Patents Examined by John Mabry
  • Patent number: 10959999
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to solid forms of berberine ursodeoxycholate, and to pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of preparation and therapeutic use thereof. In particular, the invention relates to solid forms of berberine ursodeoxycholate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in treating and/or preventing various diseases or disorders, including metabolic disorders, heart diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and liver diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen HighTide Biopharmaceutical, Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Yu, Liping Liu, Xinxiang Fu
  • Patent number: 9765053
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of disease conditions in which modification of serotonergic receptor activity has a beneficial effect. In the method, an effective amount of a compound is administered to a patient in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Carl-Magnus A. Andersson, Glenn Croston, Eva Louise Hansen, Allan Kjaersgaard Uldam
  • Patent number: 9505747
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to processes for preparing tubulysin derivatives, conjugates of tubulysins, and intermediates therefore. In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, processes for derivatives or analogs of natural tubulysins including compounds of formula (T). In another embodiment, vitamin receptor binding conjugates of tubulysins are described. The processes include one or more steps described herein. In another embodiment, a process is described for preparing a compound of formula B, wherein R5 and R6 are as described in the various embodiments herein, such as each being independently selected from optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted cycloalkyl; and R8 is C1-C6 n-alkyl; wherein the process comprises the step of treating a compound of formula A with a silylating agent, such as triethylsilyl chloride, and a base, such as imidazole in an aprotic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Endocyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Iontcho Radoslavov Vlahov, Hari Krishna R. Santhapuram, Paul Joseph Kleindl, Christopher Paul Leamon, Fei You
  • Patent number: 9249122
    Abstract: 3-(3-Chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine•dihydrochloride with acrylonitrile to provide 1-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-amine, by oxidizing to provide 3-(3-amino-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, and by converting the amino group to a chloro group by a Sandmeyer reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventors: Qiang Yang, Beth Lorsbach, Xiaoyong Li, Gary Roth, David E. Podhorez
  • Patent number: 9217000
    Abstract: A compound having a structure of:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Univerisyt of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Marie-Celine Frantz
  • Patent number: 9193705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of infection by enveloped viruses, such as Ebola and Lassa fever viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cunningham, Kyungae Lee, Tao Ren, Kartik Chandran
  • Patent number: 9193723
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Clark, Bryan Sorensen, Augustine T. Osuma, Robin Frey, Kenton Longenecker, George Doherty, Michael L. Curtin, Michael R. Michaelides, Ramzi F. Sweis, Marina A. Pliushchev, Andy Judd, Todd M. Hansen, Howard R. Heyman
  • Patent number: 9193902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (S-A)n-T, in which at least one fluorescent group S is linked to a phosphorescent group T via a divalent group A, to the use thereof in an electronic device, and to a formula to a formulation and an electronic device which comprise the novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9187458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula I, a stereoisomer thereof, a cis-trans-isomer thereof, a tautomer thereof, or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each as defined in the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Tianjin Hemay Bio-Tech Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hesheng Zhang, Yingwei Chen, Qingchao He
  • Patent number: 9185914
    Abstract: Substituted 5-(cyclohex-2-en-1-yl)-penta-2,4-dienes and 5-(cyclohex-2-en-1-yl)-pent-2-en-4-ynes as active agents against abiotic stress in plants The invention relates to substituted 5-(cyclohex-2-en-1-yl)penta-2,4-dienes and 5-(cyclohex-2-en-1-yl)pent-2-en-4-ynes of the formula (I) and their salts where the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4, [X—Y] and Q are each as defined in the description, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for enhancing stress tolerance in plants with respect to abiotic stress, and/or for increasing plant yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Frackenpohl, Thomas Müller, Ines Heinemann, Pascal Von Koskull-Döring, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Martin Jeffrey Hills
  • Patent number: 9187472
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Clark, Bryan Sorensen, Augustine T. Osuma, Robin Frey, Kenton Longenecker, George Doherty, Michael L. Curtin, Michael R. Michaelides, Ramzi F. Sweis, Marina A. Pliushchev, Andy Judd, Todd M. Hansen, Howard R. Heyman
  • Patent number: 9181271
    Abstract: The present invention provides tricyclic fused thiophene derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Incyte Holdings Corporation, Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Wenyu Zhu, Song Mei
  • Patent number: 9179674
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I suitable to control or prevent growth of fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Timothy P. Martin, Kevin G. Meyer, Benjamin Nugent, Chenglin Yao, W. John Owen, Anne M. Wilson, Ian O'Callaghan, Jeremy Wilmot, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, William Dent, III
  • Patent number: 9181214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (A) and (B) as modulators of GPR-119, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of GPR-119 mediated diseases or disorders with them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: RHIZEN PHARMACEUTICALS SA
    Inventors: Dhanapalan Nagarathnam, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka, Srikant Viswanadha, Gayatri S. Merikapudi
  • Patent number: 9169247
    Abstract: Certain 2-halophenyl, 2,4-dihalophenyl (e.g. 2,4-dichlorophenyl), 3,4-dichlorophenyl (e.g. 3,4-dichlorophenyl), 2,6-dichlorophenyl (2,6-dichlorophenyl) and 2,5-diakoxyphenyl (e.g. 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl) derivatives of tetrahydro-?-carbolines are provided, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; prodrugs and solvates, and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds are useful for the prevention and treatment of cancer, and other indications where PDE5 inhibitors have shown benefits including erectile dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, enhancing cognitive function, cystic fibrosis, or enhancing the activity of conventional chemotherapeutic drugs. Methods for fabricating the compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Gary A. Piazza, Ashraf H. Abadi
  • Patent number: 9169248
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The compounds are diazole lactam 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: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Dean R. Dragoli, Pingchen Fan, Juan C. Jaen, Yandong Li, Jay P. Powers, Viengkham Malathong, Sreenivas Punna, Hiroko Tanaka, Penglie Zhang
  • Patent number: 9163023
    Abstract: Provided are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their pharmaceutical compositions, their methods of preparation, and their use for treating viral infections mediated by a member of the retrovirus family of viruses such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ViiV Healthcare UK Limited
    Inventors: Martha Alicia De La Rosa, Brian Alvin Johns, Wieslaw Mieczyslaw Kazmierski, Vicente Samano, Lita Suwandi, David Temelkoff, Emile Velthuisen, Jason Gordon Weatherhead
  • Patent number: 9163020
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) and methods of treating a Mycobacterium infection or tuberculosis, or inhibiting DprE1 with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignees: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research
    Inventors: Pravin S. Shirude, Maruti N. Naik, Vikas Narayan Shinde, Shahul Hameed Peer Mohamed, Monalisa Chatterji, Radha K. Shindil
  • Patent number: 9156834
    Abstract: The present invention concerns derivatives of heteroarylsulfonamides, notably as blockers of Kv potassium channels, and more particularly of channels Kv1.5, Kv4.3 or Kv11.1, their application in clinical therapy and their preparation methods. These compounds correspond to the following general formula (I): where R1 represents one or more substituents of the phenyl core X such as: hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl, or linear or branched C1-C4 alkoxy, A represents oxygen or sulphur, B represents nitrogen when n=1 or 2 and D represents —C(?O)—, or B represents CH when n=0 and D represents —CH2O— or when n=1 and D represents —O—, R2 represents a hydrogen, a methyl, a fluorine or chlorine atom or a methoxy, HetAr represents a pyridyl or quinolyl group, possibly substituted by a group such as a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl, a linear or branched C1-C4 alkoxy, a halogen, or a trifluoromethyl, and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Dupont-Passelaigue, Isabelle Le Roy, Christophe Pignier
  • Patent number: 9150583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula I wherein the variables R1-R8 are defined as in the description, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly, the compounds are inhibitors of cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Trieselmann, Dieter Hamprecht, Holger Wagner