Patents Assigned to Merck
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Publication number: 20250108138Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new folate-conjugates comprising a 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a radiometal chelator optionally coordinating a radiometal M, and an albumin binder linked through a hydrophobic linker, and further provides uses of such conjugates and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof in diagnostic imaging, radionuclide therapy or theragnostic applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Viola GROEHN, Marie-Luise RENZ, Rudolf MOSER, Roger SCHIBLI, Cristina Magdalena MUELLER, Martina BENESOVA, Patrycja GUZIK, Luisa Maria DEBERLE, Anna Elisabeth BECKER, Sara Dorina BUSSLINGER
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Patent number: 12263171Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain 7-, 8-, and 10-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline derivatives of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R2, and R4 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and their use in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Yonglian Zhang, Amjad Ali, Jared Cumming, Duane DeMong, Qiaolin Deng, Thomas H. Graham, Elisabeth Hennessy, Matthew A. Larsen, Kun Liu, Ping Liu, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Jianping Pan, Christopher W. Plummer, Aaron Sather, Uma Swaminathan, Huijun Wang
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Patent number: 12264139Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are antagonists of leukotriene B4 receptor 1 (BLT1) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the leukotriene B4 receptor 1 (BLT1). The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, lipid disorders, obesity, hypertension, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cancer.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Yongxin Han, Jongwon Lim, Satyanarayana Tummanapalli, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Kerrie Spencer
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Patent number: 12264134Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). 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: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Dane Clausen, Ping Chen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Xianhai Huang, Joseph Kozlowski, Guoqing Li, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, Andreas Verras, Li Xiao, Feng Ye, Wensheng Yu, Rui Zhang
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Patent number: 12264276Abstract: The present invention relates to an LC medium comprising two or more polymerizable compounds, at least one of which contains a substituent comprising a tertiary OH group, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode, to an LC display of the PSA or SA mode comprising the LC medium, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display using the LC medium, especially an energy-saving LC display and energy-saving LC display production process.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Min Tzu Chuang, I-Wen Chen, Cheng-Jui Lin, Jer-Lin Chen, Kuang-Ting Chou
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Publication number: 20250101097Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for treating cancer in a subject identified as having acute myeloid leukemia (AML), comprising administering an anti-ILT3 antigen binding protein, or antigen binding fragment to the patient every three weeks (Q3W).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Cai Wu, Daping Zhang, Jie Zhang-Hoover
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Publication number: 20250099478Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Anthony K. Ogawa, Christopher J. Sinz, Alan C. Cheng, Ying-Duo Gao, Song Yang, Jianming Bao, Rohan Rajiv Merchant, Natalija Cernaka, Phillip Patrick Sharp, Jovan Alexander Lopez, Dong Xiao, Haiqun Tang, Maoqun Tian, Mihir B. Mandal, Jiafang He
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Patent number: 12258509Abstract: An optical component is described which contains a liquid crystal (LC) medium, operable in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The LC medium, which can be used in the infrared (IR) region, can contain one or more compounds of the formulae I, II, and III in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined herein, and preferably contain one or more compounds of the formula RO in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Izumi Saito, Owain Llyr Parri, Andreas Taugerbeck, Carsten Fritzsch, Dagmar Klass
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Patent number: 12258510Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a compound of formula I and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID, as defined in claim 1, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in IPS, FFS, VA or PS-VA displays.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Sven Christian Laut, Fisher (Shuo) Yu
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Patent number: 12258329Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pyrimidone derivatives of Formula I and their use for selectively killing HIV infected GAG-POL expressing cells without concomitant cytotoxicity to HIV nave cells, and for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV, or for the treatment, prophylaxis or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or AIDS Related Complex (ARC).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Antonella Converso, Cheng Wang
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Publication number: 20250092138Abstract: Compositions including solid forms of polypeptides such as crystalline antibodies, and related methods, are generally described. The compositions may include carriers such as hydrogels that at least partially encapsulate the solid form of the polypeptides (e.g., crystals, amorphous solids). Encapsulation with certain of the materials described may result in compositions containing relatively high loadings of polypeptides while in some instances retaining structural and functional properties of the polypeptides useful for certain types of administration to subjects (e.g., for prophylactic or therapeutic applications). In some instances, compositions having relatively low dynamic viscosities while having relatively high polypeptide loadings are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Merck Sharp & Dohme CorpInventors: Patrick S. Doyle, Jeremy Schieferstein, Paul Reichert, Chakravarthy Narasimhan, Amir Erfani-Khaneghahi
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Patent number: 12251382Abstract: Methods, compositions, and medical kits are useful for treating and preventing multiple sclerosis using 1-(4-(((6-amino-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)methyl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, according to preferred dosing regimens.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Martin Dyroff, David Mitchell, Orestis Papasouliotis
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Patent number: 12255075Abstract: An atomic layer etching method using a ligand exchange reaction may include a substrate providing step of putting a substrate with a thin film formed thereon into a reaction chamber, a halogenated thin film forming step of forming a halogenated thin film on a surface of the thin film by infusing a halogenated gas into the reaction chamber, and an etching step of etching the halogenated thin film by infusing a ligand without a metal or metal precursor into the reaction chamber with the substrate with the halogenated thin film.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Jae Chul Lee, Hyun Sik Noh, Dong Kyun Lee, Eun Ae Jung, Kyoung-Mun Kim, Jooyong Kim, Younghun Byun, Byeong Il Yang, Changhyun Jin
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Publication number: 20250084074Abstract: The invention relates to substituted heterocycles of the general formula I, and the use of the compounds of the present invention for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases and disorders in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicants: MERCK PATENT GMBH, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH, CANCER RESEARCH HORIZONSInventors: Hans-Peter BUCHSTALLER, Daniel KUHN, Ian COLLINS, Thomas MATTHEWS, Jan LANZ, John CALDWELL, Giampiero COLOMBANO
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Publication number: 20250085595Abstract: A liquid crystal device for absorbing and/or scattering a controllable amount of traversing light comprises an active layer having a first viewport surface, a second viewport surface, and at least two side surfaces. The first and second viewport surfaces contact respective first and second planar electrodes. The first and second planar electrodes respectively comprise first and second supply areas for receiving a control voltage for controlling the active layer. A first supply contacting device electrically connects to the first supply area, and a second supply contacting device electrically connects to the second supply area. The supply areas and the supply contacting devices each associate to one or more side surfaces, arranged to extend along at least a part of their respective associated sides, wherein the first supply contacting device and the second supply contacting device associate to adjacent side surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbHInventors: Ties DE JONG, Florian DHALLUIN, Chuan NIE, Muhammad ALI
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Publication number: 20250084123Abstract: The present invention provides a method for multiproduct resin reuse (MRR) utilizing ionic exchange chromatography columns. The methods of the invention outline the cleaning steps necessary for reuse as well as the analytical processes used in determining product carryover from production of one product to the next. The invention outlines a successful MRR strategy that can be utilized not just in lab-scale studies, but in a GMP manufacturing setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Collette M. Cutler, Hong Li, Ren Liu, Jeffrey T. McPhee, Douglas Dennis Richardson, II, Patricia A. Rose, Patricia Rowicki
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Publication number: 20250084064Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Ashok Arasappan, Ian M. Bell, Michael J. Breslin, Christopher James Bungard, Christopher S. Burgey, Harry R. Chobanian, Jason M. Cox, Anthony T. Ginnetti, Deodial Guy Guiadeen, Kristen L.G. Jones, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Shawn J. Stachel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Zhe Wu
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Patent number: 12246008Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II), or a salt thereof: Formula (I) Formula (II) which compounds have properties for inhibiting Nav 1.7 ion channels found in peripheral and sympathetic neurons. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II) or their salts, and methods of treating pain disorders, cough, and itch using the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Christopher J. Bungard, Helen Y. Chen, Jason M. Cox, Liangqin Guo, Michael J. Kelly, III, Ronald M. Kim, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, Mehul F. Patel, James J. Perkins, Deping Wang, Walter Won, Younong Yu, Ting Zhang
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Patent number: 12250880Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), to processes for producing the compounds, and to electronic devices containing at least one compound of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Amir Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Jens Engelhart, Anja Jatsch, Christian Eickhoff, Christian Ehrenreich, Jens Kaiser
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Patent number: 12247031Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclobutyl pyrazolopyrimidine compounds which may be useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 9 (PDE9). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease and heart failure, and neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Ashok Arasappan, Jason M. Cox, John S. Debenham, Zhuyan Guo, Zhong Lai, Dongfang Meng