Patents Examined by Richard L. Raymond
  • Patent number: 6906051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the Formula I, and methods of selectively inhibiting or antagonizing the ?V?3 and/or the ?V?5 integrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Ruminiski, Thomas D. Penning, Lan Jiang, Balekudru Devadas, Thomas Rogers, Jennifer VanCamp, Chester Yuan
  • Patent number: 6906073
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1-R4, A, L, and X have any of the values defined in the specification that are CCR-3 receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods and intermediates useful for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Daisy Joe Du Bois, Denis John Kertesz, Eric Brian Sjogren, David Bernard Smith, Beihan Wang
  • Patent number: 6903086
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally IP receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein G1 is selected from the group consisting of a, b1 and b2, and A and G2 are as defined in the specification; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: SYNTEX (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Dov Nitzan, Counde O'Yang
  • Patent number: 6903107
    Abstract: A serine protease inhibitor having the formula (I), in which J is H, R1, R1—O—C(O)—, R1—C(O—, R1—SO2—, R3OOC—(CHR2)p—, (R2a,R2b)N—CO—(CHR2)p— or Het-CO—(CHR2)p—; W is an amino-acid of the formula —NH—CHR1—C(O)—, —NR4—CH((CH2)qC(O)OR1)—C(O)—, —NR4—CH((CH2)qC(O)N(R2a,R2b))—C(O)—, —NR4—CH((CH2)qC(O)Het)-C(O)—, D-1-Tiq, D-3-Tiq, D-Atc, Aic, D-1-Piq, D-3 Piq, glutanyl or a (C1-C6) alkylester thereof; E is —NR2—CH2— or the fragment ?which is unsubstituted or substituted with (1-6C)alkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy or benzyloxy; R1 is selected form (1-12C)alkyl, (2-12C)alkenyl, (2-12C)alkynyl, (3-12C)cycloalkyl and (3-12C)cycloalkyl(1-6C)alkylene, which groups are unsubstituted or substituted with (3-12C)cycloalkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy, oxo, OH, CF3 or halogen, and from (6-14C)aryl, (7-15C)aralkyl, (8-16C)aralkenyl and (14-20C)(bisary)alkyl, wherein the aryl groups are unsubstituted or substituted with (1-6C)alkyl, (3-12C)cycloalkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy, OH, CF3 or halogen; R2, R2a and R2b are each independently selected from H, (1-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Marius Timmers, Johannes Bernardus Maria Rewinkel
  • Patent number: 6903105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazinoylguanidine compounds represented by formula (I): where at least one of R3 and R4 is a group represented by formula (A): where the other structural groups are defined herein. The present invention also includes a variety of methods of treatment using these sodium channel blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Parion Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6903120
    Abstract: New 3-substituted 4-(phenyl-N-alkyl)-piperazine and 4-(phenyl-N-alkyl)-piperidine compounds of Formula (1), wherein X N, CH, or C, however X may only be C when the compound comprises a double bond at the dotted line; R1 is OSO2CF3, OSO2CH3, SOR3, SO2R3, COR3, NO2, or CONHR3 and when X is CH or C R1 may also be CF3, CN, F, Cl, Br, or I; R2 is a C1-C4 alkyl, an allyl, CH2SCH3, CH2CH2OCH3, CH2CH2CH2F, CH2CF3, 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, 4,4,4,-trifluorobutyl, or —(CH2)—R4; R3 is a C1-C3 alkyl CF3, or N(R2)2; R4 is a C3-C6 cycloalkyl, 2-tetrahydrofurane or 3-tetra-hydrofurane, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: A. Carlsson Research AB
    Inventors: Clas Sonesson, Ingela Marianne Svan, Anders Kristoffer Lilja, Liselott Lilja Rönnqvist, Jenny Maria Carlberg, Susanna Waters, Nicholas Waters, Joakim Tedroff, Bengt Andersson
  • Patent number: 6903088
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, antherosclerosis. AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett, Christopher Semko, Robert Warren Sullivan, Christopher Joseph Soares, Kiev Sui Ly
  • Patent number: 6903085
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R6, Z, Q, m, n, X1, X2, X3, X4 and T are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy, especially for the treatment of chemokine receptor related diseases and conditions
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: AstraZeneca, AB
    Inventors: Stephen Thom, Andrew Baxter, Nicholas Kindor, Thomas McInally, Brian Springthorpe, Matthew Perry, David Harden, Richard Evans, David Marriott
  • Patent number: 6903118
    Abstract: The invention relates to new piperazinyl-substituted pyridylalkane, alkene, and alkine acid amides substituted with saturated or one or several-fold unsaturated hydrocarbon residue in the carboxylic acid group according to the general formula (I) as well as methods for the production of these compounds, medicaments containing these and their production as well as their therapeutic use, especially as cytostatic agents and immunosuppressive agents, for example in the treatment or prevention of various types of tumors and control of immune reactions such as autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Klinge Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Elfi Biedermann, Max Hasmann, Roland Löser, Benno Rattel, Friedemann Reiter, Barbara Schein, Klaus Seibel, Klaus Vogt, Katja Wosikowski, Isabel Schemainda
  • Patent number: 6903213
    Abstract: This invention concerns the use of the compounds of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein A is CH, CR4 or N; n is 0 to 4; Q is hydrogen or —NR1R2; R1 and R2 are selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-12alkyl, C1-12alkyloxy, C1-12alkylcarbonyl, C1-12alkyloxycarbonyl, aryl, amino, mono- or di(C1-12alkyl)-amino, mono- or di(C1-12alkyl)aminocarbonyl wherein each C1-12alkyl may optionally be substituted; or R1 and R2 taken together may form pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, azido or mono- or di(C1-12alkyl)aminoC1-4alkylidene; R3 is hydrogen, aryl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C16alkyloxy-carbonyl,; and R4 is hydroxy, halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, cyano, aminocarbonyl, nitro, amino, trihalomethyl, trihalomethyloxy; R5 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; L is optionally substituted C1-10alkyl, C3-10alkenyl, C3-10alkynyl, C3-7cycloalkyl; or L is —X1—R6 or —X2-Alk-R7 wherein R6 and R7
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventors: Koenraad Jozef Lodewijk Marcel Andries, Bart De Corte, Marc René De Jonge, Jan Heeres, Chih Yung Ho, Marcel August Constant Janssen, Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Michael Joseph Kukla, Donald William Ludovici, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken
  • Patent number: 6900196
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which R2, X, Y, Cy, L and Lp(D)n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of the serine protease, Factor Xa and are useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: John Walter Liebeschuetz, Christopher William Murray, Stephen Clinton Young, Nicholas Paul Camp, Stuart Donald Jones, William Alexander Wylie, John Joseph Masters, Michael Robert Wiley, Scott Martin Sheehan, David Birenbaum Engel, Brian Morgan Watson
  • Patent number: 6900220
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally alpha-1A/B adrenoceptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein Z is —C(O)— or —S(O)2—, X is carbon or nitrogen, Y is carbon, and X—Y considered together are two adjoining atoms of the ring A, said ring being a fused aromatic ring of five to six atoms per ring optionally incorporating one to two heteroatoms per ring, chosen from N, O, or S; and the other substituents are as defined in the specification; or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Cyrus Kephra Becker, Joan Marie Caroon, Chris Richard Melville, Fernando Padilla, Jürg Roland Pfister, Xiaoming Zhang
  • Patent number: 6900214
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds induce mitotic arrest thereby making them useful as anti-cancer agents. The formula I compounds are also useful for the treatment of other diseases which can be treated by inducing mitotic arrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Louis J. Lombardo, Laurence I. Wu
  • Patent number: 6900217
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein A, B, D, E, K, T, G, R3 and R5 are defined as in the specification, and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Patent number: 6900232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I Wherein A1 is a pyridinyl of the formula optionally substituted by one or more Rk selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, thioalkyl, haloalkyl, cyano, amino alkylamino, halogen, acylamino, sulfonamide and —COR; and R is hydroxy, alkoxy, alkyl or amino; and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the Formula I, and methods of selectively inhibiting or antagonizing the ?v?3 and/or ?v?5 integrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Ish Kumar Khanna, Michael Clare, Alan F. Gasiecki, Thomas Rogers, Barbara Chen, Mark Russell, Hwang-Fun Lu
  • Patent number: 6900313
    Abstract: The invention relates to chiral ionic liquids of the general formula [A]n+[Y]n?, whereby n=1 or 2, the anion [Y]n? is the anion of an organic or inorganic proton acid and the cation [A]+ an optically active organic ammonium cation with up to 50 carbon atoms, at least one chirality center and at least one functional group that can produce a coordination by forming hydrogen bridges or by providing free electron pairs. At least one chirality center is provided with a distance of up to 5 atomic bonds from the functional group. The invention also relates to a method for producing said chiral ionic liquids and to the use thereof in methods for the asymmetric synthesis, the asymmetric catalysis and for separating racemates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Wasserscheid, Wilhelm Keim, Carsten Bolm, Andreas Bösmann
  • Patent number: 6900243
    Abstract: There are provided novel compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, X, Y, V, W and Z are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and enantiomers and racemates thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory disease and pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: David Cheshire, Stephen Connolly, David Cox, Antonio Mete
  • Patent number: 6900216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel substituted dihydroimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole and dihydro-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine compounds including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have an affinity for 5-HT1A receptors and which inhibit neuronal reuptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine and/or noradrenaline, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of depression, anxiety, psychoses including schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia, obesity, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, panic attacks, social phobias, eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, snaking and binge eating, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, hyperlipidaemia, stress, as an aid to smoking cessation and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of seizures, neurological disorders such as epilepsy and/or in which there is neurological damage such as stroke, brain trauma, cerebral ischaemia
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Knoll GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin James Doyle, Frank Kerrigan, John Paul Watts
  • Patent number: 6900319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula I: or a salt thereof with a physiologically tolerated acid, or stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, A, B, C and D have the meanings described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Boehm, Hans Wolfgang Höffken, Wilfried Hornberger, Stefan Koser, Helmut Mack, Thomas Pfeiffer, Werner Seitz, Thomas Zierke
  • Patent number: 6897207
    Abstract: The invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of general formula (I): and compositions containing such compounds; and their prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds and their prodrugs, as well as to novel compounds within the scope of formula (I). Such compounds and compositions have valuable pharmaceutical properties, in particular the ability to inhibit kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Cox, Tahir N. Majid, Justine Yeun Quai Lai, Andrew D. Morley, Shelley Amendola, Stephanie D. Deprets, Christopher Edlin, Charles J. Gardner, Dorothea Kominos, Brian L. Pedgrift, Frank Halley, Timothy A. Gillespy, Michael Edwards, Francois F. Clerc, Conception Nemecek, Olivier Houille, Dominique Damour, Herve Bouchard, Daniel N. A. Bezard, Chantal Carrez