Patents Examined by D. Margaret Seaman
  • Patent number: 7897613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of the platelet aggregation inhibitor (+)-(S)-methyl-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-(6,7-dihydro-4H-thieno[3,2-c]pyrid-5-yl)acetate, clopidogrel (1), in the form of hydrogen bromide salts, identified as polymorph forms 1, 2 and 3. The present invention further relates to processes for preparing such forms, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such forms, and uses for such forms and compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions may be used, in particular, for inhibiting platelet aggregation or for treating, preventing or managing thrombosis, atherothrombosis, an atherothrombotic event, ischaemic stroke, myocardial infarction, non-Q-wave myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, peripheral arterial disease, or unstable angina. The present invention also relates to methods of treating said disorders. Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Generics [UK] Limited
    Inventors: Ramakrishnan Arul, Ajay Singh Rawat, Maheshkumar Gadakar, Rajesh Rao, Abhinay Pise, Jason Gray
  • Patent number: 7897774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synthesis study of novel cyclic compounds having a quinolylalkylthio group represented by the formula (1), and pharmacological actions of the compounds. In the formula, the ring X represents: which may have halogen and/or alkyl; R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or a (non) aromatic heterocycle; R3 represents qinolyl; A represents sulfur, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; and B represents alkylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Takahiro Honda, Hisashi Tajima, Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7893087
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) is provided, wherein B, A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein and X? represents a pharmaceutically acceptable anion of a mono or polyvalent acid. Processes for the preparation of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Prat Quinones, Maria Dolors Fernandez Forner, Maria Antonia Buil Albero
  • Patent number: 7893075
    Abstract: Compounds active on the receptor protein tyrosine kinases c-kit and/or c-fms are provided herewith. Also provided herewith are compositions useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases or conditions and/or c-fms-mediated diseases or conditions, and methods for the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Plexxikon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiazhong Zhang, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Dean R. Artis, Ryan Bremer, Guoxian Wu, Hongyao Zhu, Marika Nespi, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 7893082
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), wherein W, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1. Said compounds can be used for the treatment of tumors, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Ulrich Emde, Dirk Finsinger, Christiane Amendt, Nina Heiss, Frank Zenke
  • Patent number: 7893068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein, R3, R6, R7 and R21 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydroxyl group etc.), a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate of them. The compound (I) of the present invention suppresses angiogenesis, in particular, suppresses VEGF production in a hypoxic condition and is useful as a therapeutic agent for treating solid cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Mercian Corporation, Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kotake, Jun Niijima, Yoshio Fukuda, Mitsuo Nagai, Regina Mikie Kanada, Takashi Nakashima, Masahi Yoshida, Toshio Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 7888358
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Birgitte L. Eriksen, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen, Jørgen Scheel-Krüger, Gunnar M. Olsen
  • Patent number: 7884113
    Abstract: The invention provides for compounds of formula I wherein the substitutents are as described herein. Further provided are methods of using such compounds for the treatment of eating disorders, metabolic disorders, obesity, cognitive disorders, neurological disorders, pain disorders, inflammation disorders, in the promotion of smoking cessation and for the treatment of other psychiatric disorders Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and pharmaceutical combinations of the compounds of the invention with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Chongqing Sun, Doree Sitkoff, William R. Ewing, Yanting Huang, Bruce A. Ellsworth, Richard B. Sulsky, Annapurna Pendri, Samuel Gerritz, Natesan Murugesan, Zhengxiang Gu
  • Patent number: 7884204
    Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin in which ?4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection. wherein R1 is a methyl group and R2 is a methoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Okuzumi, Kazuyuki Sagi, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Yuji Tanaka, Eiji Nakanishi, Miho Ono, Masahiro Murata
  • Patent number: 7884114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound which is N-(4-{4-[(6-butyl-8-quinolinyl)oxy]-1-piperidinyl}butyl)ethanesulfonamide and salts thereof, processes for its preparation, to compositions containing it and to its use in the treatment of various diseases, such as allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Paul Martin Gore, Ashley Paul Hancock, Simon Teanby Hodgson, Panayiotis Alexandrou Procopiou, Sadie Vile
  • Patent number: 7879874
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) is provided, wherein B, A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein and X? represents a pharmaceutically acceptable anion of a mono or polyvalent acid. Processes for the preparation of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also provided. group or a —CH2OH group; and X? represents a pharmaceutically acceptable anion of a mono or polyvalent acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Prat Quinones, Maria Dolors Fernandez Forner, Maria Antonia Buil Albero
  • Patent number: 7879844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) having an excellent JAK3 inhibition activity and being useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating and/or preventing various immune diseases including autoimmune diseases inflammatory diseases, and allergic diseases. The compound according to the present invention has an inhibition activity against JAK3 and is thus useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating or preventing diseases caused by undesirable cytokine signal transmission (e.g., rejection during organ/tissue transplantation, autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, Alzheimer's disease, and atherosclerotic disease), or diseases caused by abnormal cytokine signal transmission (e.g., cancer and leukemia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Inoue, Akira Tanaka, Kazuo Nakai, Hiroshi Sasaki, Fumie Takahashi, Shohei Shirakami, Keiko Hatanaka, Yutaka Nakajima, Koichiro Mukoyoshi, Hisao Hamaguchi, Shigeki Kunikawa, Yasuyuki Higashi
  • Patent number: 7879849
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridin-4-amines, pyrazoloquinolin-4-amines, pyrazolonaphthyridin-4-amines, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrazoloquinolin-4-amines, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing or inhibiting cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David S. Hays, Michael E. Danielson, John F. Gerster, Shri Niwas, Ryan B. Prince, Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner, William H. Moser, Joan T. Moseman, Matthew R. Radmer, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Sarah A. Strong, Jason D. Bonk
  • Patent number: 7880006
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that have excellent insecticidal activity and are usable as agricultural and horticultural insecticides. Compounds represented by formula (I) or agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable acid addition salts thereof have excellent insecticidal activity and are usable as agricultural and horticultural insecticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Yamamoto, Ryo Horikoshi, Kazuhiko Oyama, Hiroshi Kurihara, Shizuo Shimano, Takaaki Miyake, Hiroki Hotta, Jun Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 7875625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicine, particularly a medicine comprising a novel cyclohepta[b]pyridine-3-carbonylguanidine derivative having an inhibitory effect on an Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE). There is provided a cyclohepta[b]pyridine-3-carbonylguanidine derivative represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 is a group selected from a sulfo group, a sulfoxy group, —OCONH—(CH2CH2O)n—SO3H and the following formulas: R2 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and n represents an integer from 1 to 10, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Toa Eiyo Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Uemoto, Koichi Takayanagi, Shin-ichi Kazayama
  • Patent number: 7875629
    Abstract: The invention provides novel quinolinone-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam A. Goldblum, Seok-ki Choi, Paul R. Fatheree, Roland Gendron, Lan Jiang, Daniel D. Long, Daniel Marquess, S. Derek Turner
  • Patent number: 7875626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-4-one and 4,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-4-one compounds of formula (I) and processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric and neurological disorders, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Leifeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 7875627
    Abstract: The present invention discloses fused thienopyridyl compounds of general formula (I) wherein X1-X6, R5-R7, Z1 and L are as defined in the description. The resent invention also discloses a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain, urinary incontinence, bladder overactivity, and inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 7872018
    Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Plexxikon, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Ryan Bremer, Chao Zhang, Jiazhong Zhang, Klaus-Peter Hirth, Guoxian Wu, Hongyao Zhu
  • Patent number: 7868017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivative of formula I, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Susan Elizabeth Napier, Matilda Jane Bingham, Margaret Jean Huggett, Mark Huggett, Yasuko Kiyoi, Olaf Nimz