Plural Rings In Alcohol Moiety Patents (Class 560/255)
  • Publication number: 20150141662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of preparing fused ring indeno compounds that involves reacting together a dienophile and a lactone compound, in the presence of a catalyst, and a carboxylic acid anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Transitions Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Meng He, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Allison Greene, Anil Kumar
  • Publication number: 20150025237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds and methods that are useful for the preparation of compounds useful as orexin-2 receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: George Anthony Moniz, Annie Zhu Wilcoxen, Farid Benayoud, Jaemoon Lee, Huiming Zhang, Taro Terauchi, Ayumi Takemura, Yu Yoshida, Toshiaki Tanaka, Keiichi Sorimachi, Yoshimitsu Naoe, Yuji Kazuta
  • Publication number: 20140335080
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure of Structure I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, J1, J2, X, Z, n1 and n2 are as defined herein, and wherein at least one of R1, R2 or R3 is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl ester, are provided. Uses of such compounds for treatment of various indications, including prostate cancer, as well as methods of treatment involving such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: The University of British Columbia, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch
    Inventors: Raymond J. Andersen, Marianne D. Sadar, Javier Garcia Fernandez, Nasrin R. Mawji, Jun Wang, Carmen Adriana Banuelos
  • Publication number: 20140312274
    Abstract: Subject It is to provide a polymerizable compound having a high polymerization reactivity, a high conversion yield and a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, a polymerizable composition including this compound, a liquid crystal composite prepared from this polymerizable composition and a liquid crystal display device containing this composite. Means for solving the Subject A compound represented by formula (1), the liquid crystal composition and the liquid crystal display device. In the formula, for example, ring A1, ring A2 and ring A4 are phenylene or cyclohexylene; Sp1 and Sp2 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 6 carbons; Z1 and Z2 are —CH?CH— or —C?C—; a is 1, b is 0; and P1 and P2 are a polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki GOTOH, Kazuo OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 8865689
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing hyperuricemia or metabolic disorders associated with hyperuricemia comprising administering to a patient in need a therapeutically effective amount of diacerein, rhein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an analog, a prodrug, or an active metabolite thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: TWi Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mannching Sherry Ku, Chih-Kuang Chen, Wei-Shu Lu, I-Yin Lin
  • Publication number: 20140228219
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having an excellent efficacy for controlling weeds. A cyclohexanone compound of the formula (I): wherein m is an integer of 1, 2 or 3; n is an integer of any one of 1 to 5; X represents CH2, O, S, S(O) or S(O)2; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents a C6-10 aryl group or a five- to six-membered heteroaryl group; G represents a hydrogen atom and the like; Z represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a phenyl group, a C1-6 alkyl group and the like; is useful as an active ingredient for herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakashima, Yoshinobu Jin, Masato Konobe
  • Publication number: 20140175416
    Abstract: A leaving substituent-containing compound including a partial structure represented by the following General Formula (I): where a pair of X1 and X2 or a pair of Y1 and Y2 each represent a hydrogen atom; the other pair each represent a group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom and a substituted or unsubstituted acyloxy group having one or more carbon atoms; a pair of the acyloxy groups represented by the pair of X1 and X2 or the pair of Y1 and Y2 may be identical or different, or may be bonded together to form a ring; R1 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and Q1 and Q2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and may be bonded together to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke GOTO, Satoshi Yamamoto, Toshiya Sagisaka, Takuji Kato, Takashi Okada, Masato Shinoda, Shinji Matsumoto, Masataka Mohri, Keiichiro Yutani
  • Patent number: 8716421
    Abstract: This invention discloses and claims a series of polycyclic monomers and polymers useful in the production of optical waveguides. The polymers of the invention comprise one or more repeating units represented by the formula (IV): Wherein m, X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The films formed from the polymers of this invention exhibit significant changes in refractive index (greater than or equal to 0.5%) after exposure to suitable actinic or thermal energy thereby having superior optical transmission performance, which is of importance for modern optical applications such as wave guiding and optical data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Promerus, LLC, Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Fujita, Nanae Kawate, Mari Ueda, Larry F Rhodes
  • Patent number: 8703996
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of intermediates which can be used for preparation of agents for urinary incontinence therapy, specifically to 2-(3-(diisopropylamino)-1-phenylpropyl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)phenol and its prodrugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lek Pharmaceuticals D.D.
    Inventor: Damjan Sterk
  • Publication number: 20140100354
    Abstract: Novel peptoids are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following formulae Ia and Ib: wherein X, Y, R, and n are as described herein. The peptoids demonstrate catalytic activity and are useful in substrate-selective catalytic transformations, including asymmetric catalytic transformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Kent KIRSHENBAUM, Galia Maayan, Michael Ward
  • Publication number: 20130345382
    Abstract: This invention discloses and claims a series of polycyclic monomers and polymers useful in the production of optical waveguides. The polymers of the invention comprise one or more repeating units represented by the formula (IV): Wherein m, X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The films formed from the polymers of this invention exhibit significant changes in refractive index (greater than or equal to 0.5%) after exposure to suitable actinic or thermal energy thereby having superior optical transmission performance, which is of importance for modern optical applications such as wave guiding and optical data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Fujita, Nanae Kawate, Mari Ueda, Larry F. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20130317245
    Abstract: Novel processes for preparing optically active cyclopentanones 1 which are useful for the preparation of benzindene Prostaglandins and novel cyclopentanones are provided. The invention also provides novel processes of preparing benzindene Prostaglandins and novel intermediates for benzindene Prostaglandins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: CHIROGATE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Yi WEI, Min-Kuan HSU, Ming-Kun HSU
  • Publication number: 20130197082
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of intermediates which can be used for preparation of agents for urinary incontinence therapy, specifically to 2-(3-(diisopropylamino)-1-phenylpropyl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)phenol and its prodrugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Lek Pharmaceuticals D.D.
    Inventor: Damjan Sterk
  • Publication number: 20130178648
    Abstract: Compounds of the following general formula (I): are described. Also described, are methods of preparing the compounds and their use in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: GALDERMA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Claire Bouix-Peter, Jean-Claude Pascal, Nicolas Rodeville
  • Patent number: 8461349
    Abstract: What are described are novel active compound combinations comprising a known oxime ether derivative (trifloxystrobin) and imidacloprid, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Astrid Mauler-Machnik, Hirohisa Ohtake, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen
  • Publication number: 20130131167
    Abstract: This invention provides bisphenol derivatives having a structure of formula 1. Said compounds are modulators of the androgen receptor activity and are useful in the treatment of various diseases, including prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, acne, ovarian cysts, polycystic ovarian disease, age-related macular degeneration, precocious puberty, hirsutism and hair loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY BRANCH
    Inventors: Marianne D. Sadar, Nasrin R. Mawji, Carmen Adriana Banuelos, Raymond J. Andersen, Javier Garcia Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20130053598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cross-coupling product of a benzenoid dizonium salt according to the general formula (I), wherein the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, acetyl, and/or diazo groups independently of each, and X represents BF4, Cl, F, SO3CH3, CO2CH3, PF6, ClO2CH3, or CIO4, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a benzenoid amide, which with the exception of the diazo function has the same substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 as the benzenoid diazonium salt of the general formula (I), and hydrolytically cleaving the amide to form an amine or providing a corresponding amine, (b) diazotizing the amine thus obtained or provided with a nitrite, and (c) subsequently reacting the benzenoid diazonium salt with a coupling partner in the presence of a catalyst to form a cross-coupling product, wherein the coupling parter is represented by the general formula (II), R6, R7, and R8 are the same or
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ZYLUM BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. PATENTE II KG
    Inventors: Nicolas Boege, Andreas Kreipl, Bernd Schmidt, Frank Hoelter, René Berger
  • Publication number: 20130029922
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds and formulations of turmeric oil, fish oil, aspirin and anti-cancer drugs (paclitaxel) having anti-inflammatory, analgesic and/or anti-cancer activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ORGANOMED CORPORATION
    Inventor: James N. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20130005767
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of the formula or salts or bioisosteres thereof. Therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20120330053
    Abstract: A method for producing an acylate by acylating a phenolic hydroxyl group contained in an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and/or an aromatic diol with a fatty acid anhydride in an acylation reaction vessel, the method including refluxing a liquid, which is obtained by cooling an evaporant from the acylation reaction vessel, so as to allow the liquid to flow down an inner wall surface of the acylation reaction vessel in an amount of 10 kg/hour/m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiji HOSODA, Masanobu MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20120270901
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (Ia): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5, and R6 are defined herein, as well as other indene derivatives are disclosed herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Raymond, Kang Han, Yuanlin Zhou, Yuehua He, Bradley Noren, James Gee Ken Yee
  • Patent number: 8268885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecules as entry inhibitors of the HIV virus, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions, their use as medicines, and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present entry inhibitors with other anti-retroviral agents. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents. The compounds of the present invention are useful for preventing or treating infection by HIV and for treating AIDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen R&D Ireland
    Inventors: Koenraad Lodewijk August Van Acker, Piet Tom Bert Paul Wigerinck, Lieve Emma Jan Michiels, Abdellah Tahri
  • Publication number: 20120232044
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing hyperuricemia or metabolic disorders associated with hyperuricemia comprising administering to a patient in need a therapeutically effective amount of diacerein, rhein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an analog, a prodrug, or an active metabolite thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: TWi Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mannching Sherry Ku, Chih-Kuang Chen, Wei-Shu Lu, I-Yin Lin
  • Publication number: 20120230925
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of benzotropolone derivatives of formula (1), wherein R1, R2 and R7 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; R3 is hydrogen; or COOR9 R4 is hydrogen; or C1-C3alkyl; R5 is hydrogen; hydroxy; C1-C3-alkoxy; or -0-(CO)—R10; R6 is hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; or R5 and R6 together may form a five or six membered ring; or R6 and R7 together form a five or six membered ring; and R8, R9, R10 independently of each other are C1-C30alkyl; for protecting body-care and household products from photolytic and oxidative degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Barbara Wagner, Oliver Reich, Alexander Mantler, Reinhold Öhrlein, Walter Fischer, Albert Schneider
  • Publication number: 20120183498
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by viruses of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of Paramyxoviridae and diseases associated with such infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Theodore J. Nitz, Janet A. Gaboury, Christopher J. Burns, Sylvie Laguerre, Daniel C. Pevear, Thomas A. Lessen, David J. Rys
  • Publication number: 20120053299
    Abstract: Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir V. Popik, Andrei A. Poloukhtine, Jason Locklin
  • Publication number: 20120053180
    Abstract: This invention relates to a series of substituted cyclohexane containing analogues which are agonists of GPR119 intended to treat metabolic diseases mediated by GPR119 including Type I & II diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is an ever-increasing threat to human health causing various complications (blindness, kidney failure, neuropathy, heart attack, stroke, etc.). Recently it was found that activation of GPR119 which is highly expressed in pancreatic beta cells causes glucose dependent insulin secretion and GLP-1 release. Many pharmaceuticals are currently developing GPR119 agonists and herein we disclose alternative GPR119 agonists. Our invention describes GPR119 agonists having structural Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of Formula (I), isomer or prodrug of Formula (I), and combination therapy of Formula (I) with other anti-diabetic drugs like DPP-IV inhibitors and/or insulin sensitizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CHEMIZON, A DIVISION OF OPTOMAGIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Uk Kang, Min Jeong Kim, Byung Nam Kang, Wei Tan, Albert Charles Gyorkos, Suk Young Cho
  • Patent number: 8124804
    Abstract: A process for acylating organic hydroxy compounds, characterized in that the acylation is effected in the presence of a metal oxide which does not carry a catalyst and the use of such metal oxides for acylating organic hydroxy compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Bonrath, Valentina Pasquinelli
  • Patent number: 8101772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising a known oxime ether derivative (trifloxystrobin) and imidacloprid, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Astrid Mauler-Machnik, Christoph Erdelen, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen, legal representative, Hirohisa Ohtake
  • Patent number: 8058481
    Abstract: Described is a process for the alkoxylation of alcohols with I, Cl, or CH3CO2 endgroups, using alkylene epoxides in the presence of boron based catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Gene Moloy, James A. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20110140056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by the following Formulas (I) and (II), Ring-A of Formulas I and II can be, for example, an aryl group, and Q? and Q?? can each be independently selected from groups, such as, halogen, —OH, —CN, amine groups, amide groups, carboxylic acid ester groups, carboxylic acid groups, alkenyl groups, alkynyl groups, carbonate groups, sulfide groups, and sulfonic acid ester groups. The present invention also relates to photochromic compositions and photochromic articles that include one or more photochromic compounds, such as represented by Formula II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar, Darrin R. Dabideen
  • Publication number: 20110039701
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which X, Y, Z, A, B and G have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the phenyl-substituted bicyclooctane-1,3-dione derivates 33 and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The present invention furthermore relates to increasing the activity of crop protection compositions comprising in particular phenyl-substituted bicyclooctane-1,3-dione derivates by adding ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and, if appropriate, penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for their preparation and to their use in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing unwanted plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Alfred ANGERMANN, Guido Bojack, Reiner Fischer, Stefan Lehr, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Arnd Voerste
  • Publication number: 20100247439
    Abstract: Provided are dendritic nano-antioxidant compounds according to Formula I, which may further comprise active agents covalently or non-covalently attached. Further provided are compositions comprising the disclosed compounds. Also disclosed are cosmetic compositions and dietary supplements comprising the compounds according to Formula I. The invention additionally provides methods of reducing free radicals or oxidative stress in a cell, a method of treating a subject, and a method of treating a condition comprising administering the compounds according to Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Choon Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20100129471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) in which: R1, R2 and R3 are independently a methoxy group optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R4 is a hydrogen atom; R5 and R6 are identical and each represent a hydrogen or fluorine atom; A is a cycle selected from the group including aryl and heteroaryl groups, wherein said groups can be substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Mouâd Alami, Jean-Daniel Brion, Olivier Provot, Jean-François Peyrat, Samir Messaoudi, Abdallah Hamze, Anne Giraud, Jérôme Bignon, Joanna Bakala, Jian-Miao Liu
  • Publication number: 20100029763
    Abstract: The present invention refers to new derivatives of the penta-1,4-dien-3-ones, as well as their processes of preparation. These compounds present strong antitumoral activity and promising antiparasitic action, behaving as almost atoxic by laboratory assays and also by hystopathologic studies. The present invention refers also to a pharmaceutical composition including the referred compounds, method of treatment for cancer and parasitic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Agustin Quincoces Suarez, Durvanei Augusto Maria, Daniela Goncales Rando, Clizete Aparecida Sbravaate Martins, Paulo Celso Pardi, Pamela Oliveira De Souza
  • Patent number: 7321053
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a tocyl acylate or a tocopheryl acylate comprises reacting tocol or a tocopherol with an acylating agent in the presence of a solid heterogeneous Brönsted acid catalyst, said catalyst being an inorganic Brönsted acid on a solid carrier material which comprises silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide or both silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide, or being an organofunctional polysilonaxe featuring sulpho groups, the solid heterogeneous Brönsted acid catalyst further featuring a BET surface area from about 10 m2/g to about 800 m2/g and a pore volume from about 0.1 ml/g to about 2.0 ml/g. The main commercial form of vitamin E, being (all-rac)-?-tocopheryl acetate, can be manufactured by acylation of (all-rac)-?-tocopherol according to this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Bonrath, Lisa Giraudi
  • Patent number: 7268160
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production, each comprising as an effective ingredient a specified compound or a salt thereof having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production; a method for enhancing nerve growth factor production, comprising administering to a mammal the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof; and use of the above-mentioned compound or a salt thereof in the preparation of a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for a disease that requires enhancement of nerve growth factor production, an enhancer for nerve growth factor production, or a food, beverage or feed for enhancing nerve growth factor production. In addition, the present invention provides novel compounds having enhancing activity for nerve growth factor production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Takara Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohnogi, Masahiro Shiraga, Eiji Kobayashi, Tuo-Ping Li, Suzu Deguchi, Eiji Nishiyama, Hiroaki Sagawa, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Patent number: 7250528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making indenol esters or ethers from an ?-substituted cinnamic aldehyde derivative such as an acetal or an acylal. Said reaction is promoted by the use of strong mineral acids, sulphonic acids, acidic zeolites or Lewis acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Gary Bernard Womack, Roger Leslie Snowden, Hervé Mosimann, Anthony Alexander Birkbeck
  • Patent number: 7034015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel class of aminobenzophenones derivatives, to pharmaceutical preparations comprising said compounds, to dosage units of such preparations, to methods of treating patients comprising administering said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Erik Rytter Ottosen, Anne Marie Horneman, Xifu Liang
  • Patent number: 6872748
    Abstract: The present invention is related to new vanilloid analogues containing resiniferatoxin pharmacophores, pharmaceutical compositions that have such analogues, and their uses as vanilloid receptor agonists and potent analgesics. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, alleviating or treating pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, post-operative pain, migraine, arthralgia, neutopathies, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurodegeneration, neurotic skin disorder, stroke, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, a respiratory disorder such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, fervescence, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory disease or urgent urinary incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Digital Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jee Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 6869974
    Abstract: Compounds or their salts having general formulas (I) and (II): wherein s is an integer equal to 1 or 2, A is the radical of a drug that satisfies certain pharmacological tests, C and C1 are bivalent radicals, and precursors of the radicals B and B1 satisfy certain pharmacological tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nicox S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Del Soldato
  • Patent number: 6767923
    Abstract: Benzhydryl derivatives of the formula I, where the index and the variables are as defined below: X is oxygen or sulfur; R1, R3 are halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, formyloxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonyl or formyl, where the carbon atoms in the radicals mentioned may be partially or fully halogenated; R2 is halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy, where the groups R2 may be different if n=2; R4 is alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, where the carbon atoms in these radicals may be unsubstituted or partially or fully halogenated; R5, R6 are hydroxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkoxy or cycloalkylalkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2; processes for preparing the compounds I, compositions comprising them and their use for con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Rose, Jordi Tormo i Blasco, Markus Gewehr, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Müller, Joachim Rheinheimer, Peter Schäfer, Frank Schieweck, Thomas Grote, Andreas Gypser, Eberhard Ammermann, Gisela Lorenz, Reinhard Stierl, Siegfried Strathmann, Paul Carter, Jürgen Curtze
  • Patent number: 6713464
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel derivatives of 3,3-diphenylpropylamines, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds, and the use of the compounds for preparing drugs. More particularly, the invention relates to novel prodrugs of antimuscarinic agents with superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to existing drugs such as oxybutynin and tolterodine, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a method of using said compounds and compositions for the treatment of urinary incontinence, gastrointestinal hyperactivity (irritable bowel syndrome) and other smooth muscle contractile conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Schwarz Pharma AG
    Inventors: Claus Meese, Bengt Sparf
  • Patent number: 6709642
    Abstract: The invention concerns derivatives of calixarene having the formula: in which: R1 represents various hydrocarbon groups, R2 and R3 represent an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group or a group having the formula: O(CH2)n[O(CH2)p]q OR4, or form a heterocyclic group with the nitrogen atom, and, n equals 6, 7 or 8. These derivatives can be used for extracting strontium from aqueous solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomiguie
    Inventors: Jean-François Dozol, Rocco Ungaro, Alessandro Casnati
  • Publication number: 20030229146
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of derivatives of cyclopentenone for the inhibition or prevention of the growth or multiplication of cancer cells, and to therapeutic compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mukund K. Gurjar, Radhika D. Wakharkar, Gautam R. Desiraju, Ashwini Nangia, J. S. Yadav, Anand C. Burman, Rama Mukherjee, Hanumant Bapurao Borate, Srivari Chandrasekhar, Manu Jaggi, Anuo T. Singh, Kamal K. Kapoor, Sanjay Sarkhel, Kalapatapu V.V.M. Sairam
  • Patent number: 6656968
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula are provided wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, acetoxy, amino, carboxy, sulfamyl, lower acylsulfamyl and trifluoromethyl. The compounds are inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 activity, useful for treating inflammation and cyclooxygenase-mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Temple University - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: E. Premkumar Reddy, M. V. Ramana Reddy
  • Patent number: 6613806
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for the enhancement of the activity and/or systemicity of fungicidal compositions containing at least one benzoylbenzene of formula I wherein R1 through R7, m and n are as defined in claim 1, with the aid of one or more adjuvants selected from the group consisting of (a) alkylpolyglycosides, alkenyl succinic acid derivatives, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, polyvinylpyrrolidones, perfluoroalkyl acids derivatives, perfluoro(C3-20)alkyl esters of carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof; (b) alkoxylated alcohols, amines or acids; (c) water-immiscible polar aprotic solvents; and to the use of such a composition as a fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aven, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter
  • Patent number: 6552213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new stereoselective method for the preparation of tris-O-substituted-(E)-1-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethene derivative of the formula (I) which is a key intermediate in the synthesis of trans-resveratrol (I, R2=R2=R3=H). The invention also provides a method for the exclusive synthesis of trans-isomer of compounds of formula (I) without any contamination of cis-isomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited, India
    Inventors: Pandurang Balwant Deshpande, Udayampalayam Palanisamy Senthilkumar, Gnanaprakasam Andrew
  • Patent number: 6383499
    Abstract: A topical medicament for the treatment of psoriasis comprises metallic iodine, virgin wax, a variety of oils of animal and plant origin, camphor, chlorophyll and benzoic acid in a pharmaceutically acceptable emollient excipient base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Curacid America Corporation
    Inventor: Ramon Efrain Vasquez Lipi
  • Patent number: 6297399
    Abstract: Indane compounds of general formulas (7) and (8) and their pharmaceutical use particularly to achieve smooth muscle relaxing activity and/or mast cell stabilizing activity and/or anti-inflammatory activity as described, wherein in formula (7) R2 to R13, in formula (8) R1 and R3 and R13 are selected from one or more of the same or different of: H, halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, acetoxy, carboxy, alkyl carbonyl, hydro carbonyl, amino, amido, alkylamino, hydroxylamino, amine oxide groups, azo groups, cyano, hydrazino groups, hydrazide groups, hydrazone groups, imide groups, iminoether groups, ureyl groups, oxime, nitro, nitrate, nitrite, nitroso groups, nitrile, heterocyclic groups containing heretro atoms containing one or more of N, O or S, aralkyl groups, mono and polybenzoid aryl groups, substituted aryl groups, thiol, thioureyl, phenylthiol groups, sulphonic acid groups, sulphoxide groups, sulphone groups, alkyl containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl groups containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms which may s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Venantius Limited
    Inventors: John Walsh, Neil Frankish, Helen Sheridan, William Byrne