Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Steven J. Sarussi
  • Patent number: 6425888
    Abstract: A unit container for a treatment fluid comprises a sealed enclosure of which one wall section thereof is formed with at least one opening. The enclosure is pressuriseable to discharge its contents through the opening or openings, which is or are of sufficient diameter to enable the generation of a jet and/or discrete droplets of treatment fluid discharged therefrom. The one wall section is typically a flat section of the enclosure wall, and the enclosure is typically a blister pack, with the wall section at a planar base of the blister. However, the one wall section may be dome-shaped and formed with at least one opening in the top region of the dome. Containers of the invention may be provided in packages, for example in strip form or in planar arrays. Dispensing devices are described for discharging their contents in treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: R. P. Scherer Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Embleton, Stephen P. Jones, Richard J. Malcolmson, Luigi G. Martini, Peter J. Houzego, Sarah A. Rocca, Howard N. Stevens
  • Patent number: 6358955
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: wherein R1 represents optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or cycloalkyl groups; X, Z, and Y are optionally substituted nitrogen or carbon atoms; R3 and R4 are organic or inorganic substituents which may together form ring structures; m is zero, one or two; and R5 and R6 are are organic or inorganic substituents; and the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof, which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at brain dopamine receptor subtypes or prodrugs thereof and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders such as schizophrenia and depression as well as certain movement disorders such as Parkinsonism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Thurkauf, Raymond F. Horvath, Jun Yuan, John M. Peterson
  • Patent number: 6353109
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: W represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl; T is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkyl; X is hydrogen, hydroxy, or lower alkyl; m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 0, 1, or 2; and R3 and R4 represent substituted or unsubstituted organic residues. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela Albaugh, Gang Liu, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 6340473
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a modified starch and a carrageenan, especially iota-carrageenan, where the compositions are suitable for use in manufacturing soft capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Edward Tanner, Peter Robert Draper, John J. Getz, Stephen W. Burnett, Elizabeth Youngblood
  • Patent number: 6333329
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkylthio, hydroxy, amino, mono- or di(C1-C6)alkylamino, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy; and X is oxygen, a bond, C1-C2 alkylene, or methyleneoxy, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer N. Tran, Andrew Thurkauf
  • Patent number: 6331629
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof, wherein: X, Y and Z are the same or different and represent optionally substituted carbon or nitrogen; R1 and R2 independently represent organic or inorganic substituents; R3 and R4 are variables independently representing inorganic or organic substituents; A represents C1-C4 alkylene; and R5, R6, and R7 independently represent hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, which compounds bind selectively with high affinity to the dopamine D4 receptor subtype and are therefore of use in treatment of various neuropsychological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: William Greenlee, Ashit Gangly, Jan W. F. Wasley
  • Patent number: 6306857
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula I: or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X is a carbonyl, sulfonyl, methylene, or methylene substituted with optionally substituted phenyl; Z is nitrogen or CH; Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent aryl groups; and Y is hydrogen; or Y and R1 or R2 together represent CH2; CH2CH2; CH20; CH2S forming a five or six membered ring and such ring may be optionally substituted with loweralkyl or phenyl; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful in the treatment of neoplastic diseases, and bacterial or fungal infections, and for preventing or decreaseing the production of abnormally phosphorylated paired helical filament (PHF) epitopes associated with Alzheimer's Disease and, therefore for treating Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Molecular Geriatrics Corporation
    Inventors: John Francis DeBernardis, Daniel Joseph Kerkman, Raymond Paul Zinkowski
  • Patent number: 6300360
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at human CRF1 receptors that are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of treating stress related disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as depression, headache and anxiety. The compounds have the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Ar, R1, R2, A, and Z are various organic and inorganic substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Yuan
  • Patent number: 6297252
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts thereof wherein: X is oxygen, H2 or sulfur Y is hydrogen, or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, (substituted)arylalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, or a carbonyl group substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or amino groups; W is alkyl, arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl, where each aryl group is optionally substituted with up to two groups; or W is aryl, thienyl, pyridyl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 independently represent nitrogen or C—R1 where R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, or phenyl or pyridyl optionally mono- or independently disubstituted with halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Chen, Alan Hutchison, Guolin Cai
  • Patent number: 6294530
    Abstract: Disclosed are 1-Azatricyclic-4-benzylpiperazine compounds which are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents. Pharmaceutical compositions, including packaged pharmaceutical compositions, are further provided. Compounds of the invention are also useful as probes for the localization of GABAA receptors in tissue samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhang, Kevin Hodgetts, Stanislaw Rachwal, Daniel Rosewater, Andrew Thurkauf
  • Patent number: 6291169
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a capture membrane comprising a porous filter membrane having a hapten bound directly or indirectly to the membrane wherein complexes formed by specific binding having an anti-hapten bound to a binding member of the specifically binding complex are removed from a solution by the hapten as the solution passes through the membrane. In the preferred embodiment biotin is the hapten and avidin or streptavidin is the anti-hapten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Molecular Devices Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Olson, Robert F. Zuk, Richard D. Armenta, Charles R. Burke, Viola T. Kung, Edward L. Sheldon
  • Patent number: 6291473
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: wherein Ar, R1, W, X and m are substituents as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Horvath, James W. Darrow, George D. Maynard
  • Patent number: 6291463
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof wherein: R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkylthio, hydroxy, amino, mono- or di(C1-C6)alkylamino, cyano or trifluoromethyl; Ar represents aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with R3, R4 and/or R4; R3, R4, and R6 independently represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, perfluoro(C1-C6)alkyl, perfluoro(C1-C6)alkoxy, or SO2NH2; or R3 and R4 together with the atoms to which they are attached represent a ring having 5-7 atoms; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventor: Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 6288230
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein: n is an integer; R1 represents an organic or inorganic group; R2 represents halogen or C1-C6 alkyl; RN is an alkylene carrying a substituted piperazine, piperidine, or tetrahydropyridine; and R4 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Xiao-shu He
  • Patent number: 6284761
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3 R4 and R5, R6, R7, and R8 represent organic and/or inorganic substituents as defined herein, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhang, Jennifer Tran, He Zhao, Andrew Thurkauf
  • Patent number: 6284766
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein, which compounds are selective antagonists at CRF1 receptors and are therefore useful in the diagnosis and treatment of stress related disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as depression, headache, anxiety, cardiovascular disorders, and eating disorders. Methods of treatment of such disorders and well as packaged pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond F. Horvath
  • Patent number: 6284759
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is (un)substituted alkylene; R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, hydroxy, (un)substitutedamino, cyano, nitro, sulfonamide, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy; R3, R4, R5, R6, and R8 are independently hydrogen or alkyl; and X is sulfur, oxygen or NR7 where R8 is defined herein; m is an integer chosen from 0, 1 or 2; and Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group as further defined herein, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventor: Xiao Shu He
  • Patent number: 6281237
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the forumla: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein; A is N or CH; R1 and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; G, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are variables defined herein. These compounds are modulators of CRF receptors and are therefore useful for treating affective disorders, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and stress disorders in humans and other animals. Methods of treatment of such disorders and well as packaged pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. Compounds of the invention are also useful as probes for the localization of CRF receptors and as standards in assays for CRF receptor binding. Methods of using the compounds in receptor localization studies are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Horvath, Ping Ge, Taeyoung Yoon, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 6280736
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved extract of Hypericum perforatum L. (St. John's wort) containing Hyperforin, in which the Hyperforin is stabilized against decomposition or degradation by means of a stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Ur. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co,
    Inventors: Clemens Erdelmeier, Eckhart Grethlein, Friedrich Lang, Rainer Oschmann, Karl-Heinz Stumpf
  • Patent number: 6281359
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: where S and V are various organic or inorganic substituents; G and K are the same or different and represent N or CR′ where R′ is an organic or inorganic substituent; R is hydrogen or an alkyl group; R1, X, Y, Z and T are organic or inorganic substituents; and R2 and R3 represent hydrogen or organic substituents; or NR2R3 together represents a heterocyclic ring system; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; which are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at brain dopamine receptor subtypes and, thus, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders such as schizophrenia and depression as well as certain movement disorders such as Parkinsonism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Andrew Thurkauf