Patents Assigned to Memory Pharmaceutical Corporation
  • Patent number: 8691841
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Richard Schumacher, Truc Nguyen, Jianguo Ma, Carla Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20130217683
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: MEMORY PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: MEMORY PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8486937
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Richard A. Schumacher, Truc Minh Nguyen, Jianguo Ma, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8273891
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Schumacher, Mihaela Diana Danca, Jianguo Ma, Brian Herbert, True Minh Nguyen, Wenge Xie, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8263619
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Richard A. Schumacher, Truc Minh Nguyen, Jianguo Ma, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8252811
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Truc Nguyen, Carla Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8158629
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8134003
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Truc Nguyen, Carla Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 8106066
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Schumacher, Mihaela Diana Danca, Jianguo Ma, Brian Herbert, True Minh Nguyen, Wenge Xie, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7994199
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are of formula I: wherein A, R3, R4 is as defined herein, are useful as ligands for nicotinic receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Herbert, Wenge Xie, Truc Minh Nguyen, Allen T Hopper, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7964600
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7943773
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Truc Nguyen, Carla Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7932248
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Schumacher, Jianguo Ma, Brian Herbert, Mihaela Diana Danca, Wenge Xie, Truc Minh Nguyen, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7902217
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20100298306
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds, which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof. The novel compounds include compounds of formula I: wherein X, R1, and R2 are as herein defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: MEMORY PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Herbert, Richard Schumacher, Guangxiu Dai, Wenge Xie
  • Patent number: 7790722
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20100152177
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds having affinity for the 5HT6 receptor which are of the formula (I): wherein R1-R3 A, B, D, E, G, Q, and x are as defined herein. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: MEMORY PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Dunn, Truc Minh Nguyen, Wenge Xie, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7723348
    Abstract: Selective PDE4 inhibition is achieved by aryl and heteroaryl pyrazole compounds. The compounds exhibit improved PDE4 inhibition as compared to compounds such as rolipram and show selectivity with regard to inhibition of other classes of PDEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Hopper, Robert F. Dunn, Erik Mikal Kuester, Richard D. Conticello
  • Patent number: 7700631
    Abstract: PDE4 inhibition is achieved by novel nitroxide compounds, e.g., N-substituted aniline and diphenylamine analogs. The compounds of the present invention are of Formulas I-III: wherein A, B, D, R1, R2, R3, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R6 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Schumacher, Elizabeth Doorly Graham, Allen T. Hopper, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7700630
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are of formula I: wherein A, R3, R4 is as defined herein, are useful as ligands for nicotinic receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Herbert, Wenge Xie, Truc Minh Nguyen, Allen T Hopper, Ashok Tehim