Patents Examined by Chukwuma O. Nwaonicha
  • Patent number: 7858784
    Abstract: Ligands for transition metals are disclosed herein, which may be used in various transition-metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The disclosed methods provide improvements in many features of the transition-metal-catalyzed reactions, including the range of suitable substrates, number of catalyst turnovers, reaction conditions, and efficiency. For example, improvements have been realized in transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Brett P. Fors, David S. Surry
  • Patent number: 7855307
    Abstract: On producing a purified borazine compound, a borazine compound is filtrated under an atmospheric condition of a water content of not higher than 2000 volume ppm. Or, on filling a borazine compound into a container, the above described borazine compound is filled into the above described container under an atmospheric condition of a water content of not higher than 2000 volume ppm. Or, as a container for preservation for preserving a borazine compound, a container for preserving a borazine compound, which has withstanding pressure of not lower than 0.1 MPa, is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yasutaka Nakatani, Hiroko Harada
  • Patent number: 7855292
    Abstract: Certain sulfonamide compounds are dual CCK1/CCK2 inhibitors useful in the treatment of CCK1/CCK2 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Brett Allison, Victor K. Phuong, Marna C. W. Pippel, Michael H. Rabinowitz, Hariharan Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 7851657
    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic and manufacturing process for the preparation of the anticancer drug, fluorapacin, bis(4-fluorobenzyl)trisulfide, and related trisulfide derivatives on large scale. Also provided are processes for the purification and isolation of fluorapacin having high purity and improved stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Acea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Haoyun An, Xiaopeng Mo
  • Patent number: 7851646
    Abstract: Novel processes for preparing arylsulfur pentafluorides are disclosed. Processes include reacting at least one aryl sulfur compound with a halogen and a fluoro salt to form an arylsulfur halotetrafluoride. The arylsulfur halotetrafluoride is reacted with a fluoride source to form a target arylsulfur pentafluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: IM&T Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Teruo Umemoto
  • Patent number: 7851656
    Abstract: Method of producing compounds of the general formula XPR2(OR1)??Ia where X is chlorine, bromine or iodine and R1 is an organic radical, by reacting compounds of the general formula X2PR2??II, in which X has the meaning given above and R2 is an organic radical, with compounds of the general formula R1OH??III, in which R1 has the meaning given above, to give a mixture IV, in that a) the postreaction is carried out at a temperature of from 50 to 240° C. and a pressure of from 0.001 to 0.9 bar, b) from the mixture IV the compounds Ia are separated off from the compounds PR2(OR1)2??Ib and, if appropriate, the compounds II and c) compounds Ib and, if appropriate, unreacted compounds II are returned to the synthesis stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Baumann, Tobias Aechtner, Wolfgang Siegel, Hermann Luyken, Peter Pfab, Jens Scheidel, Andreas Leitner, Andreas Glass
  • Patent number: 7851091
    Abstract: There are provided compositions comprising a first compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formulas (Ib), (III), (V), and (VII), and a second compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formulas (IIb), (IV), (VI), and (VIII): Various chemical entities can be used for R4 to R11. These compositions can be particularly useful as anti-static agents or as electron activable precursors to a redox couple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Transfert Plus, S.E.C.
    Inventors: Amer Hammami, Benoît Marsan
  • Patent number: 7847114
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing a heteroleptic, multiple metal-containing metallocyclic catalyst, particularly suited for asymmetric catalysis, comprising combining a plurality of plural functional group-containing, monodentate ligands of complementary chirality, said plural functional groups being tethered to each other by tethers in the presence of a scaffold-structural metal Ms or derivative thereof, wherein at least one functional group on each ligand combines to ligate Ms to form a bidentate, Ms centered ligand scaffold containing the remaining functional groups and combining said bidentate ligand scaffold with a catalytic metal Mc or derivative thereof whereby the remaining functional groups combine to ligate Mc, thereby forming said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: University of Nebraska at Lincoln
    Inventor: James M. Takacs
  • Patent number: 7847117
    Abstract: Alkyl(methoxymethyl)trimethylsilanylmethylamines are prepared by reacting alkyltrimethylsilanylmethylamines with a substantially equimolar amount of paraformaldehyde and methanol in the presence of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Markus Merget
  • Patent number: 7842679
    Abstract: Taught are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one phospholipid having at least one docosahexaenoyl (DHA) residue, such as a lecithin-DHA-type phospholipid, and methods for treating or preventing respiratory failure of a patient comprising administering these pharmaceutical compositions to a patient in need of such treatment or prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventors: Gérard Pieroni, Thierry Coste
  • Patent number: 7842942
    Abstract: An organic semiconducting layer formulation containing an organic binder which has a permittivity, ?, at 1,000 Hz of 3.3 or less and a polyacene compound of Formula A: and processes for the preparation thereof and uses thereof in various electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beverley Anne Brown, Janos Veres, Remi Manouk Anemian, Richard Williams, Simon Dominic Ogier, Stephen William Leeming
  • Patent number: 7838697
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for one of, or a mixture of, an optically active allylboron compound and racemic or optically active boryl cyclopropane, including a coupling reaction, in the presence of a catalyst, between allyl compound and diboron compound. It is preferred that a copper (I) complex is used as the catalyst. It is preferred that a counterion of the copper (I) complex is an alkoxide or a hydride. It is preferred that the copper (I) complex has a phosphine ligand. It is preferred that the phosphine ligand is a chiral phosphine ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Sawamura, Hajime Ito
  • Patent number: 7838665
    Abstract: The present invention features a chemoselective ligation reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves condensation of a specifically engineered phosphine, which can provide for formation of an amide bond between the two reactive partners resulting in a final product comprising a phosphine moiety, or which can be engineered to comprise a cleavable linker so that a substituent of the phosphine is transferred to the azide, releasing an oxidized phosphine byproduct and producing a native amide bond in the final product. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Eliana Saxon, Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
  • Patent number: 7834207
    Abstract: Method and system for forming an anhydrous sterilant. In one embodiment, anhydrous peracetic acid is combined with carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide is in one of a liquid, solid, and supercritical state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven A. Fisher
  • Patent number: 7833441
    Abstract: A method for producing a polymeric material comprises reacting a first reactant with a second reactant. The first reactant comprises anhydrous phosphorous pentoxide and the second reactant comprises an alcohol. A method for producing a polymeric salt material comprises reacting a first reactant comprising an amine with a second reactant comprising a phosphate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Prometheus Developments Limited
    Inventor: David Charles Aslin
  • Patent number: 7834116
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to fluoro silicone acrylates that are used in reaction either alone or with other monomers to make polymers that can modify the surface of hair skin or pigment. This makes them ideal for incorporation into pigmented products in personal care applications like make up and lipsticks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony John O'Lenick, Jr., John Imperante
  • Patent number: 7829743
    Abstract: A novel sulfonium borate complex, which can reduce the amount of fluorine ions produced during thermal cationic polymerization, and realize low-temperature, rapid curing properties in a thermal cationic polymerizable adhesive, is represented by the structure of the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 is an aralkyl group and R2 is a lower alkyl group. However, when R2 is a methyl group, R1 is not a benzyl group. X is a halogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Shinya
  • Patent number: 7829744
    Abstract: A primary phosphine or a secondary phosphine is reacted with an ester compound selected from the group consisting of; a phosphate triester; a phosphonate diester; a sulfate diester; and a sulfonate ester; to form a phosphonium salt of formula (VII) wherein each of RQ, RX, RY, and RZ is independently hydrocarbyl and X? is a phosphate, phosphonate, sulfate, or sulfonate. These phosphonium salts may find utility in a wide range of applications, including as surfactants, as polar solvents (ionic liquids), as antimicrobial agents, and as a component of spinning finish in polyamide fiber processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp
    Inventors: Christine J. Bradaric-Baus, Yuehui Zhou
  • Patent number: 7825283
    Abstract: A nanoparticle includes a chain oligomer section having a hydrophilic group and fluoroalkyl groups respectively at its opposite terminals, a three-dimensional silica network section, and an organic chain having fluorine or silicon, and is represented by the following formula (1): where R? is independent H or independent alkyl group; X is the hydrophilic group and is independent OH group, independent NCO group, independent NH2 group or the like; RF is the fluoroalkyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 10 and a molecular weight of 119 to 1000; 3D-SN is the three-dimensional silica network section; B is independent O, independent O?C—O or the like; E is O, O?C—O, NH—C?O or the like; G is [(CH2O)1—[Si(CH3)2O]k—(CH2O)1] or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yaegashi, Shoko Kano, Masahiko Yamanaka, Kentarou Watanabe, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Hideo Sawada
  • Patent number: 7820868
    Abstract: This invention relates to polyoxometalates represented by the formula (An)m+[My(H2O)pXzZ2W18O66]m?1 or solvates thereof, wherein A represents a cation acting as counterion of the polyanion, n is the number of the cations A, m is the charge of the polyoxoanion, M represents a transition metal selected from Cu, Zn, Pd, Pt and mixtures thereof, y is the number of transition metals M and is a number from greater than 4 to less than 6, p is a number of water molecules and is a number from 0 to 10, X is a halide selected from F, Cl, Br, I and mixtures thereof, z is a number of halides and is a number from 0 to 6 and Z represents a heteroatom selected from SbIII, BiIII, AsIII, SeIV and TeIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Kortz, Sib Sankar Mal