Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mark R. Daniel
  • Patent number: 5464122
    Abstract: This invention consists of an ophthalmic dispensing tip formed by injection molding, which has a one-piece molded tip to be used with a mating cap, the tip having an internally molded breakaway barrier membrane inside the flow channel, and the cap having a shaped stud fitting inside the tip, so that the final clockwise half-turn of the cap pushes the stud against the barrier and displaces it, thereby creating a restricted path through which the contents are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur L. Lifshey
  • Patent number: 5461071
    Abstract: A compound having the formula ##STR1## which is an anti-fungal agent is described. The producing organism Colletotricum accutatum is also described, along with a method of production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Evon A. Bolessa, Robert E. Schwartz, Gerald F. Bills, Robert A. Giacobbe, Fernando Pelaez Perez, Angeles Cabello Arroyo, Teresa Diez Matas, Isabel Martin Fernandez, Francisca Vincente Perez, Suzanne M. Mandala, Deborah L. Zink, Rosemary Thornton, John R. Thompson, James E. Curotto
  • Patent number: 5455239
    Abstract: A compound of the formula I is disclosed. ##STR1## R.sup.13 represents hydrogen, NH.sub.2, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkylamino or di(C1-4) alkylamino-;Y represents CH or N;Y" represents (a) CR.sup.y' R.sup.z' with R.sup.y' and R.sup.z' hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl or C.sub.1-6 alkyl substituted with C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl, or (b) N substituted with OR.sup.14 with R.sup.14 representing H, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkyl substituted with COOH.Ar represents: ##STR2## One of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent H, W as defined below or one of the groups (a) through (d) below, and the other represents H or W. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Lovji D. Cama, James V. Heck
  • Patent number: 5453096
    Abstract: The device comprises a receiving housing for receiving and maintaining the vial, this latter being comprised of a pocket (10) containing the product and a nozzle (11 ) in which is inserted a pump (8) which has a variable volume chamber (8000) controlled by a movable actuating member (85); the device according to the invention comprises a pushing means (42) capable of acting against this actuating member (85) through the wall of the casing so as to displace it in a so-called "forward" direction against a resilient release means, a locking means (46) capable of locking the pushing means (42) in a position in which it maintains the actuating member in a mobile state at the end of the "forward" stroke, and an unlocking control means (52) of said locking means (46).Device for distributing successive and precise doses of a fluid product, in particular medicinal or cosmetic, for instance for the instillation of an eye lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert Lataix
  • Patent number: 5453424
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with novel compounds represented by structural formulae I and II. ##STR1## which are useful in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald S. Ponticello, John J. Baldwin, David C. Remy
  • Patent number: 5451579
    Abstract: A carbapenem antibiotic of the formula I ##STR1## is disclosed. The variable X.sup..crclbar. represents a counterion. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Greenlee, Frank P. DiNinno, Milton L. Hammond
  • Patent number: 5449682
    Abstract: Substituted heterocycles attached through a methylene bridge to novel substituted phenyl derivatives of the Formula I are useful as angiotensin II antagonists. ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Greenlee, David Hangauer, Arthur A. Patchett, Thomas F. Walsh, Kenneth J. Fitch, Daljit S. Dhanoa, Ralph A. Rivero
  • Patent number: 5444067
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds represented by formula I: ##STR1## which are agonists of angiotensin II. The invention is also concerned with the use of aforementioned agonists in the treatment of states meditated by angiotensin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Salah Kivlighn, Victor J. Lotti, Ralph A. Rivero, Peter K. S. Siegl, Gloria J. Zingaro
  • Patent number: 5442057
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of making 2-Aryl Carbapenems of Formula 1 from a compound of formula 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Inventors: Ann Decamp, Ulf H. Dolling, Yulan Li, Dale L. Rieger, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Lyndon C. Xavier
  • Patent number: 5441959
    Abstract: Novel substituted quinazolinones of the formula (I) are useful as angiotensin II antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Prasun K. Chakravarty, Stephen E. de Laszlo, Tomasz W. Glinka, William J. Greenlee, Nathan B. Mantlo, Arthur A. Patchett
  • Patent number: 5442056
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of making 2-aryl carbapenems of formula 1 from a compound of formula A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ann E. DeCamp, Edward J. J. Grabowski, Mark A. Huffman, Lyndon C. Xavier, Nobuyoshi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 5441987
    Abstract: A compound having the formula ##STR1## which is useful as an antifungal agent and for the treatment and control of several agricultural phytopathogens, including Phytophthora infestans, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Guy H. Harris, James E. Curotto, Robert A. Giacobbe, Suzanne M. Mandala, Richard L. Monaghan, Richard K. Jansson, Joan A. Lasota
  • Patent number: 5441722
    Abstract: This invention concerns the short synthesis of 5,6-dihydro-(S)-4-(ethylamino)-(S)-6-[C.sup.3 H.sub.3 ]-4H-thieno [2,3-b]thiopyran-2-sulfonamide 7,7-dioxide and related non-radioactive and radioactive compounds. The key step is the regioselective and stereo-controlled methylation of the C-6 (.alpha.-sulfone) carbanion in the presence of the monoprotected sulfonamide anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wai-Si Eng, Donald H. Burns, Gerald S. Ponticello, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 5439914
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structural formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or crystal form thereof, wherein;X is O or CH.sub.2R.sup.1 is H if R.sup.2 is not H or if R.sup.2 is H then R.sup.1 is ##STR2## R.sup.2 is --H if R.sup.1 is not H or if R.sup.1 is H then R.sup.2 is; ##STR3## and R.sup.3 is ##STR4## are Class HI antiarrhythmic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Gerald S. Ponticello, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 5439906
    Abstract: Imidazobenzo-(1,5)-diazepine derivatives with an amide or urea function in the 3-position are useful in the treatment of arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bock, Robert M. DiPardo, Roger M. Freidinger, John J. Baldwin, David C. Remy
  • Patent number: 5439918
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit farnesyl-protein transferase (FTase) and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: S. Jane deSolms, Samuel L. Graham
  • Patent number: 5437371
    Abstract: There is disclosed a child resistant blister package comprising a conventional blister package having cavities containing unit doses of medication. The blister package is adapted to receive a locking member which is slidably secured to the blister package to effectively prevent children from accessing the medication therein and yet is readily, slidably removed from the blister package by an adult to access medication therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert Lataix
  • Patent number: 5438055
    Abstract: Benzodiazepine derivatives with an amide or urea function in the 3-position are useful in the treatment of arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Baldwin, Jason M. Elliott, David A. Claremon, Nigel Liverton, David C. Remy, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 5436355
    Abstract: Their is disclosed a novel solvent-depletion process for making an avermectin/zein composition and the composition itself, which has excellent photostability and unexpected bioavailability to foliar-feeding insects. The process consists of depleting a dilute acidic, basic or alcoholic solvent from an emulsified solution of avermectin, zein, and dilute solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Demchak
  • Patent number: 5436263
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit farnesyl-protein transferase (FPTase) and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Sheo B. Singh, Barry A. Katz, Russell B. Lingham, Isabel Martin, Keith C. Silverman