Patents by Inventor Matthew Merrill

Matthew Merrill 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).

  • Publication number: 20200002310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I wherein R1 to R6, A, B, n and m are as defined herein. Such novel sulfonyl amide derivatives are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. This invention also relates to a method of using such compounds in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Luzzio, Kevin Daniel Freeman-Cook, Samit Kumar Bhattacharya, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Catherine Angela Hulford, Christopher Lowell Autry, Xumiao Zhao, Jun Xiao, Kendra Louise Nelson
  • Patent number: 10464015
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a separation membrane includes: a porous support structure; and at least one alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support structure. In another embodiment, a method for separating acidic gases from a gas mixture includes exposing the gas mixture to a separation membrane at an elevated temperature, where the separation membrane includes a porous support and at least one molten alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Worsley, Patrick Campbell, Sangil Kim, Matthew Merrill
  • Publication number: 20190326604
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided according to embodiments of the present invention which includes a reaction chamber having a wall defining an interior of the reaction chamber and an exterior of the reaction chamber; exoelectrogenic bacteria disposed in the interior of the reaction chamber; an aqueous medium having a pH in the range of 3-9, inclusive, the aqueous medium including an organic substrate oxidizable by exoelectrogenic bacteria and the medium disposed in the interior of the reaction chamber. An inventive apparatus further includes an anode at least partially contained within the interior of the reaction chamber; and a brush or mesh cathode including stainless steel, nickel or titanium, the cathode at least partially contained within the interior of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce E. Logan, Douglas Call, Matthew Merrill, Shaoan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190322674
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R3, R6, R7, and b are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Joseph Michael Young, Patrick Robert Verhoest
  • Publication number: 20190300546
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to PDE4B inhibitors of Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Patrick Robert Verhoest, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Travis T. Wager, Matthew Merrill Hayward
  • Publication number: 20190270778
    Abstract: The invention relates to cyclic peptide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to cyclic peptide C5a receptor antagonists of formula (Ia) or formula (Ib), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and R4 areas defined in the description. C5a receptor antagonists are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of 1 disorders, including inflammatory disorders and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Che, Yiqing Feng, Matthew Merrill Hayward, David Hepworth, Peter Jones, Kaila Neelu, Nikolaos Papaioannou
  • Patent number: 10399053
    Abstract: Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Sergei Kucheyev, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Jeffrey D. Colvin, Thomas E. Felter, Sangil Kim, Matthew Merrill, Christine A. Orme
  • Patent number: 10399054
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a composition comprising a nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel, wherein the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel comprises a polymerization product of formaldehyde and at least one nitrogen-containing resorcinol analog. Also disclosed is a supercapacitor comprising the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Campbell, Elizabeth Montalvo, Theodore F. Baumann, Juergen Biener, Matthew Merrill, Eric W. Reed, Marcus A. Worsley
  • Publication number: 20190185831
    Abstract: A new CRISPR-associated (Cas) protein, termed “CasM,” is described, as well as polynucleotides encoding the same and methods of using CasM for site-specific genome engineering. CasM proteins are capable of targeting and cleaving single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Merrill Carter, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10323042
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Patrick Robert Verhoest, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Travis T. Wager, Matthew Merrill Hayward
  • Publication number: 20190071448
    Abstract: A compound compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein A, A? and A? are independently O, C?O, C—R? or N—R?, where R? and R? may independently be H, amino, —NR7COR6, COR6, —CONR7R8, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), and R? may be present or absent, and is present where the rules of valency permit, and where not more than one of A, A? and A? is O or C?O; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), phenyl(C1-C6 alkyl), formyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, —COR6, —OCOR6, —COOR6, —NR7COR6, —CONR7R8, and —(CH2)n—W, where W is cyano, hydroxy, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, —SO2NR7R8, and —SO2—R9, where R9 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; wherein each of said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ma
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank BROWN, Alpay DERMENCI, Andrew FENSOME, Brian Stephen GERSTENBERGER, Matthew Merrill HAYWARD, Dafydd Rhys OWEN, Stephen Wayne WRIGHT, Li Huang XING, Xiaojing YANG
  • Publication number: 20190055262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Patrick Robert Verhoest, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Travis T. Wager, Matthew Merrill Hayward
  • Publication number: 20190002466
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutically active pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidinyl, pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrazinyl, and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridinyl acrylamides, epoxides, and analogues thereof. Such compounds are useful for inhibiting Janus Kinase (JAK). This invention also is directed to compositions comprising methods for making such compounds, and methods for treating and preventing conditions mediated by JAK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Atli THORARENSEN, Matthew Frank BROWN, Agustin CASIMIRO-GARCIA, Ye CHE, Mark Edward FLANAGAN, Adam Matthew GILBERT, Matthew Merrill HAYWARD, Jean-Baptiste TELLIEZ, Rayomand Jal UNWALLA, John I. TRUJILLO, Sidney Xi LIANG
  • Publication number: 20180346475
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R3, R6, R7, and b are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Joseph Michael Young, Patrick Robert Verhoest
  • Patent number: 10144738
    Abstract: A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, A? and A? are independently O, C?O, etc.; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, etc.; R6, R7 and R8 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy(C1-C6 alkyl), etc.; and, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. Also provided are methods of treatment as Janus Kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention and combinations thereof with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Alpay Dermenci, Andrew Fensome, Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Stephen Wayne Wright, Li Huang Xing, Xiaojing Yang
  • Patent number: 10131669
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazolopyrimine compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts which are inhibitors of PDE4 isozymes, especially with a binding affinity for PDE4B isoform, and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Patrick Robert Verhoest, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Travis T. Wager, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Joseph Michael Young
  • Patent number: 10125361
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the use of nucleic acid-targeting nucleic acids and complexes thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Rachel E. Haurwitz, Jennifer A. Doudna, James M. Berger, Matthew Merrill Carter, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Publication number: 20180301678
    Abstract: A separator made of ion conductive ink is produced by additive manufacturing. A micro-battery is produced with the separator made of ion conductive ink located between the battery's anode and cathode. The separator functions to keep the anode and cathode apart and to facilitate the transport of ions to produce an operative micro-battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Eric B. Duoss, Patrick G. Campbell, William C. Floyd, III, Julie A. Mancini, Matthew Merrill, Conner T. Sharpe, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Michael Stadermann, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180282715
    Abstract: A new CRISPR-associated (Cas) protein, termed “CasM,” is described, as well as polynucleotides encoding the same and methods of using CasM for site-specific genome engineering. CasM proteins are capable of targeting and cleaving single-stranded RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Merrill Carter, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 10077269
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the substituents R1, R3, R6, R7, and b are as defined herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treatment using the compounds, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Chappie, Nandini Chaturbhai Patel, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Christopher John Helal, Simone Sciabola, Erik Alphie LaChapelle, Joseph Michael Young, Patrick Robert Verhoest