Patents Examined by Erich Leeser
  • Patent number: 9637460
    Abstract: Provided herein are isotopically enriched arylsulfonamides, for example, of Formula I, that are useful for modulating CCR3 activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disease, disorder, or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Axikin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tai Wei Ly, Garrett Thomas Potter
  • Patent number: 9637497
    Abstract: Pyrazolo-quinazoline derivatives of formula (Ia) or (Ib) as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences, S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gabriella Traquandi, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Roberto D'Alessio, Paolo Polucci, Fulvia Roletto, Anna Vulpetti, Paolo Pevarello, Achille Panzeri, Francesca Quartieri, Ron Ferguson, Paola Vianello, Daniele Fancelli
  • Patent number: 9611273
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane thioacetals and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Alexander M. Jacobine, Rachel D. Slack, Jennifer R. Mazzone
  • Patent number: 9403785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-solvated amorphous form of (2?,5?,7?,10?,13?)-4-acetoxy-13-({(2R,3S)-3[ (tert-butoxy carbonyl) amino]-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoyl}oxy)-1-hydroxy-7,10-dimethoxy-9-oxo-5,20-epoxytax-11-en-2-yl benzoate or Cabazitaxel (I), and process for preparation thereof. The present application also provides a non-solvated amorphous form of (2?,5?,7?,10?,13?)-4-acetoxy-13-({(2R,3S)-3[ (tert-butoxy carbonyl) amino]-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoyl}oxy)-1-hydroxy-7,10-dimethoxy-9-oxo-5,20-epoxytax-11-en-2-yl benzoate or Cabazitaxel (I) having an XRPD pattern as per FIG. 1, and IR spectrum as per FIG. 3 and is useful as an active pharmaceutical in a pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof and has anti-cancer activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHILPA MEDICARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Vimal Kumar Shrawat, Prashant Purohit, Rafiuddin Dr, Vinod Kumar Singh, Akshay Kant Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 8853218
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions or disorders which are mediated via the GPR38 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Darren Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Mervyn Thompson, Susan Marie Westaway, Samantha Louisa Brown
  • Patent number: 8735383
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are glycine transporter 1 (hereinafter referred to as GlyT-1) inhibitors and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of GlyT-1 such as cognitive disorders associated with Schizophrenia, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), MCI (mild cognitive impairment), and the like. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Hitchcock Stephen, Albert Amegadzie, Wenyuan Qian, Xiaoyang Xia, Scott S. Harried
  • Patent number: 8609664
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MIP-1? of formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, T, W, R1, R4, R5, R5a and R5b are as defined herein. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis using said modulators are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: Percy H. Carter, Cullen L. Cavallaro, George V. De Lucca
  • Patent number: 8017619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides processes for preparing the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Jeremy Green, Huai Gao, Young-Choon Moon, Guy Brenchley, Ronald Knegtel, Francoise Pierard
  • Patent number: 8012982
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): where X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 are defined therein, which can act as modulators of viral replication and/or virus production, especially of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Istituto di Ricerche Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpA
    Inventors: Immacolata Conte, Caterina Ercolani, Claudio Giuliano, Giovanni Migliaccio, Gessica Filocamo, legal representative, Veronica Suriano, legal representative, Ian Stansfield
  • Patent number: 8003786
    Abstract: Disclosed are new dihydropteridinones of general formula (I) wherein the groups L and R1-R5 have the meanings given in the claims and specification, the isomers thereof, intermediates and processes for preparing these dihydropteridinones and the use thereof as pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Hoffmann, Matthias Grauert, Martin Steegmaier, Anke Baum, Jens Juergen Quant, Flavio Solca, Florian Colbatzky, Gisela Schnapp
  • Patent number: 7989464
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides tricyclic compounds of formula I (wherein J1-J4, X, and R1-R5 are as defined herein) useful as metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonists, particularly as selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds and compositions to treat diseases associated with metabotropic glutamate receptor (e.g., mGluR1) such as, for example, pain, migraine, anxiety, urinary incontinence and neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Julius J. Matasi, Deen Tulshian, Duane A. Burnett, Wen-Lian Wu, Peter Korakas, Lisa S. Silverman, Thavalakulamgara K. Sasikumar, Li Qiang, Martin S. Domalski
  • Patent number: 7371757
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having formula: (I) or (II) and to their pharmaceutical compositions and to their methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of H. pylori infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Marshall Morningstar, Gregory Basarab, Charles Joseph Eyermann, Madhu Gowravaram, Oluyinka Green, Andrew Kiely, Lawrence MacPherson, Nguyen Thanh
  • Patent number: 7365076
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted aryl cycloalkanoyl derivatives, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia, vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromylagia syndrome, nervous system disorders, and combinations thereof, particularly those conditions selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, vasomotor symptoms, stress and urge urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, pain, diabetic neuropathy, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Eugene John Trybulski, Joseph Peter Sabatucci, An Thien Vu, Stephen Todd Cohn, Arthur Attilio Santilli, Lori Krim Gavrin, Fei Ye, Paige Erin Mahaney
  • Patent number: 7365078
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastral diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alpecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, dermatitides, schizophrenia, pain, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuro Nakazato, Taketoshi Okubo, Dai Nozawa, Tomoko Tamita, Ludo E. J. Kennis
  • Patent number: 7365197
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the regioselective synthesis of 4,6,7,8-substituted benzo[g]quinoline-3-carbonitriles and 4,6,7,8-substituted benzo[g]quinazolines as well as intermediates thereof. The compounds derived from this invention are useful for the treatment of a variety of diseases that are a result of deregulation of these PTK's, and more specifically, are anti-cancer agents and are useful for the treatment of cancer in mammals. In addition, the compounds derived from this invention are useful for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Dan Maarten Berger, Gary Harold Birnberg, Yanong Wang
  • Patent number: 7339059
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein X is a fluorine or a chlorine atom; the methyl groups located at the 2- and 5-position of the piperazine ring are in trans-configuration to each other; Y is NH or O; R1 is selected from hydrogen, chloro, bromo, nitro, methyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is selected from hydrogen, halo, methyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy or trifluoromethoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula (I) together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Included are also processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), as well as methods for treating mammals suffering from inflammatory, autoimmune, proliferative or hyperproliferative diseases by administering a compound having the formula (I) to said mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Active Biotech AB
    Inventors: Eric Wellner, Helena Sandin
  • Patent number: 7332500
    Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formulae Ia and Ib with substituents as defined herein useful in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including those in which the modulation of CCR5 receptors is implicated. More particularly, the present invention relates to 1-oxa-3,8-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one and 1-oxa-3,9-diaza-spiro[5.5]undecan-2-one compounds and related derivatives, to compositions containing and to uses of such derivatives. Disorders that may be treated or prevented by the present derivatives include HIV and genetically related retroviral infections (and the resulting acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS), diseases of the immune system and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Deems Gabriel, David Mark Rotstein
  • Patent number: 7332495
    Abstract: Arylalkyl ketone piperazine derivatives of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are methods for using the compounds as analgesic and sedative agents. The compounds of the present invention have good analgesic and sedative activities but few side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Nhwa Pharma. Corporation, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Liying Huang, Chunnian Zhang, Xican Tang, Guoyuan Hu
  • Patent number: 7329668
    Abstract: The present invention provides for pyrazolopurine-based tricyclic compounds having the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, as well as the use of such compounds for treating inflammatory and immune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Yuping Qiu, Makonen Belema, Xuejie Yang, Fred Christopher Zusi, William J. Pitts
  • Patent number: 7326784
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula 1, in which R1, R2, R3, Arom and PG have the meanings as indicated in the description. These compounds are valuable intermediates for the preparation of pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Altana Pharma AG
    Inventors: Andreas Palmer, Ulrike Nettekoven