Patents Examined by Amanda L Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9917032
    Abstract: Thermal conductive compositions, methods for their preparation, and use are provided, which include, for example, as thermal sinks, heat transfer systems, and other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Georgius Abidal Adam, Mordehai Margalit
  • Patent number: 9908971
    Abstract: A multi-arm polyethylene glycol derivative having a narrow molecular weight distribution represented by the formula (1): wherein, L represents a group selected from a linear or branched alkylene, arylene, or cycloalkylene group having two or more carbon atoms and combinations thereof, which may have an ether bond in a chain; X represents a dehydroxylation residue of a linear sugar alcohol having 5 or 7 carbon atoms; m is the number of polyethylene glycol chains bonded to X and represents 4 or 6; n is the average addition molar number of oxyethylene groups and represents an integer of 3 to 600; Y represents a single bond or an alkylene group as further defined herein; and Z represents a chemically reactive functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yoshioka, Midori Hirai, Hitoshi Nakatsuhara, Yuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9908899
    Abstract: The compounds provided herein are phenyl analine amides and are useful for inhibiting histone deacteylase (“HDAC”) enzymes, such as HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Jacques, James R. Rusche, Norton P. Peet, Jasbir Singh
  • Patent number: 9907855
    Abstract: The invention relates to (among other things) N-optionally substituted aryl-2-oligomer-3-alkoxypropionamides and compositions comprising the same. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits one or more advantages over corresponding compounds lacking the oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Wen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9850263
    Abstract: The present invention relates primarily to a process for preparing certain phosphorus-containing cyanohydrins of the formula (I), and also to certain phosphorus-containing cyanohydrins per se and to their use for the preparation of glufosinate and/or glufosinate salts. The present invention further relates to certain mixtures particularly suitable for preparing the phosphorus-containing cyanohydrins of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Ressel, Kilian Tellman, Mark James Ford, Martin Littmann, Friedrich August Muehlthau, Guenter Schlegel
  • Patent number: 9844534
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds that are specific inhibitors of PKC delta, and methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of cancers and other disorders. Compositions comprising compounds of the invention are used to treat cancers such as, for example, carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors, malignant melanomas, pancreatic, gastrointestinal and lung cancers. Neuroendocrine tumor cell lines of pulmonary and gastrointestinal origin are surprisingly sensitive to PKC delta inhibition by the compounds of the invention. The invention is further directed to methods, compositions and kits containing compounds of the formulas (Ia), (IIa), (IIIa), (IVa), and (V) as disclosed and described in FIGS. 11 and 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Faller & Williams Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas V. Faller, Robert M. Williams
  • Patent number: 9847496
    Abstract: Novel iridium complexes containing a tetradentate or a hexadentate ligand, wherein a part of the ligand that is coordinated to iridium comprise an acetylacetonate structure. These complexes are useful as emitters for phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuanjun Xia, Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 9834566
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV integrase, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ViiV HEALTHCARE UK (NO.5) LIMITED
    Inventors: John F. Kadow, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Manoj Patel, Kevin Peese, Tao Wang, Zhiwei Yin, Zhongxing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9834517
    Abstract: A method for producing a halohydantoin compound according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) providing, in a dryer, a composition containing (i) at least one component selected from the group consisting of water, an organic solvent, and elemental halogen and (ii) a halohydantoin compound; and (b) drying the composition under reduced pressure in the dryer, the reduced pressure being reduced to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure while introducing an inert gas from an outside source into the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPOH CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikegami, Yukihiko Hanamura, Kazuhisa Inoue
  • Patent number: 9822063
    Abstract: The present invention refers to new solid forms of Enclomiphene citrate and Enclomiphene base, processes for preparing thereof and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: F.I.S.—FABBRICA ITALIANA SINTETICI S.P.A
    Inventors: Pierluigi Padovan, Lorenzo Caruana, Nicolas Tesson
  • Patent number: 9820944
    Abstract: Methods of making and resultant acidulent/carbohydrate agglomerates. The acidulent may be citric acid having particle sizes ranging from about 1 micron to 20 microns agglomerated with a soluble carbohydrate co-agglomerate to formulate the various acidulent/carbohydrate agglomerates. In certain embodiments, the carbohydrate co-agglomerate may be maltodextrin to formulate citric acid/maltodextrin agglomerates. These citric acid/maltodextrin agglomerates are shelf stable when dry, have improved flowability, compressibility, mixability; dissolve easily and quickly in water; and provide an easy ready-to-use formulation that is suitable for use in compounding various food and pharmaceutical products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE MBP COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Matthew M. Pearson, William Valentine, William K. Valentine
  • Patent number: 9815781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing for preparing 3-(methylsulfonyl)propionitrile. The processes comprise the steps of first reacting 2-chloroethyl methyl sulfide with sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide in a solvent or a solvent mixture to form 3-(methylthio)propionitrile, and then reacting the isolated 3-(methylthio)propionitrile with acetic anhydride, acetic acid, and hydrogen peroxide to form 3-(methylsulfonyl)propionitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: OLATEC THERAPEUTICS LLC
    Inventors: Gerald S. Jones, Scott A. Goodrich
  • Patent number: 9812648
    Abstract: Spirobifluroene compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices that include the spirobifluorene compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Elvira Montenegro, Amir H. Parham, Philipp Stoessel, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Frank Voges, Arne Buesing
  • Patent number: 9809743
    Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound is represented by Formula 1: where R1 to R12 are as defined in the specification and at least one of R1 to R12 is a group represented by Formula 2, and at least one of R1 to R12 is a group represented by Formula 3; where L1, L2, Ar1 to Ar4, a1 and a1 are as defined in the specification. An organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun Kim, Sooyon Kim, Youngkook Kim, Haejin Kim, Seokhwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9790206
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel processes for preparing a compound of Formula (I) to the use of said compound as an intermediate in novel processes for the synthesis of indazole derivatives, and to indazole intermediates and derivatives prepared by the processes described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: C. Todd Eary, Bruno P. Hache, Derrick Juengst, Stacey Renee Spencer, Peter J. Stengel, Daniel John Watson
  • Patent number: 9790184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, W1, W2, W3, and W4 are as described. The present invention relates generally to inhibitors of histone deacetylase and to methods of making and using them. In one aspect, the invention relates to selective HDAC3 inhibitors useful for protecting ?-cells and improving insulin resistance. The selective HDAC3 inhibitors are also useful for promoting cognitive function and enhancing learning and memory formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Holson, Florence Fevrier Wagner, Stephen J. Haggarty, Yan-Ling Zhang, Morten Lundh, Bridget Wagner, Michael C. Lewis, Tracey Lynn Petryshen
  • Patent number: 9790227
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to the field of biologically active compounds and concerns 2-methylsulphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide L-arginine dihydrate, which exhibits an antiviral effect and is intended for the treatment and prophylaxis of human and animal viral diseases, primarily West Nile Virus, and can be used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in scientific research laboratories and medical facilities, and also in veterinary science. The claimed invention is directed toward achieving the technical result of creating a novel effective drug of the azoloazine variety which exhibits antiviral activity toward a group of RNA-containing viruses, and reducing the dependence of the active compound on cell metabolism. This technical result is achieved in the creation of the novel drug 2-methylsulphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide L-arginine dihydrate, which exhibits an aniviral effect and has the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY “URAL CENTER OF BIOPHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY”
    Inventors: Oleg Nikolaevich Chupakhin, Vladimir Leonidovich Rusinov, Evgeny Narcissovich Ulomsky, Konstantin Valerievich Savateev, Stepan Sergeevich Borisov, Natalia Alexandrovna Novikova, Svetlana Yakovlevna Loginova, Sergey Vladimirovich Borisevich, Pavel Vladimirovich Sorokin
  • Patent number: 9783489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic composition, which contain, as an active ingredient, a novel pseudo compound having similar structural characteristics to natural ceramide 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and the composition containing the compound of the present invention as an active ingredient has an excellent effect of enhancing a skin barrier function, thereby exhibiting an effect of alleviating inflammatory skin diseases, and has an excellent skin barrier improving function and an excellent skin moisturization enhancing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPHARM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Kyoo Jeong, Bong Woo Kim, Bu Mahn Park, Jeong Eun Jeon, Byung Gee Kim
  • Patent number: 9771336
    Abstract: Disclosed are corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions useful for preventing or inhibiting corrosion of surfaces found in cooling water applications. In some embodiments, the surfaces may include mild steel, aluminum, brass, copper, galvanized steel, a copper alloy, admirality brass, or any combination thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds and compositions as corrosion inhibitors. In some embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions are used in cooling water applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Jothibasu Seetharaman, Edouard Andre Reny, Donald A. Johnson, Kailas B. Sawant, Vaideeswaran Sivaswamy
  • Patent number: 9765031
    Abstract: A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, comprising (i) a CB1 receptor mediating scaffold conjugated to (ii) a second therapeutic scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: George Kunos, Malliga Iyer, Resat Cinar, Kenner C. Rice