Patents by Inventor Choung U. Kim

Choung U. Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110223131
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Haolun JIN, Choung U. Kim, Barton W. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8012941
    Abstract: Provided are imidazo[1,5-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, and [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-f][1,2,4]triazinyl nucleosides, nucleoside phosphates and prodrugs thereof. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jay Parrish, Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 8012942
    Abstract: Provided are thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl and furo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl ribosides, riboside phosphates and prodrugs thereof as well as intermediates and methods of preparation. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Butler, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 8008264
    Abstract: Provided are pyrrolo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,5-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, and [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-f][1,2,4]triazinyl nucleosides, nucleoside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, wherein the 1? position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Butler, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jay Parrish, Oliver L. Saunders, Lijun Zhang
  • Patent number: 7998950
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Azim Alan Celebi, Zhimin Du, Salman Y. Jabri, Haolun Jin, Choung U. Kim, Jiayao Li, Samuel E. Metobo, Michael R. Mish, Barton W. Phillips, Joseph H. Saugier, Zheng-Yu Yang, Catalin Sebastian Zonte
  • Publication number: 20110184029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-pyridone derivatives of Formula I or IV as herein described, compositions containing such compounds, synthetic processes for making such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Choung U. Kim, Michael L. Mitchell, Jong Chan Son
  • Patent number: 7973013
    Abstract: Provided are pyrrolo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,5-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, and [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-f][1,2,4]triazinyl nucleosides, nucleoside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, wherein the 2? position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted with halogen and carbon substitutents. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections caused by both wild type and mutant strains of HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Samuel E. Metobo, Adrian S. Ray, Jie Xu
  • Publication number: 20110135604
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Casarez, Mingzhe Ji, Choung U. Kim, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Qiaoyin Wu
  • Publication number: 20110135599
    Abstract: The present application includes novel inhibitors of HCV, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenhong R. Cai, Michael O'Neil Hanrahan Clarke, Edward Doerffler, Mingzhe Ji, Choung U. Kim, Hyung-jung Pyun, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Qiaoyin Wu
  • Publication number: 20110082112
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method of treating disorders associated with hepatitis C by administering to an individual a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-viral phosphinate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Casarez, Kleem Chaudhary, Aesop Cho, Michael Clarke, Edward Doerffler, Maria Fardis, Choung U. Kim, Hyungjung Pyun, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Jianying Wang
  • Publication number: 20110081314
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral phosphinate compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Casarez, Kleem Chaudhary, Aesop Cho, Michael Clarke, Edward Doerffler, Maria Fardis, Choung U. Kim, Hyungjung Pyun, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Jianying Wang
  • Publication number: 20110076276
    Abstract: The invention is related to compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, and/or phosphonate thereof, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: Gilead Sciences, Inc., Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Choung U. Kim, Ill Y. Lee, Michael L. Mitchell, Gerry Rhodes, Jong C. Son, Lianhong Xu
  • Publication number: 20110070194
    Abstract: Provided are pyrrolo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,5-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, imidazo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl, and [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-f][1,2,4]triazinyl nucleosides, nucleoside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, wherein the 2? position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted with halogen and carbon substitutents. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections caused by both wild type and mutant strains of HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Samuel E. Metobo, Adrian S. Ray, Jie Xu
  • Publication number: 20110071101
    Abstract: The invention is related to phosphorus substituted nucleoside compounds and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Constantine G. Boojamra, James M. Chen, Xiaowu Chen, Aesop Cho, Lee S. Chong, Maria Fardis, Alan X. Huang, Choung U. Kim, Thorsten Kirschberg, Christopher P. Lee, David A. Oare, Vidya K. Prasad, Adrian S. Ray, Sundaramoorthi Swaminathan, William J. Watkins
  • Patent number: 7893264
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral phosphinate compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Casarez, Kleem Chaudhary, Aesop Cho, Michael Clarke, Edward Doerffler, Maria Fardis, Choung U. Kim, Hyungjung Pyun, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Jianying Wang
  • Publication number: 20100310512
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Darryl Kato, Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Hongtao Liu, John O. Link, Michael L. Mitchell, Jay P. Parrish, Jianyu Sun, James Taylor, Elizabeth M. Bacon, Eda Canales, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jeromy J. Cottell, Manoj C. Desai, Randall L. Halcomb, Michael Graupe, Evan S. Krygowski, Scott E. Lazerwith, Qi Liu, Richard L. Mackman, Hyung-Jun Pyun, Joseph H. Saugier, James D. Trenkle, Winston C. Tse, Randall W. Vivian, Scott D. Schroeder, William J. Watkins, Lianhong Xu
  • Patent number: 7842672
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, or Formula IV: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof, therapeutic compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine G. Boojamra, James M. Chen, Alan X. Huang, Choung U. Kim, Kuei-Ying Lin, Richard L. Mackman, David A. Oare, Jason K. Perry, Oliver L. Saunders, Sundaramoorthi Swaminathan, Lijun Zhang
  • Patent number: 7790730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of viral infections comprising as an active principle at least one compound having the general formula (A): wherein U is N or C; X is selected from C1-C10 alkylene, C2-10 alkenylene or C2-10 alkynylene, where each may include one or more intrachain heteroatoms selected from O, S, or NR11, provided any such heteroatom is not adjacent to the N in the ring; R3 is selected from aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl-N(R10)—, or heterocycle, where each said substituent is optionally substituted with at least one R17, provided that for cycloalkenyl the double bond is not adjacent to a nitrogen; and the other substituents are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Gilead Sciences, Inc., K.U. Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Choung U. Kim, Johan Neyts, David A. Oare, Gerhard Puerstinger
  • Publication number: 20100203015
    Abstract: Provided are thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl and furo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7-yl ribosides, riboside phosphates and prodrugs thereof as well as intermediates and methods of preparation. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Butler, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jie Xu
  • Publication number: 20100034827
    Abstract: The invention is related to compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, and/or phosphonate thereof, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Choung U. Kim, Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Iii Young Lee, Michael L. Mitchell, Jong Chan Son, Lianhong Xu