Patents Examined by Alicia L Fierro
  • Patent number: 7820665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazopyridazine compounds of Formula I, such as representative structure A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that inhibit phosphoinositide 3-kinase; methods of treating diseases or conditions, such as cancer, using the compounds; and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Shon Booker, Tae-Seong Kim, Hongyu Liao, Longbin Liu, Mark H. Norman, Emily Anne Peterson, Markian Stec, Nuria A. Tamayo
  • Patent number: 7816344
    Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, novel oxaboroles which are monosubstituted at the 3-, 6-, or 7-position, or disubstituted at the 3-/6- or 3-/7- positions, which are useful for treating bacterial infections, pharmaceutical compositions containing such oxaboroles, as well as combinations of these oxaboroles with at least one additional therapeutically effective agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Vincent S. Hernandez, Rashmi Sharma, James A. Nieman, Tsutomu Akama, Yong-Kang Zhang, Jacob J. Plattner, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Rajeshwar Singh, Fernando Rock
  • Patent number: 7816408
    Abstract: A novel calcium receptor active compound having the formula is provided: Ar1—[CR1R2]p—X—[CR3R4]q—[CR5R6]—NR7—[CR8R9]—Ar2 wherein: Ar1 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl, bis(arylmethyl)amino, bis(heteroarylmethyl)amino and arylmethyl(heteroarylmethyl)amino; X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, carbonyl and amino; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are, for example, hydrogen or alkyl; Ar2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl; p is an integer of from 0 to 6, inclusive; and, q is an integer of from 0 to 14, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Saki, Atsuya Takami, Rika Nagao
  • Patent number: 7812026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole derivatives having a positive allosteric GABAB receptor (GBR) modulator effect, methods for the preparation of said compounds and to their use, optionally in combination with a GABAB agonist, for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The compounds are represented by the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description. For example, R1 may be phenyl, R2 may be dimethylamino pyrrolidin-1-yl, R3 may be alkoxy and R4 may be alkyl, ai arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, aryloxy or heterocyclylalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Bauer, Wayne Brailsford, Linda Gustafsson, Tor Svensson
  • Patent number: 7807690
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (1), or a salt thereof has serine protease inhibiting activity, and particularly excellent inhibiting activity against clotting factor VIIa. This compound or a salt thereof is useful as therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents for diseases associated with thrombus formation. [wherein R1 represents hydrogen, R2 represents optionally substituted phenyl, etc., R3 represents optionally substituted C6-10 aryl, etc.].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Clark, Atsushi Takemura, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Osamu Asano, Tadashi Nagakura, Kimiyo Tabata
  • Patent number: 7803841
    Abstract: The disclosure provides EP2 receptor agonist compounds and methods for using the compounds for treating conditions which can be alleviated by agonism of an EP2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Asterand UK Limited
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton
  • Patent number: 7803836
    Abstract: The present invention concerns substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as broadspectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives with another anti-retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Herman Augustinus De Kock, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Stefaan Julien Last, Paul Jozef Gabriel Maria Boonants, Dominique Louis Nestor Ghislain Surleraux, Piet Tom Bert Paul Wigerinck
  • Patent number: 7799812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polycyclic compounds, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Frederic Zecri
  • Patent number: 7795250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indole compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, A, E and X are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P Angeletti SpA
    Inventors: Stefania Colarusso, Immacolata Conte, Joerg Habermann, Frank Narjes, Simona Ponzi
  • Patent number: 7786171
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel amide derivatives that are positive allosteric modulators of neuronal nicotinic receptors, compositions comprising the same, processes for preparing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Kathleen H. Mortell, Diana L. Nersesian, Chih-Hung Lee, Bruce Clapham
  • Patent number: 7776894
    Abstract: There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Burnham Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Ze'ev A. Ronai, Anindita Bhoumik, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Russell Dahl
  • Patent number: 7772266
    Abstract: Provided are small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators, including Trp-p8 agonists and Trp-p8 antagonists, and compositions comprising small-molecule Trp-p8 agonists as well as methods for identifying and characterizing novel small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators and methods for decreasing viability and/or inhibiting growth of Trp-p8 expressing cells, methods for activating Trp-p8-mediated cation influx, methods for stimulating apoptosis and/or necrosis, and related methods for the treatment of diseases, including cancers such as lung, breast, colon, and/or prostate cancers as well as other diseases, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, that are associated with Trp-p8 expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Dendreon Corporation
    Inventors: Ofir Moreno, Sateesh Natarajan, David F. Duncan
  • Patent number: 7772404
    Abstract: N-[4-(3-Amino-1H-indazol-4-yl)phenyl]-N?-(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)urea Crystalline Form 2, ways to make it, formulations comprising it and made with it and methods of treating patients having disease using it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Thomas B. Borchardt, Alexander F. Chu-Kung
  • Patent number: 7772257
    Abstract: The present invention comprises bicyclic aryl-sulfonic acid [1,3,4]-thiadiazol-2-yl-amides, their functional derivatives thereof as well as their physiologically acceptable salts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that exhibit peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) PPARdelta and PPARgamma agonist activity. The structure of the compounds of the invention are defined by Formula I below, wherein the various substituents are defined herein, including their physiologically acceptable salts. Processes for the preparation of compounds are also disclosed. The compounds are suitable for the treatment of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders, disorders relating to insulin resistance are involved as well as demyelinating and other neurodegenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Karl Schoenafinger, Stefanie Keil, Matthias Urmann, Hans Matter, Maike Glien, Wolfgang Wendler
  • Patent number: 7767843
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of aminoalkyl phenyl carbamate compounds of Formula I, wherein R1 and R2 independently are hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a C1-6 alkyl; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic three to eight membered ring, with or without a heteroatom like nitrogen or oxygen; R5 and R6 independently are hydrogen, linear, branched or cyclic C1-6 alkyl; or R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic three to eight membered ring, with or without a heteroatom like nitrogen or oxygen; the carbon centre designated “*” can be racemic or enantiomerically enriched in the (R)- or (S)- configuration; and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Apotex Pharmachem Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Xian Wang, Stephen E. Horne, K. S. Keshava Murthy
  • Patent number: 7759335
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted amino-azetidines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists/inverse agonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias, cardiovascular disorders, hepatic disorders, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Jenrm Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Patent number: 7741363
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein. The invention also includes preparative methods for the preparation of compounds of formula (I). A method for the therapeutic use of the inventive compounds is also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Francis Barth, Claude Vernhet, Murielle Rinaldi-Carmona, CaroleElisabeth Guillaumont-Legeay
  • Patent number: 7741355
    Abstract: Provided are small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators, including Trp-p8 agonists and Trp-p8 antagonists, and compositions comprising small-molecule Trp-p8 agonists as well as methods for identifying and characterizing novel small-molecule Trp-p8 modulators and methods for decreasing viability and/or inhibiting growth of Trp-p8 expressing cells, methods for activating Trp-p8-mediated cation influx, methods for stimulating apoptosis and/or necrosis, and related methods for the treatment of diseases, including cancers such as lung, breast, colon, and/or prostate cancers as well as other diseases, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, that are associated with Trp-p8 expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Dendreon Corporation
    Inventors: Ofir Moreno, Sateesh Natarajan, David F. Duncan
  • Patent number: 7741360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles of Formula (I) useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Roger Victor Bonnert, Timothy Jon Luker, John Cumming
  • Patent number: 7732435
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their use as medicaments and to medicaments comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Andrew James Culshaw, Christopher Thomas Brain, Edward Karol Dziadulewicz, Lee Edwards, Terance William Hart, Timothy John Ritchie