Patents by Inventor Frank Xing Chen

Frank Xing Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 11629137
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and processes of preparing niraparib and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and intermediates and their salts useful for the synthesis of niraparib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tesaro, Inc.
    Inventors: Alistair Stewart, Anthony Joseph Toto, Frank Xing Chen, George Wu
  • Publication number: 20220041575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and processes of preparing niraparib and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and intermediates and their salts useful for the synthesis of niraparib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Alistair Stewart, Anthony Joseph Toto, Frank Xing Chen, George Wu
  • Patent number: 11161834
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and processes of preparing niraparib and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and intermediates and their salts useful for the synthesis of niraparib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tesaro, Inc.
    Inventors: Alistair Stewart, Anthony Joseph Toto, Frank Xing Chen, George Wu
  • Publication number: 20200055837
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and processes of preparing niraparib and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and intermediates and their salts useful for the synthesis of niraparib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Alistair Stewart, Anthony Joseph Toto, Frank Xing Chen, George Wu
  • Patent number: 9822116
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 8-[{1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds, which may be used, for example, as NK-1 inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations, intermediates useful in said process, and processes for preparing said intermediates; also disclosed is a process for removal of metals from N-heterocyclic carbine metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: George G. Wu, Gerald Werne, Xiaoyong Fu, Robert K. Orr, Frank Xing Chen, Jian Cui, Victoria M. Sprague, Fucheng Zhang, Ji Xie, Liansheng Zeng, Louis Peter Castellanos, Yuyin Chen, Marc Poirier, Ingrid Mergelsberg
  • Publication number: 20160145256
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 8-[{1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds, which may be used, for example, as NK-1 inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations, intermediates useful in said process, and processes for preparing said intermediates; also disclosed is a process for removal of metals from N-heterocyclic carbine metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: George G. Wu, Gerald Werne, Xiaoyong Fu, Robert K. Orr, Frank Xing Chen, Jian Cui, Victoria M. Sprague, Fucheng Zhang, Ji Xie, Liansheng Zeng, Louis Peter Castellanos, Yuyin Chen, Marc Poirier, Ingrid Mergelsberg
  • Patent number: 9249144
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 8-[{1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds, which may be used, for example, as NK-1 inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations, intermediates useful in said process, and processes for preparing said intermediates; also disclosed is a process for removal of metals from N-heterocyclic carbine metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: George G. Wu, Gerald Werne, Xiaoyong Fu, Robert K. Orr, Frank Xing Chen, Jian Cui, Victoria M. Sprague, Fucheng Zhang, Ji Xie, Liansheng Zeng, Louis Peter Castellanos, Yuyin Chen, Marc Poirier, Ingrid Mergelsberg
  • Publication number: 20140031549
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 8-[{1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds, which may be used, for example, as NK-1 inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations, intermediates useful in said process, and processes for preparing said intermediates; also disclosed is a process for removal of metals from N-heterocyclic carbine metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: George G. Wu, Gerald Werne, Xiaoyong Fu, Robert K. Orr, Frank Xing Chen, Jian Cui, Victoria M. Sprague, Fucheng Zhang, Ji Xie, Liansheng Zeng, Louis Peter Castellanos, Yuyin Chen, Marc Poirier, Ingrid Mergelsberg
  • Publication number: 20120296093
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: George Wu, Anantha R. SUDHAKAR, Tao WANG, Ji XIE, Frank Xing CHEN, Marc POIRIER, Mingsheng HUANG, Vijay SABESAN, Daw-long KWOK, Jian CUI, Xiaojing YANG, Tiruvettipuram K. THIRUVENGADAM, Jing LIAO, Ilia A. Zavialov, Hoa N. NGUYEN, Ngiap Kie LIM
  • Patent number: 8076479
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the synthesis of compounds of Formula I by sequentially aminating, first with a primary amine and then with a secondary amine, an intermediate compound of the structure of Formula E1, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyloxy functional group of the structure (—R2a—OH), R2a is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group, R2 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group, and R3 is an alkylene-heterocycle, said process comprising forming intermediate compound of Formula E1 by reacting, in a refluxing reaction solvent selected from alcohols having 5 or less carbon atoms and mixtures of two or more thereof, a methanol solution of a salt of a 4-alkyl-3-amino-pyrazole compound of Formula C1, with a diamidization reagent selected from dimethylmalonate, monomethylmalonyl-chloride, and malonyl dichloride in the presence of a Lewis base having sufficient proton affinity to abstract a proton from the 1-position nitrogen on the pyrazole ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Xing Chen, Kartik M. Keertikar, Shen-Chun Kuo, Hong-Chang Lee, Ramani R. Raghavan, George G. Wu, Ji Xie
  • Publication number: 20110251392
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: George Wu, Anantha R. Sudhakar, Mingsheng Huang, Tao Wang, Vijay Sabesan, Ji Xie, Frank Xing Chen, Marc Poirier, Daw-long Kwok, Jian Cui, Xiaojing Yang, Tiruvettipuram K. Thiruvengadam, Jing Liao, Ilia A. Zavialov, Hoa N. Nguyen, Ngiap Kie. Lim
  • Publication number: 20110124867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel processes for the preparation of the compound of the Formula A45: or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, which has utility, for example, as a pharmaceutically active compound with CXCR3 antagonist activity, and to novel intermediates useful in the synthesis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Xing Chen, Timothy D. Cutarelli, Xiayong Fu, Xian Liang, Timothy L. McAllister, Robert K. Orr, Jianguo Yin, Kelvin H. Yong, Man Zhu
  • Patent number: 7786306
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of resolving piperdin-yl-alkylene-alcohols, in high yield at high enantiomeric purity, for example 2-piperidin-2-yl-ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Xing Chen, Maria M. Tamarez, Ji Xie
  • Publication number: 20090281321
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: George Wu, Anantha R. Sudhakar, Tao Wang, Ji Xie, Frank Xing Chen, Marc Poirier, Mingsheng Huang, Vijay Sabesan, Daw-long Kwok, Jian Cui, Xiaojing Yang, Tiruvettipuram K. Thiruvengadam, Jing Liao, Ilia A. Zavialov, Hoa N. Nguyen, Ngiap Kie Lim
  • Patent number: 7605275
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Xing Chen, Marc Poirier, Mingsheng Huang, Vijay Sabesan, George Wu, Anantha R. Sudhakar, Tao Wang, Ji Xie, Jing Liao, Ilia A. Zavialov, Hoa N. Nguyen, Ngiap Kie Lim, Daw-long Kwok, Jian Cui, Xiaojing Yang, Tiruvettipuram K. Thiruvengadam
  • Patent number: 7582763
    Abstract: An enantioselective process for preparing intermediates useful in the preparation of the chiral tricyclic compound of formula I is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Xing Chen, Yee-Shing Wong, Feng Liang, Marc Poirier, George Wu
  • Patent number: 7528263
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for preparing a compound of formula I: wherein R1 is alkyl; R2 is alkyl; and R3 is optionally substituted cycloalklylalkyl which comprises oxidizing a compound of the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined above to yield a compound of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: George Wu, Ji Xie, Paitoon Rashatasakhon, Frank Xing Chen, Marc Poirier, Victoria M. Sprague
  • Patent number: 6495689
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound having the formula: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, or alkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Bernard, Michael Casey, Frank Xing Chen, Denise C. Grogan, Marc Poirier, Robert P. Williams, Yee-Shing Wong, George G. Wu
  • Publication number: 20020077331
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound having the formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Charles F. Bernard, Michael Casey, Frank Xing Chen, Denise C. Grogan, Marc Poirier, Robert P. Williams, Yee-Shing Wong, George G. Wu
  • Patent number: 6372909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound having the formula: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, or alkoxy, by (A) reacting a compound having the formula  wherein RA, RC, RD, and RE are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, alkyl, or alkoxy, and R5 is aryl or heteroaryl, with a dehydrating agent to produce an imine having the formula: (B) hydrolyzing the imine produced in step (A) to produce the compound having formula (I). Also disclosed are novel intermediates having the formula:  wherein RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, alkyl, or alkoxy, and R5 is aryl or heteroaryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Bernard, Michael Casey, Frank Xing Chen, Denise C. Grogan, Marc Poirier, Robert P. Williams, Yee-Shing Wong, George G. Wu