Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 9670130
    Abstract: Target compounds are synthesized simply, efficiently and selectively. More specifically, provided are a method for producing (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)carbaldehyde, comprising the steps of: reacting the carbonyl group of 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone (1) to obtain a 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenylidenemethyl ether compound (2) and hydrolyzing Compound (2) to obtain the (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)carbaldehyde (3); a method for producing (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)methanol, comprising a step of reducing Compound (3) to obtain the (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)methanol (4); and a method for producing a (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)methyl ester compound, comprising a step of esterifying Compound (4) to obtain the (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)methyl ester compound (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kinsho, Naoki Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 9663454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for labeling compounds comprising thiol moieties with 3-arylpropiolonitrile compounds, to 3-arylpropiolonitrile compounds substituted with tag moieties and to specific 3-arylpropiolonitrile linkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Universite De Strasbourg, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Alain Wagner, Oleksandr Koniev
  • Patent number: 9662324
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating anemia (?-thalassemia anemia or sickle cell anemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Che-Kun James Shen, Yu-Chi Chou, Tsann-Long Su
  • Patent number: 9663417
    Abstract: In a process for producing methyl-substituted biphenyl compounds, a feed comprising at least one aromatic hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene and mixtures thereof is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydroalkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a hydroalkylation reaction product comprising (methylcyclohexyl)toluenes and/or (dimethylcyclohexyl)xylenes. At least part of the hydroalkylation reaction product is then dehydrogenated in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising a mixture of methyl-substituted biphenyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad M. Dakka, Lorenzo C. DeCaul
  • Patent number: 9656997
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomers of any of the foregoing, or mixtures thereof are agonists of the APJ Receptor and have use in treating cardiovascular and other conditions. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Gayathri Swaminath, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Mikkel V. Debenedetto, Robert P. Farrell, Simon J. Hedley, Ted C. Judd, Frank Kayser
  • Patent number: 9656998
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula V, salts thereof, tautomers thereof, and salts of the tautomers are useful intermediates in the synthesis of agonists of the APJ Receptor. Compounds of Formula V have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Mikkel V. Debenedetto, Robert P. Farrell, Simon J. Hedley, Ted C. Judd
  • Patent number: 9657016
    Abstract: Azaindazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an azaindazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samumed, LLC
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar KC, David Mark Wallace, Jianguo Cao, Chandramouli Chiruta, John Hood
  • Patent number: 9656989
    Abstract: Provided herein are pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5) mefloquine derivatives, formulations, methods of making the SF5 derivatives, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Dolbier, Jr., Oleksandr S. Kanishchev
  • Patent number: 9656943
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recycling method for producing dimethyl carbonate. The process is unique in that it produces a by-product that can be re-used in the process as a raw material for repeating the process. For example, when the process is directed to synthesizing dimethyl carbonate, glycerol is used as a starting material. Glycerol is also a by-product produced during formation of dimethyl carbonate, and therefore it can be re-used as starting material to generate more dimethyl carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Chang Chun Plastics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien Fu Huang, Yi Ta Tsai
  • Patent number: 9657035
    Abstract: A method for treating cancer and gold(III) complexes with diaminocyclohexane ligand as anticancer agents. Also described are a pharmaceutical composition incorporating the gold(III) complexes and a method of synthesizing the gold(III) complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Anvarhusein A. Isab, Muhammad Altaf
  • Patent number: 9656994
    Abstract: The invention provides modulators of the nociceptin receptor (NOP), including both agonists and antagonists. A compound of the invention can be a selective modulator of NOP with respect to the ?- and ?-opioid receptors (MOP and KOP), thus providing a therapeutic method for the treatment of conditions wherein selective NOP modulation is medically indicated and MOP or KOP modulation may be less desirable. A compound of the invention can be a NOP full agonist, partial agonist, inverse agonist, positive or negative allosteric modulator, or a functionally biased agonist. A compound of the invention can be used for the treatment of an anxiety state, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictive disorders (including overuse of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse such as cocaine, amphetamines, and opitates), misregulated food intake and/or energy expenditure, cough, sleep disorders, migraine, pain, depression, or neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinsons disease or Alzheimers disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Thomas D. Bannister, Claes R. Wahlestedt, Yen Ting Chen, Shaun P. Brothers, Hasib Salah-Uddin, Xiaohong Pan
  • Patent number: 9650565
    Abstract: A carbazole compound represented by the following formula: wherein, when m=1, n=0, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and X2 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, provided that Ar1 and Ar2, or Ar3 and X2 may form together a ring; X1=C6-50 arylene; R1, R2, R4, R5 and R7 are H, halogen, amino, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, R3 and R6 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; when m=0, n=1-3, Ar3, Ar4 and Ar5 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl, Ar4 and Ar5 may form together a ring; X1=C1-18 alkyl, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; X2=C6-50 arylene; R1-R7 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; when m=0, n=0, X1=C1-18 alkyl, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; Ar3 and X2 are C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl; R2=H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy; R1 and R3-R7 are H, halogen, C1-18 alkyl, C1-18 alkoxy, C6-50 aryl or C4-50 heteroaryl. The carbazole compound is suitable for an organic EL device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Takanori Miyazaki, Shinichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9649300
    Abstract: Compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, having a structure of: wherein each of R1-R5 is individually selected from H, halogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, nitro, sulfonamide, hydroxy, or amino; and R6 is selected from H, optionally substituted alkyl, or optionally substituted aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Chatham University
    Inventors: Abdelhadi Rebbaa, Robert B. Lettan, II
  • Patent number: 9650590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: OROCHEM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Patent number: 9643980
    Abstract: Described herein are benzoxazepin oxazolidinone compounds with phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such PI3K modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon PI3K dysregulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marie-Gabrielle Braun, Emily Hanan, Steven T. Staben, Robert Andrew Heald, Calum MacLeod, Richard Elliott
  • Patent number: 9643965
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Celgene Quantical Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Amogh Boloor, Toufike Kanouni, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 9637599
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and biomimetic catalysts useful for hydrolyzing glucose polymers, such as cellulose, and oligomers, such as cellobiose, to glucose for the subsequent production of ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Stephen Roth, Daeyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 9637456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No. 2) Limited
    Inventors: Dominique Amans, Stephen John Atkinson, Lee Andrew Harrison, David Jonathan Hirst, Robert Peter Law, Matthew Lindon, Alexander Preston, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Christopher Roland Wellaway
  • Patent number: 9637500
    Abstract: This invention relates to crystalline solvates of (10R)-7-amino-12-fluoro-2,10,16-trimethyl-15-oxo-10,15,16,17-tetrahydro-2H-8,4-(metheno)pyrazolo[4,3-h][2,5,11]benz- oxadiazacyclotetradecine-3-carbonitrile, useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline solvates, and to methods of using such solvates and compositions in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Jensen, Suman Luthra, Paul Francis Richardson
  • Patent number: 9636328
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted bicyclic compounds, which are useful for inhibition of BET protein function by binding to bromodomains, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and use of the compounds and compositions in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Zenith Epigenetics Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuang Liu, John Frederick Quinn, Bryan Cordell Duffy, Ruifang Wang, May Xiaowu Jiang, Gregory Scott Martin, He Zhao, Michael Ellis, Gregory Steven Wagner, Peter Ronald Young