Patents Examined by Cecilia M. Jaisle
  • Patent number: 8314087
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as HGF mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Albrecht, Steven Bellon, Shon Booker, Alan C. Cheng, Derin D'Amico, Noel D'Angelo, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Tae-Seong Kim, Longbin Liu, Mark H. Norman, Aaron C. Siegmund, Markian Stec, Ning Xi, Kevin Yang
  • Patent number: 8299076
    Abstract: Disclosed are crystalline forms of 2-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-N-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,5-dimethyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals, and inflammatory conditions. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Array Biopharma Inc., Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Allison L. Marlow, Eli Wallace, Jeongbeob Seo, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Hong Woon Yang, Jim Blake, Richard Anthony Storey, Rebecca Jane Booth, John David Pittam, John Leonard, Mark Richard Fielding
  • Patent number: 8293901
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with MEK (I): wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Qing Dong, Nicholas Scorah, Steven W Kaldor
  • Patent number: 8288407
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for substituted naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Philip E. Sanderson
  • Patent number: 8273755
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel 4-methylpyridopyrimidinone compounds of Formula (I), and to salts thereof, their synthesis, and their use as inhibitors of phosphoinositide 3-kinase alpha (PI3-K?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Hengmiao Cheng, Dilip Bhumralkar, Klaus Ruprecht Dress, Jacqui Elizabeth Hoffman, Mary Catherine Johnson, Robert Steven Kania, Phuong Thi Quy Le, Mitchell David Nambu, Mason Alan Pairish, Michael Bruno Plewe, Khanh Tuan Tran
  • Patent number: 8273741
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fused heterocyclic derivative having a potent kinase inhibitory activity and use thereof. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, except a particular compound, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical agent containing the compound or a prodrug thereof, which is a kinase (VEGFR, VEGFR2, PDGFR, Raf) inhibitor, an angiogenesis inhibitor, an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer, a cancer growth inhibitor or a cancer metastasis suppressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Nozomu Sakai, Shinichi Imamura, Naoki Miyamoto, Takaharu Hirayama
  • Patent number: 8273742
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 1,4-disubstituted phthalazine hedgehog pathway antagonists useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Philip Arthur Hipskind, Bharvin Kumar Patel, Takako Wilson (nee Takakuwa)
  • Patent number: 8258134
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Berthel, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Robert Francis Kester, Lee Apostle McDermott, Yimin Qian, Ramakanth Sarabu, Nathan Robert Scott, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Patent number: 8258136
    Abstract: A pyridazine compound of the formula: has an excellent plant disease controlling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Akio Manabe
  • Patent number: 8247414
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridizinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Nadine C. Becknell, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
  • Patent number: 8247409
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, B, R2 and R3 are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammation disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-Tsao Hong, James R. Falsey, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew Tasker
  • Patent number: 8247408
    Abstract: The invention is directed to Compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, as well as methods of making and using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Gon Baik, Chris A. Buhr, Katherine Lara, Sunghoon Ma, Longcheng Wang, Bryan K. S. Yeung
  • Patent number: 8236803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-aza-bicycloalkyl derivatives of formula I, wherein X is CH2 or a single bond; Y is a group of formula and wherein R has the meanings as defined in the specification, which compounds are alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists; to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Dominik Feuerbach, Konstanze Hurth, Timothy John Ritchie
  • Patent number: 8232274
    Abstract: Disclosed is a set of compounds useful as glucan synthase inhibitors having the generic structure of Formula I: wherein the various moieties A, D, R6, etc., are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful in treating or preventing fungal infections in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: Albany Molecular Research, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Pauline C. Ting, Robert G. Aslanian, Jianhua Cao, David Won-Shik Kim, Rongze Kuang, Gang Zhou, Robert Jason Herr, Andrew John Zych, Jinhai Yang, Heping Wu, Nicolas Zorn
  • Patent number: 8211920
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula V and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8 and R9, and W are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, and inflammatory conditions in mammals. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases and inflammatory conditions in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Allison L. Marlow, Eli M. Wallace, Jeongbeob Seo, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Hong Woon Yang, James Blake
  • Patent number: 8207168
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridazinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadine C. Becknell, Derek Dunn, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Lars J. S. Knutsen, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
  • Patent number: 8207176
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted 2,4,8-trisubstituted 8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one containing compounds, compositions, and use in therapy as CSBP/RK/p38 kinase inhibitors of Formulas (V) and (Va) wherein inter alia, G5 and G6 are nitrogen and CH, provided that only one of G5 or G6 is nitrogen and the other is CH; R1 is C(Z)N(R10?)(CR10R20)vRb, C(Z)O(CR10R20)vRb, N(R10?)C(Z)(CR10R20)vRb, N(R10?)C(Z)N(R10?)(CR10R20)vRb, or N(R10?)OC(Z)(CR10R20)vRb; R1? is independently selected at each occurrence from halogen, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted-C1-4 alkyl, cyano, nitro, (CR10R20)v?NRdRd?, (CR10R20)v?C(O)R12, SR5, S(O)R5, S(O)2R5, or (CR10R20)v?OR13; Rb is hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl C1-10 alkyl, aryl, arylC1-10alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylC1-10 alkyl, heterocyclic, or heterocyclylC1-10 alkyl moiety, which moieties, excluding hydrogen, may all be optionally substituted; X is R2, OR2?, S(O)mR2?, (CH2)n?N(R10?)S(O)mR2?, (CH2)n?N(R10?)C(O)R2?, (CH2)n?NR4R14, (CH2)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: James F. Callahan, Jeffrey C. Boehm, Anthony William James Cooper, Stefano Livia, Paul Bamborough, Neysa Nevins, Zehong Wan, Beth A. Norton, Xichen Lin
  • Patent number: 8202867
    Abstract: Disclosed are hydrates and polymorphs of 4- [[(7R)-8-cyclopentyl-7 -ethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-methyl-6-oxo-2-pteridinyl]amino]-3-methoxy-N-(1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)-benzamide: as well as, processes for preparing them and their use as pharmaceutical compositions with antiproliferative activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Linz, Peter Sieger, Gerd F. Kraemer, Matthias Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8198272
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of formula I where X, A?, Q1, Q2, Q3, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each as defined below. The compounds of formula I have antithrombotic activity and inhibit especially protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compound of formula I and to the use thereof as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Uwe Heinelt, Volkmar Wehner, Matthias Herrmann, Karl Schoenafinger, Henning Steinhagen
  • Patent number: 8198282
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted azaquinazolines, to a process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for use as antiviral agents, in particular against cytomegaloviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Aicuris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Judith Baumeister, Mario Jeske, Frank Suessmeier, Holger Zimmermann, Kerstin Henninger, Dieter Lang