Patents Examined by Yvonne Eyler
  • Patent number: 7429672
    Abstract: This invention discloses a process to improve reaction stability in the Direct Synthesis of trialkoxysilanes. The process is particularly effective in the Direct Synthesis of triethoxysilane and its higher alkyl cognates providing improved triethoxysilane yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Kenrick M. Lewis, Rudolph A. Cameron, Karen Ritscher, legal representative, James S. Ritscher
  • Patent number: 7429677
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound having the formula (I) a N-oxide form, a stereochemical isomer, racemic mixture, salt, prodrug, ester or metabolite thereof. It further relates to processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions, their use as medicines, and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present entry inhibitors with anti-retroviral agents. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents. The compounds of the present invention are useful for preventing or treating infection by HIV and for treating AIDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Marie-Pierre T. M. M. G De Bethune, Sandra De Meyer, Kurt Hertogs, Rong Jian Lu, Lieve Emma Jan Michiels, Abdellah Tahri, Dong Xie, Michael Eissenstat
  • Patent number: 7429671
    Abstract: A process for fluorination of borohydride salts including providing a reaction medium comprising HF and a superacid. A borohydride salt compound is added to the reaction medium. The borohydride salt is reacted with the reaction medium under conditions to form a fluorinated borohydride salt. In addition, reactor vessels may be provided for reacting the HF, superacid additive and borohydride that are fabricated from materials resistant to superacid compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade H. Bailey, III, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov, Xukun Luo
  • Patent number: 7427685
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds according to one of the structures below are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Patent number: 7427688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method including reacting a diphenylmethylene halide compound represented by the following formula (1) with a malonic acid diester compound represented by the following formula (2) in an organic solvent selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone and N,N-dimethylformamide, in the presence of a base selected from an alkali metal hydride and an alkali metal t-butoxide to give a diester compound represented by the following formula (3), and then subjecting the diester compound to hydrolysis and decarboxylation to give a diphenylalanine compound represented by the following formula (4). According to the present invention, diphenylalanine compound (4) can be obtained industrially advantageously in a high yield. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hamada, Masanobu Yatagai
  • Patent number: 7427370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing Grignard compounds, according to which magnesium is reacted in a suitable fluid reaction medium in a protective atmosphere with hologen-substituted organic compounds by means of microwave radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Thaden, Heike Stollenwerk, Uwe Krebber
  • Patent number: 7427690
    Abstract: This invention relates to Schiff's bases derived from amino acids and hydroxyaryl alkyl ketones, or a plant extract containing the same, having general chemical structure in FIG. 1 for topical application. This invention also relates to certain metal complex of said Schiff's bases, which have a crown-like appearance in their three-dimensional chemical structure, as in FIG. 2. The Schiff's bases and their metal complexes of the present invention are useful for the modulation of metal-activated enzymes and metalloenzymes, such as Phenylalanine Hydroxylase, Tyrosine Transaminase, Phenylalanine Transaminase, Tyrosinase, various MMP (Matrix metalloproteases), Superoxide dismutase, 5-Alpha Reductase, and citrate lyase. These are further suitable for multifunctional topical methods for skin whitening, skin wrinkles reduction, skin antiaging, collagen synthesis, acne control, hair loss prevention, hair graying control, and facial oil control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Bioderm Research
    Inventor: Shyam K Gupta
  • Patent number: 7427694
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of high purity bisphenol A is disclosed. The multi-step process entails a process whereby bisphenol A of a purity of preferably at least 99.8% can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Materialscience AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Blaschke, Stefan Westernacher, Arne Braun, Raymond Audenaert, Jesko Zank
  • Patent number: 7425646
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula AF(—COF)n, provided that AF and n have the following meanings. AF: a fluorinated adamantane residue which is an n-valent group having an n number of hydrogen atoms removed from adamantane (provided that when n is at least 2, the removed hydrogen atoms are hydrogen atoms bonded to different carbon atoms), wherein at least one of the remaining hydrogen atoms is substituted by a fluorine atom, and the remaining hydrogen atoms may be substituted by a C1-6 alkyl group or fluoroalkyl group, and n: an integer of from 1 to 4, provided the when n is 1, AF has at least one hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuya Oharu, Takashi Okazoe, Eisuke Murotani, Kunio Watanabe, Masahiro Ito
  • Patent number: 7423173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the selective, economically viable preparation of methacrylic acid and methacrylic esters starting from acetone cyanohydrin, wherein, in a first step, 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid is prepared by reacting acetone cyanohydrin with sulphuric acid in the presence of water and a suitable polar solvent and is isolated and methacrylic acid is subsequently prepared by ?-elimination of water starting from 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Krill, Friedel Schultheis, Udo Gropp, Matthias Groemping
  • Patent number: 7423172
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula I, and the salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1 represents the radical 2-benzoylphenylamino; R2 represents —(CH2)s—N(COR3)-A-J-T or —(CH2)s—N(R4)—B-J-T; and s. R3, R4, A, B, J and T have the meanings disclosed in the description. These compounds are PPAR? modulators and, therefore, are useful for the treatment or prevention of a condition or a disease mediated by these receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Laboratorios Salvat, S.A.
    Inventors: Carmen Serra Comas, Anna Fernández Serrat, Dolors Balsa López, Isabel Masip Masip, Juan Lorenzo Catena Ruiz, José Hidalgo Rodriguez, Carmen Lagunas Arnal, Carolina Salcedo Roca, Andrés Fernández García
  • Patent number: 7423185
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or lower alkyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R7 and R8 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyano, a hydroxyl group, lower acyl, carboxy or the like; R9 is —C(O)—R10, -A1-C(O)—R10, —O-A2-C(O)—R10 or a tetrazol-5-yl group, which exhibit potent and selective ?3-adrenoceptor stimulating activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Nakamura, Ritsu Suzuki, Hideyuki Muranaka, Tomonaga Ozawa, Yuichiro Kai, Takehiro Ishikawa, Tatsuhiro Kondo, Tetsuro Tamai, Satoshi Akahane
  • Patent number: 7423183
    Abstract: A process for preparing dihydroxyethylene disulfide by reacting mercaptoethanol with oxygen, in which mercaptoethanol is reacted with oxygen or an oxygenous gas in the presence of ammonia and/or amines using copper salts or manganese salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Thioplast Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Zeitler, Nils Kottner, Manfred Bergfeld
  • Patent number: 7423161
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having the general formula (I), the method of preparation thereof and the use thereof in organic radical synthesis. The invention also relates to compounds having the formula (II), the method of preparation thereof and a method for preparing compounds having the formula (VIII).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Samir Zard, Fabien Gagosz, Lucie Tournier
  • Patent number: 7423176
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the structure: wherein the constituent members are defined herein, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignees: Cephalon, Inc., Cephalon France
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Mohamed Iqbal, Brigitte Lesur, Philippe Louvet
  • Patent number: 7423178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating an organic solution comprising cyclohexanone oxime, cyclohexanone and an organic solvent, said process comprising distilling the organic solution such as to obtain (i) a first product comprising organic solvent, (ii) a second product comprising cyclohexanone and (iii) a third product comprising cyclohexanone oxime; and feeding the second product to a cyclohexanone oxime synthesis zone in which hydroxylammonium is reacted with cyclohexanone to form cyclohexanone oxime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Oevering, Arno H Benneker, Johannes A L Brouwers
  • Patent number: 7423112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polyether polyols containing pendant amine group and to a process for their preparation. These polyether polyols have molecular weights of from about 105 to about 35,000, and contain at least one terminal hydroxyl group and at least one pendant amine group. The process for their preparation comprises reacting a compound containing from 1 to 10 hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of about 32 to about 15,000 with at least one epoxide which contains one or more halogen atoms, in the presence of one or more DMC catalysts, to form an intermediate polyether polyol which contains halogenated carbon atoms; then reacting this intermediate polyether polyol with an amine group containing compound having from 1 to 3 primary, secondary and/or tertiary amine groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventor: Rick L. Adkins
  • Patent number: 7423163
    Abstract: An easy and inexpensive process by which a concentrate of a given unsaturated fatty acid can be obtained from a mixture which has conventionally been difficult to concentrate. The process, which is for producing a concentrate of a desired isomer (a) from a conjugated fatty acid mixture (A), is characterized by comprising: a step in which the conjugated fatty acid mixture (A) is mixed with at least one unsaturated fatty acid (B) to obtain a mixture solution containing the isomer (a) dissolved therein; a crystallization step in which either crystals rich in the isomer (a) or crystals poor in the isomer (a) are precipitated from the mixture solution; and a solid-liquid separation step for obtaining the crystals rich in the isomer (a) or for obtaining a solution rich in the isomer (a) by removing the crystals poor in the isomer (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: The Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Uehara, Tomomi Suganuma, Satoshi Negishi, Toshihisa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7423174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for selectively separating HF and like acids present along with water-unstable organic acid fluorides. In particular, the invention provides a process for separating an acid from a system in which the acid and an organic acid fluoride are present, the organic acid fluoride being represented by formula (I): RCOF??(I) wherein R is a fluorine atom; a C1-20 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or halogenated alkyl group that may contain a heteroatom; or a C6-20 aryl or halogenated aryl group that may contain a heteroatom; the process comprising using as a deacidifying agent an aromatic heterocyclic compound having a boiling point of at least 50° C. and having one or more nitrogen atoms as heteroatom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Irie, Masahiro Kondou
  • Patent number: 7420072
    Abstract: A continuous method and apparatus for making biodiesel fuel from glycerides such as vegetable oil employs a two-stage reactor provided with recycle. Yields of 95% and greater are readily achieved in a continuous mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Orbitek, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian A. Fleisher