Patents by Inventor Nicholas D. Cosford
Nicholas D. Cosford 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).
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Patent number: 8609852Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph E. Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Publication number: 20120289696Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph E. Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Patent number: 8242143Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Publication number: 20110230526Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph E. Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Patent number: 7879882Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph E. Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Publication number: 20090306115Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted or unsubstituted six membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least two nitrogen atoms. The ring additionally includes four carbon atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon triple bond. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system. Invention compounds may also act as insecticides, and as fungicides. Pharmaceutical compositions containing invention compounds also have wide utility.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders
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Publication number: 20090203903Abstract: The identification of a unique series of compounds which possesses special advantages in terms of drug-like properties due to their possessing advantageous properties in terms of potency and/or pharmacokinetic and/or selectivity and/or in vivo receptor occupancy properties. Specifically, the selection of a 1,3-thiazol-2-yl ring member linked by an ethynylene to the 3 position of a pyridyl ring or the 5 position of a pyrimidinyl ring, wherein the ring is substituted with selected substituents, results in a compound having superior drug-like properties. The invention includes pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of these heterocyclic compounds, in particular chloride salts and trifluoroacetate salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2005Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Thomas J. Seiders, Joseph Payne, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steve F. Poon, Chris King, Brian W. Eastman, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jean-Michel Vernier, Xiumin Zhao
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Patent number: 7462619Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted or unsubstituted six membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least two nitrogen atoms. The ring additionally includes four carbon atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon triple bond. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system. Invention compounds may also act as insecticides, and as fungicides. Pharmaceutical compositions containing invention compounds also have wide utility.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Nicholas D. Smith, Brian Stearns, Dehua Huang, Bowei Wang, Thomas J. Seiders
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Patent number: 7365074Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted, unsaturated five, six or seven membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom. The ring additionally includes three, four or five atoms independently selected from carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon double bond, a carbon-carbon triple bond or an azo group. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Nicholas D. Smith, Brian Stearns, Dehua Huang, Bowei Wang
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Patent number: 6194581Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jean-Michel Vernier
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Patent number: 5852041Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jean-Michel Vernier
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Patent number: 5736560Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jean-Michel Vernier
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Patent number: 5723477Abstract: The present invention provides a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors, i.e., compounds which displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Sibia Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Ian A. McDonald, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Nicholas D. Cosford
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Patent number: 5705512Abstract: The present invention provides a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors, i.e., compounds which displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Ian A. Mc Donald, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Nicholas D. Cosford
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Patent number: 5703100Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Ian A. McDonald, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Nicholas D. Cosford
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Patent number: 5686473Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 11, 1997Assignee: Sibia Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jean-Michel Vernier
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Patent number: 5677459Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: Sibia Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Ian A. Mc Donald, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Nicholas D. Cosford
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Patent number: 5594011Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1994Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignee: SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Ian A. McDonald, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Nicholas D. Cosford
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Patent number: 5585388Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Sibia Neurosciences, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jean-Michel Vernier