Plural Rings Containing Patents (Class 568/325)
  • Patent number: 11760715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase enzyme. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such modulators, and methods therewith for treating lipoxygenase receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Université de Moncton
    Inventors: Mohamed Touaibia, Marc Edgar Surette
  • Patent number: 9328081
    Abstract: Chemical entities that are curcumin derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NEUPHARMA, INC.
    Inventor: Xiangping Qian
  • Patent number: 9012490
    Abstract: Compounds having formulas (I) to (VIII), salts thereof, or combinations thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more these compounds are described herein for the treatment of HIV and neurodegenerative effects caused by HIV. Also provided herein are methods and a kit for inhibiting HIV-1, treating latent HIV in the brain, and preventing HIV-mediated cognitive decline and HIV dementia comprising administering the compounds having the formulas (I) to (VIII) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds having these formulas. The compounds having formulas I through VIII are curcumin analogs which are advantageously characterized as having anti-retroviral, neuroprotective, anti-glucosidase, and anti-HIV integrase properties. In one aspect, the pharmaceutical composition is delivered intranasally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Howard University
    Inventors: Evaristus A. Nwulia, Amol Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 9000222
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics having at least one (substituted phenyl)-propenal moiety. The compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions including androgen associated conditions, androgen associated inflammation, a wound (the compounds assist with wound healing), acne, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, rosacea, and alopecia; Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA), polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration; cancers such as prostate cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and other medical conditions described herein. Treatment of such medical conditions includes administering to an individual suffering from a medical condition describe herein, a therapeutically effective amount of any of the disclosed compounds, their derivatives, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Androscience Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Shih, Qian Shi, Hui-Kang Wang
  • Publication number: 20150087705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for preventing and treating diseases such as intracerebral hemorrhage, cancer, or conditions associated with damaged cells, activated lymphocytes, or microbial products. The disclosed compounds are curcumin analogs. The curcumin analogs possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which in part, reduce AP-1 and NF-?B activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Cargill H. Alleyne, JR., Krishnan M. Dhandapani, Ken Wen, MingLiang Ma, WenJing Hu
  • Patent number: 8916071
    Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. In the formula (2), ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Shinobu Izumi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda
  • Publication number: 20140371326
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising gingerenone A as an active ingredient. The composition includes a food composition for preventing obesity, a pharmaceutical composition for treating obesity and a medicine for treating animal obesity. Since the composition includes gingerenone A, which inhibits expression of the important transcriptional factors C/EBP? and PPAR?, expressed upon adipocyte differentiation, as well as FAS protein expression, the composition has superior potential for obesity prevention or treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ki Won Lee, SuJin Seok
  • Publication number: 20140353554
    Abstract: An oligophenylene monomer of general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently of each other H, halogene, —OH, —NH2, —CN, —NO2 or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C1-C40 hydrocarbon residue, which can be substituted 1- to 5-fold with halogene (F, Cl, Br, I), —OH, —NH2, —CN and/or —NO2, and wherein one or more CH2-groups can be replaced by —O— or —S—, or an optionally substituted aryl, alkylaryl or alkoxyaryl residue; and m represents 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicants: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Georg Schwab, Akimitsu Narita, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Muellen
  • Publication number: 20140303109
    Abstract: Water-soluble fluorinated analogs of natural curcumin, and particularly difluoro Knoevenagel condensates and Schiff bases, along with their corresponding copper (H) complexes have improved bioavailablity over curcumin. The fluorine-substituted analogs of curcumin are useful as chemopreventive and/or therapeutic agents against cancers and/or against the development of drug-resistant cancer. A preferred compound is (IE,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene{4(3,4 difluorobenzaldehyde)}-3,5-dione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Fazlul H. Sarkar, Subhash Padhye
  • Patent number: 8835390
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of an aquaprin-9 (AQP-9) modulator for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing a pathological condition associated with unbalanced osteoclast differentiation. In accordance with one embodiment, the modulator is an AQP-9 inhibitor. An example of AQP-9 inhibitor is phloretin which has been shown to inhibit osteoclast differentiation, following induction of bone marrow cells with RANKL. The invention also concerns methods for modulating osteoclast differentiation, methods for prevention and treating pathological conditions associated with unbalanced osteoclast differentiation as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Osteobuild Ltd.
    Inventors: Zvi Bar-Shavit, Refael Aharon
  • Patent number: 8828908
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds of formula (I), and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Mathews, Matthew Brian Hotson, Alan John Dowling, James Nicholas Scutt, Mangala Govenkar, Lee Challinor
  • Patent number: 8822732
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III) as shown in the specification, which contain a 1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one backbone. These compounds can be used to treat cancer, inflammatory disease, or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: AndroScience Corporation
    Inventors: Charles C-Y Shih, Toshio Kitamura, Qian Shi, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hui-Kang Wang
  • Patent number: 8795756
    Abstract: The present invention relates a new drink formula comprising fresh marine omega-3 oil in an emulsion and antioxidants well known to be health promoting to humans, and process for the production of said drink and the use of said drink for production of a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Smartfish AS
    Inventors: Janne Sande Mathisen, Henrik Mathisen
  • Patent number: 8784779
    Abstract: Oral care compositions and methods are described in which the composition includes a chalcone color change component, which may be phenyl-3-methoxy-4-hydroxystyryl ketone. The color change component is induced to change colors by addition of saliva and/or by a change in pH of the composition. The composition and methods provide benefits including providing visual cues to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo, Gregory Szewczyk, Laurence Du-Thumm
  • Patent number: 8778236
    Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Toshiaki Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 8779206
    Abstract: The invention describes novel crosslinking compounds that include photoactivatable moieties. Several families of compounds are disclosed that can include one or more hydrophilic moieties that help to solubilize the compounds in aqueous environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Innovative Surface Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick E. Guire, Kristin Taton, Jie Wen
  • Publication number: 20140173972
    Abstract: A liquid fuel composition containing (a) a gasoline base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and (b) one or more organic sunscreen compounds. The liquid fuel composition of the present invention provides benefits in terms of improved acceleration and/or power output of an internal combustion engine fuelled by said fuel as well as an increase in flame speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence BREWER, Michael William HOWE
  • Patent number: 8741176
    Abstract: A liquid crystal compound with high optical anisotropy is provided. The liquid crystal compound is represented by formula (I), wherein each of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; the alkyl group and the alkenyl group are unsubstituted or substituted by —O—, —CO—, or —COO— groups; each of X1, X2, X3, and X4 represents hydrogen or fluorine, and at least one of X1, X2, X3, and X4 is fluorine; m is 1, 2, or 3; n is 0, 1, or 2, and 2?m+n?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Daxin Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chih Wang, Chin-Yen Chang, Yu-Ying Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140128337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curcuminoid for enhancing the clinical efficacy of Docetaxel for the treatment of cancers and metastases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Chantal Barthomeuf, Philippe Chollet, Mathilde Bayet-Robert
  • Patent number: 8709281
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by the following structure (Structure 1): wherein: R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, —(C?O)R9, —(C?O)R10, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyaryl, or heterocyclic all either substituted or unsubstituted, or combine to form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and R3-R9 are as described in the disclosure. Also featured are liquid crystal compositions comprising a chiral dopant compound represented by any of Structure 2-4 as described in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Donald R. Diehl, Erica N. Montbach
  • Patent number: 8710272
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics having at least one (substituted phenyl)-propenal moiety. The compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions including androgen associated conditions, androgen associated inflammation, a wound (the compounds assist with wound healing), acne, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, rosacea, and alopecia; Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA), polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration; cancers such as prostate cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and other medical conditions described herein. Treatment of such medical conditions includes administering to an individual suffering from a medical condition describe herein, a therapeutically effective amount of any of the disclosed compounds, their derivatives, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Androscience Corporation
    Inventors: Charles C. Y. Shih, Qian Shi, Hui-Kang Wang, Ching-Yuan Su
  • Patent number: 8709308
    Abstract: The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (I), wherein R3 at the 11-position is a sulfur-containing substituent selected from the group consisting of thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group, heteroarylthio group, sulfonyl group and sulfinyl group, R1 and R2 at the 6-position and the 7-position are a combination of an aryl group or a heteroaryl group and an electron donating group having a Hammett constant ?p of ?0.1 or less, or R1 and/or R2 is sulfur-containing substituent selected from thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Kazuhiro Teranishi, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Shinobu Izumi
  • Patent number: 8691120
    Abstract: A photochromic chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as its basic skeleton, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group at the 6-position carbon atom of the structure and an electron donor group having a Hammett constant ?p of not more than ?0.1 at the 7-position carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Mitsuyoshi Sando, Kazuhiro Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20140079653
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following General Formula (1) is presented. Wherein, in the above General Formula (1), A is a single bond or —C?C— group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Keigo Mikame, Yasunori Ohashi, Satoshi Sugawara, Kenzo Koike
  • Publication number: 20140051742
    Abstract: Compounds having formulas (I) to (VIII), salts thereof, or combinations thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more these compounds are described herein for the treatment of HIV and neurodegenerative effects caused by HIV. Also provided herein are methods and a kit for inhibiting HIV-1, treating latent HIV in the brain, and preventing HIV-mediated cognitive decline and HIV dementia comprising administering the compounds having the formulas (I) to (VIII) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds having these formulas. The compounds having formulas I through VIII are curcumin analogs which are advantageously characterized as having anti-retroviral, neuroprotective, anti-glucosidase, and anti-HIV integrase properties. In one aspect, the pharmaceutical composition is delivered intranasally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Evaristus A. Nwulia, Amol Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20140031403
    Abstract: The present invention provides forms of curcumin and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The forms of curcumin disclosed herein are curcumin polymorph Form III, curcumin-2-aminobenzimidazole co-crystal, and curcumin-L-lysine co-crystal. Further, the invention provides methods inhibiting cancer cells and HSV-1 using these curcumin novel solid forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Stephen T. Gately, Steven J. Triezenberg, Tong Wang
  • Publication number: 20130338160
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics having at least one (substituted phenyl)-propenal moiety. The compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions including androgen associated conditions, androgen associated inflammation, a wound (the compounds assist with wound healing), acne, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, rosacea, and alopecia; Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA), polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration; cancers such as prostate cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and other medical conditions described herein. Treatment of such medical conditions includes administering to an individual suffering from a medical condition describe herein, a therapeutically effective amount of any of the disclosed compounds, their derivatives, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Charles SHIH, Qian Shi, Hui-kang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130296527
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Krishnaswami Raja, Probal Banerjee, Andrew Auerbach, Wei Shi, William L'Amoreaux
  • Patent number: 8575221
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I or Ia as disclosed herein: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or tautomers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig E. Masse, Roger D. Tung
  • Patent number: 8557262
    Abstract: The present invention provides divinyl ether derivatives capable of releasing in a controlled manner at least one active aldehyde and/or ketone into the surrounding environment. The invention relates to the use of these divinyl ether derivatives as perfuming or flavoring ingredients, as well as to the perfuming compositions and consumer articles containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Gary Bernard Womack, Robert Langley Fuller, Glenn Paul Johannes Verhovnik, Nathalie Pinel, Magali Lateulere, Marie Buy
  • Publication number: 20130261121
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics having at least one (substituted phenyl)-propenal moiety. The compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions including androgen associated conditions, androgen associated inflammation, a wound (the compounds assist with wound healing), acne, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, rosacea, and alopecia; Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA), polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration; cancers such as prostate cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and other medical conditions described herein. Treatment of such medical conditions includes administering to an individual suffering from a medical condition describe herein, a therapeutically effective amount of any of the disclosed compounds, their derivatives, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Charles C.Y. SHIH, Qian Shi, Hui-Kang Wang, Ching-Yuan Su
  • Publication number: 20130224318
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods for improving the appearance of skin, particularly, treating, ameliorating, preventing, delaying, and/or improving one or more signs of excess accumulation and/or production of subcutaneous fat, such as cellulite, and conditions related thereto, by topically applying compositions comprising Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase-1 (CPT-1) modulators, optionally with other anti-lipid agents; and also describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving the appearance of skin, particularly, treating, preventing, ameliorating, reducing and/or eliminating loss of subcutaneous fat in the skin, wherein the compositions include natural plant constituents that stimulate lipid synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Avon Products, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130211095
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods for synthesizing PPAR? sparing compounds, e.g., thiazolidinediones, that are useful for preventing and/or treating metabolic disorders such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Metabolic Solutions Development Company, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Parker, Robert C. Gadwood, Steven P. Tanis, Scott D. Larsen, James R. Zeller
  • Publication number: 20130209523
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an in-liquid laser-based method for fabricating a solution of fine particles of amorphous solid medicinal compounds, a solution of fine particles of amorphous medicinal agents made with the method, and fine particles made with the method. By using a target solidified via a phase transition process to covert an initial crystalline structure into an amorphous solid, technical difficulties with handling a hydraulically-pressed target are overcome. The laser-based ablation process produces amorphous solid medicinal compound fine particles, which improves the bioavailability and solubility of the medicinal compound. The improvement results from a combination of: disordered crystalline structure and enlarged relative surface area by particle size reduction. The laser based method may be carried out with ultrashort pulsed laser systems, or with UV nanosecond lasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Yuki Ichikawa, Andrius Marcinkevicus
  • Publication number: 20130195772
    Abstract: Oral care compositions and methods are described in which the composition includes a chalcone color change component, which may be phenyl-3-methoxy-4-hydroxystyryl ketone. The color change component is induced to change colors by addition of saliva and/or by a change in pH of the composition. The composition and methods provide benefits including providing visual cues to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo, Gregory Szewczyk, Laurence Du-Thumm
  • Patent number: 8496857
    Abstract: The invention describes novel compositions that include a cross linking compound, a polymer and a 1 nm to about a 25 micron sized particle optionally with an oxide layer. In particular, the particle is a silica and one which has been pretreated with a silane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Innovative Surface Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick E. Guire, Kristin Taton, Jie Wen, Laurie R. Lawin
  • Publication number: 20130187096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials which have electron-transporting, hole-transporting and/or emitting units in the side chains. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electroluminescent devices and to electroluminescent devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René P. Scheerich, Thomas Eberle, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 8487139
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Krishnaswami Raja, Probal Banerjee, Andrew Auerbach, Wei Shi, William L'Amoreaux
  • Patent number: 8487137
    Abstract: The invention describes novel crosslinking compounds that include photoactivatable moieties. Several families of compounds are disclosed that can include one or more hydrophilic moieties that help to solubilize the compounds in aqueous environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Innovative Surface Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick E. Guire, Kristin Taton, Jie Wen
  • Publication number: 20130102498
    Abstract: Novel substrates for detection of activity of amyloid beta degrading enzyme, such as Neprilysin (NEP) and insulin degrading enzyme (IDE), associated with Alzheimer's disease, are provided. A quenched fluorogenic peptide substrate containing the first seven residues of the A?peptide plus a C-terminal Cys residue to detect neprilysin activity with a fluorophore attached to the C-terminal Cys and a quencher linked to the N-terminus of the peptide is disclosed. An assay system sensitive to endopeptidase activity of NEP and IDE, but insensitive to other A?-degrading enzymes is disclosed. Active compounds are identified by a cell-based assay system for high-throughput screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Rita P.-Y. Chen, Steven Sheng-Shih Wang, Chaur-Jong Hu, Po-Ting CHEN
  • Patent number: 8394859
    Abstract: Analogs of combretastatin have been discovered which demonstrate impressive cytotoxicity as well as a remarkable ability to inhibit tubulin polymerization. Such compounds are excellent clinical candidates for the treatment of cancer in humans. In addition, certain of these ligands, as pro-drugs, may well prove to be tumor selective vascular targeting chemotherapeutic agents or to have vascular targeting activity resulting in the selective prevention and/or destruction of nonmalignant proliferating vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Baylor University
    Inventors: Kevin G. Pinney, Madhavi Sriram
  • Patent number: 8277903
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for synthesis of bridged-hydropentacene, hydroanthracene and hydrotetracene from the precursor compounds pentacene derivatives, tetracene derivatives, and anthracene derivatives. The invention further relates to are methods and systems for forming thin films for use in electrically conductive assemblies, such as semiconductors or photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Tahsin J. Chow, Chung-Chih Wu, Ta-Hsien Chuang, Hsing-Hung Hsieh, Hsin-Hui Huang
  • Patent number: 8258199
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following structural formulas can be used as photoacid generators: Such compounds are useful, for example, in fabricating arrays of polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn H. McGall, Andrea Cuppoletti
  • Publication number: 20120214996
    Abstract: Dibenzylidene and heterobenzylideneacetone derivatives, related 4-piperidones, related 4-thiopyranones and the corresponding sulfinyl- and sulfonyl-analogues for their use for prophylaxis or treatment of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet, Ingrid Nicole Wenzel, Thomas J.J. Muller, Gilles Hanquet, Don Antoine Lanfranchi, Frederic Leroux, Thibault Gendron
  • Publication number: 20120184682
    Abstract: This invention describes the use of resveratrol and curcumin, representatives of naturally occurring polyphenols, in their native form, after hydrogenation, and as their respective allyl derivatives, individually, in combination with themselves and other commercial monomers, to make representative varieties of polymers, e.g., polycarbonates (PC), polyurethanes (PU), co-polymers and biodegradable polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: INNOVOTECH, LLC
    Inventor: Falguni Dasgupta
  • Patent number: 8198323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of acting as androgen receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, and methods of use thereof. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use as antitumor agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers such as colon, skin and prostate cancer and to induce androgen receptor antagonist activity in a subject afflicted with an androgen-related affliction. Examples of androgen-related afflictions include, but are not limited to, baldness, hirsutism, behavioral disorders, acne, and uninhibited spermatogenesis wherein inhibition of spermatogenesis is so desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Androscience Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Li Lin, Charles C-Y Shih, Ching-Yuan Su, Junko Ishida, Hironori Ohtsu, Hui-Kang Wang, Hideji Itokawa, Chawnshang Chang
  • Patent number: 8178727
    Abstract: It has been demanded to improve the poor solubility of curcumin to develop an anti-tumor compound capable of inhibiting the growth of various cancer cells at a low concentration. Thus, disclosed is a novel synthetic compound, a bis(arylmethylidene)acetone, which has both of an excellent anti-tumor activity and a chemo-preventive activity. A bis(arylmethylidene)acetone (i.e., a derivative having a curcumin skeleton) which is an anti-tumor compound and has a chemo-preventive activity is synthesized and screened. A derivative having enhanced anti-tumor activity and chemo-preventive activity can be synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: National University Corporation Tohoku University
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Yoshiharu Iwabuchi, Hisatsugu Ohori, Hiroyuki Yamakoshi, Yuichi Kakudo
  • Publication number: 20120107429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a turmeric extract for preventing and treating influenza virus infection and for inhibiting neuraminidase activity. A turmeric extract, its fraction, and a curcuminoid-based compound separated therefrom may inhibit neuraminidase activity and have antiviral and cell degeneration inhibitory effects on influenza virus, and may be useful in preventing and treating influenza virus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Woo-Song Lee, Mun-Chual Rho, Su-Jin Park, Young-Bae Ryu, Jong-Sun Chang, Mal-Sun Shin, Hyung-Jae Jeong, Hyung-Jun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20120076751
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions for attracting or repelling sap-sucking insects, such as whitefly, as well as methods for using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Petronella Martina Bleeker, Kai Ament, Paul Johan Diergaarde, Michiel Theodoor Jan De Both, Robert Cornelis Schuurink
  • Publication number: 20120046247
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III) as shown in the specification, which contain a 1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one backbone. These compounds can be used to treat cancer, inflammatory disease, or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Charles C-Y Shih, Toshio Kitamura, Qian Shi, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hui-Kang Wang