Patents by Inventor Kake Zhao

Kake Zhao 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: 11884683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tricyclic Heterocycle Compounds of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Tricyclic Heterocycle Compound, and methods of using the Tricyclic Heterocycle Compounds for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Tao Yu, Alan Whitehead, Yili Chen, Chunrui Sun, Zhiyong Hu, Kake Zhao, Ronald M. Kim, John A. McCauley
  • Publication number: 20240018145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing influenza. The compounds are cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, COCRYSTAL PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Yonglian Zhang, John A. McCauley, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Liangqin Guo, Kake Zhao, Frank Bennett, Ronald M. Kim, Reynalda Keh DeJesus, Valerie W. Shurtleff, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Michael Plotkin, Hua Su, James Fells, Brendan M. Crowley, Harry R. Chobanian, Mark W. Embrey, Gregori J. Morriello
  • Publication number: 20210395255
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain substituted amino triazolopyrimidine and amino triazolopyrazine compounds of Formula (IA) and Formula (IB): or and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutically active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and their use in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zachary G. Brill, Amjad Ali, Jared Cumming, Duane DeMong, Qiaolin Deng, Thomas H. Graham, Rongze Kuang, Yeon-Hee Lim, Christopher W. Plummer, Jenny Lorena Rico Duque, Huijun Wang, Yonglian Zhang, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210309671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tricyclic Heterocycle Compounds of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, where-in R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Tricyclic Heterocycle Compound, and methods of using the Tricyclic Heterocycle Compounds for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tao YU, Alan WHITEHEAD, Yili CHEN, Chunrui SUN, Zhiyong HU, Kake ZHAO, Ronald M. KIM, John A. McCAULEY
  • Patent number: 10766919
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 10759825
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, James P. Jewell, Jongwon Lim, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 10442819
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of one or more mutant IDH enzymes: (I). The present invention is also directed to uses of the tricyclic compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of cancers in which one or more mutant IDH enzymes are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Stephane L. Bogen, Matthew L. Childers, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, J. Michael Ellis, Sara Esposite, Qingmei Hong, Chunhui Huang, Alexander J. Kim, John W. Lampe, Michelle R. Machacek, Daniel R. McMasters, Ryan D. Otte, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Michael Reutershan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Pengcheng P. Shao, David L. Sloman, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Catherine White, Zhicai Wu, Yang Yu, Kake Zhao, Craig Gibeau, Tesfaye Biftu, Purakkattle Biju, Lei Chen, Joshua Close, Peter H. Fuller, Xianhai Huang, Min K. Park, Valdimir Simov, David J. Witter, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180244712
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180237469
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20170369507
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of one or more mutant IDH enzymes: (I). The present invention is also directed to uses of the tricyclic compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of cancers in which one or more mutant IDH enzymes are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Fischer Christian, Stephane L. Bogen, Matthew L. Childers, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michael J. Ellis, Sara Esposite, Qingmei Hong, Chunhui Huang, Alexander J. Kim, John W. Lampe, Michelle R. Machacek, Daniel R. McMasters, Ryan D. Otte, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Michael H. Reutershan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Patrick Pengcheng Shao, David L. Sloman, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Catherine White, Zhicai Wu, Yang Yu, Kake Zhao, Craig R. Gibeau
  • Publication number: 20170044206
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Michael Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 9221834
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compound of Formula I, A3 is a substituted phenyl group or indanyl group. Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhijian Lu, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron Smith, Hong Li, Christopher F. Thompson, Julianne Hunt, Florida Kallashi, Ramzi Sweis, Peter Sinclair, Samantha E. Adamson, Guizhen Dong, Debra L. Ondeyka, Xiaoxia Qian, Wanying Sun, Petr Vachal, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 9126976
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula Ia, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Rajan Anand, Vincent J. Colandrea, Maud Reiter, Petr Vachal, Aaron Zwicker, Jonathan E. Wilson, Fengqi Zhang, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 8957062
    Abstract: Substituted cyclopropyl compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. The compounds are useful as agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor GPR-119. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Edmondson, Zhiqiang Guo, Harold B. Wood, Andrew W. Stamford, Michael W. Miller, Duane E. DeMong, Gregori J. Morriello, Rajan Anand, Vincent J. Colandrea, Megan Macala, Milana Maletic, Cheng Zhu, Yuping Zhu, Wanying Sun, Kake Zhao, Yong Huang, Joel M. Harris, Lehua Chang, Nam Fung Kar, Zhiyong Hu, Liping Wang, Bowei Wang, Ping Liu, Jason W. Szewczyk, William B. Geiss
  • Publication number: 20140357632
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula Ia, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Rajan Anand, Vincent J. Colandrea, Maud Reiter, Petr Vachal, Aaron Zwicker, Jonathan E. Wilson, Fengqi Zhang, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140057893
    Abstract: Substituted cyclopropyl compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. The compounds are useful as agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Edmondson, Zhiqiang Guo, Harold B. Wood, Andrew W. Stamford, Michael W. Miller, Duane E. DeMong, Gregori J. Morriello, Rajan Anand, Vincent J. Colandrea, Megan Macala, Milana Maletic, Cheng Zhu, Yuping Zhu, Wanying Sun, Kake Zhao, Yong Huang, Joel M. Harris, Lehua Chang, Nam Fung Kar, Zhiyong Hu, Liping Wang, Bowei Wang, Ping Liu, Jason W. Szewczyk, William B. Geiss
  • Publication number: 20130331372
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compound of Formula I, A3 is a substituted phenyl group or indanyl group. Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Zhijian Lu, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron Smith, Hong Li, Christopher F. Thompson, Julianne Hunt, Florida Kallashi, Ramzi Sweis, Peter Sinclair, Samantha E. Adamson, Guizhen Dong, Debra L. Ondeyka, Xiaoxia Qian, Wanying Sun, Petr Vachal, Kake Zhao