Patents by Inventor Mark E. Duggan

Mark E. Duggan 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: 7825135
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyridyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl and pyrazinyl piperidine compounds that inhibit the glycine transporter GlyT1 and which are useful in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glycinergic or glutamatergic neurotransmission dysfunction and diseases in which the glycine transporter GlyT1 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wesley Blackaby, Mark E. Duggan, David Hallett, George D. Hartman, Andrew S. Jennings, William H. Leister, Richard T. Lewis, Craig W. Lindsley, Elizabeth Naylor, Leslie J. Street, Yi Wang, David D. Wisnoski, Scott E. Wolkenberg, Zhijian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100130540
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods for treating or preventing the development of a disease, disorder, or condition in a subject or patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventor: Mark E. Duggan
  • Patent number: 7622592
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yuntae Kim, Barbara Hanney, Mark E. Duggan, Keith L. Spencer
  • Publication number: 20090253655
    Abstract: Novel quinolinone farnesyl transferase inhibitors are provided. These new compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's Disease, Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, multiple system atrophy, and disorders of brain iron concentration including pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (e.g., PANK1), or other neurodegenerative/neurological diseases. Provided compounds are also useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer, and in the treatment of neurological diseases, such as cognitive impairment, depression, and anxiety. The treatment including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inventive farnesyl transferase inhibitor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman, Ross A. Fredenburg, Robin Kate Meray, Mark E. Duggan, Peter Lin
  • Patent number: 7579355
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain a substituted pyridine moeity which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Mark E. Duggan, John C. Hartnett, Craig W. Lindsley, Zhicai Wu, Zhijian Zhao
  • Patent number: 7524850
    Abstract: The compounds of Formula E are useful as anti-cancer agents:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Duggan, Craig W. Lindsley, Zhijian Zhao
  • Patent number: 7507836
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR5 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Duggan, Craig W. Lindsley, David D. Wisnoski
  • Patent number: 7414055
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain a substituted pyridine moiety which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Duggan, Craig W. Lindsley, Zhicai Wu, Zhijian Zhao, John C. Hartnett
  • Patent number: 7402577
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula as herein defined are disclosed as useful in a method for modulating the androgen receptor in a tissue selective manner in a patient in need of such modulation, as well as in a method of activating the function of the androgen receptor in a patient, and in particular the method wherein the function of the androgen receptor is blocked in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient and activated in bone and/or muscle tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Mark E. Duggan, David B. Whitman
  • Patent number: 7399764
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain a five-membered heterocyclic ring fused to a substituted pyrazine moiety which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Duggan, Craig W. Lindsley, Zhijian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20080124402
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MERCK & CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yuntae Kim, Joshua Close, Mark E. Duggan, Barbara Hanney, Robert S. Meissner, Jeffrey Musselman, James J. Perkins, Jiabing Wang
  • Patent number: 7223738
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds comprising a 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline moiety which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Mark E. Duggan, John C. Hartnett, Craig W. Lindsley, Peter J. Manley, Zhicai Wu, Zhijian Zhao
  • Patent number: 7153862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as ?v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors ?v?3 and/or ?v?5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Duggan, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Thomas G. Steele, Michael A. Patane
  • Patent number: 7109191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzazepinone derivatives, their synthesis, and their use as ?v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors ?v?3 and ?v?5 and are therefore useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and/or preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Meissner, Paul J. Coleman, Mark E. Duggan, George D. Hartman, Jiabing Wang, John H. Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20040254211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds formed by metabolic conversion of compounds of structural formula (1), pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use as &agr;v&bgr;3 integrin receptor antagonists. The compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, restenosis, angiogenesis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth. They are particularly useful for inhibiting bone resorption and for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Byron H Arison, Donghui Cui, Mark E Duggan, Thomayant Prueksaritanont, Wasyl Halzczenko, Raju Subramanian, John H Hutchinson, Xiaojun Fang
  • Publication number: 20040220159
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula as herein defined are disclosed as useful in a method for modulating the androgen receptor in a tissue selective manner in a patient in need of such modulation, as well as in a method of activating the function of the androgen receptor in a patient, and in particular the method wherein the function of the androgen receptor is blocked in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient and activated in bone and/or muscle tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Mark E. Duggan, David B. Whitman
  • Patent number: 6784190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3, &agr;v&bgr;5, and/or &agr;v&bgr;6 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, wound healing, viral disease, tumor growth, and metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Paul J. Coleman, Mark E. Duggan, Wasyl Halczenko, George D. Hartman, Cecilia A. Hunt, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, Michael A. Patane, Garry R. Smith, Jiabing Wang
  • Publication number: 20040142919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzazepinone derivatives, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and &agr;v&bgr;5 and are therefore useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and/or preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert S. Meissner, Paul J. Coleman, Mark E. Duggan, George D. Hartman, Jiabing Wang, John H. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 6693101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and/or &agr;v&bgr;5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Duggan, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Thomas G. Steele, Michael A. Patane
  • Publication number: 20040019037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and/or &agr;v&bgr;5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Duggan, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Thomas G. Steele, Michael A. Patane