Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Curtis C. Panzer
  • Patent number: 7393858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (Ia) wherein A, B, n, m, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; the compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of depression, anxiety, pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis or postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Olivier Dirat, Jason Matthew Elliott, Ian Thomas Huscroft, Richard Alexander Jelley, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Piotr Antoni Raubo, Duncan Edward Shaw, Francine Sternfeld, Christopher John Swain
  • Patent number: 7365202
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Lushi Tan, Robert S. Meissner, Wenjie Li, James J. Perkins, Aaron S. Cote, Joyce Stellabott, Yuan-Hon Kiang
  • Patent number: 7348433
    Abstract: This invention encompasses a method for treating a prostaglandin E mediated disease or condition comprising administering to a mammalian patient in need of such treatment a compound of Formula (A) in an amount that is effective to treat the prostaglandin E mediated disease or condition
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Daniel Dube, Denis Deschenes, Rejean Fortin, Yves Girard
  • Patent number: 7345083
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain hydroisoindoline compounds which are useful as neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonists, and inhibitors of tachykinin and in particular substance P. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including emesis, urinary incontinence, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Lynn Bunda, Robert J. DeVita, Jinlong Jiang, Sander G. Mills
  • Patent number: 7329750
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Danulich, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7314873
    Abstract: Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Doherty, Swaminathan R. Natarajan, John E. Stelmach
  • Patent number: 7312229
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Helen J. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7301026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic processes useful in the preparation of fluorinated 4-azasteroid derivatives that modulate androgen receptors and have application in the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or androgen receptor hyperactivity, such as osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, frailty, erectile dysfunction, loss of libido, androgen-dependent cancers and sarcopenia. The present invention also encompasses intermediates useful in the disclosed synthetic processes and the methods of their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc
    Inventors: Lushi Tan, Benjamin T. Dorner, Wenjie Li, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Frederick W. Hartner
  • Patent number: 7265110
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I); wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R10 represent a variety of substituents; A represents NR9 or O; B represents a bond, CH2, NR9 or O, wherein one or both hydrogen atoms in said CH2 moiety may be replaced with one or both of R7 and R8, or alternatively, one of the hydrogen atoms in said CH2 moiety together with a hydrogen atom from an adjacent carbon are replaced by a double bond; with the proviso that when A is O, then B is NR9; n is zero, 1 or 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Duncan Edward Shaw, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 7253205
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 represent a variety of substituents, ring A is a phenyl or pyridyl ring; d is zero, 1 or 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Kevin Dinnell, Jason Matthew Elliott, Gregory John Hollingworth, Duncan Edward Shaw, Christopher John Swain
  • Patent number: 7196095
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful in the treatment of cytokine mediated diseases such as arthritis and in the treatment and/or prevention of protozoal diseases such as coccidiosis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Richard Beresis, Richard Berger, Steven L. Colletti, James B. Doherty, Dennis D. Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Dennis M. Schmatz, Xiaoxia Qian, David A. Claremon, Nigel J. Liverton, Charles J. McIntyre, Ernest W. Kovacs
  • Patent number: 7153968
    Abstract: 8-(biaryl) quinolines wherein the bi-aryl group at the 8-position is in a meta relationship to the quinoline group, are PDE4 inhibitors useful in the treatment of asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, eosinophilic granuloma, psoriasis and other benign or malignant proliferative skin diseases, endotoxic shock, laminitis in horses, colic in horses, septic shock, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, reperfusion injury of the myocardium and brain, inflammatory arthritis, chronic glomerulonephritis, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, adult respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in animals, diabetes insipidus, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, arterial restenosis, ortherosclerosis, atherosclerosis, neurogenic inflammation, pain, cough, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, transplant rejection, graft versus host disease, hypersecretion of gastric acid, bacterial, fungal induced sepsis, viral induced sepsis, fungal induced
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Dube, Michel Gallant, Patrick Lacombe, Denis Deschenes, Laurence Dube, Yves Girard, Dwight Macdonald
  • Patent number: 7144896
    Abstract: 8-arylquinolines wherein the aryl group at the 8-position contains a meta one or two atom bridge to a phenyl, 5 or 6 member heteroaryl or fused bicyclic heteroaryl group, and wherein at least one of the bridge atoms is not carbon, are PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Michel Gallant, Denis Deschenes, Daniel Dube, Laurence Dube, Patrick Lacombe, Dwight MacDonald
  • Patent number: 7105507
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of formula (I), wherein ring A is a phenyl or pyridyl ring; X represents a linker selected from the group consisting of formulae: (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e); and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R21a and R21b are as defined herein. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of depression, anxiety, pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis or postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Kevin Dinnell, Jason Matthew Elliott, Gregory John Hollingworth, Duncan Edward Shaw, Christopher John Swain
  • Patent number: 7009055
    Abstract: A dibromomethyl moiety is converted to a sulfonylmethyl moiety by treatment with a sulfinic acid salt. For example, (methyl-sulfonyl)methyl bromo-quinoline is prepared by the treatment of dibromomethyl bromo-quinoline with a sulfinic acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Kimberly A. Savary, John M. Williams
  • Patent number: 6953792
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I): wherein ring A is a phenyl or pyridyl ring; X represents a linker selected from the group consisting of: (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l) and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R13, R14, R15, R16, R?17, R18, R19, R21a and R21b are as defined herein. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of depression, anxiety, pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis or postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Kevin Dinnell, Jason Matthew Elliot, Gregory John Hollingworth, Duncan Edward Shaw, Christopher John Swain, Lihu Yang
  • Patent number: 6919353
    Abstract: 8-arylquinolines of formula (I) wherein the aryl group at the 8-position contains a meta two atom bridge to an optionally substituted phenyl or pyridyl group, are PDE4 inhibitors useful to treat asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, respiratory distress syndrome, allergic rhinitis, neurogenic inflammation, pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases. R1-R7 and Ar are as in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Daniel Dube, Yves Girard, Dwight MacDonald, Anthony Mastracchio, Michel Gallant, Patrick Lacombe, Denis Deschenes
  • Patent number: 6909002
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a one pot method of preparing intermediates of Formula V, which are useful in making inhibitors of phosphodiesterase-4: The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing phosphodiesterase inhibitors comprising the Formula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Albaneze-Walker, Scott Ceglia, Jerry Anthony Murry, Arash Soheili
  • Patent number: 6841564
    Abstract: Novel ethanes substituted with i) a phenyl, ii) a thiazole, and iii) a pyridyl moiety are PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Richard Freisen, Yves Ducharme, Bernard Cote, Marc Blouin, Evelyn Martins, Daniel Guay, Pierre Hamel, Mario Girard, Richard Frenette, Sebastien Laliberte
  • Patent number: RE39696
    Abstract: The invention discloses a human cyclooxygenase-2 cDNA, a human cyclooxygenase-2 and assays for preferentially and independently measuring cyclogenase-2 or cyclooxygenase-1 activity present in a given sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanda A. Cromlish, Brian P. Kennedy, Gary O'Neill, Philip J. Vickers, Elizabeth Wong, Joseph A. Mancini