Patents Represented by Attorney David A. Rubin
  • Patent number: 7166614
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: I(wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n and the dashed line are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Richard Jiao, Stephen D. Goble, Sander G. Mills, Gregori Morriello, Alexander Pasternak, Lihu Yang, Changyou Zhou, Gabor Butora, Shankaran Kothandaraman, Deodialsingh Guiadeen, Christopher Moyes
  • Patent number: 7105548
    Abstract: Triazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl which are metabotropic glutamate receptor—subtype 5 (“mGluR5”) modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Petpiboon Prasit, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith, Lida R. Tehrani
  • Patent number: 6956049
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods of modulating the activity of excitatory amino acid receptors using a specifically defined class of heterocyclic compounds. In one embodiment, there are provided methods of modulating metabotropic glutamate receptors. The present invention also discloses methods of treating disease using heterocyclic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Ian A. McDonald, Stephen D. Hess, Mark A. Varney
  • Patent number: 6812234
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n and the dashed line are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Jiao, Gregori Morriello, Lihu Yang, Stephen D. Goble, Sander G. Mills, Alexander Pasternak, Changyou Zhou, Gabor Butora, Shankaran Kothandaraman, Deodialsingh Guiadeen, Christopher Moyes, Cheng Tang
  • Patent number: 6774138
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted, unsaturated five, six or seven membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom. The ring additionally includes three, four or five atoms independently selected from carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon double bond, a carbon-carbon triple bond or an azo group. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas David Peter Cosford, Leo Solomon Bleicher, Jean-Michel Andre Vernier, Rowena V. Cube, Edwin Schweiger, Ian McDonald
  • Patent number: 6767908
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which may be useful for the treatment of cytokine mediated diseases such as arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc
    Inventors: Christopher F. Claiborne, Nigel J. Liverton, David A. Claremon
  • Patent number: 6632823
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a novel class of substituted pyridine compounds (optionally containing ether, ester, amide, ketone or thioether substitutions) that promote the release of ligands involved in neurotransmission have been discovered. In a particular aspect compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Ian A. McDonald
  • Patent number: 6630150
    Abstract: A self-emulsifying system comprises i) microcrystalline cellulose and ii) an oily substance, surfactant, and water is useful for providing solid dosage forms of hydrophobic or water sensitive agents when dried or extruded and spheronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Steven William Booth, Ashley Clarke, John Michael Newton
  • Patent number: 6617426
    Abstract: Amino acid di- and tri-peptide analogs having C-terminal vinylic groups, pharmaceutical compositions containing the analogs and methods of treating diseases using cysteinyl protease inhibitors; particularly neurodegenerative, autoimmune, cognitive disorders, stroke and traumatic injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventors: Benito Munoz, Kuman Srinivasan, Bowei Wang
  • Patent number: 6538008
    Abstract: A combination of a selective NMDA NR2B antagonist and an opioid analgesic is useful in the treatment of pain or nociception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Sharpe & Dohme Limited
    Inventor: Susan Boyce