Abstract: 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:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Alexander Pasternak, Li Xiao, Hongjun Zhang
Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) Formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
David Witter, Shuhei Kawamura, Michelle Machacek, Ryan Quiroz, Michael H. Reutershan, Sebastian Schneider, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Yingchun Ye, Charles S. Yeung
Abstract: The present invention relates to certain fluorenes, to the use of the compounds in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds and to a formulation and composition comprising one or more of the compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Elvira Montenegro, Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges
Abstract: An adaptive risk management application retrieves data corresponding to an asset. The asset is a computing device or software application of an enterprise system. The adaptive risk management application identifies a set of vulnerabilities of the asset. The adaptive risk management application determines, for each identified vulnerability, a likelihood of a threat actor successfully exploiting the vulnerability. The adaptive risk management application determines, based on the likelihoods, a risk score for the asset. The adaptive risk management application sends the risk score for display.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Risoldi, Sethuraman Balasubramanian
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises an electron-transporting host and a hole-transporting host, to the use thereof in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing this composition. The electron-transporting host is particularly preferably selected from the class of the lactams. The hole-transporting host is preferably selected from the class of the biscarbazoles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Tobias Grossmann, Anja Jatsch, Christian Eickhoff, Christian Ehrenreich
Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:3.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Rudolf Moser, Viola Groehn, Ruth Boehni Stamm, Fritz Blatter, Martin Szelagiewicz
Abstract: 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, the separately lyophilized polysaccharides and carrier protein are separately reconstituted in an organic solvent, and the reconstituted polysaccharide and carrier protein are then combined together by Tee-mixing and conjugated together 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:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
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
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including a sulfonic acid selected from the group consisting of an alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or its hydrate, a sulfosalicyclic, or its hydrate, and mixtures thereof and the solvent dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether [CAS registry number 111109-77-4] (III).
Abstract: The present invention describes carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene derivatives which are substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising these compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Hossain Parham, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Tobias Grossmann, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Lars Dobelmann-Mara
Abstract: The present invention is directed to pro drugs of 2-methyl-N-((5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methyl)-6-(((1S,2S)-2-(5-methylpyridin-2-yl)cyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 13, 2023
Publication date:
May 16, 2024
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Sachin Mittal, Jason W. Skudlarek, Izzat T. Raheem
Abstract: Method and System to remote control different electronic instruments (2) by using a mobile computer device (1) with a software (7) including a compatible graphical user interface (5), which comprises the following steps of Login and Authentication of a user (3) at the mobile device (1); Pairing of an electronic instrument (2) with the mobile device (1) to identify the instrument (2) by the user (3); Performing an security check by the mobile device (1) if the authenticated user (3) is authorized to control the identified instrument (2); If the user (3) is authorized pairing of the mobile device (1) with the instrument (2) via a data connection, loading of the correct compatible graphical user interface (5) of the paired instrument (2) and displaying it at the screen of the mobile device (1); and Remote controlling of the instrument (2) by using the graphical user interface (5) displayed on the mobile device (1).
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing a high mannose glycan (HMG) content of a protein (e.g., monoclonal antibody) expressed during a mammalian cell culture (e.g., CHO cell culture) process, as well as a cell culture medium for reducing an HMG content of a protein (e.g., monoclonal antibody) expressed during a mammalian cell culture (e.g., CHO cell culture) process.
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel positive tone photoresist formulations comprising using crosslinkable siloxane polymers. The siloxane polymers used in the positive tone photoresist formulations are crosslinkable and comprise a first repeating unit, which contains at least one maleimide group, and a second repeating unit, which does not contain a maleimide group. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method for a microelectronic structure using a positive tone photoresist formulation according to the present invention and to an electronic device comprising a microelectronic structure, which is obtained or obtainable by said manufacturing method.
Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies which have high anti-RSV neutralizing titers. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. The invention yet further provides for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention, particularly as a passive immunotherapy agent in infants and the elderly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Kalpit A. Vora, Kara S. Cox, Aimin Tang, Zhifeng Chen, Daniel DiStefano, Lan Zhang, Hua-Poo Su
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval, Michael Lowinger, Chad David Brown, Francis Flanagan
Abstract: A method is proposed for storing at least one piece of data representative of a content available at a content server connected to a constellation of communication satellites. Such method comprises: intercepting (S200) at least one request for the content transmitted by at least one terminal equipment connected to the constellation of communication satellites; determining (S210), based on the at least one request, a context wherein the content is required by the at least one terminal; downloading (S220) the at least one piece of data from the content server at time slots function of the context; and storing (S230) in a data storage device the at downloaded least one piece of data for subsequent delivery to a given terminal.
Abstract: The present invention relates to 3D cell cultures, which contains hepatic cells and are infected by a pathogen, methods for preparing such cell cultures and uses thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 16, 2024
Publication date:
May 9, 2024
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Thomas SPANGENBERG, Beatrice Greco, Paula Maria Marques Leal Sanches Alves, Manuel José Teixeira Carrondo, Ana Catarina Mauricio Brito Ataíde, Sofia Raquel Paulo Rebelo, Francisca Maria De Andrade Terras Arez, Daniel Filipe Mestre Simão, Rui Miguel Prudêncio Pignatelli, Diana Marisa Pinto Freire Fontinha, Marta Monteiro Maia Machado
Abstract: The instant invention discloses a closed-system, serum-free, microcarrier-based up-stream process to produce dengue virus. The process comprises a closed-system cell expansion comprising cell passages taking place in closed-system containers. These cell expansions represent a closed process, with replacement media, a cell-detachment agent, and quench medium added though sterile, weldable tubing (a closed-system environment) to eliminate all open aseptic processing following the initial vial thaw of the adherent cells. The viral production takes place in a closed-system bioreactor in adherent cell culture grown on microcarriers providing sufficient cell mass to support the production of dengue virus.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 17, 2022
Publication date:
May 9, 2024
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Pooja Chadha, Kent Harley Hamaker, Shannon Haughney, Samantha J. Marrone, Christopher Ton, Igor Zabrodin
Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer in a patient comprising subcutaneously administering a PD-1 antagonist, e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody (e.g. pembrolizumab), or antigen binding fragment thereof, with or without hyaluronidase every six weeks, in specific amounts to the patient. In specific embodiments, the amount of anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, is about 600 mg to about 1000 mg. In specific embodiments, the administration occurs about every three weeks, and the amount of anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, is about 300 mg to about 500 mg. In certain embodiments, the PD-1 antagonist is pembrolizumab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof. Also provided are compositions and kits formulated for subcutaneous administration comprising a particular dosage of an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and uses thereof for treating cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2023
Publication date:
May 9, 2024
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Omobolaji O. Akala, Carolina De Miranda Silva, Elliot Keith Chartash, Mallika Lala, III, Kapil Mayawala