Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20190085239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to light-converting materials which comprise semiconductor nanoparticles and an unactivated crystalline material, where the semiconductor nanoparticles are located on the surface of the unactivated crystalline material. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the light-converting material in a light source. The present invention furthermore relates to a light-converting mixture, to a light source, to a lighting unit which contains the light-converting material according to the invention, and to a process for the production of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert STENZEL, Andrea OPOLKA, Bernhard RIEGER, Stefan TEWS
  • Publication number: 20190083614
    Abstract: The present invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human or cynomolgous monkey LAG3 as well as immunoglobulin chains thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same along with injection devices comprising such antibodies or fragments. Vaccines including such antibodies and fragments as well as compositions comprising the antibodies and fragments (e.g., including anti-PD1 antibodies) are included in the invention. Methods for treating or preventing cancer or infection using such compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for recombinant expression of the antibodies and fragments are part of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Linda Liang, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Rene De Waal Malefyt, Gopalan Raghunathan
  • Publication number: 20190088878
    Abstract: The present invention describes amines with dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene groups, especially for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Tobias GROSSMANN, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Caroline WERN
  • Publication number: 20190088891
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more benzo[1,2-d;4,5-d?]bisthiazole-4,8-diyl (“BBT”) units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lana NANSON, Agnieszka PRON, Michal KROMPIEC
  • Publication number: 20190084967
    Abstract: The present invention describes carbazolyl compounds substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, especially for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Aurélie LUDEMANN, Dominik JOOSTEN, Tobias GROSSMANN, Jonas Valentin KROEBER
  • Patent number: 10233560
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the production of single crystalline TiO2 flakes in the rutile crystal structure, to single crystalline TiO2 flakes obtained by this method as well as to the use thereof, especially as pigments in several application media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventor: Ryuta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10231972
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition of 3-(1-{3-[5-(1-Methyl-piperidin-4-ylmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyridazin-3-yl)-benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof in combination with 4-[(S)-2-azetidin-1-yl-1-(4-chloro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethylamino]-quinazoline-8-carboxylic acid amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Friedhelm Bladt, Manja Friese-Hamim
  • Patent number: 10233160
    Abstract: Novel azaquinazoline carboxamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein W1, W2, W3, W4, R1, R2, R3 and m which are defined above, are p70S6K inhibitor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Ruoxi Lan, Justin Potnick, Lizbeth Celeste DeSelm, Mark W. Cronin, Jr., Constantin Neagu, Xiaoling Chen, Roch Boivin, Theresa L. Johnson, Andreas Goutopoulos
  • Patent number: 10233159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorene derivatives and to electronic devices in which these compounds are used as matrix material in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-blocking or exciton-blocking material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Adam W. Franz, Rémi M. Anémian
  • Patent number: 10233193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, X, Y, m, R1, R2, R3, R3, R3, R4, R5 and R9 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivative, and methods of using the Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tao Yu, Thomas H. Graham, Sherman T. Waddell, John A. McCauley, Andrew W. Stamford, John M. Sanders, Lihong Hu, Jiaqiang Cai, Lianyun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190076395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a co-crystal thereof, for treating, reducing the risk of and/or preventing heart failure, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular death in animals without type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus, or in animals with pre-diabetes, or in animals with type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brett LAURING, Samuel S. ENGEL, Steven G. TERRA, James M. RUSNAK
  • Patent number: 10227331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula I: (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z, RA, X1, X2 and RB are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, optionally in combination with a beta lactam antibiotic and/or a beta-lactamase inhibitor. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more ?-lactam antibiotics and optionally in combination with one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. The compounds of the invention are useful in the methods described herein for overcoming antibiotic resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Frank Bennett, Jinlong Jiang, Alexander Pasternak, Shuzhi Dong, Xin Gu, Jack D. Scott, Haiqun Tang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yuhua Huang, David Hunter, Dexi Yang, Katherine Young, Li Xiao, Zhibo Zhang, Jianmin Fu, Yunfeng Bai, Zhixiang Zheng, Xu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10229957
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to a color display comprising nanoparticles and color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieger, Edgar Boehm, Volker Hilarius, Christof Pflumm, Uri Banin
  • Patent number: 10227528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 10227336
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the pyrazole compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
    Inventors: Nigel Liverton, Scott D. Kuduk, Yunfu Luo
  • Publication number: 20190070161
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical compositions containing CGRP receptor antagonists. The CGRP receptor antagonist liquid pharmaceutical compositions of the instant invention are alcohol-free, low volume liquid pharmaceutical compositions that can be taken without water for the treatment of migraine headache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Majid Mahjour, Leonardo R. Allain, Sutthilug Sotthivirat, Russell G. Maus, Rebecca Nofsinger, Lisa Lupton, Wei Xu, Francis Flanagan
  • Publication number: 20190071436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic aryl monobactam compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1, L, M, W, X, Y, Z, RX and Rz are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a bicyclic aryl monobactam compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, either alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Weiguo Liu, Fa-Xiang Ding, Wanying Sun, Reynalda Keh Dejesus, Haifeng Tang, Xianhai Huang, Jinglong Jiang, Yan Guo, Hongwu Wang
  • Publication number: 20190071483
    Abstract: Described are antibody peptide conjugates (APCs) comprising an antibody conjugated to a peptide analog of glucagon, which have been modified to be resistant to cleavage and inactivation by dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) and to increase in vivo half-life of the peptide analog while enabling the peptide analog to have agonist activity at the glucagon (GCG) receptor and the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor and the use of such APCs for treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Carrington, Grigori Ermakov, Robert M. Garbaccio, Wolfgang Seghezzi, Elisabetta Bianchi, Federica Orvieto, Dennis Gately, Nick Knudsen, Anthony Manibusan
  • Publication number: 20190071412
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Harry R. Chobanian
  • Patent number: 10221196
    Abstract: Described herein are crystalline forms of a compound of formula (II?), including toluene solvates off A TD-CLE, as well as processes for the preparation thereof and use thereof in the preparation of cephalosporin compounds such as ceftolozane. Provided herein is a crystalline form of a compound of formula (II?): wherein X is CI, Br, or I; and R1 and R2 are each independently an oxygen protecting group; processes for making the crystalline form, and use of said form in the synthesis of antibacterial cephalosporins such as ceftolozane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kristos Adrian Moshos, Valdas Jurkauskas, Giovanni Fogliato, Manuel Scanu, You Seok Hwang