Patents Examined by Jason M. Nolan
  • Patent number: 7335659
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound, or its possible salt, having the formula, wherein: Re and ?Re are OH, optionally independently etherified or esterified; Z is —CH2CH2— or —C(R4,R5)—, wherein R4 and R5 are independently H, (1C-2C)alkyl or form together a spiro(3C-5C)cycloalkyl; R1 is H, halogen, CF3, or (1C-4C)alkyl; R2 and R3 are independently H, halogen, —CF3, —OCF3, (1C-8C)alkyl, hydroxy, (1C-8C)alkyloxy, aryloxy, aryl(1C-8C)alkyl, halo(1C-8C)alkyl, —O(CH2)mX, wherein X is halogen or phenyl and m=2-4; —O(CH2)mNRaRb, —S(CH2)mNRaRb or —(CH2)mNRaRb, wherein m=2-4 and wherein Ra, Rb are independently (1C-8C)alkyl, (2C-8C)alkenyl, (2C-8C)alkynyl, or aryl, which alkyl, alkenyl and aryl can optionally be substituted with halogen, —CF3, —OCF3, —CN, —NO2, —OH, (1C-8C)alkoxy, aryloxy, carboxyl, (1C-8C)alkylthio, carboxylate, (1C-8C)alkyl, aryl, aryl(1C-8C)alkyl or halo(1C-8C)alkyl; or Ra and Rb form a 3-8 membered ring structure, optionally substituted with halogen, —CF3, —OCF3, —CN, —NO2, hydroxy, hydroxy(1C-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Hubert Jan Jozef Loozen, Markus Wagener, Gerrit Veeneman, Eduard Willem Zwart
  • Patent number: 7332516
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula I (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is the base molecule of a propionic acid or acetic acid NSAID, or a derivative thereof, X is —CO2H, 1H-tetrazol-5-yl or 2H-tetrazol-5-yl and R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of: C1-6alkyl and C3-6cycloalkyl, as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and methods of using said compounds. The compounds of the present invention lower the level of A?42 and are therefore useful for preventing, delaying or reversing the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Merck + Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Benito Munoz, Petpiboon Prasit, Nicholas Simon Stock
  • Patent number: 7319109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein and to pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and processes for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Smith Kline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Sharon D Boggs, Jon L Collins, Stephen M Hyatt, Patrick R Maloney
  • Patent number: 7314886
    Abstract: Provided herein are indole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Chao, Gary T. Elliott, Lorenzo Leoni, Mimi K. Phillips
  • Patent number: 7314887
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III) pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods of modulating the activity a thrombopoietin receptor using the same, methods of identifying compounds as thrombopoietin receptor modulators, and methods of treating disease by administering a compound of the invention to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jyun-Hung Chen, E. Adam Kallel, Thomas Lau, Matthew H. McNeill, Todd A. Miller, Bao N. Nguyen, Richard J. Penuliar, Dean P. Phillips, Daniel A. Ruppar, Lin Zhi, Jackline E. Dalgard
  • Patent number: 7307076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula 1 wherein the groups n, A, B, R1, R2 and R3 may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification, processes for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceutical compositions, particularly as pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of respiratory complaints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Konetzki, Thierry Bouyssou, Philipp Lustenberger, Andreas Schnapp, Marco Santagostino, Christoph Hoenke
  • Patent number: 7304086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase and combinations thereof for the treatment of neuronal disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease, Down Syndrome, Parkinson disease, Chorea Huntington, pathogenic psychotic conditions, schizophrenia, impaired food intake, sleep-wakefulness, impaired homeostatic regulation of energy metabolism, impaired autonomic function, impaired hormonal balance, impaired regulation, body fluids, hypertension, fever, sleep dysregulation, anorexia, anxiety related disorders including depression, seizures including epilepsy, drug withdrawal and alcoholism, neurodegenerative disorders including cognitive dysfunction and dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schilling, Mirko Buchholz, Andre Johannes Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Patent number: 7300474
    Abstract: The claimed liquid formulations contain an organic acid and a branched mono- or di-alcohol. The addition of the alcohol improves the storage stability of the liquid formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Zirkenbach, Alexander Lerch
  • Patent number: 7297711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetracyclic arylalkyl indoles, their derivatives, their analogues, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, novel intermediates described herein and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them. This invention particularly relates to novel tetracyclic arylalkyl of the general formula (I), their derivatives, their analogues, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, novel intermediates described herein and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them. This invention also relates to process/es for preparing such compound/s of general formula (I), composition/s containing effective amount/s of such a compound and the use of such a compound/composition in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Suven Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Venkateswarlu Jasti, Venkata Satya Nirogi Ramakrishna, Rama Sastri Kambhampati, Srinivasa Reddy Battula, Venkata Satya Veerabhadra Vadlamudi Rao
  • Patent number: 7297813
    Abstract: Methods of removing alkyl alkanesulfonate esters from aqueous or anhydrous compositions are provided. The invention provides methods for the conversion of alkyl alkanesulfonate esters of the formula RSO3R? to the corresponding acids of the formula RSO3H. The alkyl alkanesulfonate esters are present in an organic medium, which may contain significant amounts of water or which may be anhydrous or substantially anhydrous. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for purifying aqueous or anhydrous alkanesulfonic acids by removing alkyl alkanesulfonate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Smith, Robert Cordova, Johnson C. H. Chen, Mabel Chen
  • Patent number: 7291642
    Abstract: The present invention provides bradykinin-B1 antagonists of the formula in which A, Ar, G, Q, R1 and R4 are as defined in claim 1, their enantiomers, their diastereomers, their mixtures and their salts, in particular their physiologically acceptable salts with organic or inorganic acids or bases having useful properties, their preparation, medicaments comprising the pharmacologically effective compounds, their preparation and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Iris Kauffmann-Hefner, Norbert Hauel, Henri Doods, Angelo Ceci, Stefan Peters
  • Patent number: 7288562
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to the derivatives of novel 3,6 disubstituted azabicyclo[3.1.0] hexane's. The compounds of this invention are MUSCARINIC receptor antagonists which are useful, inter-ail for the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal systems mediated through MUSCARINIC receptors. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and the methods of treating the diseases mediated through MUSCARINIC receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Anita Mehta, Jang Bahadur Gupta
  • Patent number: 7288559
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are antagonists of CGRP receptors and that are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Merck + Co, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Steven N. Gallicchio, Craig A. Stump, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 7285545
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) which inhibit production of cytokines involved in inflammatory processes and are thus useful for treating diseases and pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory disease. Also disclosed are processes for preparing these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Cogan, Daniel R. Goldberg, Ming-Hong Hao, Zhaoming Xiong, Ronald A. Aungst, Amy L. Davis
  • Patent number: 7282507
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel indole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the androgen receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: James C. Lanter, Zhihua Sui, James J. Fiordeliso, Weiqin Jiang, Xuqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 7282594
    Abstract: A process for the reductive alkylation at the C-3 position of an indole compound in which the indole is treated with an aldehyde in the presence of a Lewis acid and a silicon hydride reducing agent. The process is useful for alkylating the C-3 position of indoles that contain acid-sensitive substituents at the N-1 position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Ronald S. Michalak, Panolil Raveendranath
  • Patent number: 7276528
    Abstract: There are provided novel compounds of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R3, R4, R5, T, U, V, W, X and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases, pain and CNS diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Stephen Connolly, Glen Ernst
  • Patent number: 7276517
    Abstract: Heterocyclic amides of formula (1) wherein: X is N or CH; R4 and R5 together are either —S—C(R6)?C(R7)— or —C(R7)?C(R6)—S—; R6 and R7 are independently selected from, for example hydrogen, halo and C1-4alkyl; A is phenylene or heteroarylene; n is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is selected from for example halo, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, carboxy; R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or carboxy; R3 is selected from for example hydrogen, hydroxy, aryl, heterocyclyl and C1-4alkyl(optionally substituted by 1 or 2 R8 groups); R8 is selected from for example hydroxy, —COCOOR9, —C(O)N(R9)(R10), —NHC(O)R9, (R9)(R10)N— and —COOR9; R9 and R10 are selected from for example hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkyl (optionally substituted by 1 or 2 R13); R13 is selected from hydroxy, halo, trihalomethyl and C1-4alkoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pro-drug thereof, possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Andrew David Morley, Andrew Stocker, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
  • Patent number: 7276530
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I-VI and derivatives thereof having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial properties and to compositions that include one or more of compounds and their derivatives or analogs having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, and microbial infections with the disclosed compounds or the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Christine Potts, Venkat Macherla, Scott Sherman Mitchell, Ram Rao Manam, Katherine Reed, Kin Sing Lam, Saskia Neuteboom, Ta-Hsiang Chao, Benjamin Nicholson, Cheryl Billstrom
  • Patent number: 7265147
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to the derivatives of 3,6 disubstituted azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes. The compounds of this invention are muscarinic receptor antagonists which are useful, inter-alia, for the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal systems mediated through muscarinic receptors. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and the methods for treating the diseases mediated through muscarinic receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Anita Mehta, Arundutt V. Silamkoti, Kirandeep Kaur, Jang Bahadur Gupta