Patents Represented by Attorney Bernard P. Friedrichsen
  • Patent number: 8349868
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Roland Burli, Marian C. Bryan, Guo-Qiang Cao, Susana C. Neira, Anthony B. Reed
  • Patent number: 8247430
    Abstract: Selected amines are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I and II wherein R, R1 and R2 for each formula are defined herein. The invention further includes analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives of Formulas I and II, as well as pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and methods thereof for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventor: Chester Chenguang Yuan
  • Patent number: 8183293
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of inflammatory and immune-related diseases and conditions. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate the function and/or expression of proteins involved in atopic diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. The subject compounds are carboxylic acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Grillo, An-Rong Li, Jiwen Liu, Julio C. Medina, Yongli Su, Yingcai Wang, Janan Jona, Alan Allgeier, Jacqueline Milne, Jerry Murry, Joseph F. Payack, Thomas Storz
  • Patent number: 8097620
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Kaustav Biswas, Roland Burli, Jennifer E. Golden, Stephanie Mercede, Christopher M. Tegley
  • Patent number: 8084479
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of using thiazole compounds of Formula I and Formula II and compositions thereof for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) such as cancer and other proliferative disorders where the variables have the definitions provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, John G. Allen, Matthew P. Bourbeau, Celia Dominguez, Christopher H. Fotsch, Nianhe Han, Fang-Tsao Hong, Xin Huang, Matthew R. Lee, Aiwen Li, Qingyian Liu, James T. Rider, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew S. Tasker, Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Xianghong Wang, Kurt E. Weiler, George E. Wohlhieter, Guomin Yao, Chester Chenguang Yuan
  • Patent number: 8048892
    Abstract: are useful as inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Kaustav Biswas, Guo-Qiang Cao, Jennifer E. Golden, Stephanie Mercede, Tanya Peterkin, Anthony Reed, Christopher M. Tegley
  • Patent number: 8048894
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Roland Burli, Marian C. Bryan, Guo-Qiang Cao, Susana C. Neira, Anthony B. Reed
  • Patent number: 8030346
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Roland Burli, Michael J. Frohn, Randall W. Hungate, Susana C. Neira, Anthony B. Reed
  • Patent number: 8030354
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful, for example, for treating metabolic disorders in a subject. Such compounds have the general formula I: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein. The present invention also provides compositions that include, and methods for using, the compounds in preparing medicaments and for treating metabolic disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Brown, Qiong Cao, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Jonathan Houze, Xian Yun Jiao, Yong-Jae Kim, Todd J. Kohn, SuJen Lai, An-Rong Li, Daniel Lin, Jiwen Liu, Jian Luo, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey D. Reagan, Vatee Pattaropong, Margrit Schwarz, Wang Shen, Yongli Su, Gayathri Swaminath, Marc Vimolratana, Yingcai Wang, Yumei Xiong, Li Yang, Ming Yu, Jie Zhang, Liusheng Zhu
  • Patent number: 8003648
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful, for example, for treating metabolic disorders in a subject. Such compounds have the general formula I: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein. The present invention also provides compositions that include, and methods for using, the compounds in preparing medicaments and for treating metabolic disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Hilary Beck, Paul Dransfield, Zice Fu, Jonathan B. Houze, XianYun Jiao, Todd J. Kohn, SuJen Lai, Jinqian Liu, Jiwen Liu, Zhihua Ma, Julio C. Medina, Michael J. Schmitt, Rajiv Sharma, Wang Shen, Marc Vimolratana, Yingcai Wang, Zhongyu Wang
  • Patent number: 7960567
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment of inflammatory and immune-related diseases and conditions are provided herein. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate the function and/or expression of proteins involved in atopic diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. The subject compounds are carboxylic acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Michael G. Johnson, An-Rong Li, Jiwen Liu, Sarah E. Lively, Julio C. Medina, Wang Shen, Xuemei Wang, Yingcai Wang
  • Patent number: 7928139
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II are useful as inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Kaustav Biswas, Marian C. Bryan, Roland Burli, Guo-Qiang Cao, Michael J. Frohn, Jennifer E. Golden, Stephanie Mercede, Susana Neira, Tanya Peterkin, Alexander J. Pickrell, Anthony Reed, Christopher M. Tegley, Xiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7928137
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in which R1, R2, R3, each X, L, Y, Cy, Lp, D and n have the meanings as set out in the specification, and corresponding compounds in which the unsubstituted or substituted amidine group is replaced with an unsubstituted or substituted aminomethyl group, are useful as serine protease inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Tularik Limited
    Inventors: John Walter Liebeschuetz, William Alexander Wylie, Bohdan Waszkowycz, Christopher William Murray, Andrew David Rimmer, Pauline Mary Welsh, Stuart Donald Jones, Jonathan Michael Ernest Roscoe, Stephen Clinton Young, Phillip John Morgan
  • Patent number: 7919504
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiazole compounds of Formula I and Formula II and compositions thereof useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) where the variables have the definitions provided herein. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Chester Chenguang Yuan, Guomin Yao, Xianghong Wang, Seifu Tadesse, Andreas Reichelt, Qingyian Liu, Matthew R. Lee, Xin Huang, Fang-Tsao Hong, Nianhe Han, Christopher H. Fotsch, Celia Dominguez, Matthew P. Bourbeau, John G. Allen
  • Patent number: 7919514
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiadiazole compounds useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB). The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiadiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Holger Monenschein, James Thomas Rider, Guomin Yao, Qingping Zeng
  • Patent number: 7897619
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of Formula I and compositions thereof useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) where the variables have the definitions provided herein. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Guomin Yao, George E. Wohlhieter, Xianghong Wang, James Rider, Andreas Reichelt, Holger Monenschein, Fang-Tsao Hong, James R. Falsey, Celia Dominguez, Matthew P. Bourbeau, John G. Allen
  • Patent number: 7514566
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiazole compounds of Formula I and Formula II and compositions thereof useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) where the variables have the definitions provided herein. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, John G. Allen, Matthew P. Bourbeau, Celia Dominguez, Christopher H. Fotsch, Nianhe Han, Fang-Tsao Hong, Xin Huang, Matthew R. Lee, Aiwen Li, Qingyian Liu, James T. Rider, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew S. Tasker, Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Xianghong Wang, Kurt E. Weiler, George E. Wohlhieter, Guomin Yao, Chester Chenguang Yuan
  • Patent number: 7507748
    Abstract: Selected amines are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I and II wherein R, R1 and R2 for each formula are defined herein. The invention further includes analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives of Formulas I and II, as well as pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and methods thereof for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventor: Chester Chenguang Yuan
  • Patent number: 7465804
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful, for example, for modulating insulin levels in a subject, having the general formula I: wherein Q is an optionally substituted phenyl; L is a bond or O; P is a benzene or an optionally substituted thiazole ring; and R1 has the values provided herein. The present invention also provides compositions, uses, and methods for use of the compounds, for instance, for treatment of type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Houze, Jiwen Liu, Zhihua Ma, Julio C. Medina, Michael J. Schmitt, Rajiv Sharma, Ying Sun, Yingcai Wang, Liusheng Zhu
  • Patent number: 7354944
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiadiazole compounds useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB). The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiadiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Guomin Yao, George Erich Wohlhieter, Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Andrew Tasker, James Thomas Rider, Holger Monenschein, Celia Dominguez, Matthew Paul Bourbeau