Patents Examined by Daniel M Podgorski
  • Patent number: 8871762
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having an excellent controlling activity on plant disease. The composition comprising the compound represented by the formula (1) and one or more carboxamide fungicidal compound selected from the group (A) shows an excellent controlling activity on a plant disease. Group (A): a group consisting of thifluzamide, oxadixyl, pencycuron, benalaxyl-M, fenhexamid, furametpyr, isopyrazam, isotianil, mepronil, tecloftalam, boscalid, fluopyram, fluopicolide, carpropamid, diclocymet, mandipropamid, dimethomorph, flumorph, penthiopyrad, and bixafen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: So Kiguchi, Soichi Tanaka, Mayuko Ozawa, Atsushi Iwata
  • Patent number: 8871928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit Lp-PLA2 activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases associated with the activity of Lp-PLA2, for example atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and/or diabetic macular edema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Zehong Wan, Xiaomin Zhang, Zhaolong Tong, Kai Long, Sarah E. Dowdell, Eric Steven Manas, Krista Beaver Goodman
  • Patent number: 8859531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for nasal administration comprising mometasone furoate and azelastine hydrochloride, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises thaumatin as an agent for reducing bitterness and irritation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hanlim Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Yong Lee, Geun-Hyeog Lee, Byong-Sun Choi, Jong-Hyeon Ryu, Jin-Ha Park, Mi-Jin O
  • Patent number: 8834934
    Abstract: A material encapsulation and release system having a first zone (1) containing a first amount of material (2) bound by a first capsule wall (3) and, if desired, a second zone (4) containing a second amount of material (5) bound by a second capsule wall (6), each capsule wall responsive to similar or dissimilar activation means (7) to release the first amount of material (2) in the first zone (1) and the second amount of material (5) in the second zone (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Haviland Products Company
    Inventors: John E. Walls, Jeffrey W. Putt, Kenneth E. DeLine
  • Patent number: 8835499
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I): or a metabolite thereof, or an ester of the compound of Formula (I) or the metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of each thereof, wherein m, n, X1 and X2 are as defined herein, is useful for treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: MediciNova, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuko Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8835635
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stable amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride substantially free of crystalline forms, a process for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating thereof. Disclosed also herein are stable amorphous co-precipitates of vilazodone hydrochloride and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, methods for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Aadepu Jithender
  • Patent number: 8835418
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate derivatives of general formula (I): in which: R, Z, A, m, and n are as defined in the disclosure; in the form of the base or of an addition salt with an acid, and to the preparation process and therapeutic application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Regine Bartsch, Dorothee Cheuret, Luc Even, Christian Hoornaert, Jean Jeunesse, Frank Marguet
  • Patent number: 8815899
    Abstract: A nutritional composition and method is provided in which telomerase expression can be safely activated in living cells. The nutritional composition can induce TERT mRNA or h-TERT mRNA and telomerase in vitro and in vivo while at the same time inhibiting potential side effects, helping to prevent certain types of cancer, and slowing the growth of any cancer cells that may exist in vivo. The method entails exposing cells to L-carnosine concentrations in the range of 51-100 mM or to a combination of L-carnosine and L-fucose in which the concentration of L-carnosine is 30-100 mM and the concentration of L-fucose is in the range from 0.1 micromolar to 100 mM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Intervene Biomedical
    Inventors: Gregory M. Fahy, Lancer Brown
  • Patent number: 8816071
    Abstract: Compositions of matter including (R)-2,5,6,8-tetramethyl-8-((3E,7E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl)-1,2,3,8,9,10-hexahydrochromeno[5,6-e][1,3]oxazine and (R)-2,6,8-trimethyl-8-((3E,7E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl)-1,2,3,8,9,10-hexahydrochromeno[5,6-e][1,3]oxazine are disclosed herein. Further disclosed are methods of preparation of such compounds and the use of such compounds as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: First Tech International Limited
    Inventors: Khalid A. El Sayed, Paul W. Sylvester, Fathy A. Behery
  • Patent number: 8796328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or combinations thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, Rz, R1, R2, A, m, n, p, q, and r are defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Arthur Gomtsyan, Jerome Daanen, Michael E. Kort, Philip R. Kym, Eric A. Voight, Kevin R. Woller
  • Patent number: 8796323
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing infections in mammals caused by microorganisms, by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one defensin-like molecule, e.g., in a composition that includes such molecule. Also disclosed are the use of such defensin-like molecules for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals; and kits that may include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Erik De Leeuw, Alexander D. MacKerell
  • Patent number: 8765756
    Abstract: A plant disease controlling composition, containing a carboxamide compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; and a pyridazine compound represented by formula (II) wherein A1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group or a methyl group, and A2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8748416
    Abstract: A drug substance with a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an opioid wherein said organic acid is selected from Structure A: wherein R1-R4 are independently selected from H, alkyl or substituted alkyl of 1-6 carbons, adjacent groups may be taken together to form a cyclic alkyl, cyclic alkyl-aryl, or cyclic aryl moiety; R5 is selected from H, or an alkali earth cation; R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, alkyl of 1-6 carbons, an alkali earth cation, and aryl of 6 to 12 carbons, in a number sufficient to complete the valence bonding of X, and wherein X is selected from nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; and wherein the drug substance has a morphology selected from amorphous and crystalline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Pisgah Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Riley King, Stephen G. D'Ambrosio, David W. Bristol, Michael L. English
  • Patent number: 8735611
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline forms, including an anhydrate form, of cabazitaxel and processes for the preparation of these forms, designated as Forms C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C8b, C9 and C9p.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: ScinoPharm Taiwan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Julian Paul Henschke, TsungYu Hsiao, MengFen Ho, YuanChang Huang
  • Patent number: 8735578
    Abstract: This invention is related to the alkyl-piperazine-phenyl 4 (3H)-quinazolinones general formula (I) compounds, pharmacologically active and able to act on the 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A serotonin receptors in a manner that promotes the control, relief or cure of disorders associated with these receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds for the treatment of disorders associated with these receptors. These compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful in the treatment of conditions such as depression, anxiety, phobias, addictions, aggressiveness, impulsiveness, panic, psychotic, eating and sleep disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and female sexual dysfunctions, among other disorders associated with these receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Aché Laboratórios Farmacêuticos S.A., Aché International (BVI) Ltd.
    Inventors: Valter Freire Torres Russo, Elisa Mannochio De Souza Russo
  • Patent number: 8685418
    Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating pain, itch, overactive bladder and/or interstitial cystitis in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. The methods include administering a compound of formula (I) and a TRPV1 receptor activator. In one embodiment, the TRPV1 receptor activator is lidocaine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kevin Thompson, Roger Astbury Smith, Sandeep Gupta, Tony Priestley, Nicholas James Laping, Ashis K. Saha, Sonali Rudra
  • Patent number: 8664234
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydrobenzoquinazilinone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Ronald K. Chang, Thomas J. Greshock
  • Patent number: 8629282
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or stereoisomers, salts, or prodrugs thereof, wherein: W is CH2 or O; Q is Formula (II), Formula (III) or Formula (IV); and R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and G are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as selective agonists for G protein-coupled receptor S1P1, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Cherney, Zhongyu Wang
  • Patent number: 8618100
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel compounds of formula (I) having antibacterial activity against Clostridium bacteria, in particular Clostridium perfringens, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and chemical processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Elanco Animal Health Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jerome Emile Georges Guillemont, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Nacer Lounis
  • Patent number: 8609660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4,7-dihydro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-6-yl-amine derivatives as inhibitors of beta-secretase, also known as beta-site amyloid cleaving enzyme, BACE, BACE1, Asp2, or memapsin2. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which beta-secretase is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senility, dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Down's syndrome, dementia associated with stroke, dementia associated with Parkinson's disease or dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Gary John Tresadern, Francisca Delgado-Jiménez