Patents Examined by Binta Robinson
  • Patent number: 7326721
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel doxepin analog compounds and methods of modulating sleep by administering such compounds, or a pharmaceutically effective salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hypnion, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale M. Edgar, David G. Hangauer, James F. White, Michael Solomon
  • Patent number: 7319104
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, acid isostere, or hydrolyzable ester thereof, are disclosed. Methods of making and using the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Rodolfo Cadilla, Brad Richard Henke, Millard H. Lambert, III, Guangcheng Kevin Liu, Jennifer Susan Smith
  • Patent number: 7317028
    Abstract: The novel benzamide derivative represented by formula (1) and the novel anilide derivative represented by formula (13) of this invention has differentiation-inducing effect, and are, therefore, useful a therapeutic or improving agent for malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, dermatologic diseases and parasitism. In particular, they are highly effective as an anticancer drug, specifically to a hematologic malignancy and a solid carcinoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tsuneji Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ando, Katsutoshi Tsuchiya, Osamu Nakanishi, Akiko Saito, Takashi Yamashita, Yoshinori Shiraishi, Eishi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7314890
    Abstract: The present invention provides wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkoxy, OH and NR4R5; R2 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl and (CH2)nOH; R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, heteroaryl, e.g. thienyl, furanyl and pyridyl, phenyl, mono, -di-, tri-substituted phenyl and heteroaryl; R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkyl hydroxyl; m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3 and n is an integer of from 1 to 4. These compounds are useful in lowering intraocular pressure and/or treating glaucoma or providing neuroprotection to the eye of a human patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Burk
  • Patent number: 7312230
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally IP receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein: R1, R2, and R3 are each independently in each occurrence aryl or heteroaryl; R4 is —COOH or tetrazolyl; A, B, m, n, and r are as defined in the specification; or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Richard Leo Cournoyer, Paul Francis Keitz, Lee Edwin Lowrie, Jr., Alexander Victor Muehldorf, Counde O'Yang, Dennis Mitsugu Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7300934
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein m, n, A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described herein, together with methods for making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by Cathepsin K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Nancy Elisabeth Krauss
  • Patent number: 7291646
    Abstract: This invention provides O-?-acyloxyalkyl ethers of the venlafaxine metabolite 4-[2-(Dimehtylamino-1-(1-hydroxycyclohexyl)ethyl]phenol, represented by Formula (I): wherein the variables R1 and R2 are defined herein, and where the configuration at the steriogenic center (*) may be R, S, or RS (the racemate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John P. Yardley, Magid A. Abou-Gharbia, John W. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 7291632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, where; X is C(R3c? or N?; R1 is C2–C6 alkyl, substituted C2–C6 alkyl, C3–C7 cycloalkyl, substituted C3–C7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocycle, or substituted heterocycle; R2 is hydrogen, C1–C3 n-alkyl, C3–C6 cycloalkyl-C1–C3 alkyl, or a group of formula II (II) provided that when R1 is C2–C6 alkyl or substituted C2–C6 alkyl, R2 is hydrogen or methyl; R3a, R3b, and, when X is C(R3c)?, R3c, are each independently hydrogen, fluoro, or methyl, provided that no more than one of R3a, R3b, and R3c may be other than hydrogen; R4 is hydrogen or C1–C3 alkyl; R5 is hydrogen, C1–C3 alkyl, or C3–C6 cycloalkylcarbonyl, provided that when R3a is other than hydrogen, R5 is hydrogen; R6 is hydrogen or C1–C6 alkyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6 inclusively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Maria-Jesus Blanco-Pillado, Michael Philip Cohen, Sandra Ann Filla, Kevin John Hudziak, Daniel Timothy Kohlman, Dana Rae Benesh, Frantz Victor, Yao-Chang Xu, Bai-Ping Ying, DeAnna Piatt Zacherl, Deyi Zhang, Brian Michael Mathes
  • Patent number: 7288657
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Yu-Hua Ji, YongQi Mu, Craig Husfeld, Li Li
  • Patent number: 7288541
    Abstract: The present invention includes ketone derivatives (I) and (II), which are useful as cathepsin K inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: David Norman Deaton, John George Catalano
  • Patent number: 7288554
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts (I) wherein J is a phenyl ring, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic 8-, 9- or 10-membered fused carbobicyclic or heterobicyclic ring system wherein each ring or ring system is substituted with from one to four substituents independently selected from R5; and A, B, G, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, George Philip Lahm, Tom Paul Selby, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7262210
    Abstract: The present invention describes compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the prophylaxis, or treatment of diseases and conditions related to thrombin activity in a mammal. The present invention also relates to a novel method of N-oxidation of nitrogen containing heteroaryls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin Kreutter, Tianbao Lu, Yu Kai Lee, Christopher Teleha, Mark Player, Xizhen Zhu
  • Patent number: 7256295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for producing 2,3-diamino-6-methxoypyridine. The process comprises neutralizing 2,3-diamino-6-methoxy pyridine dihydrochloride, which, in turn, is prepared by the reduction of 2-amino-6-methoxy-3-nitropyridine. The 2-amino-6-methoxy-3-nitropyridine is further prepared by methoxylation of 2-amino-6-chloro-3-nitropyridine by sodium methoxide in methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Jubilant Organosys Limited
    Inventors: D. B. Thakare, Yashbir Singh, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Patent number: 7253171
    Abstract: Novel antagonists of ?4?1 integrin and/or ?4?7 integrin of the general Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R5, L1, L2, Rb, W and Z are as defined in any one of claims 1 to 13, A represents —CH— or a nitrogen atom, and p is from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Laboratorios Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Jimenez Mayorga, Jordi Bach Tana, Jesus Maria Ontoria Ontoria, Eloisa Navarro Romero
  • Patent number: 7253178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel carboxylic acid derivative, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them which is useful as an insulin sensitizer, and a medicament comprising the derivative as the effective ingredient. More specifically, it provides a carboxylic acid compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof or a hydrate of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Harada, Masanobu Shinoda, Richard Clark, Fumiyoshi Matsuura, Eita Emori, Shunji Kasai, Hideki Yoshitomi, Kazuto Yamazaki, Takashi Inoue, Sadakazu Miyashita, Taro Hihara
  • Patent number: 7253192
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula I: wherein one of R5, R6 and R7 is and X1, X2, R1 to R12, m, n and o are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or esters thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are modulated by PPAR? and/or PPAR? agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Uwe Grether, Bernd Kuhn, Hans-Peter Maerki, Markus Meyer
  • Patent number: 7250389
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds useful for prevention or control of diseases derived from fungi, a process for producing the same, and novel antifungal agents using the novel compounds. The compounds useful for prevention and treatment of diseases derived from fungi according to the present invention include novel compounds represented by formula (I). The compounds represented by formula (I) have potent antifungal activity against diseases derived from fungi, and do not have phytotoxicity to mammals and agricultural and garden plants, from which diseases should be eliminated, and, even when applied to agricultural and garden plants, have high photostability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Sakanaka, Koichi Mitomo, Takayoshi Tamura, Yasushi Murai, Katsuharu Iinuma, Takeshi Teraoka, Kikuko Kuzuhara, Haruki Mikoshiba, Makoto Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7250428
    Abstract: Cetylpyridinium salt of diclofenac.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Pifferi
  • Patent number: 7232912
    Abstract: Indazole compounds that modulate and/or inhibit cell proliferation, such as the activity of protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating, e.g., kinases-dependent diseases to modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer as well as other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried Heinz Reich, Ted Michael Bleckman, Susan Elizabeth Kephart, William Henry Romines, III, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7232833
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-substituted quinoline compounds of general formula: which are active as antimicrobials, in which: X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 is C—R?1, to C—R?5 respectively, or alternatively at most one represents N, Y represents CHR, CO, CROH, CRNH2, CRF or CF2, R being a hydrogen or alkyl, m is 1, 2 or 3 and n is 0, 1 or 2, Z is CH2 or Z is O, S, SO, SO2 and, in this case, n is equal to 2, R2 is —CO2R, —CH2CO2R, —CH2—CH2CO2R, —CH2OH or —CH2—CH2OH, wherein R is as defined above, R3 represents phenyl, heteroaryl or alk-Ro3, where alk is alkyl and Ro3 represents various groups, where appropriate containing oxygen, sulfur or amine, in their enantiomeric or diastereoisomeric forms or their mixtures, and/or where appropriate in the syn or anti form or their mixtures, and their salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Novexel
    Inventors: Antony Bigot, Youssef El-Ahmad, Jean-Luc Malleron, Jean-Paul Martin, Serge Mignani, Guy Pantel, Baptiste Ronan, Michel Tabart, Michel Cheve, Fabrice Viviani