Patents Examined by D. Margaret Seaman
  • Patent number: 7732459
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds having the formula: wherein R1 is halogen. The invention also provides compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating diseases or disorders that comprise administering one or more of the compounds to a subject in need thereof. The disclosed compounds have CCR1 antagonist activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Carson, Geraldine C. B. Harriman, Shomir Ghosh
  • Patent number: 7732611
    Abstract: The invention provides an amine salt of a carbostyril derivative formed from a carbostyril derivative represented by the formula (1) [wherein R is a halogen atom; the substituted position of the side chain is 3- or 4-position in the carbostyril skeleton; and the bonding between 3- and 4-positions of the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or a double H bond] and an amine; and the invention is useful as drugs for treating various diseases, especially as aqueous formulations due to the superior water solubility and the superior pharmacologic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nishioka, Shinji Aki, Shigekazu Fujita, Yoshinao Onishi, Shun-ichiro Sumida
  • Patent number: 7732612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having a structure according to Formula I wherein n, m, z, R, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, E, X, Y, a and b are as defined above; or an optical isomer, diastereomer or enantiomer thereof; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Eugene B. Grant, Mark J. Macielag, Steven David Paget, Michele Ann Weidner-Wells, Xiaoqing Xu, Xiaodong Xu
  • Patent number: 7732613
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are useful for treating cancer having one of the following Formulas:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Kyoung S. Kim
  • Patent number: 7728154
    Abstract: 1-aryl-3,4-dihydro-1H-naphthalene-2-one is prepared by isomerizing an epoxy compound represented by the following general formula, wherein a is an integer of 0 to 5, b is an integer of 0 to 4, and R1 to R6 are hydrogen atoms or substituents such as alkyl groups, in an organic solvent in the presence of magnesium sulfate. This process makes it possible to prepare the 1-aryl-3,4-dihydro-1H-naphthalene-2-one safely and in a high yield without using highly explosive compounds such as lithium perchlorate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Nobumasa Kuwashima, Toshiaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7728142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, which are active at the GABAB receptor and which can be used for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Parichehr Malherbe, Raffaello Masciadri, Roger David Norcross, Eric Prinssen
  • Patent number: 7727980
    Abstract: This invention relates to non-steroidal tricyclic compounds that are modulators of androgen receptors and to methods for making and using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Zhi, Cornelis Arjan Van Oeveren
  • Patent number: 7728143
    Abstract: A crystalline form of a drug, ways to make it, compositions containing it and methods of treatment of diseases and inhibition of adverse physiological events using it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Geoff G. Z. Zhang, Michael F. Bradley, David M. Barnes, Rodger Henry
  • Patent number: 7728145
    Abstract: There is described a process for the purification of an impure preparation containing fentanyl by means of a reverse phase preparative chromatography process. A chromatographic column is loaded with a stationary phase, typically a silica particle having an organic ligand bound thereto. With a loading ratio of from about 50 to about 150 the impure preparation is acidified and passed through the column. The column is eluted with typically an aqueous solution of acetonitrile and the purified fentanyl is obtained in a specified cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.
    Inventor: Enrico Anthony Antonini
  • Patent number: 7728006
    Abstract: The invention provides novel quinolinone-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds of Formula (I). The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, the use such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. Wherein; R1 is hydrogen, halo, hadroxy, C1-4 alkyl, or C1-4 alkoxy; R2 is C3-4 alkyl, or C3-6cycloakyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl: R4 is —S(O)2 R6 or —C(O)R7; R5 is hydrogen, C1-3alkyl, C2-3 alkyl substituted with —OH or C1-3 alkoxy, or —CH2-pyrydyl; R6 is C1-3 alkyl; or R5 and R6 taken together from C3-4 alkylenyl; and R7 is hydrogen, C1-3alkyl, or pyrydyl; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Marquess, Paul R. Fatheree, S. Derek Turner, Daniel D. Long
  • Patent number: 7728150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula: Formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula I in combination with a suitable carrier, diluent, or excipient, and methods for treating physiological disorders, particularly congestive heart disease, hypertension, and atherosclerosis, comprising administering to a patient in thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Konstantinos Gavardinas, Prabhakar Kondaji Jadhav, Minmin Wang
  • Patent number: 7728153
    Abstract: The present invention features methods of treating a cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of a beta-lactone to the subject. The invention also features methods of inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject by administering an effective amount of an inhibitor of fatty acid synthase to the subject. These methods can be used to treat a variety of cancers and other diseases and conditions. The invention also features methods of identifying beta-lactones and other compounds that can be used in the methods of the invention for the treatment of tumors, inhibition of angiogenesis, and the treatment of diseases and conditions that involve pathological angiogenesis. The invention also features methods of synthesizing beta-lactones and features novel beta-lactone compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: The Burnham Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Smith, Fumiko Axelrod, Steven J. Kridel, Daniel Romo, Vikram Purohit, Gil Ma
  • Patent number: 7723324
    Abstract: Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines of the formulae I and II: are disclosed. The compounds are useful to treat anxiety and insomnia. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.
    Inventors: Q. Kevin Fang, Paul Grover, Thomas P. Jerussi
  • Patent number: 7723525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemokine-binding heterocyclic compound salts, methods of use thereof, and methods for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Jason B. Crawford, Yongbao Zhu, Gang Chen, Ian R. Baird, Renato T. Skerlj
  • Patent number: 7723533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystalline base of the well known antidepressant drug escitalopram, S-1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-5-isobenzo-furancarbonitrile, formulations of said base, a process for the preparation of purified salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the base, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts, and a process for the preparation of purified escitalopram free base or salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the hydrobromide, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts. Finally the present invention relates to an orodispersible tablet having a hardness of at least 22 N and an oral-disintegration time of less than 120 s and comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient adsorbed onto a water soluble filler wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient has a melting point in the range of 40-100° C., as well as a method for making such an orodispersible tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Robert Dancer, Hans Petersen, Ole Nielsen, Michael Harold Rock, Helle Eliasen, Ken Liljegren
  • Patent number: 7723355
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an DPP4 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, diabetes, by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I. wherein X, Z, A, R2, Y, R1, n, and b are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Jianxin Feng
  • Patent number: 7723524
    Abstract: To provide a quinolone antibacterial drug and a therapeutic agent for infectious diseases, which exhibit potent antibacterial activity on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and which is highly safe. A compound represented by the following formula (1): (wherein R1 represents a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group which may have a substituent or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, or a substituted carboxyl group derived from an amino acid, a dipeptide, or a tripeptide, and, in the case where each of R3 and R4 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, the alkyl group may be substituted by one or more atoms or groups selected from among a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkylthio group, and a C1-C6 alkoxy group; and n denotes an integer of 1 to 3), a salt thereof, and a hydrate of the compound or the salt. Also, antibacterial drugs and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases are prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Takahashi, Rie Miyauchi, Makoto Takemura
  • Patent number: 7723523
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I) in which Ra and Rb have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel, effective compounds with anti-proliferative and/or apoptosis inducing activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Klaus Pekari, Thomas Baer, Björn Bartels, Mathias Schmidt, Thomas Beckers
  • Patent number: 7718666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with DPP-IV, such as diabetes, particularly non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and impaired glucose tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Bernd Kuhn, Thomas Luebbers, Patrizio Mattei, Robert Narquizian, Hans Peter Wessel
  • Patent number: 7718815
    Abstract: Methods of using certain ?-aminoamide derivatives to treat lower urinary tract disorders. The therapeutic agents of the invention are able to reduce or even stop the lower urinary tract disorders substantially without side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elena Barbanti, Orietta Veneroni, Florian Thaler, Roberto Pellicciari, Luca Benatti, Patricia Salvati