Patents Examined by James O. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9328119
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aza-pyridone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more aza-pyridone compounds, and methods of synthesizing the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating and/or treating a disease and/or a condition, including an orthomyxovirus infection, with an aza-pyridone compounds. Examples of an orthomyxovirus viral infection include an influenza infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Alios BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Than Hendricks, Leonid Beigelman, David Bernard Smith, Antitsa Dimitrova Stoycheva
  • Patent number: 9321733
    Abstract: The present invention is related to crystalline forms of rosuvastatin zinc (2:1) salt. The polymorphs are suitable for use as pharmaceutically active ingredients in the treatment of the diseases of the lipid metabolism including hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia or atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: EGIS Gyogyszergyar Nyilvanosan Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag
    Inventors: Imre Markovits, Ferenc Jurak, Gyorgyi Kovanyine Lax, Csaba Hamori, Balazs Havasi, Eva Sipos, Balazs Volk, Zsolt Runge, Krisztina Fodorne Kocsmar, Gyula Lukacs, Katalin Kataine Fadgyas, Monika Mezovari
  • Patent number: 9321732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phenyl(oxy/thio)alkanol derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Carl Friedrich Nising, Klaus Kunz, Jörg Nico Greul, Hendrick Helmke, Gorka Peris, Jürgen Benting, Peter Dahmen, Isolde Hauser-Hahn, Ines Heinemann, Christian Paulitz, Dirk Schmutzler, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Christoph Andreas Braun, Ruth Meissner, Thomas Knobloch
  • Patent number: 9321753
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Eda Canales, Michael O'Neil Hanrahan Clarke, Scott E. Lazerwith, Willard Lew, Philip Anthony Morganelli, William J. Watkins
  • Patent number: 9321763
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compounds which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of PKC. This disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Matthew Duncton, Jing Zhang, Salvador Alvarez, Kin Tso, Sacha Holland, Rose Yen, Rao Kolluri, Thilo Heckrodt, Yan Chen, Esteban Masuda, Hui Li, Donald G. Payan, Ryan Kelley
  • Patent number: 9315493
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a compound represented by general formula (I) below, that has both angiotensin II receptor antagonism and a PPAR? activation effect and that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for high blood pressure, cardiac disease, arteriosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, and the like; and a drug composition containing the compound. General formula (I) (in the formula: ring A represents a pyridine ring; ring B represents a tetrazole ring or an oxadiazol-5(4H)-one ring; X represents C—R5 or a nitrogen atom; R1 represents an alkyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; and R3, R4, and R5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Miura, Seiichi Sato, Hajime Yamada, Junya Tagashira, Toshiaki Watanabe, Ryohei Sekimoto, Rie Ishida, Hitomi Aoki, Tadaaki Ohgiya
  • Patent number: 9309229
    Abstract: The present invention describes specific crystalline forms of 5-chloro-N-(2-isopropoxy-5-methyl-4-(piperidin-4-ylphenyl)-N-2-(isopropylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2,4-diamine. The present invention further relates to methods for preparing said crystalline forms, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said crystalline forms, and methods of using said crystalline forms and pharmaceutical compositions to treat disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Lili Feng, Baoqing Gong, Piotr H. Karpinski, Liladhar Murlidhar Waykole
  • Patent number: 9296701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul S Charifson, Kevin Michael Cottrell, Hongbo Deng, John P. Duffy, Huai Gao, Simon Giroux, Jeremy Green, Katrina Lee Jackson, Joseph M Kennedy, David J. Lauffer, Mark Willem Ledeboer, Pan Li, John Patrick Maxwell, Mark A. Morris, Albert Charles Pierce, Nathan D. Waal, Jinwang Xu
  • Patent number: 9284275
    Abstract: A synergistically effective combination of an anti-cancer agent and a therapeutic compound, such as an mTOR-Rictor complex inhibitor, a Serine 473 phosphorylation inhibitor, an AKT2 inhibitor, or a combination thereof, for use in the treatment of cancer, and methods and uses thereof. Also included are methods and uses of a thiosemicarbazone for treating a cancer in a mammal in need thereof characterized by over-expression of RAS, by an EGFR mutation, and/or by over-expression of AKT2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CRITICAL OUTCOME TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Danter
  • Patent number: 9284298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolyl-pyrimidine derivatives which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by dysregulated protein kinase activity. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing such compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Francesco Casuscelli, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Marina Caldarelli, Giovanni Cervi, Teresa Disingrini, Francesca Quartieri
  • Patent number: 9278934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for producing fine particles of aripiprazole anhydride crystals B. The method for producing fine particles of aripiprazole anhydride crystals B comprises the steps of: (1) heating and dissolving crude aripiprazole in a lower alcohol, and subsequently cooling the resulting mixture to precipitate crystals to obtain crystals of aripiprazole lower alcohol solvate; (2) subjecting the crystals of aripiprazole lower alcohol solvate to wet-milling in the form of a slurry containing the lower alcohol; and (3) subjecting the dispersion of the wet-milled crystals to solid-liquid separation to obtain the crystals, and heating the crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Katsuhiko Yano, Makoto Fukana, Satoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9278913
    Abstract: Compounds and methods useful for chemopreventative treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Gordon W. Gribble, Tadashi Honda, Michael B. Sporn, Nanjoo Suh
  • Patent number: 9265276
    Abstract: The present invention in general relates to the field of taste. In particular it relates to the reduction of astringency. One embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of at least one phospholipid for the preparation of a phenol containing composition to reduce the astringency of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Karlheinz Bortlik, Maurizio Beggio, Pierre Lambelet, Tuong Huynh-Ba, Robert Aeschbach
  • Patent number: 9255087
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with a deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Lombardi Borgia, Maria Menichincheri, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri, Ettore Perrone, Ermes Vanotti, Marcella Nesi, Chiara Marchionni
  • Patent number: 9241487
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted pyrimidine derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Carl Friedrich Nising, Graham Holmwood, Hendrik Helmke, Gorka Peris, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Alexander Sudau, Jürgen Benting, Peter Dahmen, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 9238629
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwangho Lee, Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Juswinder Singh
  • Patent number: 9221756
    Abstract: There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a and R4b are as defined in the specification and their use in therapy, especially in the treatment of bacterial (e.g. pneumococcal) infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: University of Leicester
    Inventors: Peter William Andrew, Rana Lonnen, Fritz-Frieder Frickel, Simon Christopher Hirst, Mark William Davies, Daniel Hamza
  • Patent number: 9221834
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compound of Formula I, A3 is a substituted phenyl group or indanyl group. Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhijian Lu, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron Smith, Hong Li, Christopher F. Thompson, Julianne Hunt, Florida Kallashi, Ramzi Sweis, Peter Sinclair, Samantha E. Adamson, Guizhen Dong, Debra L. Ondeyka, Xiaoxia Qian, Wanying Sun, Petr Vachal, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 9212130
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic effect. A pharmaceutical composition having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic effect comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein ring A is substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 7-membered cycloalkane, substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 7-membered cycloalkene or the like; C is a carbon atom; —X— is —N(R16)— or the like; R16 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R7 is substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted 6 to 10 membered aryl; Q1 and Q2 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; -L- is —O—, —S— or the like; R6 is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl or the like; R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or the like, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kai, Takeshi Endoh, Sae Jikihara, Tohru Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 9181246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts, wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, X, and Y are defined in the description. The present invention relates also to compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as Cdc7 and methods of treating diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Penning, Keith W. Woods, Chunqiu Lai, Alan S. Florjancic, Yunsong Tong