Patents Examined by Jean Cornet
  • Patent number: 8916592
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein X is O or S(?O)n; n is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, cycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, halocycloalkenyl, phenyl, hetaryl, phenylalkyl, hetaryl alkyl, optionally fused to phenyl, hetaryl or heterocyclyl; A is —NRb2, —C(=G)GRb, —C(=G)NRb2, —C(?NORb)Rb, C(=G)[N?SRb2], —C(=G)NRb—NRb2, C2-C6-alkandiyl, C2-C6-alkenediyl, C1-C3-alkyl-G-C1-C3-alkyl, wherein Rb is as defined in the description, or optionally substituted phenyl, hetaryl, heterocyclyl, optionally fused to phenyl or heterocyclyl; B is an optionally substituted saturated or partially unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with 1 to 3 carbon chain atoms; D is an optionally substituted saturated or partially unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with 1 to 5 carbon chain atoms or C3-C6-cycloalkyl; G is oxygen or sulfur; or the enantiomers or diastereomers or salts or N-oxides thereof, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions and synergistic m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Matthias Pohlman, Michael Hofmann, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Michael Rack, Deborah L. Culbertson, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi, Takeo Hokama, Christopher Palmer, Jürgen Langewald
  • Patent number: 8895613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel neuraminidase activity inhibitors and use thereof for prophylaxis and treatment of influenza infection, that is to fluorosubstituted4-acetamido-5-guanidino-3-(pentan-3-yloxy)cyclohex-1-enecarboxylic acids and their esters of the general formula 1, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or hydrates thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, C2-C5alkenyl or C2-C5alkynyl; Rf is CH2F or CHF2. A pharmaceutical composition is provided, a method for its preparation, as well as a method for prophylaxis and treatment of viral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Alexandre Vasilievich Ivachtchenko
  • Patent number: 8895726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound derived from indole corresponding to the following formula II: wherein X represents N, CR8 or N+R8, wherein R8 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl or alkyl or methoxy group optionally substituted with a phenyl group; R2, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl, amine, alkene, ester, sulfonamide, ether or benzyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group, amine, benzyl group; R6 represents an optionally substituted C1-C3 alkyl group; R7 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-C3 alkyl group and R7 is absent when the ring A is in the b position, and A represents a ring; R9 and R10 represent together a carbon bond or independently represent an R11 OR11, SR11 group; wherein R11 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated, C1-C3 alkyl group, which may contain one or more sulfur, oxygen or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: The Institut Curie, The University of Montpellier 2 Science and Techniques
    Inventors: Fabrice Lejeune, Jamal Tazi, David Grierson, Christian Rivalle, Florence Mahuteau-Betzer
  • Patent number: 8889666
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new compound that has an inhibitory action against EGFR and that has cell growth inhibitory effects. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical preparation useful for preventing and/or treating cancer, based on the EGFR inhibitory effect of the compound. A compound represented by the following Formula (I) or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sagara, Satoru Ito, Sachie Otsuki, Katsumasa Nonoshita
  • Patent number: 8889688
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel piperazine derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and their use as medicaments for the treatment or prevention of protozoal infections, such as especially malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Olivier Corminboeuf, Bibia Heidmann, Romain Siegrist
  • Patent number: 8889675
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Le Wang, George Doherty, Xilu Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Milan Bruncko, Aaron R. Kunzer, Michael D. Wendt, Xiaohong Song, Robin Frey, Todd M. Hansen, Gerard M. Sullivan, Andrew Judd, Andrew Souers
  • Patent number: 8871752
    Abstract: In one embodiment, provided is a composition including a prostaglandin compound for modulating stem cell proliferation and/or differentiation in a mammalian subject. In another embodiment, the instant application is directed to a composition which includes a prostaglandin compound for modulating proliferation and/or differentiation of stem cells of a mammalian subject, in which the stem cells are contacted directly or indirectly with the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sucampo AG
    Inventors: Ryuji Ueno, Sachiko Kuno
  • Patent number: 8871810
    Abstract: Methods of treating at least one condition chosen from pain, inflammation, and fever in a critically ill patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the critically ill patient an intravenous pharmaceutical composition comprising ibuprofen using a first dosage regimen, wherein the first dosage regimen produces a first pharmacokinetic profile in critically ill patients that is about equivalent to a second pharmacokinetic profile produced by administration of the intravenous pharmaceutical composition using a second dosage regimen of ibuprofen to non-critically ill patients, wherein the at least one condition of the critically ill patient is thereby treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Pavliv, Amy Dix Rock
  • Patent number: 8871819
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include glycerol esters and use of the same for active agent delivery systems and methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes an active agent eluting device including a glycerol ester, an active agent dispersed within the glycerol ester, the active agent eluting device configured to elute the active agent from the glycerol ester in response to degradation of the glycerol ester. In an embodiment, the invention includes a composition including a glycerol ester; an active agent dispersed within the glycerol ester; the active agent eluting device configured to elute the active agent from the glycerol ester in response to degradation of the glycerol ester. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: SurModics, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily R. R. Meyering, Stephen J. Chudzik
  • Patent number: 8865740
    Abstract: Methods for preventing, ameliorating, or reducing dermatological signs of aging are provided which employ active agents that suppress or down-regulate microRNA expression in dermal fibroblast, resulting in enhanced production of collagen, elastin and/or fibrillin in the skin. Also provided are methods for screening for activity against specific microRNAs and the methods of using active agents identified by the screening protocol in the treatment of skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Permanan Raaj Khusial, Uma Santhanam, John W. Lyga
  • Patent number: 8865736
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein R represents hydrogen or 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; W is ?C(R1)—; R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or fluorine; or R1 and R2 taken together are —CH2—, —CH2CH2, —O—, or, in either orientation, —O—CH2— or —OCH2CH2—; and R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z)p-(Alk2)n-Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David Ryall Brown, Ian Collins, Lloyd George Czaplewski, David John Haydon
  • Patent number: 8865708
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulas I-XLIII are identified as direct inhibitors of p97 ATPase or of the degradation of a p97-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) substrate. Methods and compositions are disclosed for inhibiting p97 ATPase and the degradation of a p97-dependent UPS substrate, and for identifying inhibitors thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, The University of Kansas, Cleave Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Deshaies, Tsui-Fen Chou, Frank J. Schoenen, Kelin Li, Kevin J. Frankowski, Jeffrey Aube, Samuel W. Gerritz, Han-Jie Zhou
  • Patent number: 8865728
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to combinations comprising (a) methotrexate, and (b) a DHODH inhibitor and their uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Nuria Godessart Marina, Maria Pilar Pizcueta Lalanza
  • Patent number: 8859553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, isomers, or solvates thereof, wherein the variables are described herein. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise the compounds of Formula I, and to methods for inhibiting protein kinase and methods of treating diseases, such as cancers, inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Astar Biotech LLC
    Inventors: Chunrong Yu, Haihong Huang, Dongfeng Zhang, Peng Li
  • Patent number: 8859589
    Abstract: Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Kamal N. Tiwari, Joseph A. Maddry
  • Patent number: 8853195
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for reducing the exudation of the serum proteins. More specifically the composition of the present invention relates to a composition capable of improving conditions such as atopic dermatitis, atopic eczema, skin pruritus, atopic nasitis, atopic erythema or erythroderma, contact dermatitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. by reducing the exudation of the serum proteins in skin and mucosa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: KT & G Corporation
    Inventor: Seong-hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 8846903
    Abstract: Novel acyl-urea containing compounds, processes of preparing same, compositions containing same and uses thereof in the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders such as epilepsy, neuropathic pain, bipolar disorder, status epilepticus, chemically-induced convulsions and/or seizure disorders, febrile convulsions conditions, metabolic disturbances and a sustenance withdrawal conditions, are provided. Also provided are uses of these and other acyl-urea containing compounds in the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Meir Bialer, Boris Yagen, Jakob Avi Shimshoni
  • Patent number: 8841291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides pharmaceutical composition that include the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Leslie Wighton McQuire, Michael Shultz, Ruben Alberto Tommasi, Sven Weiler
  • Patent number: 8835419
    Abstract: Aniline compounds are provided which bind to CCR(4) and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Junfa Fan, Christopher W. Lange, Manmohan Reddy Leleti, Yandong Li, Venkat Reddy Mali, Jeffrey P. MacMahon, Jay Powers, Sreenivas Punna, Ju Yang
  • Patent number: 8834901
    Abstract: The present invention discloses polymeric materials that incorporate a modified quinone moiety, either to cross-link the polymer or as a monomeric unit of the polymer. These polymeric materials can be efficiently degraded through electrochemical reduction of the quinone leading to rapid hydrolysis of the pendant chemical groups and degradation of the polymer. Quinone-containing compositions and methods of producing electrochemically degradable polymers are disclosed. The methods and compositions of the present invention can be used in a wide variety of applications, including, but not limited to, drug delivery, tissue regeneration, biomedical implants, and electronic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Marc d'Alarcao, Pericles Calias