Patents Examined by Daniel Carcanague
  • Patent number: 9944638
    Abstract: Indoles having inhibitory activity on RSV replication and having the formula I the prodrugs, N-oxides, addition salts, quaternary amines, metal complexes and stereochemically isomeric forms thereof; compositions containing these compounds as active ingredient and processes for preparing these compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: JANSSEN SCIENCES IRELAND US
    Inventors: Ludwig Paul Cooymans, Samuël Dominique Demin, Lili Hu, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Abdellah Tahri, Sandrine Marie Helene Vendeville
  • Patent number: 9889139
    Abstract: Provided is a method of treating inflammatory bowel disease comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 6-aminopyridin-3-ol compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient to a subject, which inhibits colitis in a model of inflammatory bowel disease, and accordingly, they may be suitable for use as a drug for the prevention or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Research Cooperation Foundation of Yeungnam University
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Jeong, Jung Ae Kim, Dong Guk Kim, You Ra Kang, Tae Gyu Nam
  • Patent number: 9890154
    Abstract: A series of substituted 3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine derivatives of formula (I), being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, John Robert Porter
  • Patent number: 9890145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an IRAK-4 inhibitory action, which is useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, osteoarticular degenerative disease, neoplastic disease and the like, and a medicament containing thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Kazuaki Takami, Yusuke Tominari, Zenyu Shiokawa, Akito Shibuya, Yusuke Sasaki, Tony Gibson, Terufumi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9890172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein U, J, V, X, R2a, R2b, R2c, R5 and t are as described herein. The present invention relates generally to inhibitors of histone deacetylase and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for promoting cognitive function and enhancing learning and memory formation. In addition, these compounds are useful for treating, alleviating, and/or preventing various conditions, including for example, neurological disorders, memory and cognitive function disorders/impairments, extinction learning disorders, fungal diseases and infections, inflammatory diseases, hematological diseases, and neoplastic diseases in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Holson, Florence Fevrier Wagner, Michel Weiwer, Stephen J. Haggarty, Yan-Ling Zhang
  • Patent number: 9890155
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, W and X are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Lisha Wang, Hongying Yun, Weixing Zhang, Xiufang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9890136
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1 is halogen, —NR5R6, —NR5—C(?O)—R6, —NH—C(?O)—OR7, —OR7, —NO2, —CN, —SR7, —SO2R7, —CO2R7, CF3, —SOR7, —POR7, —C(?S)R7, —C(?O)—NR5R6, —CH2—C(?O)—NR5R6, —C(?NR5) R6, —P(?O)(OR5)(OR6), —P(OR5)(OR6), —C(?S)R7, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl, wherein R5, R6, and R7 and are each, independently, H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-5 alkyl-aryl, or C1-5 alkyl-NH-aryl; Ar1 is phenyl or thiophene; wherein when Ar1 is phenyl, then R1 is other than —C(?O)—NR5R6, where one of R5 or R6 is phenyl or quinoline and the other of R5 or R6 is hydroxyalkyl, or where one of R5 or R6 is quinoline and the other of R5 or R6 is H; and wherein when Ar1 is phenyl, then R1 is other than —NR5—C(?O)—R6, where one of R5 is H and R6 is quinoline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ronald Breslow, Paul Marks, Adaickapillai Mahendran, Yuanshan Yao
  • Patent number: 9890327
    Abstract: A phosphorescent transition metal complex especially suitable as sensor for hydrogen peroxide in cells, in particular in mitochondria in live cells, includes a metallic central atom, which is a transition metal, a first ligand with at least one pyridine ring, and a second ligand having at least one pyridine ring and at least one structural component selected from the group of 1,2-diketone moiety and an arylboronate moiety. A method for preparing the metal complex is also disclosed as well as a method of detecting hydrogen peroxide in cells by incubating cells with the transition metal complex. The metal complex shows advantageous intense and long-lived phosphorescence accompanied by exceptional cellular localization properties. The metal complex is highly photostable and highly selective towards hydrogen peroxide, thus, especially suitable for detecting mitochondrial H2O2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kam Wing Kenneth Lo, Hua Wei Liu, Cho Cheung Lee
  • Patent number: 9890122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds endowed with phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitory activity having formula (I). The invention also relates to the process for the isolation by crystallization of the compound (I) and to its use for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation in combination with suitable carriers or vehicles. The present invention also relates to solvates and crystal forms of a compound of formula (I). The synthesized product is suitable for use in pharmaceutical applications for instance in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Falchi, Emilio Lutero, Emanuele Ferrari, Fausto Pivetti, Rocco Bussolati, Edoardo Mariani, Orsola Vecchi, Erhard Bappert, Caterina Ventrici
  • Patent number: 9890137
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 9889102
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds useful in preventing, treating or ameliorating Sigma-related disorders or diseases. The compounds of the invention may modulate cellular protein homeostasis, which includes: translation initiation, folding, processing, transport, and degradation (including ubiquitin selective autophagy) of proteins. The present invention also includes methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a Sigma-related disorder or disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a Sigma-modulating compound. The present invention also includes methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a Sigma-related disorder or disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a Sigma-modulating compound, further comprising administering an effective amount of a compound that inhibits the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) and/or autophagic survival pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Felix J. Kim, Joseph M. Salvino
  • Patent number: 9888686
    Abstract: In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. Under such circumstances, the development of novel agricultural and horticultural insecticides is desired. The present invention provides an amide compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein A1, A2 and A3 each represent a nitrogen atom or a CH group, R1 represents an alkyl group, R2 and R4 each represent a haloalkyl groups, R3 represents an alkyl group, and m represents 0, 1 or 2) or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide and microbicide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide and microbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikki Yonemura, Soichiro Matsuo, Akiyuki Suwa, Masao Yamashita, Atsushi Okada
  • Patent number: 9883673
    Abstract: To supply a derivative having a 2-acyliminopyridine structure and being represented by the following formula (I) in an amount required as a pest control agent stably and at a low cost, provided is a method comprising the steps of: acylating an amino group at position 2 of a compound represented by formula (A) by use of an acylating agent, to thereby produce a compound represented by formula (B); and further alkylating a nitrogen atom at position 1 of the compound represented by formula (B): [where Ar represents a phenyl group or a 5- to 6-membered heterocycle, R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, and Y represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a hydroxyl group; a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom; a C1-6 alkyloxy group which may be substituted with a halogen atom; a cyano group; a formyl group; or a nitro group].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Nakanishi, Yoshimasa Fukuda, Shigeki Kitsuda, Ikuya Ohno
  • Patent number: 9786847
    Abstract: A compound for an organic photoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device include the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong Lim, Sung Young Yun, Takkyun Ro, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 9783496
    Abstract: The present invention discloses oxindole compounds and a single step, one pot reaction for the synthesis of oxindole derivates via a solvent free Passerini reaction of isocyanides, isatins and carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Akkattu Thankappan Biju, Trinadh Kaicharla, Santhivardhana Reddy Yetra, Tony Roy
  • Patent number: 9783549
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for the synthesis of eribulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., eribulin mesylate) through a macrocyclization strategy. The macrocyclization strategy of the present invention involves subjecting a non-macrocyclic intermediate to a carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction (e.g., an olefination reaction (e.g., Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination), Dieckmann reaction, catalytic Ring-Closing Olefin Metathesis, or Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction) to afford a macrocyclic intermediate. The invention also provides compounds useful as intermediates in the synthesis of eribulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and methods for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Francis G. Fang, Dae-Shik Kim, Hyeong-Wook Choi, Charles E. Chase, Jaemoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9776997
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-aryl-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, alone or in combinations, for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Markus Follmann, Ingo Hartung, Philipp Buchgraber, Alexey Gromov, Niels Lindner, Frank Wunder, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Volkhart Min-Jian Li
  • Patent number: 9777017
    Abstract: The present invention provides tricyclic fused thiophene derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: Incyte Holdings Corporation, Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Wenyu Zhu, Song Mei
  • Patent number: 9771376
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables RA, subscript n, ring A, X2, L, subscript m, X1, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and RN have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Sultan Chowdhury, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Thilo Focken, Michael Edward Grimwood, Ivan William Hemeon, Qi Jia, Daniel F. Ortwine, Brian Safina, Shaoyi Sun, Daniel P. Sutherlin, Alla Yurevna Zenova
  • Patent number: 9771592
    Abstract: The invention features therapeutic compositions comprising agents useful for the treatment or prevention of pruritis, and methods useful for identifying such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Xinzhong Dong, Qin Liu, David J. Anderson