Patents by Inventor Robert Downham

Robert Downham 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: 20230086706
    Abstract: Some analogues (eg. 3-carbamoyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)pyridin-1-ium, 3-carboxy-1-isopropylpyridin-1-ium, 1-benzyl-3-carbamoylpyridin-1-ium, 3-carbamoyl-1-methylpyridin-1-ium and cyclopamine) are disclosed to treat female infertility as the compounds increase the percentage of primary follicles relative to primordial follicles compared to control samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Karin Lykke-Hartmann, Gary Newton, Duncan Hannah, Robert Downham
  • Patent number: 10059713
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) (Formula (I)) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Q, X % X4, X5 X6, X7, R1, R2, R3 and R8 are as defined in the specification, processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and the use of such compounds in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gregory Barker, Richard Davenport, Robert Downham, William Farnaby, Anne Goldby, Duncan Hannah, David Harrison, Henriette Willems
  • Patent number: 9914719
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. The compounds have activity as Hsp90 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Publication number: 20170158700
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) (Formula (I)) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Q, X % X4, X5 X6, X7, R1, R2, R3 and R8 are as defined in the specification, processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and the use of such compounds in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory BARKER, Richard DAVENPORT, Robert DOWNHAM, William FARNABY, Anne GOLDBY, Duncan HANNAH, David HARRISON, Henriette WILLEMS
  • Patent number: 9452168
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof; wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A1, L1 and n are as defined herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: F2G LTD
    Inventors: Graham Edward Morris Sibley, Robert Downham, Lloyd James Payne, Derek Law, Jason David Oliver, Michael Birch, Gareth Morse Davies
  • Publication number: 20160250187
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Ltd, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Gordon SAXTY, Marinus Leendert VERDONK, Steven John WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT, Robert George BOYLE, Hannah Fiona SORE, David Winter WALKER, Ian COLLINS, Robert DOWNHAM, Robin Arthur Ellis CARR
  • Patent number: 9283226
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Publication number: 20150238500
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof; wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A1, L1 and n are as defined herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Graham Edward Morris SIBLEY, Robert DOWNHAM, Lloyd James PAYNE, Derek LAW, Jason David OLIVER, Michael BIRCH, Gareth Morse DAVIES
  • Patent number: 9029411
    Abstract: This invention provides thiophene compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, n, p, and m are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christelle C. Renou, Tricia J. Vos, Matthew O. Duffey, Robert Downham
  • Patent number: 8993574
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof; wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A1, L1 and n are as defined herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: F2G Ltd
    Inventors: Graham Edward Morris Sibley, Robert Downham, Lloyd James Payne, Derek Law, Jason David Oliver, Mike Birch, Gareth Morse Davies, Patricia Suling Davies
  • Patent number: 8877750
    Abstract: The use of a compound comprising formula (I): or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R1 is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Norgine B.V.
    Inventors: Harold Francis Hodson, Robert Downham, Timothy John Mitchell, Beverley Jane Carr, Christopher Robert Dunk, Richard Michael John Palmer
  • Publication number: 20140271662
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Ltd, Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Gordon SAXTY, Marinus Leendert VERDONK, Steven John WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT, Robert George BOYLE, Hannah Fiona SORE, David Winter WALKER, Ian COLLINS, Robert DOWNHAM, Robin Arthur Ellis CARR
  • Patent number: 8691806
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and their use as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Patent number: 8604029
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X and X1 are as defined herein. These compounds are useful in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: F2G Ltd British Body Corporate
    Inventors: Robert Downham, Graham Edward Morris Sibley, Lloyd James Payne, Philip Edwards, Gareth Morse Davies
  • Patent number: 8530469
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an Hsp90 inhibitor compound of the formula (VII): or tautomer or salt thereof and one or more therapeutic agents selected from topoisomerase I inhibitors; antimetabolites; tubulin targeting agents; DNA binder and topoisomerase II inhibitors; alkylating agents; monoclonal antibodies; anti-hormones; signal transduction inhibitors; proteasome inhibitors; DNA methyl transferases; cytokines; retinoids and HDAC or HAT modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Patent number: 8524705
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A1, L1 and n are as defined herein. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: F2G Limited British Body Corporate
    Inventors: Lloyd James Payne, Robert Downham, Graham Edward Morris Sibley, Philip Edwards, Gareth Morse Davies
  • Publication number: 20130005702
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and their use as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hanna Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Patent number: 8247576
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Patent number: 8106057
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for treating cancer, particularly hematopoietic tumors of lymphoid or myeloid lineage, prostate cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, breast cancer and melanoma, which comprise administering to the mammal a compound, salt, hydrate, tautomer or N-oxide according to formula (I): and in particular, those of subgenus VIIa These compounds inhibit or modulate the activity of the heat shock protein Hsp90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Robert Downham, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Patent number: 8101648
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy or methoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. The compounds have activity as Hsp90 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher Murray, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, Robert Downham, Theresa Rachel Phillips