Patents Examined by Evelyn Huang
  • Patent number: 5811129
    Abstract: Hydroxylated milk glycerides having low levels of ethylenic unsaturation are disclosed. The hydroxylated milk glycerides can have enhanced resistance to rancidification and as such, are suitable for use in personal care compositions e.g., lotions, skin creams, lipsticks, eye shadow, and makeup. Personal care compositions comprising the hydroxylated milk glycerides can have enhanced properties as compared to personal care compositions which do not comprise the hydroxylated milk glycerides or alternatively comprise milk fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Amerchol Corporation
    Inventors: Amnon Friedman, Stuart Barry Polovsky, Joseph Peter Pavlichko, Luis Sabino Moral
  • Patent number: 5807895
    Abstract: A method of preventing renal failure or dysfunction caused by medical tests which utilize contrast media by administering, preferably by intravenous infusion or injection, a prostaglandin selected from PGE.sub.1, PGE.sub.2, PGI.sub.2 or an analog or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and preferably in a form of a complex with .alpha.-cyclodextrin, to a patient at risk, for example, a diabetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Schwarz Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry T. Stratton, Tammy K. Antonucci, Erwin Schollmayer
  • Patent number: 5807869
    Abstract: The present quinoline derivatives and compositions having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity are useful as propylactics or therapeutic agent for the prevention or treatment of several hormone dependent diseases, for example, a sex hormone dependent cancer (e.g. prostatic cancer, uterine or cervical cancer, breast cancer, pituitary adenoma), benign prostatic hypertrophy, myoma of the uterus, endometriosis, precocious puberty, amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome and acne vulgaris; are effective as a fertility controlling agent in both sexes (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Furuya, Nobuo Choh, Satoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5808077
    Abstract: Intercalator compounds are provided which are comprised of intercalator moieties, or substituted intercalator moieties, having one or more functionalized chains, or moieties, and which compounds provide a high affinity for binding to the DNA molecule and show reduced self-quenching, while providing superior transport kinetics. The compounds have been found to provide enhanced fluorescence when bound to a DNA molecule within a fluorescent flow cytometry environment which is about eight to ten times brighter in fluorescence than "bis" structure conventional intercalating agents and other known intercalating agents utilized in flow cytometry environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Christopher Bieniarz, Jeffrey Bruce Huff, Denis R. Henrard
  • Patent number: 5801183
    Abstract: Methods of treating or preventing neuronal loss associated with stroke, ischemia, CNS trauma, hypoglycemia and surgery, as well as treating neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and Down's syndrome, treating or preventing adverse consequences of the hyperactivity of the excitatory amino acids, as well as treating anxiety, chronic pain, convulsions, inducing anesthesia, and treating or preventing opiate tolerance are disclosed by administering to an animal in need of such treatment or prevention a substituted or unsubstituted pyridine and pyridine (N-oxide) analogs of 4-hydroxydihydroquinolones, tetrahydroquinoline-trione-oximes and quinoxalones, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have high binding to the glycine receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignees: State of Oregon, Acting by and Through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Acting for and on Behalf of the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Oregon, Cocensys, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. W. Keana, Sui Xiong Cai, Zhang-Lin Zhou, James M. Navratil
  • Patent number: 5789421
    Abstract: A fibrinogen receptor antagonist which is 5-?(4-Piperidinyl)methoxy!-2-indolecarbonyl-2(S)-phenylsulfonyl-amino-.bet a.-alanine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hutchinson, Wasyl Halczenko
  • Patent number: 5786373
    Abstract: Novel fibrinogen receptor antagonists of the formula: X--Y--Z-Aryl-A--B and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Aryl is a 5-membered aromatic ring system containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms chosen from N, O or S wherein ring atoms may be unsubstituted or substituted with R.sup.5 and wherein S may be substituted with 0, 1 or 2 oxygen atoms; and X comprises various Nitrogen substituents including aromatic or nonaromatic systems; Y comprises, for example, alkyl or alkylaminocarbonylalkyl groups and Z and A are substituents which when present are independently chosen from alkyl or alkyloxyalkyl or other groups as defined herein; B is (a) or (b). The claimed compounds exhibit fibrinogen receptor antagonist activity, inhibit platelet aggregation and are therefore useful in modulating or preventing thrombus formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Hartman, John D. Prugh, Melissa S. Egbertson, Mark E. Duggan, William Hoffman
  • Patent number: 5786480
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.11, and c are as set forth herein are described. These compounds are useful as agents for the treatment of mammals infected with herpes group virus. Certain of these compounds are useful as antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Adriano Afonso, Joseph M. Kelly, Samuel Chackalamannil
  • Patent number: 5783708
    Abstract: The invention relates to new intermediate compounds for preparation of new quinolone- and naphthyridonecarboxylic acid derivatives which are substituted in the 7-position by an unsatured bicyclic amine radical, their salts, processes for their preparation and antibacterial compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Petersen, Michael Ruther, Thomas Schenke, Klaus Dieter Bremm, Rainer Endermann
  • Patent number: 5770199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation comprising a plasma protein wherein said preparation is free of infectious agents as well as essentially free of denaturation products and is obtainable by a method that encompasses the following steps:a) addition of a polyether and a chaotropic agent to a solution comprising the plasma protein, optional lyophilization of the solution;b) inactivation of infectious agents in the presence of the polyether by a physio-chemical or chemical treatment, andc) removal of the polyether and the chaotropic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Immuno Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Eibl, Friedrich Dorner, Noel Barrett
  • Patent number: 5770772
    Abstract: Disclosed are intermediates for the preparation of novel aminocoumaran derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are a hydrogen atom, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic group or aromatic group; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are an optionally acylated hydroxyl, optionally substituted amino group, alkoxy group or aliphatic group, or two of R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be linked together to form a carbocyclic group; R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are an aliphatic group and at least one of them has a methylene group at the .alpha.-position; R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group or aromatic group, or a salt thereof is useful for medicines for preventing and treating various diseases such as arterial sclerosis, hepatopathy, cerebrovascular diseases and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Aono, Shigenori Ohkawa, Takayuki Doi
  • Patent number: 5767126
    Abstract: Polyhydroxylated and dehydrogenated metabolites of 9-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-acridine (Tacrine) in which attached to at least two of the carbon atoms numbered 1,2,3 and 4 is a hydroxyl group and to the others either hydrogen, hydroxyl or double bonded oxygen the residual valencies being occupied by hydrogen or double bonds between carbon atoms 1 and 2 and/or 3 and 4 are disclosed as being useful medicaments for enhancing memory and cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease because they have retained the anticholinesterase activity of their metabolic precursor while circumventing its hepatotoxicity. Related compounds to which this disclosure also applies include those in which the aromatic ring is substituted with lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, trifluoromethyl, alkyl-N-substituted carboxamides and where the 9-amino group is mono or di-substituted independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Inventor: Roger Michael Marchbanks
  • Patent number: 5767124
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with polymorphic forms of the compound N-?1(R)-?(1,2-dihydro-1-methanesulfonylspiro?3H-indole-3,4'-piperdin!-1'-y l)carbonyl!-2-(phenylmethyloxy)ethyl!-2-amino-2-methylpropanamide methanesulfonate which is a growth hormone secretagogue that is useful in food animals to promote their growth thereby rendering the production of edible meat products more efficient, and in humans, to treat physiological or medical conditions characterized by a deficiency in growth hormone secretion, and to treat medical conditions which are improved by the anabolic effects of growth hormone. The instant polymorphic forms have advantages over the other known forms of N-?1(R)-?(1,2-dihydro-1-methanesulfonylspiro?3H-indole-3,4'-piperdin!-1'-y l)carbonyl!-2-(phenylmethyloxy)-ethyl!-2-amino-2-methylpropanamide methanesulfonate in terms of thermodynamic stability and suitability for inclusion in pharmaceutical formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome P. Draper, Michael J. Kaufman, David C. Dubost, James A. McCauley, Jennifer L. Vandrilla, Richard J. Varsolona
  • Patent number: 5763496
    Abstract: A method for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis and its related diseases in mammals is provided, in which an NADPH oxidase inhibitor is administered to mammals. The NADPH oxidase inhibitor prevents the production of reactive oxygen species upon exposure of endothelial cells to atherogenic LDL levels, resulting in decreased endocytosis and vascular hyperpermeability. Apocynin is a preferred NADPH oxidase inhibitor. Additionally, there is provided a diagnostic method for predicting the risk to an individual of atherosclerotic-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: James Arthur Holland
  • Patent number: 5760050
    Abstract: 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-chromeno?3,4-c!pyridin-5-ones of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.5 include hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, halo, nitro, amino, and trifluoromethyl; R.sub.4 is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, pyridyl, or quinolinyl; and n is 0 to 4, are useful to treat psychosis in mammals, particularly schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: David Thomas Connor, Steven Robert Miller, Paul Charles Unangst, Lawrence David Wise
  • Patent number: 5756747
    Abstract: Novel 1H-imidazo?4,5-c!quinolin-4-amines are disclosed. The compounds function as antiviral agents and they are potential synthetic intermediates in the preparation of known antiviral agents and labeled known antiviral agents. Processes for the preparation of the compounds, methods for their antiviral use, and methods of inducing interferon biosynthesis, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Riker Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John F. Gerster
  • Patent number: 5756520
    Abstract: New compounds of the formula (A) ##STR1## a process for their preparation and their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations. The new compounds have both local anaesthetic and analgesic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Astra AB
    Inventors: Anna-Lena Ask, Lars-Inge Olsson, Rune Sandberg
  • Patent number: 5755875
    Abstract: Compounds selected from the series consisting of the perylenecarboximide, quinacridone, isoindoline, indigoid, azo, benzodipyrrolone, benzodifuranone, furanofuran, pyrrolo?2,5-b!pyrrole and bianthraquinone chromophores containing at least one grouping of formula ##STR1## wherein each A may be N--CN or O, with the proviso that at least one A must be N--CN, X is --N(R)--, --O-- or --S--, R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, unsubstituted or halogen- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl-substituted phenyl, benzyl or phenethyl, and m and n are each independently of the other 0 or 1.Depending on the nature of their substituents, these compounds can be used as polymer-soluble dyes or as pigments for coloring high molecular weight organic material. They are distinguished by a surprisingly high solid-state fluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Zambounis, Zhimin Hao, Abul Iqbal
  • Patent number: 5753672
    Abstract: An imidazopyridine derivative of the formula ?I!: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 is a lower alkanoyl group, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each lower alkyl groups, or both combine at the end thereof to form an alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, said imidazopyridine derivatives have an excellent angiotensin II antagonistic activity and are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Sekine, Eiji Kawanishi, Hiroshi Narita, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Masakazu Mizobe
  • Patent number: 5750516
    Abstract: This invention provides a phosphoric diester of formula (I) which is available on di-esterification of phosphoric acid with L-ascorbic acid involving its 5-hydroxyl group and tocopherol involving its hydroxyl group or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. ##STR1## The compound of the invention can be used with advantage as an antioxidant (radical-scavenging) agent and a prophylactic and therapeutic agent for ischemic organ disorders (e.g. myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, cerebral infarction, stroke (cerebral apoplexy), renal failure, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakamura, Kazumi Ogata, Takahiro Sakaue, Noriko Saito, Masahito Iemura