Patents Examined by Amanda L Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9238656
    Abstract: This application relates to compounds of the Formula I as defined herein, and/or salts thereof. This application further relates to compositions and methods of using these compounds and/or salts thereof. The compounds of Formula I are useful as ALK and JAK modulators for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry J. Breslin, Matthew A. Curry, Diane E. Gingrich, Keith S. Learn, Gregory R. Ott, Jason C. Wagner
  • Patent number: 9226967
    Abstract: This invention provides Chelating Complex Micelles as a drug carrier. The Chelating Complex Micelles can load drugs without changing their structure, and therefore extend the half-life of drugs in the human body. The chelating complex micelles contain a metal ion core, at least one polymer, and at least one drug molecule. The metal ion is considered as a Lewis acid while polymer chain and drug molecules are referred to as Lewis bases. The drug molecule is linked to the polymer via forming coordinate bonds with metal ion, and then self-assembled to form chelating complex micelles as a drug carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ORIGINAL BIOMEDICALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chau-Hui Wang, Chia-Hung Chen, Johnson Lin, Jing-Yi Chen, Wei-Chuan Liao
  • Patent number: 9226971
    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: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Wen Zhang
  • Patent number: 9227925
    Abstract: A process for producing an aldehyde compound of the invention comprising: reacting a compound represented by the following formula (a1) or (a2) with a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide in a presence of a compound containing a metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10 and a phosphorous compound so as to satisfy the following conditions (1) and (2) to synthesize an aldehyde compound; wherein the condition (1) is that a content of a metal included in the compound containing a metal belonging to Groups 8 to 10 is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kuma, Michiharu Sakata, Kouichi Tokunaga, Chitoshi Shimakawa, Naoyuki Kakinuma, Masayuki Furuya, Mamoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9220786
    Abstract: This invention provides Chelating Complex Micelles as a drug carrier. The Chelating Complex Micelles can load drugs without changing their structure, and therefore extend the half-life of drugs in the human body. The chelating complex micelles contain a metal ion core, at least one polymer, and at least one drug molecule. The metal ion is considered as a Lewis acid while polymer chain and drug molecules are referred to as Lewis bases. The drug molecule is linked to the polymer via forming coordinate bonds with metal ion, and then self-assembled to form chelating complex micelles as a drug carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ORIGINAL BIOMEDICALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chau-Hui Wang, Chia-Hung Chen, Johnson Lin, Jing-Yi Chen, Wei-Chuan Liao
  • Patent number: 9211341
    Abstract: This invention provides Chelating Complex Micelles as a drug carrier. The Chelating Complex Micelles can load drugs without changing their structure, and therefore extend the half-life of drugs in the human body. The chelating complex micelles contain a metal ion core, at least one polymer, and at least one drug molecule. The metal ion is considered as a Lewis acid while polymer chain and drug molecules are referred to as Lewis bases. The drug molecule is linked to the polymer via forming coordinate bonds with metal ion, and then self-assembled to form chelating complex micelles as a drug carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ORIGINAL BIOMEDICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chau-Hui Wang, Chia-Hung Chen, Johnson Lin, Jing-Yi Chen, Wei-Chuan Liao
  • Patent number: 9212117
    Abstract: Process for the production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether by contacting methanol and methyl acetate with a catalyst composition at a temperature in the range 140 to 250 ° C. The catalyst composition contains a zeolite having a 2-dimensional channel system comprising at least one channel which has a 10-membered ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BP CHEMICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Berian John Daniel, David John Law, John Glenn Sunley
  • Patent number: 9206121
    Abstract: A method to produce D,L-Methionine from 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile by reaction with ammonia, optionally in the presence of carbon dioxide, is provided. The 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile is obtained by reaction of 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a base as catalyst in a main reaction zone of a multizone reactor. Residual gaseous hydrogen cyanide is removed from the main reaction zone to an absorption and post-reaction zone of the reactor which comprises a mixture of 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and the catalyst; and the gaseous hydrogen cyanide is further reacted with the 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde in the absorption and post reaction zone. A molar ratio of hydrogen cyanide to 3-(methylthio)propanal in the main reaction zone is from 0.98 to 1.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Buss, Martin Steurenthaler, Michael R. Rinner, Stephan Kretz, Hans Joachim Hasselbach, Caspar-Heinrich Finkeldei, Martin Koerfer, Pablo Zacchi
  • Patent number: 9206180
    Abstract: A quantitative model that describes the assembly of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based donors and a perylenediimide acceptor into chiral superstructures, as a result of both hydrogen bonding and ?•••? stacking. This model provides thermodynamic parameters (?H° and ?S°) for all noncovalent interactions involved in the assembly and explains the subtle supramolecular cues that convert disordered aggregates into well-defined helical assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Adam B. Braunschweig, Stephen Rieth, Zhong Li, Charlotte E. Hinkle
  • Patent number: 9181197
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds according to formula (I): where R1 is L1C(O)OT or L1C(O)OL2C(O)OT; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, or R1; n is an integer from 0 to 5; each R3 is independently halogen or R2; L1 and L2 are each independently a bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkylene, C2-C10 alkenylene, or C2-C10 alkynylene; and T is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, nitrophenol, or cyclopropyl. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and to methods for providing anesthesia in mammals by administering such a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas E. Raines, Stuart A. Forman, Keith W. Miller, Syed Shaukat Husain, Joseph F. Cotten
  • Patent number: 9174943
    Abstract: Processes are provided for the synthesis of diarylthiohydantoin and diarylhydantoin compounds. Medicinal products containing the same find particular use in treating prostate cancer, including castration-resistant prostate cancer and/or hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: MEDIVATION PROSTATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajendra Parasmal Jain, Remy Angelaud, Andrew Thompson, Carol Lamberson, Scott Greenfield
  • Patent number: 9145371
    Abstract: Transesterification processes for producing a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is H or a methyl group, A and B are each, independently, a linear or branched C2-C5 alkylene group, comprising reacting: an acrylate or methacrylate of formula (II) wherein R1 is H or a methyl group and R2 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, with a compound of formula (III) wherein the reaction is performed: (i) in the presence of calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide, and (ii) wherein the molar ratio of the compounds of formula (II) to formula (III) is less than 4:1 or 3:1 respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: RHODA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Laurianne Timbart, Nemesio Martinez-Castro, James Woods, Howard Prokop, Rastko Vukov
  • Patent number: 9145348
    Abstract: An efficient process is disclosed for producing the compound of formula I, which is the CETP inhibitor anacetrapib, which raises HDL-cholesterol and reduces LDL-cholesterol in human patients and may be effective for treating or reducing the risk of developing atherosclerosis:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Cheol K. Chung, Guy R. Humphrey, Peter E. Maligres, Timothy J. Wright
  • Patent number: 9139574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole, oxazole and thiazole derivatives of tumor-targeted drug combretastatin A4, and phosphate esters, sulfonate esters or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, glycoside derivatives, solvates thereof, wherein the A-ring comprises a 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl group having a substituent at the 4-position. The pharmacological activity assays have demonstrated that the compounds of the present invention have good in vitro anti-tumor activity and excellent tubulin inhibitory effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Cang Zhang, Xiaorong Liu, Yan Zhang, Yunyun Wang, Wenping Zhang
  • Patent number: 9132108
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating and/or preventing leptin resistance. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention contains flurbiprofen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru Hosoi, Koichiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9133113
    Abstract: A method for the production of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid by hydrolysis of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile is provided. 3-Methylmercaptopropionaldehyde is reacted with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a base as catalyst in a main reaction zone of the multizone reactor to form a reaction mixture comprising the 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyronitrile, unreacted 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde, the catalyst and residual amounts of gaseous hydrogen cyanide. The residual gaseous hydrogen cyanide is removed from the main reaction zone to an absorption and post-reaction zone of the reactor which comprises a mixture of 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and the catalyst; and the gaseous hydrogen cyanide is further reacted with the 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde in the absorption and post reaction zone. A molar ratio of hydrogen cyanide to 3-(methylthio)propanal in the main reaction zone is from 0.98 to 1.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Buss, Martin Steurenthaler, Michael R. Rinner, Stephan Kretz, Hans Joachim Hasselbach, Caspar-Heinrich Finkeldei, Martin Koerfer, Pablo Zacchi
  • Patent number: 9126891
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula I, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by administration of the compound, the method comprising administering to a mammal, especially a human, in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas Disease, Malaria, Leishmaniasis, and other infectious diseases transmitted to humans and animals by exposure to parasites, the method comprising administering to a human or mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MediSynergics, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Godek, Harry Ralph Howard
  • Patent number: 9108928
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide.3/4 hydrate, including: reacting 2-aminomalonamide with a compound represented by the following formula [1] in the presence of a carboxylic acid to obtain 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide: wherein, in formula [1], each R independently represents a C1-3 alkyl group; reacting the resulting 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide with an acidic compound to obtain a 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide acid salt or a hydrate thereof; and reacting the resulting 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide acid salt or hydrate thereof with a salt in the presence of an acidic solvent to obtain the 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide.3/4 hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taisuke Fujimoto, Tomohiro Hashimoto, Katsuyuki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9095136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-iodoimidazole derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Hendrik Helmke, Sebastian Hoffmann, Carl Friedrich Nising, Alexander Sudau, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Jürgen Benting, Peter Dahmen, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, David Bernier, Stephane Brunet, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Hélène Lachaise, Philippe Rinolfi
  • Patent number: 9090539
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for preparing substituted 3-(1-amino-2-methylpentane-3-yl)phenyl compounds from an isomerically pure starting material are described. In particular, methods of preparing a 3-(1-(dimethylamino)-2-methylpentane-3-yl)phenol as a substantially optically pure (R,R) stereoisomer are described. Using a method of the present invention, only the (R,R) and (S,S) stereoisomers of the target compound are produced, increasing the yield and stereoselectivity of the desired (R,R) stereoisomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Brian Morgan, Olivier Dapremont, Patrick Berget, Ali Suleman, William Dubay, Jeffrey D. Butler