Patents Examined by James O. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9056877
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Andre Lescarbeau, Tao Liu, Daniel A. Snyder, Martin R. Tremblay, Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan
  • Patent number: 9056865
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of Formula (I), and Formula (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, X, Y, Z, e, f, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5b, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R20, R21, R22 and R23 are defined herein. These novel pyridine derivatives that are useful in therapy, in particular for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Smo, including the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. Additional embodiments relate to methods of using such compounds in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Simon Paul Planken
  • Patent number: 9051315
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit protein kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Nwe Y. Ba-maung, Richard F. Clark, Scott A. Erickson, Steve D. Fidanze, Megumi Kawai, Robert A. Mantei, George S. Sheppard, Bryan K. Sorensen, Gary T. Wang
  • Patent number: 9051275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymorphs and solvates of the hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-[[5-methyl-1-(2-naphthalenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]ethyl]morpholine (P027), processes for their preparation, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Laboratories Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Ramón Berenguer Maimó, Jorge Medrano Rupérez, Jordi Benet Buchholz, Laura Puig Fernandez, Laia Pellejà Puxeu
  • Patent number: 9051277
    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: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Carl Friedrich Nising, Klaus Kunz, Jörg Nico Greul, Hendrik Helmke, Gorka Peris, Jürgen Benting, Peter Dàhmen, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Ines Heinemann, Christian Paulitz, Dirk Schmutzler, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Christoph Andreas Braun, Ruth Meissner, Thomas Knobloch
  • Patent number: 9045495
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors that can stabilize hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1?), as well as hypoxia inducible factor-2 (HIF-2). Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the disclosed compounds. Yet further disclosed are methods for stimulating the cellular immune response in a mammal such as increasing phagocytosis, for example, prolonging the life of phagocytes, inter alia, kerotyiocytes, neutrophils. As such the disclosed compounds provide methods for treating diseases that relate to the body's immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AERPIO THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Gardner, Robert Shalwitz
  • Patent number: 9040516
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an uracil derivative represented by general formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof (in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkene group or a 3- to 6-membered saturated or 4- to 6-membered unsaturated aliphatic ring group which may contain 1 to 2 hetero atoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, —NRcRd, —N?CHN(CH3)2, or an C1-3 alkyl group; Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent a 5- to 6-membered aromatic ring group which may contain 1 to 3 hetero atoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; and L represents a 6-membered aromatic ring group which may contain 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, a pyrazole group, a triazole group, or an imidazole group); and a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for various inflammatory diseases associated with elastase, comprises the compound or the like as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Shiro, Masanori Tobe, Katsumi Kubota, Yosuke Takanashi, Tomoaki Nakamura, Toshihiko Sone
  • Patent number: 9040529
    Abstract: The invention relates compounds of general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein R1 is halogen, vinylene-aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or a benzo[1,3]dioxolil group, W is a group of formula —NH—SO2—R2 or heteroaryl group or NHR3 group where R3 is hydrogen or heteroaryl; and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to pharmaceutical composition containing at least one compound of general formula (I) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof and for the use of them for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of protein kinase related, especially CDK9-related diseases e.g. cell proliferative disease, infectious disease, pain, cardiovascular disease and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Vichem Chemie Kutató Kft.
    Inventors: Zoltán Greff, Zoltán Varga, György Kéri, Gábor Németh, László Örfi, Csaba Szántai Kis
  • Patent number: 9040537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts thereof, the N-oxides thereof and the salts of the N-oxides thereof, where the radical A is of the formula A, wherein # denotes the point of attachment to the remainder of formulae I or II, and wherein A1 is N or C—RA1, A2 is N or C—RA2, A3 is N or C—RA3, A4 is N or C—RA4 and A5 is N or C—RA5, provided that one or two of the variables A1, A2, A3, A4 or A5 is N; RA1, RA5, if present, are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl and the like; RA2, RA4, if present, are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl and the like; RA3, if present, is H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-haloalkyl and the like; where W is N or C—RW and V is N or C—RV, provided that one of the variables W or V is N; Rt and Rw, if present, are H, halogen, methyl, C1-haloalkyl and the like; Ru and Rv, if present, are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C3-haloalkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is H, C1-C10-alkyl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Soergel, Christian Defieber, Steffen Gross, Karsten Koerber, Wolfgang Von Deyn, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Deborah L. Culbertson
  • Patent number: 9035049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidal compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R1, R2, A1, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are as defined herein. The invention further relates to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Dallimore
  • Patent number: 9035074
    Abstract: Described herein are pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine derivatives, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Mark Edward Flanagan, Andrea Gonzales, Timothy Allan Johnson, Neelu Kaila, Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Ruth E. TenBrink, John David Trzupek, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Michael L. Vazquez, Mihir D. Parikh
  • Patent number: 9029369
    Abstract: A 1:1:1 aprepitant L-proline H2O composition and a 1:1:1 aprepitant L-proline H2O cocrystal are disclosed as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing a 1:1:1 aprepitant L-proline H2O composition or cocrystal and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The 1:1:1 aprepitant L-proline H2O composition or cocrystal may be used in the same way as aprepitant to treat or prevent disorders relating to emesis, a neuropsychiatric disease, an inflammatory disease, pairs, cancer, a skin disease, itch, a respiratory disease, or an addiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nuformix Limited
    Inventors: Joanne Holland, Christopher Frampton, Alan Chorlton, Daniel Gooding
  • Patent number: 9029356
    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: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    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: 9023838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline Form I rosuvastatin zinc (2:1) salt, method of preparation thereof and use thereof as pharmaceutically active ingredient for the treatment of diseases related to lipid metabolism including hyperlipoproteinemia, hypercholesteremia, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Egis Gyogyszergyar Nyilvanosan Muekoedoe
    Inventors: Ferenc Bartha, Gyoergyi Kovanyine Lax, Balazs Volk, Jozsef Barkoczy, Gyoergy Morovjan, Gyoergy Krasznai, Kalman Nagy, Gyula Simig, Gyoergy Ruzsics, Gyoergy Clementis, Imre Kapui, Peter Slegel, Adrienn Keszthelyi, Zsuzsanna Szent-Kirallyi, Valeria Hoffmanne Fekete, Janos Imre
  • Patent number: 9018382
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed indazoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Celine Duquenne, Neil Johnson, Steven D. Knight, Louis LaFrance, William H. Miller, Kenneth Newlander, Stuart Romeril, Meagan B. Rouse, Xinrong Tian, Sharad Kumar Verma
  • Patent number: 9018191
    Abstract: Quinazoline derivatives of formula (I): wherein A is 5-membered heteroaryl containing a nitrogen atom and one or two further nitrogen atoms; compositions containing them, processes for their preparation and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Nicola Murdoch Heron, Andrew Austen Mortlock, Frederic Henri Jung, Georges Rene Pasquet
  • Patent number: 9018175
    Abstract: The compounds of Formula (1), in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R5 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Takeda GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Thomas Stengel, Alexander Mann, Harald Ohmer, Ulrich Kautz, Steffen Weinbrenner, Stefan Fischer, Christof Zitt, Armin Hatzelmann, Torsten Dunkern, Christian Hesslinger, Thomas Maier, Hermann Tenor, Clemens Braun, Raimund Külzer, Degenhard Marx
  • Patent number: 9018223
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Warrington, Gustave Bergnes, Bradley P. Morgan, Chihyuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 9018217
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds, which are PDE10A enzyme inhibitors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides processes for the preparation of the compounds of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a drug addiction comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a psychiatric disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Ritzen, Morten Langgard, Jan Kehler, Jacob Nielsen, John Paul Kilburn, Mohamed M. Farah
  • Patent number: 9012451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-aza-bicycloalkyl derivatives of formula I, wherein X is CH2 or a single bond; Y is a group of formula and wherein R has the meanings as defined in the specification, which compounds are alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists; to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Dominik Feuerbach, Konstanze Hurth, Timothy John Ritchie