Patents Examined by Jeffrey Murray
  • Patent number: 8343977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazolo-pyrimidine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted triazolo-pyrimidine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed M. Ali
  • Patent number: 8343975
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The compounds are 4-amino-3-imidazoyl-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated disease, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventors: Penglie Zhang, Yibin Zeng
  • Patent number: 8338436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous form of N-{2-Fluoro-5-[3-(thiophene-2-carbonyl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-yl]-phenyl}-N-methyl-acetamide, methods for its preparation, its use as a therapeutically active agent and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ferrer International, S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Anglada, Albert Palomer, Antonio Guglietta
  • Patent number: 8334376
    Abstract: Chemical entities of Formula I, II, or III, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventor: Xiangping Qian
  • Patent number: 8329711
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I-0): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7a, R8a, X, and Y are as defined herein. Compounds of the invention have, based on excellent Wee1 kinase-inhibitory effect, a cell growth-inhibitory effect and an additive/synergistic effect with any other anticancer agent, and are therefore useful in the field of medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Hidetomo Furuyama, Mikako Kawamura, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 8329704
    Abstract: The present invention concerns aryl and heteroaryl substituted pyrazinone derivatives having antagonistic melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) activity, in particular MCH-1 activity according to the general Formula (I) a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof, a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a quaternary ammonium salt thereof, wherein the variables are defined in Claim 1. It further relates to their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use as a medicine. The compounds according to the invention are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of psychiatric disorders, including but not limited to anxiety, eating disorders, mood disorders, such as bipolar disorders and depression, psychoses, such as schizophrenia, and sleeping disorders; obesity; diabetes; sexual disorders and neurological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, Rosa María Álvarez-Escobar, Julen Oyarzabal Santamarina, Frank Matthias Dautzenberg, Jacqueline Macritchie, Donald Simpson, Sonia Martinez Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 8324225
    Abstract: The present application describes organic compounds that are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of diseases, particularly pyrrolopyrimidine compounds and derivatives are described which inhibit protein kinases. The organic compounds are useful in treating proliferative disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Brain, Moo Je Sung, Gebhard Thoma
  • Patent number: 8318766
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel tetracyclic heteroatom containing derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use in the treatment of disorders mediated by one or more sex steroid hormone receptors and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Zhihua Sui, Xuqing Zhang, Xiaojie Li
  • Patent number: 8309562
    Abstract: Disclosed are 4-arylamino-quinazolines and analogs thereof that are effective as activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. The compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Myrexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Anderson, J. Adam Willardsen, Warren S. Weiner, Ashantai Yungai, Robert J. Halter, Yevgeniya Klimova, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Matthew Reeder
  • Patent number: 8309751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ?-ketonitriles of the general formula I in which R1 is, inter alia, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy-C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is, inter alia, hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy-C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl, which comprises reacting a nitrile of the formula II in which R1 has one of the meanings given above with a carboxylic ester of the formula III in which R2 has one of the meanings given above and R3 is C1-C12-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy -C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy -C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl, where the reaction is carried out in the presence of a potassium alkoxide and at least 80% of the nitrile of the formula II are added to the reaction under reaction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Peter Otto, Michael Rack
  • Patent number: 8309717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for obtaining Paliperidone, I, comprising alkylating compound VI, or a salt thereof, with compound V, or a salt thereof, using a base selected from triethylamine or diisopropylethylamine and, optionally, a solvent. Moreover, the invention relies on the preparation of intermediates used in such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: INKE, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Huguet Clotet, Noelia Calcerrada Muñoz
  • Patent number: 8309559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted 2-amino-3-(arylsulfonyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines of general formula 1, to serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists, to novel drug substances and pharmaceutical compositions, to medicaments, methods for preparation thereof, and to methods for prophylaxis and treatment of various CNS diseases, pathogenesis of which is associated with disturbance of monoaminergic signaling pathways, more specifically over- or hypo-activation of serotonin 5-HT6 receptors. Ar represents optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heterocyclyl; R1 and R3 independently of each other represent C1-C3 alkyl or aryl; R2 represents hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R41, and R42 independently of each other represent hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C3 alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, or R41, and R42 together with nitrogen atom they are attached to form optionally substituted heterocyclyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventors: Nikolay Filippovich Savchuk, Alexander Vasilievich Ivashchenko
  • Patent number: 8309571
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of p38 kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: T. G. Murali Dhar, Stephen T. Wrobleski
  • Patent number: 8304417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical processes useful in the manufacture of the compound 4-(6-chloro-2,3-methylenedioxyanilino)-7-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]-5-tetrahydropyran-4-yloxyquinazoline (the active entity within AZD0530), to intermediates useful in the manufacture of that compound and to processes for the manufacture of those intermediates. The invention also relates to particular crystalline forms of that compound such as a difumarate salt and a trihydrate and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such crystalline forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: James Gair Ford, James Francis McCabe, Anne O'Kearney-McMullan, Simon Mark Pointon, Lyn Powell, Philip O'Keefe, Mark Purdie, Jane Withnall
  • Patent number: 8304418
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one, specifically a derivative of 1-(pyridine-4-yl)-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one. This compound is a kinase inhibitor that shows unexpected anti-proliferative activity against cells, including against tumor cells, and anti-tumor activity in xenograft tumor models. The compound or a suitable salt or prodrug thereof is useful for the treatment of individuals suffering from a cancer or another proliferative disorder or disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Agennix AG
    Inventor: Arthur F. Kluge
  • Patent number: 8304414
    Abstract: This invention describes novel pyrazole compounds of formula III: wherein Z1, Z2, and Z3 are as described in the specification; Q is —S—, —O—, —N(R4)—, or —CH(R6)—; R1 is T-Ring D, wherein Ring D is a 5-7 membered monocyclic ring or 8-10 membered bicyclic ring selected from aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl or carbocyclyl; and R2 and R2? are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of Aurora-2 and GSK-3, for treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: David Bebbington, Jean-Damien Charrier, Julian Golec, Françoise Pierard
  • Patent number: 8299084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new piperidine inhibitors of Janus kinase 3 activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadimeti Rao, Chengzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8283353
    Abstract: Provided is a novel compound represented by the following formula Wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, which has an angiotensin II receptor antagonistic activity and a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? agonistic activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of circulatory diseases such as hypertension and the like and/or metabolic diseases such as diabetes and the like, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Hideyuki Igawa
  • Patent number: 8283345
    Abstract: Disclosed are azetidine analogues of nucleosidase and nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitors, the use of these compounds as pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of treating certain diseases using the compounds, processes for preparing the compounds, and intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Industrial Research Limited, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Gary Brian Evans, Richard Hubert Furneaux, Ben William Greatrex, Vern L. Schramm, Peter Charles Tyler
  • Patent number: 8278295
    Abstract: The invention provides PDE9-inhibiting compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, A, and n are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of Formula I, and uses thereof in treating neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle M. Claffey, Christopher J. Helal, Patrick R. Verhoest