Patents Examined by Bernard Bentz
  • Patent number: 6521663
    Abstract: Phenyl acetamide compounds are described, including compounds of Formula I: or a solvate, hydrate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R3-R6, R11, B, Y and W are set forth in the specification. The compounds of the invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as thrombin and factor Xa. Compositions for inhibiting loss of blood platelets, inhibiting formation of blood platelet aggregates, inhibiting formation of fibrin, inhibiting thrombus formation, and inhibiting embolus formation are described. Other uses of compounds of the invention are as anticoagulants either embedded in or physically linked to materials used in the manufacture of devices used in blood collection, blood circulation, and blood storage, such as catheters, blood dialysis machines, blood collection syringes and tubes, blood lines and stents. Additionally, the compounds can be detectably labeled and employed for in vivo imaging of thrombi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenxi Pan, Tianbao Lu, Thomas P. Markotan, Bruce E. Tomczuk
  • Patent number: 5811576
    Abstract: Novel 4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is cyclopropyl which may have 1 to 3 substituents of alkyl and halogen; phenyl which may be substituted by 1 to 3 substituents of alkoxy, halogen and OH; alkyl which may be substituted by halogen, alkanoyloxy or OH; alkenyl; or thienyl, R.sup.2 is 5- to 9-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, R.sup.3 is alkyl, R is H or alkyl, and X is halogen, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, said compounds having excellent antimicrobial activity and hence being useful as an antimicrobial agent, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said compound as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiraki Ueda, Hisashi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Hitoshi Tone