Patents Examined by John M. Ford
  • Patent number: 6706721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the anhydrous and hydrate forms of N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine mesylate. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine mesylate and to methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine mesylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas John Meldrum Allen, Timothy Norris, Jeffrey William Raggon, Dinos Paul Santafianos, Ravi Mysore Shanker
  • Patent number: 6703348
    Abstract: There are described benzoylcyclohexanediones of the formula I, their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. In this formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Ra, Rb and Rc are various radicals, and Y and Z are a monoatomic bridge element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas van Almsick, Lothar Willms, Thomas Auler, Hermann Bieringer, Felix Thürwächter
  • Patent number: 6699887
    Abstract: The present invention comprises novel and known pyrazole derivatives having anti-HIV activity, a process for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in medicine. In particular, the compounds of formula I are inhibitors of the human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase enzyme which is involved in viral replication. Consequently the compounds of this invention may be advantageously used as therapeutic agents for HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Brian William Dymock, Philip Stephen Jones, John Herbert Merrett, Martin John Parratt
  • Patent number: 6699911
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of cyclohexene derivatives of general formula I or II: in which the substituents R1 and R2 independently of one another are defined as follows: R1 is R2 is OH or a protective group convertible to a hydroxyl group by hydrolysis; R3 and R4 are hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; and R5 is hydrogen or C1-C4-acyl, by the reduction of alkyne compounds of general formula III or IV: in which the substituents R1 and X are as defined above, wherein the reducing agent used is a mixture of zinc and at least one compound B selected from the group consisting of ammonium salts, copper salts and alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Grimmer, Thomas Müller, Hansgeorg Ernst
  • Patent number: 6699857
    Abstract: The invention relates to the area of erythropoiesis, in particular to the use of tetrahydroquinolinyl-6-methyldihydrothiadiazinones of general formula (I) for treating anaemia. The invention also relates to novel tetrahydroquinolinyl-6-methyldihydrothiadiazinone derivatives and to the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Stoltefuss, Gabriele Bräunlich, Michael Lögers, Carsten Schmeck, Ulrich Nielsch, Martin Bechem, Christoph Gerdes, Michael Sperzel, Klemens Lustig, Werner Stürmer
  • Patent number: 6696444
    Abstract: A class of 7-phenylimidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine derivatives, substituted at the meta position of the phenyl ring by a (cyano)(fluoro)phenyl moiety, being selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having good affinity for thee &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of adverse conditions of the central nervous system, including anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Sharpe & Dohme
    Inventors: William Robert Carling, David James Hallett, Michael Geoffrey Neil Russell, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 6696568
    Abstract: A process for preparation of N-(ergoline-8&bgr;-carbonyl)ureas of the formula [I] their stereoisomers as well as acid addition salts thereof which process comprises silylating an ergoline-8&bgr;-carboxamide of the formula [2], their stereoisomers as well as metal or ammonium salts or acid addition salts thereof and reacting the resultant product with an isocyanates R1N═C═O [5] wherein R1 is selected from alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, phenyl, and dimethylamino alkyl group —(CH2)nNMe2 in which n is an integer, R2 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, phenyl, dimethylamino alkyl group —(CH2)nNMe2 in which n is an integer, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, thiazolyl or thiadiazolyl, R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R4 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, methylthio and phenylthio group;; followed by desilylation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Finetech Ltd.
    Inventors: Arie L. Gutman, Gennadiy Nisnevich, Igor Ruchman, Boris Tishin, Alex Vilensky, Boris Pertsikov
  • Patent number: 6696381
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a supported catalyst comprising a Halogenated Phthalocyanine of cobalt, iron or manganese of formula 1 which comprises: mixing a phthalocyanine of cobalt, iron or manganese with a halogenating agent in a stoichiometric ratio ranging between 1:1 to 1:20 optionally in an inert organic solvent, refluxing or heating and stirring for a time period ranging between 1-6 hrs, distilling the excess halogenating agent from the mixture, filtering and washing the residual mass by known method to obtain the desired halogenated phthalocyanine and impregnating a support material with the desired halogenated phthalocyanine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Brij Bahadur Agrawal, Som Nath Puri, Gautam Das, Bir Sain, Bhagwati Prasad Balodi, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar, Pushpa Gupta, Jai Prakash, Onkar Singh Tyagi, Turuga Sundara Rama Prasada Rao, Gur Pratap Rai
  • Patent number: 6693194
    Abstract: Process for preparing 4,6-dimethoxy-2-(methylsulfonyl)-1,3-pyrimidine by reacting 4,6dichloro-2-(methyltio)-1,3-pyrimidine in an inert organic solvent with an alkali metal methoxide, transfer of the resulting 4,6-dimethoxy-2-(methylthio)-1,3-pyrimidine into an aqueous-acidic medium and subsequent oxidation of this compound, of appropriate in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the oxidation is followed by a purification step in which the aqueous-acidic reaction mixture is adjusted with aqueous base to a pH in the range of 5-8 and stirred either in the presence or in the absence of an organic solvent, and the use of this compound for preparing herbicides, for example 7-[(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)thio]-3-methylphthalide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Beat Jau, Bernhard Urwyler
  • Patent number: 6693191
    Abstract: Described is a process for the preparation of a particulate tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione product by combining a first aqueous solution comprising methylammonium N-methyldithiocarbamate with a second aqueous solution comprising formaldehyde, followed by separation and drying of the resulting solid, which comprises combining the first and the second aqueous solutions in such a way that the ratio between the concentrations of dithiocarbamate functions and of formaldehyde is essentially constant in the reaction mixture over time during the duration of the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Isak, Norbert Sendhoff, Franz Schütz, Jörg Therre, Michael Drögemüller, Dirk Franke, Manfred Munzinger, Alexander Weck, Kirsten Burkart
  • Patent number: 6693195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine by reaction of malonic ester with formamide and alkali metal alkoxide. The malonic ester is added alone or simultaneously with the total quantity or a portion of the formamide, in portions or continuously with monitoring of the temperature, to the alkali metal alkoxide prepared as a solution or suspension in an alcohol, alone or together with the total quantity or remaining quantity of the formamide. A temperature of from 102 to <120° C. is then set for from 10 to <60 minutes. The work-up after the holding time in said temperature range is then carried out by methods known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kuever, Artur Hunds
  • Patent number: 6689885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing compounds of the formula I In this process a 2-aminobenzothiophene-3-carboxylic ester of the formula II is reacted with a nitrile of the formula III N≡C—R1   III in solution or suspension in a solvent in the presence of an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Juraszyk, Peter Wendel, Markus Woissyk
  • Patent number: 6686469
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula wherein R1 is unsubstituted or mono- to penta-substituted aryl, whereby the substituents are selected from the group consisting for instance of OH, Halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, optionally substituted C3-C8-cycloalkyl and optionally substituted C3-C8-cycloalkenyl; A is for instance a single bond, C1-C12-alkylene or O; X1 and X2, independently of one another, are R10; X3 is H or R10; R10 is for instance halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl or C1-C6-haloalkyl; R21 and R22, independently of one another are for instance H, halogen, CN, NO2, OH, SH, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-alkyl-C3-C8-cycloalkyl or C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkyl; R23 and R24, independently of one another, are for instance H, C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl or C3-C8-halocycloalkyl; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and n is 0, 1 or 2; as well as the physiologically acceptable addition compounds, a method of producing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Eberle, André Jeanguenat, Werner Zambach, Arthur Steiger, Saleem Farooq
  • Patent number: 6683086
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns novel compounds that are useful as ultrashort acting hypnotic barbiturates. Specifically exemplified are derivatives of barbituric and thiobarbituric acids. They are rapidly metabolized by blood and tissue enzymes to form polar metabolites with no hypnotic activity and which are rapidly eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: ARYx Therapeutics
    Inventors: Pascal Druzgala, Peter G. Milner
  • Patent number: 6683085
    Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-6,7-dimethoxy-2-(5-methanesulfonamido-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinol-2-yl)-5-(2-pyridyl)quinazoline mesylate of the formula together with processes for preparing, and compositions containing it. The invention also relates to substantially pure anhydrous crystalline polymorphic forms of the free base. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Basford, Paul Blaise Hodgson
  • Patent number: 6683182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 3,5-diamino-6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazine (lamotrigine) by cyclization reaction from &agr;-oxo-2,3-dichlorophenylacetamidino-aminoguanidino-hydrazone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignees: Helm AG, CF PharmaGyogyszergyarto Kft.
    Inventors: Géza Schneider, Csaba Lehel Gegö, Levente Ondi, Attila Gergely Máté, Ferenc Lukács, Miklós Nyerges, Sándor Garaczi
  • Patent number: 6683029
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel halogenopyrimidines, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd-Wieland Krüger, Herbert Gayer, Peter Gerdes, Ulrich Heinemann, Astrid Mauler-Machnik, Martin Vaupel, Fritz Maurer, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Gerd Hänssler, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Ralf Dunkel
  • Patent number: 6683081
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel triazolotriazinones of the general formula (I), to a method for their production and to the pharmaceutical use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Niewöhner, Helmut Haning, Thomas Lampe, Mazen Es-Sayed, Gunter Schmidt, Erwin Bischoff, Klaus Dembowsky, Elisabeth Perzborn, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer
  • Patent number: 6680384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4,6-diaminopyrimido[5,4-d]pyrimidines of formula I, wherein R1 to R4 have the meanings given in claim 1, as well as new intermediate products which are involved in this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Werner Belzer, Ralf Lock, Werner Rall
  • Patent number: 6673803
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl);R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Craig Johnstone, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin