Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Patent number: 12350340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of highly concentrated protein formulations showing reduced viscosity. The contained proteins in the prepared formulations are stabilized against aggregation and denaturation and are thus sufficiently storage-stable until administration to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Zillmann, Alexandra Krog, Raphael Guebeli, Tanja Henzler, Christian Hildebrandt
  • Publication number: 20250215464
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides enzymes derived from the fungi Fusarium oxysporum c8D (“FoPip4H enzymes”) having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type enzyme including the capability of hydroxylating certain substituted indanones to provide optically pure 3-hydroxyindanones. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the FoPip4H enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the FoPip4H enzymes, and processes for using the FoPip4H enzymes to synthesize (R)-4-fluoro-3-hydroxy-7-(methylsulfonyl)-2, 3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, a useful intermediate in the synthesis of belzutifan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Wai Ling Cheung-Lee, Daniel A. DiRocco, Agnieszka Gil, Kaori Hiraga, Jungchul Kim, Joshua Kolev, Birgit Kosjek, Kevin M. Maloney, Nastaran Salehi Marzijarani, John McIntosh, Jonathan P. McMullen, Jeffrey C. Moore, Grant S. Murphy, Weilan Pan, Juan E. Velasquez Velez, Deeptak Verma, Matthew S. Winston, Li Xiao, Victoria Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250215296
    Abstract: The present application relates to negatively charged silica particles, to a method of producing such particles, and to compositions comprising such particles as well as to a method for chemical mechanical polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Eric JACQUINOT, Frederic GUILLAUD
  • Patent number: 12344604
    Abstract: Atropisomers, solid forms, salt forms, and deuterated derivatives of the ATM inhibitor 8-(1,3-Dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-fluoro-5-methoxypyridin-4-yl)-7-methoxy-3-methyl-1,3-dihydroimidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one as well as compositions thereof are provided. The stable atropisomers do not interconvert and are represented by the following formulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuchss, Axel Becker, Holger Kubas, Ulrich Graedler
  • Patent number: 12344595
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Christopher James Bungard, Harry R. Chobanian, Kristen L. G. Jones, Mark E. Layton, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Jeffrey William Schubert, Shawn J. Stachel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Zhe Wu
  • Patent number: 12344670
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to ILT4 (immunoglobulin-like transcript 4) and combinations thereof, e.g., with an anti-PD1 antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof, for example, for treating or preventing cancer in a subject; and methods of making such antibodies and fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: Agenus Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Milan Blanusa, Barbara Joyce-Shaikh, Andrea Claudia Schuster, Kornelia Schultze, Luis A. Zuniga
  • Patent number: 12344616
    Abstract: 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 thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, John S. Debenham, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20250205328
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a vaccine composition that includes HPV virus-like particles (VLPs) of at least one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) selected from the group consisting of HPV types: 6, 11, 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73, and 82, where the vaccine composition provides enhanced or comparable HPV vaccine response in comparison to a similar multiple-dose vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Akhilesh Bhambhani, Donna M. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250207032
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline (LC) media having positive dielectric anisotropy and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially displays addressed by an active matrix and in particular LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Christian LAUT, Hee-Kyu LEE, Jing WANG, Aaron LACKNER, Dmitry USHAKOV, Rocco FORTTE, Philipp WUCHER
  • Publication number: 20250207031
    Abstract: An LC medium (as a subcategory of liquid crystal material) comprising two or more polymerizable compounds, 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, an LC display of the PSA or SA mode comprising the LC medium, and 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Min Tzu Chuang, I-Wen Chen, I-Hua Huang, Jer-Lin Chen, Sven Christian Laut
  • Publication number: 20250205268
    Abstract: Therapies comprising administering at least one antiviral nucleoside, and the use of such therapies in the treatment of viral infections, such as infection by Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Chikungunya virus, Ross River virus, orthomyxoviridae virus, paramyxoviridae virus, RSV, influenza A virus, influenza B virus, filoviridae virus, human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, Ebola virus, or Zika virus, are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Carisa Stadlman DE ANDA, Wayne G. HOLMAN, Yoshihiko MURATA, George PAINTER, Gwendolyn PAINTER, Michelle L. BROWN, Matthew G. JOHNSON, Myra Christine Wooley POPEJOY, Julie STONE
  • Patent number: 12342718
    Abstract: The application relates to heterocyclic compounds of formulae (IV) to (VII), to the use of said compounds in an electronic device, and to methods for producing said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: MERCK KGAA
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christian Ehrenreich, Jens Engelhart
  • Publication number: 20250195511
    Abstract: Novel compounds of Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of NLRP3 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control, and suppression of diseases mediated by NLPR3. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of diseases, disorders and conditions mediated by NLRP3 such as, but not limited to, obesity, gout, pseudogout, CAPS, NASH, MASH, fibrosis, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, heart failure, idiopathic pericarditis, myocarditis, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and traumatic brain injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Zachary G. Brill, Donna A.A.W. Hayes, Tom M. Lam, Kyle S. McClymont, Bryan S. Matsuura, Rohan Rajiv Merchant, Anilkumar G. Nair, Ning Qi
  • Publication number: 20250197723
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline (LC) media or LC materials and to energy saving liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) containing these media, especially gaming displays and AR/VR headsets addressed by an active matrix and in particular LC displays of the TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, HB-FFS, XB-FFS, PS-FFS, SA-HB-FFS, SA-XB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-HB-FFS, polymer stabilised SA-XB-FFS, positive VA or positive PS-VA type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Patent number: 12336428
    Abstract: The application relates to compounds having functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, to devices comprising same, and to the preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Irina Martynova, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Christof Pflumm
  • Patent number: 12331018
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolidine compounds which are agonists of orexin receptors. 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 orexin 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 orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Michael J. Breslin, Dane James Clausen, Anthony Ginnetti, Michael T. Rudd, Shawn J. Stachel, Craig A. Stump, Dexi Yang
  • Patent number: 12331022
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of ?7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Brian T. Campbell, Brendan M. Crowley, James Fells, Kenneth J. Leavitt, Anthony J. Roecker, Andrew John Harvey, Belinda C. Huff, Dharam Paul, Christophe Morice, Christophe Joseph, Patrick Bazzini, Jean-Marie Contreras, Fabrice Garrido, Aurelie Witzel
  • Publication number: 20250188293
    Abstract: Pearlescent pigments with a superior flip flop effect which are based on defined Al2O3 flakes and the use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations and in particular as transparent substrate for effect pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsuko Iwabuchi, Fumiko Sasaki, Satoru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20250189829
    Abstract: LCoS panels using liquid crystal (LC) media having negative dielectric anisotropy and LC media comprised therein. The liquid crystal material (LC medium) has negative dielectric anisotropy and high optical anisotropy and is particularly useful in electro-optical displays including projection systems based on vertical alignment (VA) nematic panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Izumi Saito, Kristin Weiss
  • Publication number: 20250188441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing endotoxin levels or removing endotoxins from nucleic acids. For this a zwitterionic detergent selected from the group of amine oxides or mixtures thereof is added during anion exchange chromatographic purification of the nucleic acids using a membrane or monolith-based sorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Anja HEINEN-KREUZIG, Andre KIESEWETTER, Herbert LUTZ, Akshat GUPTA