Oxy, Bonded Directly To A Ring, In Same Side Chain As Ester Function Patents (Class 560/61)
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Publication number: 20120289614Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery of functionalized triclosan monomers and oligomers that, when incorporated into a substrate of, or applied as part of a coating to, medical devices and/or consumer products may extend the duration of antimicrobial properties to the medical devices and/or consumer products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: BEZWADA BIOMEDICAL, LLCInventor: Rao S. Bezwada
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Publication number: 20120277311Abstract: Compounds having the active site of natural lipoxins, but a longer tissue half-life are disclosed. In particular, 15-epi-lipoxins and their use in ameliorating undesired cell proliferation, which characterizes diseases such as cancer, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Charles N. Serhan
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Patent number: 8293134Abstract: An optically anisotropic material having a good durability against light is provided. Further, an optical element having a good durability against light and an optical information writing/reading device employing such an element are provided. The optically anisotropic material is obtainable by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing at least 5 mol % of at least one type of polymerizable compound represented by a general formula CH2?CR1—COO—K-Cy-Cy-L-OCO—CR2?CH2. A phase difference plate 4 produced by employing the optically anisotropic material has a good durability against light, and accordingly, the phase difference plate 4 can realize an optical heat device suitable for large capacity writing/reading by employing a blue laser as a light source 1.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoshi Okada, Hiroshi Kumai, Makota Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8278332Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from retinoid compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of retinoid compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
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Patent number: 8263051Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from resveratrol compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of resveratrol compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold and as much as 10-fold or greater. The ability of the alkoxycrylene compounds to stabilize the resveratrol compound is concentration dependent, with the amount of resveratrol photostabilization increasing with the concentration of the alkoxycrylene compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
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Publication number: 20120226009Abstract: A photopolymerizable and photocleavable (P&P) resin monomer is derived from a reactive photoresponsible moiety via various linkages to form photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Xiaoming Jin, Paul D. Hammesfahr
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Patent number: 8257903Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that can be used within a resist composition, an intermediate compound for the compound, a positive resist composition, and a method for forming a resist pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiju Shiono, Hideo Hada
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Publication number: 20120214765Abstract: Compounds and methods of treating anti-inflammatory conditions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Akama, Yong-Kang Zhang, Charles Z. Ding, Jacob J. Plattner, Kirk R. Maples, Yvonne Freund, Virginia Sanders, Yi Xia, Stephen J. Baker, James A. Nieman, Xiaosong Lu, Marcelo Sales, Rashmi Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Robert T. Jacobs, Daitao Chen, Michael Richard Kevin Alley
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Patent number: 8232422Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery of functionalized triclosan monomers and oligomers that, when incorporated into a substrate of, or applied as part of a coating to, medical devices and/or consumer products may extend the duration of antimicrobial properties to the medical devices and/or consumer products.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Bezwada Biomedical, LLCInventor: Rao S Bezwada
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Publication number: 20120190882Abstract: A method for isolating cimiracemate A from a Cimicifuga species is disclosed, comprising the steps of a) providing a sufficient quantity of raw materials from the Cimicifuga species, b) mixing the raw materials from the Cimicifuga species with an aqueous polar solvent at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 28° C. to obtain a solvent extract comprising cimiracemate A, and c) isolating cimiracemate A from the solvent extract.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Lai Hung Cindy Yang, Allan Sy Lau
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Publication number: 20120171379Abstract: A radiation-sensitive composition containing a resist compound having a high sensitivity, a high resolution, a high etching resistance, and a low outgas which forms a resist pattern with good shape and a method of forming a resist pattern and novel compositions for forming a photoresist under coat film which is excellent in optical properties and etching resistance and contains substantially no sublimable substance and an under coat film formed by the composition. Radiation-sensitive composition containing a solvent and a cyclic compound having, e.g., a cyclic compound (A) having a molecular weight of 700 to 5000 which is synthesized by the condensation reaction of a compound having 2 to 59 carbon atoms and 1 to 4 formyl groups with a compound having 6 to 15 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 phenolic hydroxyl groups, and a cyclic compound for use in the radiation-sensitive composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Masatoshi ECHIGO, Dai OGURO
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Publication number: 20120158127Abstract: Absorbable polyurethanes, polyamides and polyester urethanes prepared from at least one compound selected from: or the corresponding diamines or diisocyanates thereof, wherein each X independently represents —CH2COO—, —CH(CH3)COO—, —CH2CH2OCH2COO—, —CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COO—, —(CH2)yCOO— where y is 2 to 4 or 6 to 24, or —(CH2CH2O)z?CH2COO— where z? is 2 to 24; each Y represents —COCH2O—, —COCH(CH3)O—, —COCH2OCH2CH2O—, —COCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O—, —CO(CH2)mO— where m is 2 to 4 or 6 to 24, or —COCH2O(CH2CH2O)n— where n is 2 to 24; R? is hydrogen, benzyl or straight-chained or branched alkyl; p is 1 to 4; and Rn represents one or more members selected from H, alkoxy, benzyloxy, aldehyde, halogen, carboxylic acid and —NO2, which is attached directly to an aromatic ring or attached through an aliphatic chain. Absorbable polymers prepared from these compounds are useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue adhesives, adhesion prevention and other implantable medical devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: BEZWADA BIOMEDICAL, LLCInventor: Rao S. Bezwada
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Publication number: 20120156622Abstract: An ortho-nitrobenzyl ester compound including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a positive photosensitive resin composition including the same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.Inventors: Min-Kook CHUNG, Ji-Young JEONG, Hyun-Yong CHO, Yong-Sik YOO, Jeong-Woo LEE, Jong-Hwa LEE, Hwan-Sung CHEON, Soo-Young KIM, Young-Ho KIM, Jae-Hyun KIM, Su-Min PARK
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Publication number: 20120157373Abstract: Antimicrobial compounds, such as silanol or alcohol, include a protecting or leaving group that can protect the compound from degradation during the process of preparing a medical device containing the compound or reduce the volatility of the compound relative to its counterpart without the leaving group. Nearly any hydrolysable leaving group may be employed. The leaving group may be an agent that may serve a therapeutic function in addition to protecting or retaining the antimicrobial agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Paul Hsien-Fu Wu, Catherine E. Taylor, Linnus Cheruiyot, Jianwei Li, Terese A. Bartlett, Matt Bergan
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Patent number: 8173685Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or of formula (II) wherein X is oxygen or sulfur, and Y is a residue of pipecolic acid or a residue of an amino acid, preferably a naturally occurring amino acid.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Nabriva Therapeutics AGInventors: Klaus Thirring, Werner Heilmayer
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Patent number: 8133477Abstract: A composition comprising an inorganic particulate material in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 70 wt %, a carrier for the particulate material comprising a compound of formula (I) in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 70 wt %, a particulate material coating material in an amount of about 0 wt % to about 5 wt %, and a dispersing agent for the particulate material in an amount of about 0 wt % to about 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, and the non-alkoxy R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
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Patent number: 8129561Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates or solvates: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, n1, m, p Z1, Z2, and Z3 are as describe in the specification. The invention also relates to compounds of formula (I) which are antagonists of the motilin receptor and are useful in the treatment of disorders associated with this receptor and with or with motility dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Tranzyme Pharma Inc.Inventors: Eric Marsault, Luc Ouellet, Hamid R. Hoveyda
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Publication number: 20120035224Abstract: The invention relates to compounds derived from betulin, and to the use thereof in plant pest control, particularly as antifeedants for butterfly larvae, beetles and snails. Further, the invention relates to novel betulin derivatives and methods for the production thereof either directly from betulin, or via intermediates derived therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskusInventors: Sami Alakurtti, Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma, Taru Mäkelä, Salem Koskimies, Pia Bergström, Heikki Hokkanen, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen
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Publication number: 20120034176Abstract: 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 C6alkoxy 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 C6alkoxy 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: PIERRE FABRE DERMO-COSMETIQUEInventor: Stéphane Poigny
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Publication number: 20120029067Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic green tea derived polyphenolic compounds, their modes of syntheses, and their use in inhibiting proteasomal activity and in treating cancers. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions useful in methods of inhibiting proteasomes and of treating cancers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Q. Ping DOU, Tak-Hang CHAN, David M. SMITH
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Patent number: 8101095Abstract: The racemic and chiral compounds expressed by common formula 1 and formula 2: wherein the lateral substituents X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 in the benzene rings represent independently hydrogen and fluorine atoms, bridge group Z represent independently the single bond or COO, CH2CH2, CH2O and OCH2 group, substituent Y represents CH3, or CH2F, CHF2, CF3, C2H5 group, symbols n, m, r and t are independently integers of 1 to 8; symbols p and s signify independently number of 0 to 1 and its orthoconic antiferroelectric long helical pitch mixtures prepared by the methods 1) to the racemic components selected from compounds 1 are added chiral components selected from the compound of formula 1 and/or chiral components selected from the compounds of formula 2 and/or another optically active compounds with high helical twisting power, 2) to chiral compound 1 which helical pitches increases with the temperature increase is added chiral compound 1 which helical pitch decreases with temperature increase.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna IM. Jaroslawa DabrowskiegoInventors: Roman Slawomir Dabrowski, Krzysztof Ludwik Czuprynski, Przemyslaw Kula, Magdalena Zurowska, Wojciech Rejmer, Wiktor Piecek, Zbigniew Raszewski
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Patent number: 8070989Abstract: The photostabilizing electronic excited state energy—particularly singlet state energy from retinoid compounds—has been found to be readily transferred to (accepted by) ?-cyanodiphenylacrylate compounds having an alkoxy radical in the four (para) position (hereinafter “alkoxycrylenes”) on one of the phenyl rings having the formula (I): wherein one of R1 and R2 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkoxy radical, preferably C1-C8, more preferably methoxy, and the non-alkoxy radical R1 or R2 is hydrogen; and R3 is a straight or branched chain C1-C30 alkyl radical, preferably C2-C20. The alkoxycrylene compounds of formula (I) significantly increase the photostability of retinoid compounds in a composition by at least 3-fold and as much as 10-fold or greater. The ability of the alkoxycrylene compounds to stabilize the retinoid compound is concentration dependent, with the amount of retinoid photostabilization increasing with the concentration of the alkoxycrylene compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Hallstar Innovations Corp.Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Anna Pavlovic, Jean Zhang
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Publication number: 20110288083Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of identifying compounds useful in inhibiting protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum protein kinase (PERK). The method comprises providing a first model comprising PERK active domains, where the said active domains are selected from the group consisting of the peptide spanning from amino acid residue Asp144 to amino acid residue Ser191 of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a peptide comprising the amino acid residue at position 7 of SEQ ID NO: 1, providing one or more candidate compounds, evaluating contact between the candidate compounds and the first model to determine which of the one or more candidate compounds have an ability to bind to and/or fit in the first model, and identifying the compounds which, based on said evaluating, have the ability to bind to and/or fit in the first model as compounds potentially useful for inhibiting PERK.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYInventors: Timothy CARDOZO, Hong WANG, David Ron
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Patent number: 8053591Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery of functionalized triclosan monomers and oligomers that, when incorporated into a substrate of, or applied as part of a coating to, medical devices and/or consumer products may extend the duration of antimicrobial properties to the medical devices and/or consumer products.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Bezwada Biomedical, LLCInventor: Rao S. Bezwada
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Publication number: 20110263674Abstract: Active compounds of Formula I are described: wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently C1-C4 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together form a C2-C7 alkylene chain; and Z is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID); along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrug thereof, and methods of using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventor: S. Bruce King
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Patent number: 8043789Abstract: A photosensitive compound whose size is smaller than conventional polymer for photoresist, and which has well-defined (uniform) structure, and a photoresist composition including the same are disclosed. The photosensitive compound represented by the following formula. Also, the present invention provides a photoresist composition comprising 1 to 85 wt % (weight %) of the photosensitive compound; 0.05 to 15 weight parts of a photo-acid generator with respect to 100 weight parts of the photosensitive compound; and 10 to 5000 weight parts of an organic solvent. In the formula, n is 0 or 1, x is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, y is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, z is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R, R? and R? are independently hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R?? is a hydrogen atom or hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably 2 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Woo Lee, Min-Ja Yoo, Jun-Gyeong Lee, Young-Bae Lim, Jae-Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20110237551Abstract: The invention relates to the use of para-coumaric acid or para-hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in cosmetic or dermatological compositions, specifically to the use of at least one compound derived from para-coumaric acid having a general formula (I) below: in which, especially, Z represents an oxygen or an —NH— group; X and Y are identical and each represent a CH or CH2 group, as an active principle with depigmenting, free-radical-scavenging and/or antiinflammatory is activity. The invention also relates to the use of the above compounds for cosmetic care or for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially for depigmenting an area of skin, having antiradical and/or antiinflammatory activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicants: BASF Beauty Care Solutions France S.A.S., Universite Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1Inventors: Sabrina Okombi, Delphine Rival, Ahcene Boumendjel, Anne-Marie Mariotte, Eric Perrier
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Publication number: 20110216273Abstract: Compounds including at least one mesogenic substructure and at least one long flexible segment and methods of synthesizing the same are disclosed. Formulations which include various embodiments of the mesogen-containing compounds and their use in articles of manufacture and ophthalmic devices are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar
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Publication number: 20110212994Abstract: Small molecule choline kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and screening methods for identifying and evaluating choline kinase inhibitors are provided. Safe and effective methods for treating subjects suffering from a disorder or disease characterized by neoplastic cell proliferation employing the choline kinase inhibitors are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: BRIAN CLEM, SUCHETA TELANG, JOHN TRENT, JASON CHESNEY, POORAN CHAND, GILLES TAPOLSKY
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Patent number: 7988884Abstract: A novel manufacturing process is described for producing hindered phenolic alkyl esters, which may be useful as antioxidants. This process simplifies catalyst neutralization and removal during the preparation of hindered phenolic esters. Compositions that comprise the hindered phenolic esters produced according to these methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Albemarle CorporationInventors: Vincent J. Gatto, Hassan Y Elnagar, Chi Hung Cheng, J. Robert Adams
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Publication number: 20110152315Abstract: There is provided novel compounds capable of modulating the G-protein-coupled receptor GPR40, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods for their use for controlling insulin levels in vivo and for the treatment of conditions such as type I1 diabetes, hypertension, ketoacidosis, obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypercholesterolemia and related disorders associated with abnormally high or low plasma lipoprotein, triglyceride or glucose levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Trond Ulven, Elisabeth Christiansen
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Publication number: 20110144188Abstract: Unique salts of trimebutine and N-monodesmethyl trimebutine, and their corresponding stereoisomers, having improved analgesic properties useful in the treatment of visceral pain are provided. The salts of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions characterized by abdominal pain, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diabetic gastroparesis, and dyspepsia.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Antibe Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: John L. Wallace, Giuseppe Cirino, Vincenzo Santagada, Giuseppe Caliendo
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Publication number: 20110130448Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: R-AR—O—Y—R? Wherein R represents one or more members selected from H, alkoxy, benzyloxy, aldehyde, halogen, carboxylic acid, —NO2, —NH2, —NHCOCH3, and —NH—Y—R?, which is attached directly to AR or attached through an aliphatic chain. The carboxylic acid moiety in R includes but is not limited to the following carboxylic acids: benzoic acids, cinnamic acids, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, syringic acid, salicyclic acid, vanillic acid, phenylacetic acids, phenylpropionic acids, and sinapinic acid. -AR—O— is a biologically active phenolic moiety comprising 1 to 6 substituted or unsubstituted aryl rings that are directly bonded to each other, fused together, or joined through a linking group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: Bezwada Biomedical LLCInventor: Rao S. Bezwada
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Publication number: 20110086912Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a cancer in a subject involving administering to the subject a compound of formula (II) or (II?): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently H, OH, alkylcarbonyloxy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a compound of formula (II) or (II)?, wherein R1 and R2 are independently OH, alkoxy or alkylcarbonyloxy, R3 and R4 are independently H, OH, alkoxy or alkylcarbonyloxy, R6 is H, alkoxy or alkylcarbonyloxy, R5 is H, OH or alkylcarbonyloxy, R6 is H or alkoxy, and R7 is H, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventor: ALEXANDER MACGREGOR
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Patent number: 7923573Abstract: A superior LXR modulator is provided. A compound represented by the general formula (I): [wherein R1: —COR9 (wherein R9: alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy or optionally substituted amino); R2: H, OH, alkoxy, optionally substituted amino, etc.; R3: H, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted amino, halogeno, etc.; R4 and R5: H, optionally substituted alkyl, halogeno, etc.; R6 and R7: H, alkyl; R8: —X2R10 [wherein R10: —COR11 (wherein R11: OH, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted amino, etc.), —SO2R12 (wherein R12: optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted amino, etc.), tetrazol-5-yl, etc.; X2: single bond, optionally substituted alkylene, etc.]; X1: —NH—, —O—, —S—, etc.; Y1: optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclyl; Y2: optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, etc.] and the like is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Kazuhiko Tamaki, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Kozo Oda, Naoki Terasaka, Daisuke Nakai, Masakazu Nakadai
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Publication number: 20110077407Abstract: A process for the preparation of functional molecules using the thiol-ene coupling reaction and a process for the preparation of protected functional thiols, specifically thioesters is provided. The methods may be used to make functional polymers and other molecules. The method of making a functionalized polymer using a thiol-ene reaction comprises: providing a functionalized thioester having the following formula: wherein R is a functional group and COR? is a protecting group; cleaving the functionalized thioester, forming a functional thiol and an acyl group; providing a polymer having a pendant vinyl group; and reacting the polymer with the functional thiol whereby a functionalized polymer is formed, wherein the functional thiol is not isolated prior to reacting with the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Ralph L. David, Julia A. Kornfield
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Patent number: 7910019Abstract: Compounds including at least one mesogenic substructure and at least one long flexible segment and methods of synthesizing the same are disclosed. Formulations which include various embodiments of the mesogen containing compounds and their use in articles of manufacture and ophthalmic devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Meng He, Anil Kumar, Jiping Shao, Xiao-Man Dai, Ruisong Xu
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Publication number: 20110059967Abstract: Compounds comprising Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, U1, B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-16. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease and baldness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Allergan Inc.Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
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Publication number: 20110045069Abstract: A description is given of precursor compounds of sweet taste receptor antagonists for the prevention or treatment of disease, in particular for the prevention or treatment of Type 2 diabetes. A description is also given of uses of these precursor compounds and edible compositions, preparations for nutrition or pleasure or semi-finished products and pharmaceutical preparations, containing such precursor compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicants: SYMRISE Gmbh Co. KG, Deutsches Institut für ErnährungsforschungInventors: Jakob Peter Ley, Michael Backes, Tobias Vössing, Frauke Stähler, Wolfgang Meyerhof, Christian Wintermeyer
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Publication number: 20110046410Abstract: A method for producing caffeic acid phenyl ester and its analogues, which includes the steps of: (i) reacting, in a solvent, a salt of a compound of formula (II) with an organic halide having the formula X—R2-A2 in the presence of an iodide catalyst having the formula M-I to produce caffeic acid phenyl ester or its analogue, wherein A1, R1, Q, Y, X, R2, and M are defined herein; and (ii) isolating the caffeic acid phenyl ester or its analogue from the solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: ChemigenInventors: Junyi Liu, Yansheng Du
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Publication number: 20110008559Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, comprising—a polyolefin, —a stericallyhindered phenol of the following formula (I), wherein the groups X, which can be the same or different, have the following formula (II), wherein R1 and R4, which can be the same or different, are an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R2, R3, R5, and R6, which can be the same or different, are hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, —a hydrotalcite and/or bis(2,4-dicumylpheny)pentaerythritol diphosphite.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventor: Franz Ruemer
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Publication number: 20100323033Abstract: The present invention relates to a cancer sensitizer comprising chlorogenic acid or a derivative thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a cancer sensitizer comprising chlorogenic acid or a derivative thereof, which can make cancer cells sensitive to anticancer agents to increase the therapeutic effect of anticancer agents. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting the chemo-resistance of cancer cells, comprising chlorogenic acid or a derivative thereof in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, an anticancer composition comprising an anticancer agent in addition to the composition, and a method for disrupting the chemo-resistance of cancer cells, comprising administration of the cancer sensitizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Soo Youl Kim, Kang-Seo Park, Kyung chae Jeong
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Publication number: 20100298138Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of aminoazoline and urea derivatives for com-bating animal pests. The invention also relates to a method for controlling animal pests by using these compounds, to seed and to an agricultural and veterinary composition comprising said compounds and to specific azoline and urea derivatives.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christopher Koradin, Markus Kordes, Ernst Baumann, Ronan Le Vezouet, Deborah L. Culbertson
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Publication number: 20100273801Abstract: The invention relates to compouns derived from betulin, and to the use thereof as antibacterial agents in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Valition teknillinen tutikimuskeskusInventors: Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma, Salme Koskimies, Sami Alakurtti, Taru Mäkelä, Päivi Tammela
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Publication number: 20100239508Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet absorber having a strong absorptive capacity in the UVA range and an absorptive capacity in the UVB range to have an ultraviolet inhibitory effect in a wide range of wavelength, increasing in an ultraviolet absorptive capacity over the course of ultraviolet irradiation time in both the UVA and the UVB ranges and having an excellent solubility. An ultraviolet absorber comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound of General Formula I: (where —OA is an alkoxy group) that exhibits an ultraviolet A wave absorptive capacity which increases over time and that has an ultraviolet B wave absorptive capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: LEAD CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao Mori, Haruo Saito
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Publication number: 20100228015Abstract: This invention relates to novel homotopic prodrugs and medicaments and methods for their preparation, testing and use. In one embodiment, the homotopic prodrug has the general formula wherein is a biologically-active moiety comprising a carboxylic acid functional group, and Rb is a homotopically-symmetrical alcohol bonded to the biologically-active moiety through the carboxylic acid functional group to form an ester linkage, as well as optical isomers, enantiomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, biohydrolyzable amides, esters, and imides thereof and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Jill M. McFadden, Susan M. Royalty, Eric J. Toone, Jeffrey D. Yingling
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Publication number: 20100210866Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plant extract which comprises o-diphenol type chlorogenic acids in a high concentration. Also, it is to provide a plant extract excellent in deodorizing property or anti-oxidation property, which does not substantially comprise ferulylquinic acids and caffeine content. The present invention provides a plant extract, which comprises chlorogenic acids comprising an o-diphenol type chlorogenic acid and does not substantially comprise ferulylquinic acid and caffeine, which is excellent in deodorizing property or anti-oxidation property.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikazu Toyohara, Tadahiro Hiramoto
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Publication number: 20100203650Abstract: The invention provides biomolecule binding ligands, collections of biomolecule binding ligands, and their use in the purification of biological mixtures and in the identification of ligands having an affinity for a substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Abid Hussain, Michael Luis Mimmack, Jonathan Michael Haigh
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Publication number: 20100197950Abstract: The preparation of an intermediate, a process for the preparation thereof and the process of preparing [4-[3,3-Bis-(4-bromo-phenyl)-allyloxy]-2-methyl-phenoxy]-acetic acid using this intermediate are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Kaare Gyberg Rasmussen, Signe Maria Christensen, Rikke Eva Humble
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Publication number: 20100190795Abstract: The invention relates to betulin derivatives, and to the use thereof as agents against protozoa of the genus Leishmania and against leishmaniasis in applications of pharmaceutical industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Valtion Teknillinen tutkimuskeskusInventors: Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma, Sami Alakurtti, Jaana Minkkinen, Nina Sarcerdoti-Sierra, Charles L. Jaffe, Tuomo Heiska