Patents Examined by Golam M. Shameem
  • Patent number: 11826339
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Marlene Michelle Dressman, John Joseph Feeney, Louis William Licamele, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos
  • Patent number: 11827656
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, such as a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that are immunoproteasome (such as LMP2 and LMP7) inhibitors. The compounds described herein can be useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of immunoproteasomes. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Principia Biopharma Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Lou, Timothy Duncan Owens, Kenneth Albert Brameld, David Michael Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11827613
    Abstract: A method may include: oxidizing iso-butane with oxygen to produce t-butyl hydroperoxide and t-butyl alcohol; dehydrating at least a portion of the t-butyl alcohol to produce di-tert-butyl ether and isobutylene; epoxidizing at least a portion of the isobutylene with the t-butyl hydroperoxide to produce isobutylene oxide and t-butyl alcohol; and carbonylating at least a portion of the isobutylene oxide with carbon monoxide to produce pivalolactone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kun Wang, Timothy D. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 11813242
    Abstract: A2-73 is a useful therapeutic in the treatment of humans suffering from insomnia, anxiety or agitation. Particular attention is made to oral daily doses of from about 10 mg to about 50 mg, with particular reference to about 20 to 30 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Anavex Life Sciences Corp.
    Inventor: Christopher U. Missling
  • Patent number: 11813247
    Abstract: The present invention describes the combination of a NK1-antagonist with pramipexole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, useful for treating depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHASE THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas N. Chase, Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith
  • Patent number: 11813248
    Abstract: The present invention describes the combination of a NK1-antagonist with pramipexole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, useful for treating depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHASE THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas N. Chase, Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith
  • Patent number: 11807604
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compounds are disclosed which may be useful for treating asthma, ongoing lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, and/or emphysema. A pharmaceutical composition may include a therapeutically effective amount of the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle therefor. The pharmaceutical composition may be administered for treating such disorders as asthma, ongoing lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, or emphysema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Miralogx LLC
    Inventor: Jonnie R. Williams, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11807659
    Abstract: The application relates to compounds of formula A: or a salt, solvate, ester, tautomer, amino acide conjugate, or metabolite thereof. The compounds of formula A are TGR5 modulators useful for the treatment of various diseases, including metabolic disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, cardiac disease, kidney disease, cancer, and gastrointestinal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Roberto Pellicciari, Antimo Gioiello, Antonio Macchiarulo, Francoise Perron-Sierra, Klaus Seedorf
  • Patent number: 11795127
    Abstract: The present application describes process for preparing an ortho-allylated hydroxy aryl compounds such as compounds of Formula (I) by reacting an allylic alcohol with a hydroxy aryl compound in the presence of aluminum compound selected from alumina and aluminum alkoxides and in a non-protic solvent wherein at least one carbon atom ortho to the hydroxy group in the hydroxy aryl compound is unsubstituted. The present application also includes compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: McMaster University
    Inventors: Jakob Magolan, Nicholas Jentsch, Xiong Zhang, Mathew Piotrowski, Patrick Darveau, Meghan Fragis, Jarrod Johnson, Nicole Ritchie, Arnav Kaul
  • Patent number: 11788107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aniline or an aniline derivative, in which a solution of aminobenzoic acid in aniline with a mass fraction of aniline in the solution, in relation to the total mass of aminobenzoic acid and aniline, in the region of 20% to 85%, is subject to a thermal decarboxylation at a temperature in the region of 165° C. to 500° C. without the presence of a non-system catalyst, such that the aminobenzoic acid is converted into aniline. The obtained aniline can be converted into derivatives, such as di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property Gmbh & Co. Kg
    Inventors: Jens Langanke, Franz Beggel, Gernot Jaeger, Wolf Kloeckner, Volker Michele, Thomas Voessing
  • Patent number: 11787773
    Abstract: A process for the production of furfural from a biphasic composition including furfural, an organic solvent and soluble organic debris. The said process includes subjecting the biphasic composition to a liquid-liquid separation step to provide an organic phase and an aqueous phase. The organic phase includes the organic solvent, a first portion of the furfural and a first portion of soluble organic debris. The aqueous phase includes a remainder portion of the furfural and a remainder portion of soluble organic debris. The organic phase is subjected to a distillation step to provide a furfural stream and an organic solvent stream including the organic solvent and the first portion of the soluble organic debris. The organic solvent stream is conveyed to an adsorption unit to adsorb a second portion of the soluble organic debris, forming an organic debris-depleted recycle stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Andre Marie Joseph Ghislain Lange, Juben Nemchand Chheda
  • Patent number: 11787762
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit HIF-2?, and compositions containing the compound(s) and methods for synthesizing the compounds, are described herein. Also described are the use of such compounds and compositions for the treatment of a diverse array of diseases, disorders, and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by HIF-2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ARCUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Worley Beatty, Samuel Lawrie Drew, Matthew Epplin, Jeremy Thomas Andre Fournier, Balint Gal, Tezcan Guney, Karl T. Haelsig, Clayton Hardman, Steven Donald Jacob, Jenna Leigh Jeffrey, Jaroslaw Kalisiak, Kenneth Victor Lawson, Manmohan Reddy Leleti, Erick Allen Lindsey, Artur Karenovich Mailyan, Debashis Mandal, Guillaume Mata, Hyunyoung Moon, Jay Patrick Powers, Brandon Reid Rosen, Yongli Su, Anh Thu Tran, Zhang Wang, Xuelei Yan, Kai Yu
  • Patent number: 11787775
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods of using said compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, for treating diseases and conditions mediated by TEAD, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason R. Zbieg, Paul Powell Beroza
  • Patent number: 11780803
    Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a reaction product of a diazo-compound and a substrate in a multi-stage flow reactor is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Fridtjof Schröder, Marcel Steck
  • Patent number: 11779581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating drug addiction and reducing dependence or tolerance on a dependence-inducing opiate drug, wherein the method comprises administering to a subject a compound having the structure of formula (I): having the IUPAC name of (?)3-((S)-((2S,5R)-4-allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)(3-thienyl)methyl)phenol, or pharmaceutically acceptable esters or salts thereof, wherein the compound has activity on the mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors thereby providing added analgesia with an improved therapeutic index and reduced risk of respiratory depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DMK PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ebrahim Versi
  • Patent number: 11773082
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and enantiomers thereof, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I) and said enantiomers, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods and uses of such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Carl Behenna, Kevin Daniel Freeman-Cook, Robert Louis Hoffman, Asako Nagata, Sacha Ninkovic, Scott Channing Sutton
  • Patent number: 11773114
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part protective groups that can be used to reversibly protect benzoxaboroles and yield the corresponding protected complexes. The invention further relates to the use of these protective groups to protect benzoxaboroles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Saint Joseph's University
    Inventors: John W. Tomsho, James M. Gamrat
  • Patent number: 11773073
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for synthesizing myricetin, which includes the following steps: adding an alkaline solution to an aqueous solution of dihydromyricetin, and heating under a reflux state after the addition; adding an aqueous solution of selenium dioxide, stirring at a reflux temperature after the addition, and cooling to room temperature after the reaction is complete; adding acid to adjust pH, stirring, rotary evaporation, stirring, and filtering; adding an aqueous solution of ethanol to a filter cake to make a slurry, filtering, washing the filter cake with the aqueous solution of ethanol, collecting the filter cake and drying to obtain red selenium; combining organic phases, spin-drying until there is no ethanol smell, precipitating a large amount of solids, filtering, and washing the filter cake with the aqueous solution of ethanol to obtain a yellow solid which is myricetin. The advantages of the disclosure are: 1. simple and easy to operate the reaction; 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YINSHENG CONSULTING CORPORATION (LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP)
    Inventor: Kunyuan Song
  • Patent number: 11767333
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-(1-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-1H-benzo[c][1,2]oxaborinin-3-yl)benzimidamide derivatives and their use in treating diseases and conditions of the skin (for example, Netherton syndrome, rosacea, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and itch) caused by abnormally high levels of protease activity (particularly of serine proteases such as kallikreins). In addition, the invention relates to compositions containing the derivatives and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
    Inventors: John Liddle, Ann Louise Walker, Gemma Victoria White, Alexis Denis, Nerina Dodic, Marie-Hélène Fouchet, Anne Bouillot
  • Patent number: 11767332
    Abstract: This invention relates to glucose-sensitive albumin-binding diboron conjugates. More particularly the invention provides novel diboron compounds, and in particular diboronate or diboroxole compounds, useful as intermediate compounds for the synthesis of diboron conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse, Mikael Kofod-Hansen, Martin Werner Borchsenius Muenzel, Henning Thoegersen, Per Sauerberg, Jakob Ewald Rasmussen, Carsten Behrens, Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Vojtech Balsanek, Zuzana Drobnakova, Ladislav Droz, Miroslav Havranek, Vladislav Kotek, Milan Stengl, Ivan Snajdr, Hana Drusanova