Patents by Inventor Hiromi Horikoshi

Hiromi Horikoshi 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: 6482948
    Abstract: Thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds of general formula (1) useful as drugs having a cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibiting effect and the preparation thereof wherein Q is formula: (CH2)n—N(r1)—C(r2) (r3), CH═CH—CH═CH, or (CH2)m which is bonded to a and b; R1 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; R2 is C3-C8 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with G1, phenyl optionally substituted with G2, or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and being optionally substituted with G3; and R3 is a saturated or unsaturated heretocyclic group having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and being optionally substituted with G3 or (CH2)kC(═O)R4 or CH═CHC(O)R4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamada, Nobuhiro Umeda, Seiichi Uchida, Yasuyuki Shiinoki, Hiromi Horikoshi, Nobuo Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 6342516
    Abstract: Phenylazole compounds represented by general formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and drugs for hyperlipemia which contain these compounds as the active ingredient, wherein A represents imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, etc.; B represents (1a) or (1b) (wherein R2 and R3 represent each hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, etc; and k is 0 or an integer of 1 to 15); Y represents O, S, a bond, etc.; and Z represents an optionally substituted and saturated or unsaturated heterocycle containing 1 to 4 N, O or S atoms. Among all, compounds wherein Z is substituted chroman-2-yl, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-yl, etc. have an effect of inhibiting the formation of lipid peroxides too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Umeda, Nobuo Mochizuki, Seiichi Uchida, Tadayuki Nishibe, Hirokazu Yamada, Kunihito Ito, Hiromi Horikoshi