Plural Oxygens Bonded Directly To The Same Sulfur (e.g., Sulfones, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/709)
  • Patent number: 9730916
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nutritional composition for improving a patient with heart failure; the nutritional composition is consisting of therapeutically effective high amounts of leucine and histidine. The disclosure also provides the nutritional supplement comprising the nutritional composition, which may be a beverage product, a dietary supplement or food. The disclosure further provides a method of using the nutritional supplement for treating patients with heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Wang, Ming-Shi Shiao, Mei-Ling Cheng
  • Patent number: 9481876
    Abstract: Human cathepsin L inhibitors and probes containing a vinyl sulfonate ester moiety are described. The inhibitors are highly potent (low nM affinity), selective, and cell permeable, and can inhibit ultra-low concentration of active cathepsin L. The developed probes are highly sensitive and can detect an ultra-low amount of probe-labeled active cathespin L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Sanjai Kumar, Dibyendu Dana
  • Patent number: 9187494
    Abstract: The invention provides tricyclic sulfonamide compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2. For example, the invention relates in part to tricyclic sulfonamide compounds represented by Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof, wherein A, B, D, RA1, RA2, Y, X, and n are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Mary Cramp, Hazel Joan Dyke, Thomas David Pallin, Robert Zahler
  • Publication number: 20150141476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2,5-dihydroxybenzene derivative of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of, inter alia, rosacea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Pedro Cuevas Sànchez, Guillermo Gimenez Gallego, Inigo Saenz de Tejada Gorman, Javier Angulo Frutos, Serafin Valverde Lopez, Antonio Romero Garrido, Rosa Maria Lozano Puerto
  • Patent number: 8999400
    Abstract: An aqueous disinfecting solution having a pH of from about 0.5 to about 6 consists essentially of hydrogen peroxide in a concentration of from about 0.05 to about 8 w/w % of the total solution, at least one anionic surfactant in a concentration of from about 0.02 to about 8 w/w % of the total solution, and at least one additional ingredient chosen from benzyl alcohol, an alcohol comprising one to six carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, in a concentration of from about 0.1 to about 10 w/w % of the total solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Virox Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jose A. Ramirez, Navid Omidbakhsh
  • Publication number: 20150065584
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions and methods of use for 2,5-dihydroxybenzene sulfonic acid compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention provides methods for (a) treating skin cancer; (b) treating cancer of the organs; (c) treating leukemia; (d) improving the efficacy of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or cancer immunotherapy; (e) treating rosacea; and (f) treating psoriasis by administration of a composition comprising at least one 2,5-dihydroxybenzene sulfonic acid compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and, optionally at least one therapeutic agent. Also disclosed are compositions comprising administration of at least one 2,5-dihydroxybenzene sulfonic acid compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and, at least one therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Pedro Cuevas Sànchez
  • Patent number: 8933131
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel mixtures of scattered-branched chain fatty acids and derivatives of scattered-branched chain fatty acids. Further disclosed are uses of these mixtures in cleaning compositions (e.g., dishcare, laundry, hard surface cleaners) and/or personal care compositions (e.g., skin cleansers, shampoo, hair conditioners).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Federle, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Zaiyou Liu, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Howard David Hutton, III, John David Carter, Charles Winston Saunders, Jun Xu, Phillip Richard Green
  • Patent number: 8933245
    Abstract: Compositions comprising ergothioneine and a trimethylamine absorber are provided. Also provided are methods for preventing, reducing or minimizing the fishy, amine odor, due to trimethylamine, that is associated with the processing and/or storage of a preparation containing ergothioneine, by combining with the ergothioneine, during processing or prior to storage, a trimethylamine absorber in an amount sufficient to prevent the detection of any trimethylamine odor by the human nose. A method is further provided for ameliorating the methylamine odor associated with an aqueous ergothioneine-containing preparation after it has developed a fishy trimethylamine odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Yarosh
  • Patent number: 8871807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel combined laundry detergent, bleach, and antimicrobial composition incorporating novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds used in compositions of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Compositions of the invention may be in the form of a liquid, a solid, or a gel. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds useful in preparing compositions of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Gohl, Robert D. P. Hei, Thomas Merz, Peter Jens Forth, Matthias Kreysel, David D. McSherry, Junzhong Li, Jonathan P. Fast
  • Patent number: 8859819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I) where: X?S, SO or SO2; and one of the radicals R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom and the other is a radical: a C1 to C18 linear or branched alkyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); a C2 to C18 linear or branched alkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); an aralkyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s); or a COR3 or CONHR3, but not simultaneously, where R3 is a radical: a C1 to C18 linear or branched alkyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); a C2 to C18 linear or branched alkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); an aralkyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s); an aralkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy groups and/or one or more OH group(s); or an aryl radical, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique
    Inventor: Stéphane Poigny
  • Patent number: 8808742
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions, methods for preparing the compositions and methods for treating or preventing diseases, comprising administering the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry D. Quart, Colin Edward Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8809392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhong Li, Richard K. Staub, David D. McSherry, Keith G. Lascotte, Steven J. Lange, Frank Everts
  • Patent number: 8808755
    Abstract: A skin disinfectant in ready-to-use concentrated liquid or dry powdered form. Ready-to-use liquid forms have a pH of from about 2 to about 6 and include: (a) hydrogen peroxide in a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 4% w/w of the solution; (b) at least one surfactant chosen from imidazoline derivatives, alkyl betaines, alkyl amidopropyl betaine amides, alkyl amidopropyl betaines, alkylsulfo betaines, amine oxides and derivatives thereof in a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 15% w/w of the solution; (c) at least one hydrogen peroxide stabilizer in a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 4% w/w of the solution; (d) at least one member chosen from cyclic carboxylic acids and salts thereof in a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 4% w/w of the solution; and (e) at least one skin conditioning agent in a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 10% w/w of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Virox Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Navid Omidbakhsh
  • Patent number: 8791161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiqing Yuan, Richard L. Beard, Michael E. Garst, John E. Donello, Xiaoxia Liu, Veena Viswanath
  • Patent number: 8759558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lipid compounds of the general formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from a C10-C22 alkyl, a C10-C22 alkenyl having 1-6 double bonds, and a C10-C22alkynyl having 1-6 triple bonds; R2 and R3 are the same or different and may be selected from a group of different substituents; Y is selected from sulphur, sulfoxide, and sulfone; and X represents a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, a carboxylic ester, a carboxylic anhydride or a carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, complex or solvate thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and lipid compositions comprising such compounds, and to such compounds for use as medicaments or for use in therapy, in particular for the treatment of diseases related to the cardiovascular, metabolic and inflammatory disease area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Pronova Biopharma Norge AS
    Inventors: Anne Kristin Holmeide, Ragnar Hovland, Morten Brændvang
  • Patent number: 8748445
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for method of treatment and/or prevention of disease states that require cystine for maintenance or progression of the disease state. In addition, methods for screening and identifying novel therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of such disease states are described. In one embodiment, the disease state is a cancer, such as, but not limited to, glioma. In this embodiment, methods for the treatment and prevention of glioma by inhibiting cystine uptake or decreasing intracellular cystine concentrations are provided. The present disclosure teaches that glioma cells are dependent on system Xc for cystine uptake. Pharmacological inhibition of system Xc causes a rapid depletion of intracellular glutathione, resulting in decreased cell growth. In contrast, non-malignant astrocytes and cortical neurons remain viable in the presence of Xc inhibitors and continue to take up cystine via alternate amino acid transporters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: W. Joon Chung, Harald Sontheimer
  • Patent number: 8741966
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lipid compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 is chosen from a C10-C21 alkyl, a C10-C21 alkenyl having 1-6 double bonds, and a C10-C21 alkynyl having 1-6 triple bonds; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are chosen from hydrogen and a C1-C6 alkyl; X is chosen from O, S, SO, SO2, Si, and Se; n=1 or 3; and P1 is chosen from hydrogen; a C10-C21 alkyl, a C10-C21 alkenyl having 1-6 double bonds, a C10-C21 alkynyl having 1-6 triple bonds, optionally substituted; a group of formula (II) or formula (III), wherein P2, P3, and P4 are chosen from hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, and an alkynyl, optionally substituted; and a group of formula (IV) or formula (V), wherein P5 is chosen from hydrogen and a C1-C6 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, complex, or solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Pronova Biopharma Norge AS
    Inventor: Anne Kristin Holmeide
  • Patent number: 8722745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-containing compound and the preparation thereof. The invention also relates to the uses of the sulfur-containing compound in inhibiting inducible nitric oxide synthase and/or cyclooxygenase-2 and in treating the diseases associated with inducible nitric oxide synthase and/or cyclooxygenase-2. This invention also describes a series of chemical analogues of the said sulfur-containing compound and the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-Sen University
    Inventors: Jyh-Horng Sheu, Chih-Hua Chao, Zhi-Hong Wen
  • Patent number: 8722689
    Abstract: A synergistic antimicrobial composition containing flumetsulam or diclosulam; and diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Emerentiana Sianawati
  • Patent number: 8716343
    Abstract: A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kevin H. Mayo, Thomas R. Hoye, Xuemei Chen
  • Patent number: 8664250
    Abstract: A wood treatment composition having a synergistic combination of fungicides which may include two or more compounds. These combinations are shown to be especially effective in providing resistance to decay, mold and mildew when wood is treated with these combinations. Also provided is wood treated by these combinations, and a method of treatment for composite wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kop-Coat, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan S. Ross, Brian Marks, Hans Ward
  • Publication number: 20140039016
    Abstract: A method of protecting wood through enhanced penetration of wood preservatives includes providing a solution including (a) at least one amine oxide, (b) at least one organic wood preservative and (c) a non-borate buffering based agent. The solution has a pH of 5 to 12.4 and preferably about 7 to 10. The solution is applied to the surface of the wood after which, with or without intervening storage, the materials are activated to effect enhanced penetration of the organic wood preservative into the wood. One may effect application at a solution temperature of about 30° C. to 75° C. and preferably about 50° C. to 60° C. to effect activation at a higher temperature and high relative humidity. In a preferred practice, the wood may be heated before and/or after application of the solution. The solution is also disclosed as a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: ALAN S. ROSS, KENNETH ALLEN CUTLER
  • Patent number: 8642656
    Abstract: A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kevin H. Mayo, Thomas R. Hoye, Xuemei Chen
  • Patent number: 8637713
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the preparation of optically active compounds and their conversion thereafter to desired drug substances. In particular, the process relates to the preparation of (S)-3-(1-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-phenol using asymmetric catalytic reduction and transfer hydrogenation, thereby providing an improved route to forming drug substances such as rivastigimine and rivastigimine hydrogen tartrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christian Mathes, Michael Foulkes, Martin Kesselgruber
  • Patent number: 8637085
    Abstract: An aqueous disinfecting solution having a pH from about 0.5 to about 6 and consisting essentially of hydrogen peroxide in a concentration from about 0.05 to about 8 w/w % of the total solution; at least one anionic surfactant in a concentration from about 0.02 to about 8 w/w % of the total solution, selected from sulfonated C12 to C22 carboxylic acids and alkali metal, ammonium, calcium and magnesium salts thereof; naphthalene sulfonic acids and alkali metal, ammonium, calcium and magnesium salts thereof; C8 to C22 alkyl sulfonic acids and alkali metal, ammonium, calcium and magnesium salts thereof; and alkyl or alkenyl esters or diesters of sulfosuccinic acids in which the alkyl or alkenyl groups independently contain from six to eighteen carbon atoms and alkali metal, ammonium, calcium and magnesium salts thereof; and benzyl alcohol in a concentration from about 0.1 to about 10 w/w % of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Virox Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jose A. Ramirez, Navid Omidbakhsh
  • Patent number: 8632794
    Abstract: There are provided methods for controlling microbial or biofilm growth, comprising mixing a hypochlorite oxidant and at least one nitrogen-containing compound or salt thereof selected from a particular group of nitrogen-containing compounds and salts to form a biocide, and applying the biocide. Apparatus for practicing the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventor: Ayala Barak
  • Patent number: 8618123
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel gamma secretase inhibitors of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or ester thereof, wherein L1, n, X, Ar, Y, Z, Q, and Q1 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting gamma secretase, methods for treating Alzheimer's disease, methods of treating one or more neurodegenerative diseases, and methods of inhibiting the deposition of amyloid protein (e.g., amyloid beta protein) in, on or around neurological tissue (e.g., the brain) using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thavalakulamgara K. Sasikumar, Duane A. Burnett, Theodros Asberom, Wen-Lian Wu, Hongmei Li, Ruo Xu, Hubert B. Josien
  • Patent number: 8592487
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds that are hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. More specifically, this invention relates to novel hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide derivatives that are derivatives of darunavir. This invention also provides compositions comprising one or more compounds of this invention and a carrier and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor, such as darunavir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott L. Harbeson
  • Patent number: 8568753
    Abstract: A microbicidal delivery system including: a microbicidal composition including a microbicidal compound including a dendrimer including one or more surface groups of formula (IV); a microbicidally active derivative thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; and a carrier, excipient or diluent therefor; and a prophylactic device; the microbicidal composition being carried on a surface of the prophylactic device and being compatible therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Starpharma Pty Limited
    Inventors: Owen Timothy Grogan, Thomas David McCarthy
  • Patent number: 8541476
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds, compositions and methods of use for sensitizing cancer cells, tumors, neoplasms, and malignancies to the effects of ionizing radiation used in the treatment of cancer. The invention further comprises a method of identifying novel radiosensitizing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
    Inventors: Constantinos Koumenis, Brian E. Lally, Steven Kridel, Gary D. Kao, Adeboye Adejare
  • Patent number: 8541467
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of the compound of Formula (I?) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of hematological dyscrasias, including myelodisplastic syndromes (MDSs) and for improving the efficacy of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or cancer immunotherapy. In addition, it relates to the use of a compound of formula (I?) for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cancer of an organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Action Medicines, S.L.
    Inventors: Pedro Cuevas Sánchez, Guillermo Gimenez Gallego, Inigo Saenz de Tejada Morgan, Javier Angulo Frutos, Rosa Maria Lozano Puerto, Antonio Romero Garrido, Serafin Valverde Lopez
  • Publication number: 20130243698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variety of radicals, which are useful as polarizing compounds. Exemplary radicals are represented by compounds of Structural Formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV) as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy Manning Swager, Robert Guy Griffin, Olesya Haze, Bjorn Corzilius, Albert A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130237611
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous formulations containing (?)-(R)-3-(2-hydroxymethylindanyl-4-oxy)phenyl 4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1-sulfonate. Said formulations are suitable as infusion solutions or as concentrate for producing these infusion solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Kühn, Antje Brück, Yoshifumi KATAKAWA, Masami YASUI
  • Patent number: 8476316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to purified 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing such compound. The compound has at least 90% (w/w) purity. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprises the purified compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention is further directed to a method for treating inflammation, inflammatory-related disorders, or pain, by administering 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Olatec Industries LLC
    Inventor: Joseph St. Laurent
  • Patent number: 8431563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that interact with glucokinase regulatory protein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of treating type 2 diabetes, and other diseases and/or conditions where glucokinase regulatory protein is involved using the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Kate Ashton, Michael David Bartberger, Yunxin Bo, Marian C. Bryan, Michael Croghan, Christopher Harold Fotsch, Clarence Henderson Hale, Roxanne Kay Kunz, Longbin Liu, Nobuko Nishimura, Mark H. Norman, Lewis Dale Pennington, Steve Fong Poon, Markian Myroslaw Stec, David Joseph St. Jean, Jr., Nuria A. Tamayo, Christopher Michael Tegley, Kevin Chao Yang
  • Patent number: 8415508
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the preparation of optically active compounds and their conversion thereafter to desired drug substances. In particular, the process relates to the preparation of (S)-3-(1-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-phenol using asymmetric catalytic reduction and transfer hydrogenation, thereby providing an improved route to forming drug substances such as rivastigimine and rivastigimine hydrogen tartrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christian Mathes, Michael Foulkes, Martin Kesselgruber
  • Patent number: 8410156
    Abstract: Compositions comprising ergothioneine and a trimethylamine absorber are provided. Also provided are methods for preventing, reducing or minimizing the fishy, amine odor, due to trimethylamine, that is associated with the processing and/or storage of a preparation containing ergothioneine, by combining with the ergothioneine, during processing or prior to storage, a trimethylamine absorber in an amount sufficient to prevent the detection of any trimethylamine odor by the human nose. A method is further provided for ameliorating the methylamine odor associated with an aqueous ergothioneine-containing preparation after it has developed a fishy trimethylamine odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: ELC Management, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel B. Yarosh
  • Patent number: 8383682
    Abstract: A composition comprises surface-modified nanoparticles of at least one amphoteric metal oxide or oxyhydroxide. The nanoparticles bear, on at least a portion of their surfaces, a surface modification comprising (i) at least one surface modifier selected from lactate, thiolactate, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) at least one surface modifier selected from halide, nitrate, acetate, carbonate, formate, propionate, sulfate, bromate, perchlorate, tribromoacetate, trichloroacetate, trifluoroacetate, carboxylate comprising from one to about four alkyleneoxy moieties, chlorate, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Timothy D. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 8362087
    Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for veterinary use in form of aqueous injectable suspensions comprising Florfenicol or Florfenicol in form of a substantially water-insoluble complex, co-crystal or salt, sterile and micronised, in a concentration up to 500 mg/ml. The suspensions enable parenteral antimicrobial therapies in animals, with limited numbers of injections and showing good general- and local tolerances. They also possess a limited sedimentation on standing as well as after shipping, are easily resuspendable and have good syringablity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Calluna Pharma BVBA
    Inventors: Erwin Embrechts, Jan Embrechts
  • Patent number: 8362051
    Abstract: Wallboard and facing paper that provides increased mold resistance at lower biocide loadings. The biocide is: (a) an n-alkyl isothiazolinone such as octylisothiazolinone (OIT), a monohalo and dihalo substituted n-alkylisothiazolinone such as chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) or dichlorooctylisothiazolinone (DCOIT), 3-iodo-2-propynyl-butylcarbamate (IPBC), chlorothalonil, methylene-bis-thiocyanate, or mixtures of two or more thereof; or (b) carbendazim and a second biocide selected from 3-iodo-2-propynyl-butylcarbamate (IPBC), diiodomethyltolylsulfone (DIMTS), sodium pyrithione, octylisothiazolinone (OIT), dichlorooctylisothiazolinone (DCOIT), and chlorothalonil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Sheila M. Tinetti, Paul Foley, Li Wang, Michael V. Enzien, Sanjay B. Bishnoi
  • Patent number: 8344026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhong Li, Richard K. Staub, David D. McSherry, Keith G. Lascotte, Steven J. Lange, Frank Everts
  • Patent number: 8314155
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the structure: wherein the constituent members are defined herein, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Cephalon, Inc, Cephalon France
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Mohamed Iqbal, Brigitte Lesur, Philippe Louvet
  • Patent number: 8293724
    Abstract: Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is an enzyme responsible for the degradation of oleamide (an endogenous sleep-inducing lipid) and anandamide (an endogenous ligand for cannabinoid receptors). Disclosed herein are potent inhibitors of FAAH and methods for their use for treating a variety of disorder, including hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: George Kunos, Alexandros Makriyannis
  • Publication number: 20120252839
    Abstract: Compounds are described that are useful for treating an apoptosis-associated disease, which are specifically cytotoxic to tumor cells that are overexpressing Bcl-xL, and are much less cytotoxic in isogenic cells that are not overexpressing Bcl-xL. Also described is a method for treating an apoptosis-associated disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an active compound that is specifically cytotoxic to tumor cells that are overexpressing Bcl-xL, and are much less cytotoxic in isogenic cells that are not overexpressing Bcl-xL. Several scaffolds of active compounds are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    Inventors: David HOCKENBERY, Julian SIMON
  • Publication number: 20120225854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that interact with glucokinase regulatory protein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of treating type 2 diabetes, and other diseases and/or conditions where glucokinase regulatory protein is involved using the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Kate Ashton, Michael David Bartberger, Yunxin Bo, Marian C. Bryan, Michael Croghan, Christopher Harold Fotsch, Clarence Henderson Hale, Roxanne Kay Kunz, Longbin Liu, Nobuko Nishimura, Mark H. Norman, Lewis Dale Pennington, Steve Fong Poon, Markian Myroslaw Stec, David Joseph St. Jean, JR., Nuria A. Tamayo, Christopher Michael Tegley, Kevin Chao Yang
  • Publication number: 20120220454
    Abstract: Coating compositions and methods of use, allowing for improved water and/or nutrient usage by seeds, plants, shrubs, and vegetation, among others, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Zhiyun Chen, Jean-Christophe Castaing, PengFei JI, Galder Cristobal
  • Patent number: 8207228
    Abstract: A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kevin H. Mayo, Thomas R. Hoye, Xuemei Cheri
  • Publication number: 20120129775
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Enrique Zudaire, Marta Aparicio, Frank Cuttitta
  • Patent number: 8182794
    Abstract: Sunless tanning compositions are substantially improved by adding methylsulfonyl methane [MSM] and certain glycols to Dihydroxyacetone (DHA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: John Patrick McCook, Philip J. Gordon, D. Craig Woodward
  • Publication number: 20120121536
    Abstract: Glucose deprivation is an attractive strategy in cancer research and treatment. Cancer cells upregulate glucose uptake and metabolism for maintaining accelerated growth and proliferation rates. Specifically blocking these processes is likely to provide new insights to the role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumorigenesis, as well as in apoptosis. As solid tumors outgrow the surrounding vasculature, they encounter microenvironments with a limited supply of nutrients leading to a glucose deprived environment in some regions of the tumor. Cancer cells living in the glucose deprived environment undergo changes to prevent glucose deprivation-induced apoptosis. Knowing how cancer cells evade apoptosis induction is also likely to yield valuable information and knowledge of how to overcome the resistance to apoptosis induction in cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: OHIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaozhuo Chen, Stephen Bergmeier