Patents by Inventor Hajime Hirao

Hajime Hirao 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).

  • Compounds and compositions useful as cathepsin S inhibitors
    Patent number: 7704996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2-cyanopyrimidine compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and in the claims, in free form or in salt form, and, where possible, in tautomeric form, as an inhibitor of the activity of cathepsin S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Terance William Hart, Allan Hallett, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Hajime Hirao, Takeru Ehara, Atsuko Iwasaki, Junichi Sakaki, Keiichi Masuya, Masashi Kishida, Osamu Irie
  • COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL AS CATHEPSIN S INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20090048230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2-cyanopyrimidine compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and in the claims, in free form or in salt form, and, where possible, in tautomeric form, as an inhibitor of the activity of cathepsin S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Terance William Hart, Allan Hallett, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Hajime Hirao, Takeru Ehara, Atsuko Iwasaki, Junichi Sakaki, Keiichi Masuya, Masashi Kishida, Osamu Irie