Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20200392144
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formulas Ia and Ib which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Meredeth A. McGowan, Jason D. Katz, Matthew Christopher, Hua Zhou, David James Witter, Chaomin Li, John Lampe, Joey L. Methot, Abdelghani A. Achab, Xavier Fradera, Shimin Xu
  • Publication number: 20200392196
    Abstract: Long-acting co-agonists of the glucagon and GLP-1 receptors are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Ravi Nargund, Paul E. Carrington, Tomi Sawyer, Qiaolin Deng, Antonello Pessi, Elisabetta Bianchi, Federica Orvieto
  • Publication number: 20200390877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations of dengue virus vaccine comprising at least one live attenuated dengue virus or live attenuated chimeric flavivirus, a buffer, a sugar, a cellulose derivative, a glycol or sugar alcohol, optionally an alkali or alkaline salt and an amino acid; and formulations of dengue virus vaccine comprising at least one live attenuated dengue virus or live attenuated chimeric flavivirus, a buffer, a sugar of at least 150 mg/ml, a carrier, and optionally an alkali or alkaline salt and an amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael S. Ryan, Sherrie-Ann P. Martin, Morrisa Jones, Justin Stanbro, Akhilesh Bhambhani, Jeffrey Thomas Blue, Heidi Joanne Pixley, Erin J. Green-Trexler, Lynne Ann Isopi
  • Publication number: 20200392197
    Abstract: Described are antibody peptide conjugates (APCs) comprising an antibody conjugated to a peptide analog of glucagon, which have been modified to be resistant to cleavage and inactivation by dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) and to increase in vivo half-life of the peptide analog while enabling the peptide analog to have agonist activity at the glucagon (GCG) receptor and the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor and the use of such APCs for treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Ambrx, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Carrington, Grigori Ermakov, Robert M. Garbaccio, Wolfgang Seghezzi, Elisabetta Bianchi, Federica Orvieto, Dennis Gately, Nick Knudsen, Anthony Manibusan
  • Publication number: 20200392468
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for culturing viruses in the presence of an endonuclease and for producing vaccines, typically from live attenuated viruses, under conditions to reduce the presence of host cell DNA and eliminate the need for a post-harvest DNA digestion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yi Li, Matthew Woodling, Adam Kristopeit
  • Patent number: 10865216
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the structure of Formula I and pharmaceutically suitable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof that are useful as antibacterially effective tricyclic gyrase inhibitors. In addition, species of tricyclic gyrase inhibitors compounds are also disclosed herein. Related pharmaceutical compositions, uses and methods of making the compounds are also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bensen, Allen Borchardt, Zhiyong Chen, John M. Finn, Thanh To Lam, Suk Joong Lee, Xiaoming Li, Leslie William Tari, Min Teng, Michael Trzoss, Junhu Zhang, Michael E. Jung, Felice C. Lightstone, Sergio E. Wong, Toan B. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10868257
    Abstract: Novel dithiopyrrolopyrrole derivatives having dichroic properties which have very high photostability in solution in a liquid-crystalline host are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peer Kirsch, Susann Beck, Michael Junge, Ursula Patwal, Mila Fischer
  • Patent number: 10864510
    Abstract: Disclosed are composite materials and methods of making them. The composite materials comprise a support member and a cross-linked gel, wherein the cross-linked gel is a polymer synthesized by thiol-ene or thiol-yne polymerization and cross-linking. The cross-linked gel may be functionalized by a thiol-ene or thiol-yne grafting reaction, either simultaneously with the polymerization or as the second step in a two-step procedure. The composite materials are useful as chromatographic separation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Millipore Ltd.
    Inventors: Amro Ragheb, Gary Skarja
  • Patent number: 10864211
    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: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John S. Debenham, Jason M. Cox, Ping Lan, Zhongxiang Sun, Zhe Feng, Chunrui Sun, W. Michael Seganish, Zhong Lai, Cheng Zhu, Thomas Bara, Murali Rajagopalan, Qun Dang, Hyunjin M. Kim, Bin Hu, Jinglai Hao
  • Publication number: 20200385636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and dielectric anisotropy of 0.5 or more, which comprises one or more compounds of formula YX in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, to 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, and to the use of the compounds of formula YX 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: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Constanze BROCKE, Brigitte SCHULER
  • Publication number: 20200385404
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for the synthesis of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds comprising a palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Waller, Gregory Gazda, Zachary Minden, Lisa Barton, Clifton Leigh
  • Patent number: 10859916
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a composition for forming a fine pattern having a good pattern shape even after being applied to a thick-film resist, a high size reduction rate and less defects, as well as a method for forming a fine pattern using the same. [Means for Solution] A composition comprising vinyl resin, an amine compound having a specific cage-type three-dimensional structure and a solvent, and a method for forming a fine pattern using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Tomohide Katayama, Takayuki Sao
  • Patent number: 10862048
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device contains an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer containing at least one luminous layer. The organic layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. At least one luminous layer contains a ?-conjugated compound exhibiting no overlap between the electron density distributions of the HOMO and the LUMO in the molecule, such that electron transition between the HOMO and the LUMO occurs by a through-space interaction in the molecule. The ?-conjugated compound has a ?-conjugated aromatic ring at a moiety on which at least one of the HOMO and the LUMO is localized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oshiyama, Hiroshi Kita, Taketo Namikawa, Michihiro Okuyama, Tatsuya Hattori, Yasuo Miyata
  • Patent number: 10862038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one polymer containing repeat triarylamine units and comprising at least one salt, to processes for production thereof and to the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices, called OLEDs (OLED=organic light-emitting diodes). The present invention also further relates to organic electroluminescent devices comprising these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Katja Stegmaier, Holger Heil, Henning Seim
  • Patent number: 10858587
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media containing one or more compounds of formulae I-1, I-2 and/or I-3 and one or more compounds of formulae II and/or III and components containing these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 10859733
    Abstract: An optical functional film containing a siliceous material, wherein a refractive index nA of one surface A of said optical functional film to light is larger than a refractive index nb of the other side surface B to light, and the refractive index to light gradually decreases from said surface A to said surface B and wherein when a refractive index of a medium X coming into contact with said surface A is nx and a refractive index of a medium Y coming into contact with said surface B is ny, the relation ny<nb<na<nx is satisfied and wherein the film is manufactured by the steps of a first layer forming step and a second layer forming step; and a heating step of heating to cure said first layer and said second layer, wherein the contacting parts of said first layer and said second layer are compatibilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Toshiakai Nonaka, Naofumi Yoshida, Yuji Tashiro
  • Patent number: 10858360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the structure of Formula I and pharmaceutically suitable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof that are useful as antibacterially effective tricyclic gyrase inhibitors. Related pharmaceutical compositions, uses and methods of making the compounds are also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bensen, Zhiyong Chen, John Finn, Thanh T. Lam, Suk J. Lee, Xiaoming Li, Douglas W. Phillipson, Leslie W. Tari, Michael Trzoss, Junhu Zhang, Felice C. Lightstone, Toan B. Nguyen, Sergio E. Wong, Paul Aristoff, Michael Jung
  • Patent number: 10858686
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the production of Fc-containing polypeptides having improved properties and comprising mutations at positions 243 and 264 of the Fc region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Terrance A. Stadheim, Dongxing Zha
  • Publication number: 20200375987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein RA, R1, and Z are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, optionally in combination with a beta lactam antibiotic and/or a beta-lactamase inhibitor. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more ?-lactam antibiotics and optionally in combination with one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. The compounds of the invention are useful in the methods described herein for overcoming antibiotic resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Shuzhi Dong, Jack D. Scott, Haiqun Tang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Dexi Yang, Li Xiao, Xin Gu, Jinlong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10851301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a terphenyl compound and at least two polymerizable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in an LC display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to an LC display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin Yoon, Ji-Won Jeong, Eun-Kyu Lee, Min-Ok Jin, Yong-Kuk Yun