Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Patent number: 11169443
    Abstract: There is provided a gap filling composition which can reduce pattern collapse and a pattern forming method using the composition. There is provided a gap filling composition including a gap filling compound, an organic solvent, and as required, water, the gap filling compound having a certain structure and containing hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, or amino groups intramolecularly. There is provided a pattern forming method using a low molecular weight compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wang, Tatsuro Nagahara
  • Patent number: 11168136
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Bowman, Maribel Beaumont, Marie-Ange Buyse, Carlo Boutton, Bruno Dombrecht, Robert A. Kastelein, David Vlerick
  • Publication number: 20210340383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups and to the use thereof in, for example, dirt-repellent coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Reiner FRIEDRICH
  • Publication number: 20210341773
    Abstract: A method for filling liquid crystal cells (40) with a medium (30) comprising at least one liquid crystalline material. In the method at least one liquid crystal cell (40) is placed inside a vacuum chamber (12), the vacuum chamber is evacuated, at least one fill opening (46) of the at least one liquid crystal cell (40) is contacted with the medium, and the pressure in the vacuum chamber is raised causing the medium to fill the cavity inside the liquid crystal cell. A signal indicating the amount of oxygen remaining inside the vacuum chamber is provided by an oxygen sensor (20) mounted inside the vacuum chamber and completion of the evacuation of the vacuum chamber is determined based on said signal. Further disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald VAN DEN HEUVEL, Martin BIJKER
  • Publication number: 20210340207
    Abstract: Interleukin-2 (IL-2) conjugates comprising at least one or more amino acid substitutions that bias binding to the IL-2 receptor ??c dimer over binding the IL-2 receptor ???c trimer and a non-natural amino acid at or near the N-terminus conjugated to a water-soluble polymer are described. The IL-2 conjugates are useful for treatment and prevention of cell proliferation and cancer in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Cristina Abrahams, Edward Bowman, Xiaofan Li, Songnian Lin, Willy Solis, Ryan Stafford, Aarron Willingham, Alice Yam, Junhao Yang, Gang Yin
  • Publication number: 20210338804
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) vectors encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein or an immunogenic variant thereof, recombinant replicable VSV particles having a SARS-CoV-2 S protein or an immunogenic variant thereof on the surface of the particles, and immunogenic recombinant proteins comprising a SARS-CoV-2 S protein or a variant thereof. Immunogenic compositions comprising the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the recombinant VSV vectors, the recombinant replicable VSV particles and/or the immunogenic recombinant proteins may be used for inducing an immune response to the SARS-CoV-2, preventing infection by the SARS-CoV-2, vaccinating against the SARS-CoV-2 and/or producing adaptive mutants of the recombinant replicable VSV particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Parks, Maoli Yuan, Mark Feinberg, Amy Espeseth, Andrew J. Bett
  • Patent number: 11163790
    Abstract: A bubble is displayed in a visualization that is based on a number of distinct values pertaining to the concept and on a number of records in the dataset including at least one of the distinct values pertaining to the concept. Furthermore, the dataset includes records from one or more databases organized into a concept hierarchy. The bubble includes, for a level of the concept hierarchy, a plurality of indicators each representing one of the distinct values at the level of the concept hierarchy. An interaction with the bubble visualization is received. Responsive to receiving the interaction, the bubble visualization is updated by adjusting the bubble to include a radial bar graph representative of a relative quantity of each distinct value of the concept represented by the bubble at each indicator of the plurality of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: 11161982
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a film forming composition and a film forming method capable of forming a film excellent in gas barrier properties. [Means for Solution] A film forming composition comprising a polysilazane, an organic solvent and an additive having a specific structure, and a film forming method comprising applying the composition on a substrate and exposing the composition to light. This specific additive is represented by a specific general formula among those having a nonconjugated cyclic structure composed of atoms selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yuki Ozaki, Go Noya, Masakazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11161819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, NASH, inflammation related disorders, and related diseases and conditions. The compounds are useful as agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor GPR120. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Adams, Jason M. Cox, John S. Debenham, Scott Edmondson, Eric J. Gilbert, Yan Guo, Yu Jiang, Hubert Josien, Hyunjin M. Kim, Ping Lan, Shouwu Miao, Christopher W. Plummer, Murali Rajagopalan, Unmesh Shah, Zhongxiang Sun, Quang T. Truong, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman, Takao Suzuki, Nengxue Wang
  • Patent number: 11160860
    Abstract: HSV glycoprotein B-VSV-G1 fusion proteins and variants thereof, HSV glycoprotein C antigenic peptide constructs and variants thereof, HSV immunogenic compositions and protein vaccines including the peptide constructs, and HSV DNA vaccines encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide constructs, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dai Wang, Lan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11161854
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazolyl-spiro[2.2]pentane-carbonitrile derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. 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 LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Annunziato Candito, Thomas H. Graham, John Acton, Ryan Wing-Kun Chau, Joanna L. Chen, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Anmol Gulati, Hakan Gunaydin, Solomon Kattar, Mitchell Henry Keylor, Blair T. Lapointe, Ping Liu, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Vladimir Simov, Ling Tong, Harold B. Wood
  • Patent number: 11163233
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition capable of forming a pattern having an excellent cross-sectional shape, and a pattern forming method using the same. [Means for Solution] A chemically amplified positive type photoresist composition comprising (A) a polymer which reacts with an acid to increase its solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution, (B) an organic solvent, (C) a first photo acid generator containing a cation having no polar group, and (D) a second photoacid generator containing a cation having a polar group, and a pattern forming method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Shunji Kawato, Tetsumasa Takaichi, Kazumichi Akashi
  • Patent number: 11160811
    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: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval
  • Patent number: 11164052
    Abstract: A web detection system processes webpage information and performs automated feature extraction of webpages including machine processable information. In an embodiment, the web detection system determines a subset of webpages having a target characteristic by processing markup language. For a webpage of the subset, the web detection system determines that a first image overlaps at least a portion of a second image in the webpage. The web detection system generates an image of the webpage such that the portion of the second image is obscured by the first image. The web detection system determines a graphical feature of the webpage by processing the image, e.g., using optical character recognition. Responsive to determining that the graphical feature corresponds to graphical features of images of a different set of webpages associated with a target entity, the web detection system determines that the webpage is also associated with the target entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David B. Hurry, David J. Tabacco
  • Publication number: 20210330777
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jian He, John E. MacNair, William J. Smith, Michael A. Winters, Joseph G. Joyce, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Musey, Hari Pujar, Julie M. Skinner, Patrick McHugh
  • Publication number: 20210330676
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: 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: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Xianhai Huang, Joseph Kozlowski, Guoqing Li, Jongwon Lim, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, Nunzio Sciammetta, Andreas Verras, Li Xiao, Wensheng Yu, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210332297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula TRI, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from the corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yong-Hyun CHOI, Jae-Hyun KANG, Hyun-Jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20210330778
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jian He, John E. MacNair, William J. Smith, Michael A. Winters, Joseph G. Joyce, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Musey, Hari Pujar
  • Patent number: 11156920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new lithography composition, the forming of resist patterns using the lithography composition, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the lithography composition in a photolithography method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kazuma Yamamoto, Maki Ishii, Tomoyasu Yashima, Tatsuro Nagahara
  • Patent number: 11158816
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy