Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20180254416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Patent number: 10065945
    Abstract: The compounds of Formula I act as MGAT2 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Berger, Timothy A. Blizzard, Brian T. Campbell, Helen Y. Chen, John S. Debenham, Sunita V. Dewnani, Byron Dubois, Candido Gude, Zack Zhiqiang Guo, Bart Harper, Zhiyong Hu, Songnian Lin, Ping Liu, Ming Wang, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jiayi Xu, Libo Xu, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10066075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments based on bismuth compounds and to the use thereof, preferably as laser-absorbing additive, and to a process for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Helge Bettina Kniess, Franciscus Gerardus Henricus Van Duijnhoven, Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Gelissen
  • Patent number: 10065993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide which consists of more than 50% of sequence sections of the formula -(An-Bm-Co)-, and to a conjugate containing the peptide and at least one covalently bonded active compound, and to a process for the preparation of the conjugate. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the peptide and the conjugate for targeting of the kidney, and to a medicament comprising the peptide or conjugate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Kuebelbeck, Gregor Larbig, Stefan Arnold, Walter Mier
  • Patent number: 10069079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise mixtures of at least one electron-conducting material and an emitting material which has a small singlet-triplet separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Anja Jatsch, Joachim Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10065947
    Abstract: A crystalline form of crystalline (R)-3-(4-(2-(2-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-pyridin-5-yl)-3-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxymethyl oxazolidin-2-one dihydrogen phosphate, methods of making the crystalline form and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline form are useful antibiotics. Further, the derivatives of the present invention may exert potent antibacterial activity versus various human and animal pathogens, including Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococi, Enterococci and Streptococi, anaerobic microorganisms such as Bacteroides and Clostridia, and acid-resistant microorganisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium. Accordingly, the compositions comprising the crystalline form may be used in antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Katharina Reichenbacher, Robert J. Duguid, Jacqueline A. Ware, Douglas Phillipson
  • Patent number: 10064861
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) is provided: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, L and Z have the meaning given in the claims. Further provided is the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases with the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Catherine Jorand-Lebrun, Santosh Kulkarni, Serge Christmann-Franck
  • Patent number: 10065959
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electronic device comprising a heteroaromatic compound of a formula (I) as functional material, in particular as electron-transport material and as matrix material for emitter compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Amir Hossain Parham, Rene Peter Scheurich, Thomas Rudolph
  • Patent number: 10065967
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula (1): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jongwon Lim, Xianhai Huang, Ronald D. Ferguson, Wei Zhou, Christopher W. Boyce, Phieng Siliphaivanh, David J. Witter, Milana M. Maletic, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Kevin J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20180244656
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20180244994
    Abstract: The invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid crystalline media comprising a compound of formula I wherein the parameters have the meaning given in claim 1 and to liquid crystal displays comprising these media, especially to active matrix displays and in particular to TN and IPS mode displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Martina WINDHORST, Christian HOCK, Andreas POHLE, Axel JANSEN
  • Publication number: 20180244712
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180244744
    Abstract: A process for solubilization and refolding of precursor insulin or insulin analogs from inclusion body isolates for use in the production of insulin or insulin analog is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Allison D. Ortigosa, Rebecca A. Chmielowski, Mark C. Sleevi
  • Publication number: 20180248129
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I) or formula (II) which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, especially as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20180244999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light modulation element comprising a pair of opposing transparent substrates, which are provided with an electrode structure provided on the inner surface of each substrate and a cholesteric liquid crystalline medium comprising one or more particles. The invention further relates to the use of a light modulation element as described above and below in optical or electro optical components or devices. The invention further relates to an optical or electro-optical component or device, comprising a light modulation element as described above and below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu CHEN, Eduardo Beltran GRACIA
  • Patent number: 10059710
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK & CIE
    Inventors: Rudolf Moser, Viola Groehn, Thomas Egger, Thomas Ammann
  • Patent number: 10059680
    Abstract: Thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivatives have been synthesized, which are useful in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds. Compound (1) (TATD) is commercially available (CAS No. 76028-96-1). It has now been discovered that the thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivative compound (1) (TATD) can be prepared from dimethyl malonate (SM 1, CAS No. 108-59-8) according to methods described herein. The methods provide products having desirable purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kristos Adrian Moshos, Valdas Jurkauskas
  • Patent number: 10060033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel precursors in the form of metal complexes with 2-substituted 1,3-diketones and to a process for the preparation thereof. The invention furthermore relates to the use thereof for the production of thin metal-oxide layers. The latter are constituents in a very wide variety of electronic components and devices having various functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Bonrad, Joerg Schneider, Rudolf Hoffman, Mareiki Kaloumenos
  • Patent number: 10058544
    Abstract: The invention includes a granular composition comprising the active ingredient (S)—N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide, wherein a total amount of active ingredient comprises by weight % about 60-90% (S)—N-(3-(6-isopro-poxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-di-hydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide Form 1 HCl, about 10-30% (S)—N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide amorphous HCl, and about 0-5% (S)—N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide amorphous free base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Deepak Bahl, Yung-Chi Lee, Alfred Lee, William Anthony Marinaro, Jr., Dan Zhang, Tao Feng
  • Patent number: 10059705
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Dinsmore, Peter Fuller, David Guerin, Jason David Katz, Christopher F. Thompson, Danielle Falcone, Wei Deng, Luis Torres, Hongbo Zeng, Yunfeng Bai, Jianmin Fu, Norman Kong, Yumei Liu, Zhixiang Zheng, Mark E. Scott