Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Patent number: 7910687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugated polymers which contain specific fused arylamine structural units. The inventive materials have improved efficiency at a high illumination density and are therefore suitable in particular for use in what are known as passive matrix displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Büsing, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Corinna Leske
  • Patent number: 7910592
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compounds of Formula (I), B is a cyclic group other than phenyl, and B has a cyclic substituent at a position that is ortho to the position at which B is connected to the remainder of the structure of Formula (I). The 5-membered ring of Formula (I) has a second cyclic substituent in addition to B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron J. Smith, Hong Li, Christopher F. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7910104
    Abstract: The present invention provides for modified forms of anti-CD52 antibodies with reduced numbers of potential T-cell epitopes that are expected to display decreased immunogenicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Francis J. Carr, Anita A. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20110065222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic component having at least one anode, at least one cathode, at least one charge injection layer, at least one layer of an organic semiconductor and at least one layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer, which component is characterized in that the layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer and the organic semiconductor layer are obtainable by coating the charge injection layer with a mixture composition at least one material which can be made insoluble by means of chemical reaction, and at least one organic semiconductor, method for producing said component and use of said component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Meyer, Aurélie Ludemann, René Scheurich, Heinrich Becker, Klaus Meerholz, David Christoph Mueller, Nina Riegel, Anne Koehnen
  • Publication number: 20110065778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression of genes associated with respiratory and pulmonary disease, such as cholinergic muscarinic receptor genes, using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules. This invention also relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression and activity of cholinergic muscarinic receptor genes, or other genes involved in pathways of cholinergic muscarinic receptor gene expression and/or activity by RNA interference (RNAi) using small nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the instant invention features small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules and methods used to modulate the expression of M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor or cholinergic receptor muscarinic 3 (CHRM3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James McSwiggen, Leonid Belgelman
  • Publication number: 20110065669
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazolobenzimidazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward J. Brnardic, Mark E. Fraley, Robert M. Garbaccio
  • Patent number: 7906521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: B. Wesley Trotter, Richard Isaacs
  • Patent number: 7906178
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of light-colored or transparent particulate semiconductor materials or particulate substrates that are coated with said semiconductor materials as a hardening and/or drying additive and/or for increasing the thermal conductivity of lacquer systems and printing colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Adalbert Huber
  • Patent number: 7906503
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Robert K. Baker, Jianming Bao, Shouwu Miao, Kathleen M. Rupprecht
  • Patent number: 7906652
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, cirrhosis of the liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Robert K. Baker, Jeffrey J. Hale, Shouwu Miao, Kathleen M. Rupprecht
  • Patent number: 7906657
    Abstract: Novel 1,5-diphenylpyrazole derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1-R6 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Michael Wolf, Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7906649
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted aminocyclohexanes which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DPP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing Feng, Xiaoxia Qian, Ann E. Weber, Jason Cox
  • Patent number: 7906684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) where R stands for [lacuna] with radicals defined in the description, as antioxidants, to corresponding novel compounds and compositions, and to corresponding processes for the preparation of compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz
  • Patent number: 7906516
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula (I), in which D, E, G, W, X, Y, T, R1 and R2 are as defined in Patent Claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christos Tsaklakidis, Dieter Dorsch, Werner Mederski, Bertram Cezanne, Johannes Gleitz
  • Publication number: 20110060050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I, Ia and Ib, and its pharmaceutically usable tautomers, salts, stereoisomers and the enantiomers, including mixtures thereof in all ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Fuchss, Rolf Gericke, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang, Phillipp Lang, Karl Lang
  • Publication number: 20110059982
    Abstract: Azaindole derivative compounds are described. The compounds have an optionally substituted azaindole core linked to a carbocyclic ring having at least one nitrogen atom and further bound to an optionally substituted aryl ring. A process for preparing these compounds, compositions comprising them, and methods of using them to treat disorders of the central nervous system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Michael Katzer
  • Publication number: 20110060051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as active ingredient an effective amount of 2-Methyl-4,5-di-(methylsulfonyI)-benzoyl-guanidine, or derivatives thereof, for the prophylaxis and therapy of Type II diabetes mellitus, the Metabolic syndrome, diabetic nephropathy and/or neuropathy. Another object of the invention concerns the use of 2-Methyl-4,5-di-(methylsulfonyl)-benzoyl-guanidine, or derivatives thereof, for the enhancement of insulin sensitivity and the preservation or increase of ?-cell compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Norbert Beier, Wolfgang Scholz, Ulrich Betz, Marian Braendle
  • Publication number: 20110060007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to NIP thiazole derivatives of formula (I) as selective inhibitors of the enzyme 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-?-HSD-1) and the use of such compounds for the treatment and prevention of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, glaucoma, osteoporosis, cognitive disorders, anxiety, depression, immune disorders, hypertension and other diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftling
    Inventors: Caroline Leriche, Denis Carniato, Didier Roche, Christine Charon, Liliane Doare
  • Publication number: 20110059522
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids encoding an allergen of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Der p III, are disclosed. A cDNA encoding a peptide having a Der p III activity and a predicted molecular weight of about 24,985 daltons is also described. The nucleic acids can be used as probes to detect the presence of Der p III nucleic acid in a sample or for the recombinant production of peptides having an activity of Der p III. Peptides having an activity of Der p III can be used in compositions suitable for pharmaceutical administration or methods of diagnosing sensitivity to house dust mites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wayne R. THOMAS, Kaw-Yan Chua, Bruce L. Rogers, Mei-chang Kuo
  • Patent number: 7901766
    Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices whose electronic properties can surprisingly be improved to a significant degree by inserting at least one crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, preferably a cationically crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, between the conductive doped polymer and the organic semiconductor layer. Particularly good properties are obtained with a buffer layer in which crosslinking is thermally induced, i.e. by raising the temperature to 50 to 250° C. Alternatively, crosslinking can be radiation-induced by adding a photoacid. Moreover, such a buffer layer can be advantageously applied by means of printing techniques, especially inkjet printing, as the ideal temperature for the thermal treatment is independent of the glass transition temperature of the material. This avoids having to rely on material that has a low molecular weight, making it possible to apply the layer by means of printing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Nina Riegel, Frank Meyer, René Scheurich, Aurélie Falcou, Klaus Meerholz