Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20250075129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, in particular based on a mixture of polar compounds, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, SA-VA, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, PS-FFS, UB-FFS or PS-UB-FFS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Ewgenij WAKARESKO
  • Publication number: 20250073254
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, treatment of infection by HIV, prophylaxis of infection by HIV, and the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC by administering a compound of structural Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof, wherein X is —F or —Cl, less frequently than once daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Daria Hazuda, Michael D. Miller, Jay A. Grobler, Deborah Anne Nicoll-Griffith
  • Publication number: 20250074983
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating cancer in a patient comprising subcutaneously administering a PD-1 antagonist, e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, (e.g. pembrolizumab), in specific amounts to the patient. In some embodiments, the administration occurs about every three weeks. In some embodiments, the amount of anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, is about 280 mg to about 450 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 dosage of an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and uses thereof for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Mallika LALA, Carolina DE MIRANDA SILVA, Ferdous GHEYAS, Yogita KRISHNAMACHARI, Elliot Keith CHARTASH, Lokesh JAIN, Venkata Naga Ratna Pavan Kumar VADDADY
  • Publication number: 20250074985
    Abstract: The invention relates to stable formulations comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA4), optionally further containing an anti-human programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof. Also provided are methods of treating various cancers and chronic infections with the formulations of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Soumendu Bhattacharya, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan, Manoj K. Sharma, Xiaoyu Yang, Arnab De, Rubi Burlage, Jason K. Cheung
  • Publication number: 20250075080
    Abstract: A process for the production of flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure, the use thereof as effect pigments or as substrates of effect pigments, furthermore, effect pigments which contain coated or uncoated flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure as substrates, and the use thereof in various products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Schmidt, Carsten Handrosch, Tanja Delp, Andrea Heyland, Johann Bauer
  • Patent number: 12242195
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a cured film having high film density, high film hardness and high etching resistance. A method for manufacturing a cured film comprising (1) applying a composition (i) above a substrate; (2) forming a hydro-carbon-containing film from the composition (i); and (3) irradiating the hydrocarbon-containing film with plasma, electron beam and/or ion to form a cured film. Use of the cured film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Takashi Sekito, Shigemasa Nakasugi, Hiroshi Yanagita, Taku Hirayama
  • Patent number: 12241012
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I liquid crystal media containing these compounds, and high-frequency components containing these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, phased array antennas, and devices containing these components, and furthermore optical components containing these liquid-crystalline media, operable in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Carsten Fritzsch, Dagmar Klass, Matthias Jost
  • Patent number: 12240867
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Matthew L. Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250066743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for purifying adeno-associated virus particles by cation exchange mixed mode chromatography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Bianca EDELMANN, Helena MARIE, Oliver RAMMO, Karen KLEWER
  • Publication number: 20250064924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-TIGIT antibodies, as well as use of these antibodies in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Sybil M. G. Williams, Drake LaFace, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Gopalan Raghunathan, Linda Liang, Wolfgang Seghezzi
  • Publication number: 20250066379
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treating malaria comprising administration of compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are uses of the compounds of Formula (I), as defined herein, for inhibiting plasmepsin X, plasmepsin IX or plasmepsin X and IX activity, for treating a Plasmodium infection, and for treating malaria. Also provided are methods of treatment further comprising administration of one or more additional anti-malarial compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, MSD R&D (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John A. McCauley, Manuel De Lera Ruiz, Zhuyan Guo, Philippe Nantermet, Michael J. Kelly, III, Alvaro Gutierrez Bonet, Lianyun Zhao, Zhiyu Lei, Bin Hu, Dongmei Zhan, Anthony Hodder
  • Publication number: 20250068023
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) of the chiral polymer stabilized alignment (C-PSA) mode, a method of its production and its use as an energy-saving display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng HSIEH, Yinghua HUANG, Cheng-Jui LIN
  • Publication number: 20250067752
    Abstract: The present invention provides lyophilized pellets of low concentrations of antibodies in the form of lyospheres. These lyospheres provide pre-measured antibody concentrations suitable for diagnostic and quality control assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Akhilesh Bhambhani, Thorsten Verch, Morrisa C. Jones, Mary Retzlaff, Jessica R. Sinacola, Silikhone L. Bouaraphan
  • Publication number: 20250066323
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I: and their use as anti-viral agents for inhibition of the replication of hRSV and hMPV and treatment and prophylaxis of hRSV and hMPV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Brett R. Ambler, Douglas C. Beshore, Christopher James Bungard, Weizhe Dong, Danielle M. Hurzy, Peter J. Manley, Vanessa L. Rada, II, Kelly-Ann S. Schlegel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Mahdieh Yazdani
  • Patent number: 12234265
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to stable RSV F proteins and immunogenic compositions containing the same, as well as methods of using the immunogenic compositions and compositions comprising the RSV F proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Lan Zhang, Arthur Fridman, Eberhard Durr, Andrew Bett
  • Publication number: 20250059157
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof are useful as TLR7/8 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Brian A. Sherer, Nadia Brugger
  • Publication number: 20250059220
    Abstract: Provided are novel Substituted Thiophene Derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R7 are as defined herein, as well as compositions comprising at least one Substituted Thiophene Derivative, and methods of using the Substituted Thiophene Derivatives for treating or preventing cancer in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: David A. Candito, Matthew L. Childers, Duane E. DeMong, Christian Fischer, Xavier Fradera, James P. Jewell, Shuhei Kawamura, Ping Liu, Charles S. Yeung, Xiao Mei Zheng, Kaitlyn Marie Logan, Ryan D. Otte, Chunhui Huang, Sebastian E. Schneider
  • Patent number: 12227688
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal (LC) medium containing one or more dyes and one or more polymerizable compounds, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in colour LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode containing a quantum dot colour filter (QDCF), an LC display of the PSA or SA mode containing the LC medium and containing a QDCF, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hyun-Woo Bae, Jung-Min Lee, Hyun-Jin Yoon, Yong-Kuk Yun
  • Patent number: 12227536
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel anhydrate crystalline Forms 1 and 4 of 4?-Ethynyl-2-fluoro-2?-deoxyadenosine and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, each of which may be useful for the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection and/or the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Skomski, Yongchao Su, Wei Xu, Marko Cubrovic, Stephanie Elizabeth Barrett
  • Patent number: 12227577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies useful for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention relates to a therapeutic combination which comprises a PD-1 antagonist, an ATR inhibitor and a platinating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Patent GMBH
    Inventors: Marat Alimzhanov, Patricia Soulard, Frank Zenke, Heike Dahmen, Astrid Zimmermann, Andreas Schroeder, Keyvan Tadjalli Mehr, Martin Falk