson, Patrizio Mattei, Hans Richter
  • Patent number: 8741892
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction such as schizophrenia or cognitive decline such as dementia or cognitive impairment. A, B, X, R1, R2, R3 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Grauert, Daniel Bischoff, Georg Dahmann, Raimund Kuelzer, Klaus Rudolf, Bernd Wellenzohn
  • Patent number: 8735400
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula I, compositions containing them, and methods of use for the compounds and compositions in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK 2 and JAK3, are therapeutically useful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Chen, Vanessa Taylor, Hui Li, Rajinder Singh
  • Patent number: 8729263
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Atwood Kim Cheung, Donovan Noel Chin, Natalie Dales, Aleem Fazal, Timothy Brian Hurley, John Kerrigan, Gary O'Brien, Lei Shu, Robert Sun, Moo Je Sung
  • Patent number: 8722661
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula (I) wherein Q, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The compounds have activity as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Johannes Hermann, Kyungjin Kim, Nathan Robert Scott, Lin Yi, Mark Zak
  • Patent number: 8716296
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): are useful as inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases such as CDK9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Ingenium Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Allgeier, Martin Augustin, Anke Müller, Lutz Zeitlmann, Andreas Marquardt, Michael A. Pleiss, Ulrich Heiser, André Johannes Niestroj
  • Patent number: 8710044
    Abstract: The invention provides novel bicyclic azaheterocyclic carboxamide compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Constantin Neagu, Reinaldo Jones, Lizbeth Celeste DeSelm, Yufang Xiao, Srinivasa R. Karra, Ruoxi Lan, Igor Mochalkin, Amanda E. Sutton, Thomas E. Richardson
  • Patent number: 8697888
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (1-(methylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)(heterocycloalkyl)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Patent number: 8691832
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel tricyclic heterocycles of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Duane A. Burnett, Zhiqiang Zhao, David Cole, Hubert Josien, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Thavalakulamgar Sasikumar, Wen-Lian Wu, Martin Domalski
  • Patent number: 8691986
    Abstract: Azetidine and piperidine compounds of formula (I): as defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereof. Provided herein also are methods of treating cognitive disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as Huntington's Disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Jian J. Chen, Michael J. Frohn, Matthew R. Kaller, Qingyian Liu, Thomas T. Nguyen, Alexander J. Pickrell, Wenyuan Qian, Robert M. Rzasa, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 8691977
    Abstract: Chemical entities which are triterpenoid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of inflammatory, neurodegenerative, neoplastic and autoimmune diseases are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Neupharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Yong-Liang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8691830
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: G1 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. Tavares, Jay C. Strum