Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Patent number: 11053243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5A activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Coburn, Steven W. Ludmerer, Kun Liu, Hao Wu, Richard Soil, Bin Zhong, Jian Zhu
  • Patent number: 11051508
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus (1) for mixing slaughter offal with a preservative agent, the apparatus comprising an offal collection tank (3) with a bottom (4) provided with a discharge opening (5) connectable to a closable discharge, an agitator (8) extending into the offal collection tank, and a pump unit (9) operatively connectable to the discharge, wherein the apparatus further comprises a preservative reservoir (7) mounted on top of the collection tank (3). A collection and preservation system is provided, wherein the addition of preservation agent can be strictly controlled, can easily and quickly be installed and connected when it is to be used. After use, the system is easily removed and cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Adolph Bartholomeus Gijtenbeek, Harry van Tuijn, Marinus Johannes Gerardus Maria Ploegmakers
  • Publication number: 20210198566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising at least a polymer, a particle, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Masaki HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210198190
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). 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: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shuwen He, Dane Clausen, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Xianhai Huang, Alexander Pasternak, Qinglin Pu, Dong Xiao, Li Xiao, Feng Ye, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210196734
    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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Brendan M. Crowley, Ian M. Bell, Andrew John Harvey, Brian T. Campbell, Thomas J. Greshock, Vanessa L. Rada
  • Publication number: 20210198257
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R3, Het1 and HET have the meanings given in claim 1, are ATM kinase inhibitors and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas FUCHSS, Kai SCHIEMANN
  • Publication number: 20210198339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides conjugates that comprise an insulin molecule conjugated via a conjugate framework to two or more separate ligands that each include a saccharide, wherein the framework, ligand, saccharide and insulin molecule optionally comprise a fatty chain (e.g., a C8-30 fatty chain), wherein when said insulin molecule is conjugated both to a C8-30 fatty chain and one or more separate ligands that each include a saccharide, said C8-30 fatty chain is linked to insulin molecule only, and wherein when the framework or ligand comprises a fatty chain the insulin molecule is conjugated to two or more separate ligands. In certain embodiments, a conjugate is characterized in that, when the conjugate is administered to a mammal, at least one pharmacokinetic (PK) and/or pharmacodynamic (PD) property of the conjugate is sensitive to serum concentration of a second saccharide. In certain embodiments, a conjugate is also characterized by having a protracted PK profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Lin Yan, Pei Huo, Ahmet Kekec, Danqing D. Feng, Yuping Zhu, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Chris Moyes, Songnian Lin
  • Publication number: 20210198365
    Abstract: Methods of administering a therapeutically effective amount of Debio 1143 and a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-L1 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, for the treatment of cancer, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Grégoire Vuagniaux, Norbert Wiedemann, Claudio Zanna
  • Publication number: 20210198421
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting (OSC) compounds containing one or more ester-substituted 4,8-dithiophenyl-benzodithiophene units or derivatives thereof, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds and compositions as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE devices comprising these compounds or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jianhui HOU, Cunbin AN, Graham MORSE, Agnieszka PRON, Ignasi BURGUES
  • Publication number: 20210198233
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1 denotes A, Ar, Cyc, Het, COA or CN, R2 denotes SO2A, SOA, SA, SO2NHA, SO2NA2, S(?NH,?O)A, S(?NH)2A, NO2, Hal, CN, A, Het1, COOH or COOA, R3 denotes H or Hal, R4 denotes H or Hal, n denotes 1, 2 or 3, A denotes unbranched or branched alkyl having 1-6 C-atoms, Cyc denotes cyclic alkyl with 3 to 7 C-atoms, Ar denotes phenyl, Het denotes a mono- or bicyclic aromatic, unsaturated or saturated heterocycle having 1 to 4 N, O, and/or S atoms, Het1 denotes a mono- or bicyclic aromatic, unsaturated or saturated heterocycle having 1 to 4 N, O, and/or S atoms, and Hal denotes F, Cl, Br, or I, are inhibitors of HIF-2?, and can be employed for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, Ryvu Therapeutics S.A.
    Inventors: Matthias Leiendecker, Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • Patent number: 11046714
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,2-difluorodioxolo compounds that are antagonists of A2A receptor. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2,2-difluorodioxolo compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological disorders and diseases in which A2A receptor are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which A2A receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ali Amjad, Gioconda V. Gallo, Timothy J. Henderson, Rongze Kuang, Yeon-Hee Lim, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Andrew Stamford, Paul Tempest, Brent Whitehead, Heping Wu
  • Patent number: 11045550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an amino sugar as plasticizer in formulations comprising a polymer as carrier for active ingredients, in particular for compositions which are intensively mixed by treatment in a melt extrusion and then formulated by suitable post-treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lubda, Mengyao Zheng, Alessandro Elia, Nicole Di Gallo, Anja-Nadine Knuettel
  • Patent number: 11046884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations containing at least one organic functional material and at least a first organic solvent, wherein said first organic solvent contains at least one epoxy-group as well as to electronic devices prepared by using these formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Li Wei Tan, Pawel Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Daniel Walker
  • Patent number: 11046700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (1a), formula (1b), formula (1c) or formula (1d): or, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have activity as inhibitors of Schistosoma growth. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, salts or solvates and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, in particular in the treatment or prevention of schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: John Mark Francis Gardner, Andrew Simon Bell
  • Patent number: 11047778
    Abstract: A sample preparation device (1) comprising a first chamber (2) containing a membrane support (30) on which a membrane (9) is placed or can be placed, an inlet (20) to the first chamber (2) and an outlet (21) from the first chamber (2), at least one second chamber (3) provided with or adapted to be provided with an anaerobic generation means (23) and/or an anaerobic detection indicator, wherein the at least one second chamber (3) is connected to the first chamber (2) by a communication path (8), wherein the communication path (8) is liquid-tightly closed by a tap device (4) in a first position (A) of the tap device (4) and is adapted to be opened to allow fluid communication between the first chamber (2) and the at least one second chamber (3) in that the tap device (4) is moved to a second position (B) of the tap device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Stephane Olivier, Fabrice Comini
  • Patent number: 11046951
    Abstract: Methods for display of recombinant whole immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin libraries on the surface of eukaryote host cells, including yeast and filamentous fungi, are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant immunoglobulins in eukaryote host cells to identify immunoglobulins that are specific for an antigen of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Bianka Prinz, Natarajan Sethuraman, Dongxing Zha, Stefan Wildt, Piotr Bobrowicz
  • Patent number: 11045547
    Abstract: The present invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human or cynomolgous monkey LAG3 as well as immunoglobulin chains thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same along with injection devices comprising such antibodies or fragments. Vaccines including such antibodies and fragments as well as compositions comprising the antibodies and fragments (e.g., including anti-PD1 antibodies) are included in the invention. Methods for treating or preventing cancer or infection using such compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for recombinant expression of the antibodies and fragments are part of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Rene De Waal Malefyt, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Linda Liang
  • Publication number: 20210188863
    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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20210187049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to purified compositions of enteroviruses, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and a glutathione affinity chromatography process for the purification of enteroviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Erik M. Curtis, Spyridon Konstantinidis, Murphy Poplyk, Andrew Ryan Swartz, Marc D. Wenger
  • Publication number: 20210189241
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and dielectric anisotropy of 0.5 or more, which comprises one or more compounds of each of formulae T and L in which the parameters have the meanings given in the claims and in the text. The use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type. Also, the compounds of formulae T and L and their use for the improvement of the transmission and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Constanze BROCKE, Sebastian HOFMEYER