Patents Examined by Janet Andres
  • Patent number: 8552029
    Abstract: Provided is a quinoline derivative of Chemical Formula (I): wherein, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R2 is a halogen, and R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and one of the carbon atoms in the phenyl ring of the phenyl group is optionally substituted by a nitrogen atom (N). The quinoline derivative can efficiently inhibit cancer cell proliferation and can be used for treating cancer, especially for treating cancers related to the Janus kinase-signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway and/or the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Kuo-Yuan Hwa, Yu-May Lee, Yeh-Long Chen, Cherng-Chyi Tzeng, Hsin-Yuan Cho
  • Patent number: 8552181
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase activity and for the treatment of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related CNS conditions, mediated thereby. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I or Formula II wherein R1a-1c, B, R3-5 and W of Formula I, and R1a-1c, R2-5, A1-4, W, X, Z, m and n of Formula II are defined herein. The invention further provides compounds of Formula III and IV and sub-Formulas II-A-II-D and III-A-III-D. The compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions for treating, prophylactically or therapeutically, disorders related to the activity of beta-secretase protein, including without limitation, AD, cognitive deficits and impairment, schizophrenia and other similar central nervous system conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Wenge Zhong, Stephen Hitchcock, Vinod F. Patel, Michael Croghan, Thomas Dineen, Scott Harried, Daniel Horne, Ted Judd, Matthew Walker, Charles Kreiman, Patricia Lopez, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Matthew Weiss, Qiufen Xue, Bryant Yang, Russell Graceffa
  • Patent number: 8551978
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Such compounds possess both muscarinic receptor antagonist and ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist activities. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds as bronchodilating agents to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam D. Hughes, Yan Chen, John R. Jacobsen, Eric L. Stangeland, Rose Yen
  • Patent number: 8552199
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted indanes and derivatives thereof, to physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, to the production thereof, to drugs containing at least one substituted indane according to the invention or derivative thereof, and to the use of the substituted indanes according to the invention and to derivatives thereof as MCH antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Klaus Wirth
  • Patent number: 8552200
    Abstract: Substituted 6-amino-nicotinamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also use of these compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Kühnert, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder, Simon Lucas
  • Patent number: 8552197
    Abstract: The present invention provides sorafenib ethane sulphonate, process for its preparation, pharmaceutical composition comprising sorafenib ethane sulphonate and its use for the treatment of cancer. Formula (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Jagdev Singh Jaryal, Swargam Sathyanarayana, Rajesh Kumar Thaper, Mohan Prasad
  • Patent number: 8546564
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, or mixtures thereof, wherein Z1, Z2, X1, X2, X3, R1, R2 R3, m and n are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable compositions that include a compound of formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also provided are methods for treating FAAH-mediated disorders comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or composition of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Michael J. Grogan, Daniel A. Snyder
  • Patent number: 8546385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula: in which A, Cy, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined in the description. The compounds of the invention are modulators of the NURR-1 nuclear receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratoires FOURNIER SA
    Inventors: Jerome Amaudrut, Benaissa Boubia, Fabrice Guillier, Olivia Poupardin-Olivier
  • Patent number: 8546431
    Abstract: A method for treating a human comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of 3-[3-tert-butylsulfanyl-1-[4-(6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)-benzyl]-5-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)-1H-indol-2-yl]-2,2-dimethyl-propionic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutically acceptable N-oxide thereof, to the human in need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panmira Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Hutchinson, Petpiboon Peppi Prasit, Mark Moran, Jillian F. Evans, Yiwei Li, Jeannie M. Arruda
  • Patent number: 8546571
    Abstract: A process for preparing the S or R enantiomer of a compound of formula A, the process comprising subjecting a compound of formula B to asymmetric hydrogenation in the presence of a chiral catalyst and a source of hydrogen, wherein: X is CH2, oxygen or sulphur; R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and signify hydrogens, halogens, alkyl, alkyloxy, hydroxy, nitro, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylamino or dialkylamino group; and R4 is alkyl or aryl, wherein: the term alkyl means hydrocarbon chains, straight or branched, containing from one to six carbon atoms, optionally substituted by aryl, alkoxy, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl or hydroxycarbonyl groups; the term aryl means a phenyl or naphthyl group, optionally substituted by alkyloxy, halogen or nitro group; and the term halogen means fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: BIAL—Portela & C.A., S.A.
    Inventors: David Alexander Learmonth, Antonio Zanotti-Gerosa, Gabriela Alexandra Grasa, Alexander Beliaev
  • Patent number: 8546577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Peter Jeschke, Robert Velten, Thomas Schenke, Otto Schallner, Michael Edmund Beck, Rolf Pontzen, Olga Malsam, Udo Reckmann, Ralf Nauen, Ulrich Goergens, Leonardo Pitta, Thomas Mueller, Christian Arnold, Erich Sanwald
  • Patent number: 8546579
    Abstract: Bicycloheteroaryl compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Evotec (US) Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, John Kincaid, Yeyu Cao, Carl Kaub, Sumithra Gowlugari, Zhan Wang, Jianhua He
  • Patent number: 8546578
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds, reagents, and methods useful in the synthesis of aryl fluorides, for example, in the preparation of 18F labeled radiotracers. For example, this disclosure provides universal “locked” aryl substituents that result in StereoElectronic Control of Unidirectional Reductive Elimination (SECURE) from diaryliodonium salts. The reagents and methods provided herein may be used to access a broad range of compounds, including aromatic compounds, heteroaromatic compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and synthetic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventor: Stephen DiMagno
  • Patent number: 8546376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a series of compounds with particular activity as inhibitors of the serine-threonine kinase AKT. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising same as well as methods for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Almac Discovery Limited
    Inventors: Mark Peter Bell, Timothy Harrison, Sumita Bhattacharyya, James Samuel Shane Rountree, Frank Burkamp, Stephen Price, Calum MacLeod, Richard Leonard Elliott, Phillip Smith, Toby Jonathan Blench, Colin Roderick O'Dowd, Lixin Zhang, Graham Peter Trevitt, Hazel Joan Dyke
  • Patent number: 8541581
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof or mixtures thereof, wherein Z1, Z2, X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable compositions that include a compound of formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also provided are methods for treating an FAAH-mediated disorder comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or composition of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Louis Grenier, Michael J. Grogan
  • Patent number: 8541587
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jon Seiders, Jeffrey Roger Roppe, Timothy Andrew Parr
  • Patent number: 8541589
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds useful in the modulation of blood uric acid levels, formulations containing them and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein are used in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to aberrant levels of uric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Samedy Ouk, Esmir Gunic, Jean-Michel Vernier
  • Patent number: 8541590
    Abstract: The invention provides boronic esters of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, and methods for the preparation and purification thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventor: Renee Caroline Roemmele
  • Patent number: 8541582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phenyl bicyclic methyl amine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ling Li, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8541588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou