Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Patent number: 10221146
    Abstract: The invention provides certain bicyclic heterocyclic compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and Cy are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same for treating diseases or conditions mediated by RORgammaT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: Lycera Corporation, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Chad A. VanHuis, William D. Thomas, John K. MacLean, Brian M. Andresen, Kenneth J. Barr, Corey E. Bienstock, Neville J. Anthony, Matthew Daniels, Kun Liu, Yuan Liu, Catherine M. White, Blair T. Lapointe, Nunzio Sciammetta, Vladimir Simov
  • Patent number: 10224493
    Abstract: The invention relates to boron-containing compounds with bicyclic structural units and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 10224492
    Abstract: The present application relates to spirobifluorene derivatives of a formula (I), to the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs), where they may be used in hole-transporting function, and to processes for preparing said derivatives. The compounds have one or more properties selected from very good hole-conducting properties, very good electron-blocking properties, high glass transition temperature, high oxidation stability, good solubility and high thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Pfister, Frank Stieber, Elvira Montenegro, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud
  • Patent number: 10221481
    Abstract: Metal complexes containing one or more amidoimine ligands, methods of making such metal complexes, and methods of using such metal complexes to prepare metal-containing films are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Ravi Kanjolia, Shaun Garratt, David Thompson, Jeffrey Anthis
  • Patent number: 10219989
    Abstract: A method of producing mixtures of interference pigments having special effects comprises mixing at least one large particle size interference pigment with at least one normal size interference pigment of predetermined colors and in proportions desired to obtain a unique effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Qinyun Peng, Philip Linz
  • Patent number: 10221456
    Abstract: This application is directed to the use of biomarkers for predicting the sensitivity to treatment with an FGF-18 compound of a patient having a cartilage disorder, such as osteoarthritis, cartilage injury, fractures affecting joint cartilage or surgical procedures with impact on joint cartilage (e.g., microfracture), in order to reduce the risk of adverse events and increase the overall benefit after therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hubertus Ladel, Alix Anne Simone Berton, Armand Valsesia, Pierre Jacques Farmer
  • Patent number: 10221142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula (I-1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Blair T. Lapointe, Peter H. Fuller, Hakan Gunaydin, Kun Liu, Nunzio Sciammetta, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Hongjun Zhang, Kenneth J. Barr, John K. F. Maclean, Danielle F. Molinari, Vladimir Simov
  • Patent number: 10221167
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, and E are defined herein, 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 A or their salts, and methods of treating pain disorders, cough, and itch using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Greshock, James Mulhearn, Junying Zheng, Ronald M. Kim, Ting Zhang, Anthony J. Roecker, Walter Won, Philippe Nantermet, Rajan Anand, Gang Zhou, Deping Wang, Liangqin Guo
  • Patent number: 10221186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Spirocyclic Heterocycle Compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, X, Y, R1, R2 and R4 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Spirocyclic Heterocycle Compound, and methods of using the Spirocyclic Heterocycle Compounds for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mark W. Embrey, Thomas H. Graham, Izzat T. Raheem, John D. Schreier, Sherman T. Waddell, John S. Wai, Lihong Hu, Xuanjia Peng
  • Patent number: 10221163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z, RA, X1, X2 and R1 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-beta-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 5, 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, Dexi Yang, Katherine Young, Li Xiao, Zhibo Zhang, Jianmin Fu
  • Patent number: 10221178
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Meredeth Ann McGowan, Hua Zhou, Jason D. Katz, Lihu Yang, Joey L. Methot, Kathryn Ann Lipford, Shimin Xu, Ning Fu, Guoquan Xu, Deqian Bian, Jianmin Fu, Yabin Li, Kin Chiu Fong
  • Publication number: 20190062948
    Abstract: The invention relates to an in silico screening method to identify candidate excipients for reducing aggregation of a protein in a formulation. The method combines computational molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations to identify sites on a protein where non-specific self-interaction and interaction of different test excipients may occur, determine the relative binding energies of such interactions, and select one or more test excipients that meet specified interaction criteria for use as candidate excipients in empirical screening studies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Francis Insaidoo, David Roush
  • Publication number: 20190062331
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-one compounds which are allosteric modulators of the M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: JIANMING BAO, XIAOLEI GAO, SANDRA L. KNOWLES, CHUNSING LI, I, MICHAEL MAN-CHU LO, ROBERT D. MAZZOLA, JR., DEBRA L. ONDEYKA, ANDREW W. STAMFORD, FENGQI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190062578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for the preparation of organic electronic devices which comprise at least one specific A/JV-dialkylaniline and at least one organic functional material selected from organic conductors, organic semiconductors, organic fluorescent compounds, organic phosphorescent compounds, organic light-absorbent compounds, organic light-sensitive compounds, organic photosensitisation agents and other organic photoactive compounds, selected from organometallic complexes of transition metals, rare earths, lanthanides and actinides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Gaëlle BÉALLE, Christoph LEONHARD, Hsin-Rong TSENG, Irina MARTYNOVA, Aurélie LUDEMANN
  • Patent number: 10214692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Constanze Brocke, Rocco Fortte, Matthias Bremer, Sabine Schoen
  • Patent number: 10214651
    Abstract: Frits or frit mixtures with pearlescent pigments for materials, such as ceramic glazes, which are stable above 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Hamm, Carsten Handrosch, Nicole Nelischer
  • Patent number: 10214543
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the manufacture of ceftolozane and related compounds, as well as compositions comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kristos Adrian Moshos, Valdas Jurkauskas, Giovanni Fogliato, Manuel Scanu, Michele Benotti
  • Patent number: 10214691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Constanze Brocke, Rocco Fortte, Matthias Bremer, Sabine Schoen
  • Patent number: 10216042
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-crystal display device capable of maintaining a high voltage holding ratio even without an alignment film. The liquid-crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the substrates and which contains a liquid crystal material, and a polymer layer which is disposed on a surface of each of the substrates and which controls the alignment of liquid crystal molecules. The outermost surfaces of both the substrates comprise substantially no alignment film. The polymer layer is formed by polymerizing one or more radical polymerizable monomer species added to the liquid crystal layer. At least one species of the one or more radical polymerizable monomer species is a biphenyl compound having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Takeshi Noma, Youhei Nakanishi, Masanobu Mizusaki
  • Patent number: 10214554
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for making Chloro-Substituted Nucleoside Phosphoramidate Compounds of formula (I): which are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of HCV infection. The present invention is also directed to compounds that are useful as synthetic intermediates for making the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John Y. L. Chung, Amude Kassim, John Limanto, Michael Shevlin, Peter E. Maligres, Daniel A. DiRocco, James F. Dropinski, Rose Mathew, Yi Ning Ji Chen, Edward C. Sherer, Mikhail Reibarkh, Artis Klapars, Alan Hyde, Susan L. Zultanski, Aaron Moment, Bryon Simmons, Tyler A. Davis, Timothy James Wright, Ralph Calabria, Louis charles Campeau