Patents Examined by Peter G O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7767846
    Abstract: A novel class of compounds that includes HPTS-Cys-MA, and methods of making them are disclosed herein. The class of compounds including HPTS-Cys-MA are useful as fluorescent dyes for analyte detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Glumetrics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff T Suri
  • Patent number: 7763641
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the compounds having the formula (I), N-oxides, salt, stereoisomeric forms, racemic mixtures, prodrugs, esters and metabolites thereof, wherein Haryl is an aromatic monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic heterocycle having 3 to 14 ring members which contains one or more heteroatom ring members selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur and which may optionally be substituted on (i) one or more carbon atoms by C1-6alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, optionally mono- or disubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, haloC1-6alkyl, carboxyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, optionally mono- or disubstituted aminocarbonyl, methylthio, methylsulfonyl, aryl, —(R7a)n—M—R7b, Het1 and Het2; whereby the optional substituents on any amino function are independently selected from R5 and —A—R6; and on (ii) a nitrogen atom if present by hydroxy or —A—R6. It further relates to their use as broadspectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Sandrine Marie Helene Vendeville, Wim Gaston Verschueren, Abdellah Tahri, Samuel Leo Christiaan Moors, Montserrat Erra Sola
  • Patent number: 7763652
    Abstract: A prostaglandin derivative represented by Formula (I): wherein X is a halogen atom in the ?- or ?-substitution, Y is an ethylene group, a vinylene group or an ethynylene group, R1 is a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, a C3-10 cycloalkyl group substituted with a C1-4 straight or branched chain alkyl group or a C4-13 cycloalkylalkyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a CO2R3 group (R3 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 straight or branched chain alkyl group or a C2-4 straight or branched chain alkenyl group), n is an integer of 1 to 4 and p is 0, 1 or 2, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumie Sato, Tohru Tanami, Makoto Yagi, Naoya Ono
  • Patent number: 7750049
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) in which R is selected from halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 is selected from 2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2,2-dihydroxyethyl, 3,3-dihydroxypropyl, 1,3-dioxolane-ethyl, 1,3-dioxane-methyl, 1,3-dioxolane-methyl, 1,3-dioxane-ethyl, 3-fluoro-2-hydroxypropyl, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-propyl, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxy-propen-2-yl, morpholinoethyl, piperazinoethyl, hydroxymethyl, benzyl, 4-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl, 4-chlorobenzyl, 4-fluorobenzyl, and 4-hydroxybenzyl. R2 is te/t-butyl or trifluoromethyl; R3 is independently selected from hydrogen, carboxy, cyano, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, The compounds of formula (I) can be used for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the therapy of inflammatory states, such as chronic neuropathic pain, over-active bladder syndrome, tumor pain, hemorrhoids, inflammatory hyperalgesia, post-intervention pain, dental extraction, airway and gastro-intestinal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pharmeste S.R.L.
    Inventors: Pier Giovanni Baraldi, Pier Andrea Borea, Pierangelo Geppetti, Francesca Fruttarolo, Maria Giovanna Pavani, Marcello Trevisani
  • Patent number: 7741351
    Abstract: This case discloses compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, amino, monoC1-4alkylamino or diC1-4alkylamino; R2 and R3, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano or amino; each R4, which may be the same or different, is C1-6alkyl, halogen, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano, nitro or amino; p is 0, 1 or 2; each R5, which may be the same or different, is C1-6alkyl, halogen, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano, nitro or amino; q is 0, 1 or 2; R6 is —NR6aSO2R6b, —NR6aC(?O)R6b, —NR6a(C?O)N(R6c)2, —(C?O)R6d, —CH2NR6aSO2R6b, —CH2NR6aC(?O)R6b, CH2NR6a(C?O)N(R6c)2 or —CH2(C?O)R6d; where R6a and each R6c, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R6b and R6d are C1-6alkyl or haloC1-6alkyl; or R6a and R6b, or R6a and R6c, together with the interconnecting atoms, may form a 5- or 6-membered ring; n is 1 or 2; and R7 and R8, which may be the same or different, are
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Thewlis, Simon Edward Ward
  • Patent number: 7741510
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a rheology control agent that includes a following compound represented by the following formula: wherein A, B, C and D equal CH2, CHR, NH, or O, and A, B, C and D may be the same or different and at least one of A and B equals NH and at least one of C and D equals NH; and wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different and represent a linear, branched, hyper-branched, or dendritic ether, polyether or hydrocarbon based chain, optionally forming at least one carbon-based ring, being saturated or unsaturated and R2 represents linear or branched alkylenes, ethers, polyethers, or polyester linkages and at least one of R1, R2, and R3 comprises an ester group or an amide group which is branched off from the main chain; excluded from Formula (1) is a compound wherein R2 is CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH(C(O)OCH3), A, B, C, and D are equal to NH and R1 and R3 are both equal to a linear octyl hydrocarbon chain; the rheology control agent is suitable for solvent-borne and water-borne coat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Christian Peter Lenges, Yanhui Niu, Yu-Ling Hsiao, Jiang Ding, Young H. Kim
  • Patent number: 7732652
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide a perylene derivative preparation process featuring satisfactory yields and improved preparation efficiency, a perylene derivative obtained by the process, and an organic EL device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Kensuke Ara, Tetsushi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7732640
    Abstract: A process for urea production comprises a first process step in which ammonia (7) and carbon dioxide (6) are obtained, subjecting natural gas (1) to reforming treatments (12, 14), and a second step of urea (8a) production from such ammonia (7) and from carbon dioxide, through a formation of a solution comprising urea and ammonium carbamate in a urea synthesis reactor (20) and a subsequent decomposition of the ammonium carbamate and. urea recovery, the process comprises the steps of:—treating combustion smokes (5) comprising carbon dioxide with an aqueous solution (9a) comprising a part (7b) of such ammonia (7), obtaining an aqueous ammonium carbamate solution (9c);—supplying the solution (9c) thus obtained to the second process step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Urea Casale S.A.
    Inventors: Domenico Romiti, Paolo Sticchi
  • Patent number: 7728166
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for the production of metal salts of trifluoromethane sulphonic acid by reacting trifluoromethane sulphonic acid with a metal alcoholate and the use thereof as esterification catalyst and/or transesterification catalyst for the production of hydroxycarboxylic acid esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Finmans, Detlef Hoell, Hans-Jurgen Vossler, Martina Rozek, Michael James Green, Rafael Roggenbuck
  • Patent number: 7728162
    Abstract: A novel process for preparing in a high purity and in a high yield phosphorus compounds having a phosphate-phosphonate bond within one molecule, along with only a small amount of a by-product, without being restricted by the kind of a phosphonate having an alcoholic hydroxyl group which is a raw material, without using a catalyst such as magnesium chloride, but only using a nitrogen-containing basic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Daihachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Fujimoto, Sakiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7723542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of diphosphonic acids by reaction of a carboxylic acid with a mixture of phosphorous acid and phosphorus oxychloride in defined molar ratios and in the absence of solvents. The invention further relates to ibandronic acid monosodium salt in the amorphous form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Trifarma S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simona Grassi, Anna Volante
  • Patent number: 7718826
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel ionic compound being low in a risk of combustion, and more particularly to an ionic compound represented by the following formula (I): (NPR12)n ??(I) [wherein R1s are each independently a halogen element or a monovalent substituent, provided that at least one of R1s is an ionic substituent represented by the following general formula (II): —N+R23X???(II) (wherein R2s are independently a monovalent substituent or hydrogen, provided that at least one of R2s is not hydrogen and R2s may be bonded with each other to form a ring; and X? is a monovalent anion); and n is 3 to 15].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hiroshi Kanno
  • Patent number: 7709683
    Abstract: A method of preparing a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt includes the steps of combining a neutral bis(thio-hydrazide amide), an organic solvent and a base to form a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) solution; and combining the solution and methyl tert-butyl ether, thereby precipitating a disalt of the bis(thio-hydrazide amide). In some embodiments, a method of preparing a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt includes the steps of combining a neutral bis(thio-hydrazide amide) and an organic solvent selected from methanol, ethanol, acetone, and methyl ethyl ketone to make a mixture; adding at least two equivalents of a base selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide and potassium ethoxide to the mixture, thereby forming a solution; and combining the solution and methyl tert-butyl ether to precipitate the disalt of the bis(thio-hydrazide amide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Zhi-Qiang Xia
  • Patent number: 7704971
    Abstract: Uracil reductase inactivators, notably a 5-substituted uracil or 5,6-dihydro-5-substituted uracil, potentiate 5-flourouracil and find use particularly in the treatment of cancer. The 5-substituent is selected from bromo, ido, cyano, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, 1-halo-C2-6 alkenyl and halo-substituted C2-6 alkynyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: SmithKlineBeecham Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Spector, David J. T. Porter, Saad G. Rahim
  • Patent number: 7700658
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl and heteroaryl (R)-Chiral Halogenated 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Novel high yield, stereoselective processes for the preparation of the chiral substituted alkanol compounds from chiral and achiral intermediates are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Sikorsky, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Mark A. Massa, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Brian S. Hickory, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Deborah A. Mischke, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 7700654
    Abstract: A process for isolating N-butylbenzenesulfonamide (NBBS) from biological material, the chemical synthesis of benzenesulfonamide derivatives, the use of NBBS and benzenesulfonamide derivatives for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and/or prostate carcinoma, the production of medicaments for the treatment thereof, and the use of NBBS and benzenesulfonamide derivatives as a lead substance in the development of active substances for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and/or prostate carcinoma are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Hans-Rainer Hoffmann, Rudolf Matusch, Aria Baniahmad
  • Patent number: 7696249
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel specifically trifluoromethyl and halogen substituted 1,3-diphenyl ureas and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects like the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as anti-infectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: ARPIDA AG
    Inventors: Ralf Loewe, Sergio Lociuro, Stephen Hawser, Laurent Schmitt
  • Patent number: 7687661
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for conversion of salts of ?-hydroxy carbonyl compounds forming useful conversion products including, e.g., ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and/or salts of ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Conversion products find use, e.g., as feedstock and/or end-use chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Michael A. Lilga, James F. White, Johnathan E. Holladay, Alan H. Zacher, Danielle S. Muzatko, Rick J. Orth
  • Patent number: 7683078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) notably for use as pharmaceutically active compounds, as well as to pharmaceutical formulations containing such sulfonamide derivatives. Said sulfonamide derivatives are useful in the treatment of neuronal disorders, autoimmune diseases, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, said sulfonamide derivatives are efficient modulators of the JNK pathway, they are in particular efficient and selective inhibitors of JNK2 and -3. The present invention is furthermore related to novel sulfonamide derivatives as well as to methods of their preparation. Formula (I) IAr1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; X is O or S, preferably O; Ar2 a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or heteroarylene group; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a C1-C6-alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Laboratoires Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Rueckle, Jean-Pierre Gotteland, Russel J. Thomas, Marco Biamonte
  • Patent number: 7683172
    Abstract: A process for preparing a compound (C) represented by the following formula: wherein R1 represents hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl or C3-8 cycloalkyl, and R2 represents hydrogen or methoxy, characterized by reacting a compound (A-1) represented by the following formula: wherein R1 has the same definition as above, with a compound (B) represented by the following formula: wherein R2 has the same definition as above, and L represents a leaving group, is provided. Compound (C) is effective for prevention or treatment of various diseases associated with angiogenesis neoplasia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Naito, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa