Patents Examined by Ebenezer O. Sackey
  • Patent number: 10188653
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I that inhibit the activity of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked thereto in animals are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Futatsugi
  • Patent number: 10188648
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid state forms of Selexipag, in particular selexipag forms IV and V, and processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Nidia Villalva, Ivon Cante, Martin Aybar, Angel Rodriguez, Alejandro Guillen Torres, Hana Kantor, Ales Gavenda, Hugo Herrera, Alexander Jegorov, Nydia Lopez
  • Patent number: 10183931
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of ROCK1 and/or ROCK2. Also provided are methods of treating diseases and disorders involving inhibiting ROCK1 and/or ROCK2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Kadmon Corporation, LLC
    Inventors: Masha Poyurovsky, Ji-In Kim, Kevin Liu, Alexandra Zanin-Zhorov
  • Patent number: 10183953
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein X is N or CR1; Y is N or CR2; R1 is H, alkoxy, halo, triazolyl, pyrimidinyl, oxazolyl, isoxazole, oxadiazolyl, or pyrazolyl; R2 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; Z is NH or O; R3 is H, alkyl, alkoxy, halo, or triazolyl; R4 is H or alkyl; or R3 and R4, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 6-membered aryl ring or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl ring; R5 is pyridyl, pyrazinyl, or pyrimidinyl, wherein the pyridyl, pyrazinyl, or pyrimidinyl is optionally substituted with halo or alkyl; and n is 1 or 2. Methods of making the compounds of Formula I are also described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I. Methods of using the compounds of the invention are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Christine F. Gelin, Terry P. Lebold, Brock T. Shireman, Jeannie M. Ziff
  • Patent number: 10167276
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods/uses of using the same, for example, for treating a JAK-related disorder, such as cancer, cancer cachexia or an immune disorder: wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and methyl; R4 is selected from methyl, ethyl and —CH2OCH3; R5 and R6 are each individually methyl or hydrogen; and R7 is selected from methyl, ethyl, —(CH2)2OH and —(CH2)2OCH3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dizal (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Annika Astrand, Neil Grimster, Sameer Kawatkar, Jason Grant Kettle, Magnus K Nilsson, Linette Ruston, Qibin Su, Melissa Vasbinder, Jon James Winter-Holt, Richard Donald Woessner, Claudio Edmundo Chuaqui, James McCabe
  • Patent number: 10160716
    Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions including therapeutically or prophylactically effective amounts of such compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also encompasses methods for treating or preventing diseases and disorders associated with abnormal cell growth, for example, treating or preventing cancer or tumor growth, which methods include administering to a mammal in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Eliot M. Rosen, York A. Tomita, Milton Brown
  • Patent number: 10150735
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Satoshi Aoki, Junichi Kawasaki, Makoto Ishigami, Youichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Fujimura, Masanori Takahashi, Kaoru Abe, Tomonori Nakagawa, Koichi Shinhama, Naoto Utsumi, Michiaki Tominaga, Yoshihiro Ooi, Shohei Yamada, Kenji Tomikawa
  • Patent number: 10153443
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel metal complexes derived from pyridyl substituted aromatic compound core structures. These compounds can be used as emitters for PHOLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Jui-Yi Tsai, Zhiqiang Ji, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 10150095
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks (MOF) and uses thereof, including those comprising a repeat unit of the formula [Cu2L(H2O)2]-5DMF-3H2O, wherein L is a ligand of the formula: These are useful for many applications, including in the purification of hydrogen gas from production byproducts CH4 and CO2, sensing, heterogeneous catalysis, drug delivery, lithium sulfide battery, membrane and analytical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Banglin Chen, Bin Li, Hui-Min Wen
  • Patent number: 10138238
    Abstract: Polycyclic derivatives of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Michel Muehlebach, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Andre Jeanguenat
  • Patent number: 10138221
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel salts of nilotinib and polymorphs thereof. The acid addition salts of nilotinib with benzenesulfonic acid, butanedisulfonic acid, 1-5-naphthalenedisulfonic acid, naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid and 1-hydroxynaph-thoic acid; hydrates and anhydrates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Rajamannar Thennati, Srinivasu Kilaru, Macwan Valance Surendrakumar, Dwivedi Shriprakash Dhar
  • Patent number: 10123994
    Abstract: A compound of formula: or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. L is NR2R3, SR7, SO2R8, alkyl, or alkenyl; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl; R7 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R8 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl, provided that R8 is not unsubstituted methyl or trifluoromethyl; Y is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, provided that Y is not unsubstituted methyl or unsubstituted ethyl; Z is —CR6?, or —N?; R1 is hydrogen, or alkyl; R4, R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Kojima, Yu Hinata, Toshihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 10128450
    Abstract: A compound having a structure according to formula (I) is disclosed. In formula (I), Cu is a monovalent copper atom; *C is a carbene carbon; X1 and X2 are selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, heteroalkynyl, arylalkyl, aryloxy, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, and combinations thereof; X1 is bonded to *C by a C atom, and X2 is bonded to *C by an N atom; X1 and X2 are optionally joined to form a ring; and Y is selected halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, amino, phosphine, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, heteroalkynyl, arylalkyl, aryloxy, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, and combinations thereof. A formulation containing compound having a structure according to formula (I), and a device with an organic layer comprising disposed between an anode and a cathode, that includes a compound having a structure according to formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Peter I. Djurovich, Valentina Krylova
  • Patent number: 10125119
    Abstract: The invention discloses a series of resveratrol-derivative fluorescently labeled molecules and a synthesis method thereof. The fluorescently labeled molecules has a molecular formula as shown in formula (I). The synthesis method includes the steps of adding a certain amount of resveratrol derivative and solvent in a reaction vessel, adding a fluorescent marker as shown in formula (III) and a certain amount of alkali, reacting at 20° C.-60° C. for 2-10 hours, and after the reaction is completed, spin-drying the reaction solvent and performing post-processing to obtain the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hangzhou Normal University
    Inventors: Weiming Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Wanmei Li, Kui Du, Kejie Chai
  • Patent number: 10125100
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of formulas III and VIIa: or a salt or protected derivative thereof, wherein Z2 represents a structural fragment of formula V, wherein R1A to R1E, R2 to R4, R5a, L and X1 to X3 have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity, for example through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Topivert Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Matthew Baker, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Geraint Jones, Stephen Malcolm Thom
  • Patent number: 10112956
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a superior CH24H inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of epilepsy, neurodegenerative disease and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuki Koike, Yuichi Kajita, Masato Yoshikawa, Shuhei Ikeda, Eiji Kimura, Tomoaki Hasui, Toshiya Nishi, Hiromi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10112937
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formulas (I, Ia, IIa and IIb). The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formulas (I, Ia, IIa and IIb). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formulas (I, Ia, IIa and IIb) are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Manuel Jesus Alcazar Vaca, Brett D. Allison, Jose Ignacio Andres Gil, Christa C. Chrovian, Heather R. Coate, Meri De Angelis, Xiaohu Deng, Curt A. Dvorak, Christine F. Gelin, Michael A. Letavic, Jimmy T. Liang, Neelakandha S. Mani, Jason C. Rech, Brad M. Savall, Akinola Soyode-Johnson, Brice M. Stenne, Devin M. Swanson, Jessica L. Wall
  • Patent number: 10112897
    Abstract: Novel substituted N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) derivatives and related compounds and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of, or involving, the Central Nervous System (CNS), including schizophrenia adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial diseases (e.g. Leigh syndrome, Alpers' disease, and MELAS), Huntington's disease, trichotillomania, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, drug craving, and drug addiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Neary, James Nieman, Steven Tanis, Daniel Lawton
  • Patent number: 10106545
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a compound represented by structural formula (I-0), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Heinz W. Pauls, Radoslaw Laufer, Sze-Wan Li, Peter Brent Sampson, Miklos Feher, Grace Ng, Narendra Kumar B. Patel, Yunhui Lang
  • Patent number: 10100035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain intermediates useful in the preparation of certain benzoimidazol-2-yl pyrimidines and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Diego Broggini, Matteo Conza, Oliver Flögel, Stefan Horns, Susanne Lochner, Guangrong Tang, Zhaobin Wang, Lucie Lovelle