Patents Assigned to Merck
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Patent number: 12152019Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Dane Clausen, Ping Chen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Jongwon Lim, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, Li Xiao, Wensheng Yu
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Publication number: 20240382576Abstract: The invention is related to multivalent immunogenic compositions comprising more than one S. pneumoniae polysaccharide protein conjugates, wherein each of the conjugates comprises a polysaccharide from an S. pneumoniae serotype conjugated to a carrier protein, wherein the serotypes of S. pneumoniae are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for inducing a protective immune response in a human patient comprising administering the multivalent immunogenic compositions of the invention to the patient. The multivalent immunogenic compositions are useful for providing protection against S. pneumoniae infection and/or pneumococcal diseases caused by S. pneumoniae. The compositions of the invention are also useful as part of treatment regimes that provide complementary protection for patients that have been vaccinated with a multivalent vaccine indicated for the prevention of pneumococcal disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Yadong Adam Cui, Romulo Ferrero, Jian He, Luwy Musey, Tanaz Petigara, Julie M. Skinner
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Publication number: 20240382481Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are made, wherein W1, W2, W3, W4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and m have the meaning as described herein. The compounds are SRPK inhibitors and can be used, inter alia, for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders. A medicament and a pharmaceutical composition are made that include the compound of formula (I). Methods are developed for treating a disease caused, mediated, and/or propagated by SRPK activity, for preparing a medicament for the treatment thereof, and for inhibiting SRPK.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Matthias Leiendecker, Timo Heinrich
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Publication number: 20240382468Abstract: Substituted tetrazole derivatives are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of several medical conditions including hyperproliferative disorders and diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, RYVU THERAPEUTICS S.A.Inventors: Thomas Fuchss, Lisa Koetzner, Christina Schindler, Daniel Kuhn
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Publication number: 20240382428Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a solid pharmaceutical administration form comprising mesoporous silica using a 3D printing process. The process is a printing process that allows the production of solid pharmaceutical administration forms comprising drug loaded mesoporous silica in an easy and flexible manner and in conformity with the high-quality standards required for the production of pharmaceutical.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Malte BOGDAHN, Stefan SCHILLER, Meike HARMS, Daniel Joseph PRICE, Marcel WEDEL, Simon GEISSLER, Finn BAUER
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Publication number: 20240383876Abstract: A compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, is useful to as a TLR7/8 antagonist.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Brian A. Sherer, Xiaoling Chen, Esther Cleary, Nadia Brugger
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Patent number: 12144855Abstract: A method is described for producing a pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide protein conjugate in which one or more activated pneumococcal polysaccharides of particular pneumococcal serotypes and carrier protein are separately lyophilized in the form of lyospheres of carrier protein and lyospheres of the one or more polysaccharides. A predetermined amount of carrier protein lyospheres and activated polysaccharide lyospheres are mixed together and the mixture reconstituted in an organic solvent to produce polysaccharide carrier protein conjugates. A plurality of conjugates, each comprising polysaccharides of a particular serotype, may be used to produce multivalent pneumococcal immunogenic compositions having a combination of conjugates for use in vaccines.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Patrick Leonard Ahl, Akhilesh Bhambhani, Christopher Jon Farrell, Patrick McHugh, Morrisa C. Jones, Daniel D. Roth, Jessica R. Sinacola, Justin Stanbro, Matthew P. Watson, Emily Wen, Michael A. Winters
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Publication number: 20240376382Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase, comprising one or more compounds of formula C the use thereof in an energy-efficient electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type, and the use of the compounds of formula C for improvement of the contrast and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Sven Christian Laut, Martina Windhorst, Atsutaka Manabe, Constanze Brocke
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Publication number: 20240374715Abstract: A novel treatment regimen is provided for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. Said novel treatment regimen provides for an efficacious treatment of autoimmune disorders with an advantageous safety profile and/or a high quality of life for the patient. Said novel treatment regimen provides for an advantageous benefit-risk ratio for patients endangered by the risk of infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ursula BOSCHERT, Urs Wiedemann
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Publication number: 20240376157Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids and related immunogenic polypeptides for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases. In particular, the nucleic acids and immunogenic polypeptides provide utility for the prophylactic prevention of norovirus infections in a mammal. The invention is further directed to nucleic acid-based vaccine compositions and a kit of parts comprising the vaccine compositions, as well as methods of treatment and medical uses relating to the nucleic acids, vaccine compositions, and kit of parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Lauren A. Austin, Andrew Bett, Arthur Fridman, JiaJie Wei, John Gaspar, Marian E. Gindy
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Publication number: 20240381674Abstract: An electronic element (10) comprising a plurality of cells (100) arranged in a three dimensional array of cells (100) is provided, wherein the cells (100) are located at crossings between two crossed electrode lines (30, 31). Each cell (100) of the electronic component (100) comprises in this order a first electrode (102), a part (104) of a molecular layer (20) and a second electrode (106), wherein the molecular layer (20) is a self-assembled monolayer of organic molecules having an anchoring group connected to a dipolar unit by means of a conformationally flexible unit. Further aspects of the invention relate to a method and a compound for producing such an electronic element (10) and the use of such an electronic element (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Peer KIRSCH, Sebastian RESCH, Henning SEIM, Marc TORNOW
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Publication number: 20240374764Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating diseases and conditions characterised by aberrant cell growth, e.g., cancers, comprising administering a combination of a DNA repair inhibitor and a molecular targeted radioimmunotherapeutic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicants: Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd., Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Michael Paul Wheatcroft, Edwin Bingbing Yan, Andrew Mark Scott, Cameron Johnstone, Astrid Zimmermann, Frank Zenke
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Publication number: 20240376552Abstract: The invention described herein relates to a high-throughput and multiplex Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) serotype (ST)-specific polymerase chain reaction-pneumococcal antigen detection (PCR-PAD) assay useful to support epidemiology studies, clinical trials and clinical therapy. The invention further provides kits for detecting the presence or absence of S. pneumoniae and the presence or absence of particular S. pneumoniae strains in a patient sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Kate L. Hicks, Gowrisankar Rajam, Leonard J. Rubinstein
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Patent number: 12139500Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (1), to the use of the compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising a compound of the formula (1). The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (1) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Jens Engelhart, Philipp Stoessel, Christian Ehrenreich, Christian Eickhoff, Philipp Harbach, Amir Parham
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Publication number: 20240368471Abstract: Liquid-crystalline (LC) media having positive dielectric anisotropy and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially displays addressed by an active matrix and in particular to LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Sven Christian LAUT, Sabrina PFEIFFER, Philipp Hans FACKLER
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Publication number: 20240368109Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of ? 7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCInventors: Ian M. Bell, Brendan M. Crowley, James Fells, Patrick Bazzini, Jean-Marie Contreras, Fabrice Garrido, Belinda C. Huff, Christophe Joseph, Christophe Morice, Dharam Paul, Aurelie Witzel
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Patent number: 12134725Abstract: A light valve that is operable in and electrically switchable between an optically clear and transparent state and an opaque state, wherein one or more polymerisable mesogenic compounds provided in a layer containing a liquid-crystalline medium that comprises one or more mesogenic compounds, one or more chiral compounds, one or more dichroic dyes and the one or more polymerisable mesogenic compounds are subjected to photopolymerisation. Further, a liquid-crystalline medium used in the method, a light valve obtained or respectively obtainable by carrying out the method, and the use of the light valve in mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Christian Schoenefeld, Michael Junge, Mark Goebel, Raphael Lisicki, Kevin Kaiser
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Publication number: 20240360362Abstract: Liquid crystal (LC) media having negative dielectric anisotropy, the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in a display with passive matrix addressing, based on the VA, ECB, FFS or IPS effect, and displays of this type, in particular an energy saving PM-VA display with low duty driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Akihiro KOJIMA, Fumio SHIMANO
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Publication number: 20240358847Abstract: TROP2 binders and variants thereof are described. In a specific embodiment, the TROP2 binders that are antibodies that preferentially bind high-expressing TROP2 cells over low-expressing TROP2 cells and conjugates thereof comprising the TROP2 binders conjugated to a payload are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCInventors: Minilik Angagaw, Edward Paul Bowman, Ming-Tang Chen, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Malgorzata A. Gil, Marlene C. Hinton, Zhong Hua, Rebecca Elizabeth Johnson, Simon B. Lang, W. Michael Seganish, Andrew B. Waight
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Patent number: 12129308Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that specifically bind MMP13 and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the immunoglobulins of the present invention inhibit an activity of MMP13 and preferably are also stable.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, ABLYNX NVInventors: Francis Descamps, Gerald Beste, Guy Hermans, Hans Guehring, Lars Toleikis, Christoph Ladel