Patents Examined by King Lit Wong
  • Patent number: 6166010
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of azine derivatives, some of which are known, of the formula ##STR1## in which A represents substituted phenyl, or represents in each case optionally substituted naphthyl, pyridyl, thienyl or pyrazolyl;B represents hydrogen, alkyl or in each case optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, phenylalkenyl, phenoxyalkyl, phenylthioalkyl, phenylsulfinylalkyl or phenylsulfonylalkyl;D represents hydrogen or alkyl;E represents hydrogen, alkyl or in each case optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, phenoxyalkyl, phenylthioalkyl, phenylsulfinylalkyl or phenylsulfonylalkyl;G represents hydrogen or alkyl;J represents hydrogen or alkyl;K represents hydrogen, alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl; orB and D or D and G or E and G together represent optionally substituted alkanediyl, wherein one or two CH.sub.2 groups are optionally replaced by O and/or S; andW and Y are different and represent N, O or S, wherein the ring always contains an N atom,for combating animal pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignees: Yashima Chemical Industry Co., LTD, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Itoh, Tatsuya Ishida, Yasuo Kikuchi, Junji Suzuki, Chiharu Morikawa, Yokichi Tsukidate, Kichizo Kudoh, Graham Holmwood, Udo Kraatz, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Christoph Erdelen
  • Patent number: 5990363
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for the oxidation of alkanes to alcohols and for decomposition of hydroperoxides to alcohols utilizing new compositions of matter, which are metal complexes of porphyrins. Preferred complexes have hydrogen, haloalkyl or haloaryl groups in meso positions, two of the opposed meso atoms or groups being hydrogen or haloaryl, and two of the opposed meso atoms or groups being hydrogen or haloalkyl, but not all four of the meso atoms or groups being hydrogen. Other preferred complexes are ones in which all four of the meso positions are substituted with haloalkyl groups and the beta positions are substituted with halogen atoms. A new method of synthesizing porphyrinogens is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Tilak Wijesekera, James E. Lyons, Paul E. Ellis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5837712
    Abstract: A compound of formula I ##STR1## wherein A denotes a benzo, indolo or thieno group;R.sup.1 denotes thienyl or the group ##STR2## wherein R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 independently of one another may represent methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl or benzyl, while not more than 2 of the substituents can simultaneously represent phenyl or benzyl;R.sup.2, m, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are defined as in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical preparations containing this compound and the new pharmaceutical uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim KG
    Inventors: Walter Losel, Otto Roos, Dietrich Arndts
  • Patent number: 5773628
    Abstract: A chemiluminescent assay method and compositions are described which use a haloalkoxy group-substituted dioxetane which is deprotected by a hydrolytic enzyme to undergo a chemiluminescent reaction. Chemiluminescent 1,2-dioxetane compounds substituted on the dioxetane ring with a haloalkoxy group which can be triggered by a reagent to generate light are disclosed. Haloalkoxy group-substituted dioxetanes are useful for the detection of triggering agents including enzymes. The enzyme may be present alone or linked to a member of a specific binding pair in an immunoassay, DNA probe assay or other assay where the enzyme is bound to a reporter molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Tropix, Inc.
    Inventors: Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Zahra Arghavani, Robert A. Eickholt, Khaledur S. Rashid
  • Patent number: 5763617
    Abstract: A syn isomer in (R) or (S) form or a mixture thereof of a compound of the formula ##STR1## syn isomer, in the (R) or (S) form or in the form of an (R,S) mixture, in the form of an integral salt or their salts with organic or mineral acids wherein the substituents are as defined in the application and having antibacterial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Roussel Uclaf
    Inventors: Jozsef Aszodi, Jean-Francois Chantot, Patrick Fauveau, Solange Gouin D'Ambrieres, Daniel Humbert, Christophe Dini
  • Patent number: 5760027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 7-alkylidene derivatives of cephalosporin esters, such as sulfides, sulfoxides, and sulfones, as inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase. These materials are therefore useful as anti-inflammatory and anti-degenerative agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Buynak, Akireddy Srinivasa Rao, Greg C. Adam
  • Patent number: 5760234
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: A represents arylalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; X is nitrogen or CH; and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent organic or inorganic substituents;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;useful for treating disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Jan W. F. Wasley
  • Patent number: 5756493
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel (7R)-7-(acylamino)-3-(arylthio)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acids or their pharmacologically acceptable salts which exhibit antibiotic activity against a wide spectrum of organisms including organisms which are resistant to .beta.-lactam antibiotics and are useful as antibacterial agents. The invention also relates to novel intermediates useful for making the novel compounds of the present invention and to novel methods for producing the novel compounds and intermediate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Hecker, In-Seop Cho, Tomasz Glinka, Burton Christensen
  • Patent number: 5756725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbapenem antibacterial agents in which the carbapenem nucleus is substituted at the 2-position with a naphthosultam linked through a CH.sub.2 group. The naphthosultam is further substituted with various substituent groups including at least one cationic group. The compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1## Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Wilkening, Ronald W. Ratcliffe, Timothy A. Blizzard
  • Patent number: 5756498
    Abstract: Sulfonylalkanoylamino hydroxyethylamino sulfonyl urea derivative compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease.In accordance with the present invention, compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Michael L. Vazquez, Richard A. Mueller, John J. Talley, Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, Eric T. Sun
  • Patent number: 5756771
    Abstract: 5(6)-methyl substituted fluorescein derivatives and a process for producing 5(6)-methyl substituted derivatives. Also provided are methods for these utilizing these derivatives as indicator reagents in assays for analytes, indicator reagents which comprise specific binding members attached to these derivatives and test kits which contain these derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Phillip G. Mattingly
  • Patent number: 5753649
    Abstract: A therapeutic agent for osteoporosis, comprising an azepine compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, a method for treating osteoporosis comprising administering said compound and a use of said compound for the production of a therapeutic agent for osteoporosis. The compounds of the formula (I) have superior bone resorption-inhibitory activity and act to reduce the increased amount of calcium in blood serum, which is caused by bone resorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignees: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tahara, Minoru Moriwaki, Kenji Chiba, Shunichi Manabe, Masanori Shindo, Takashi Nakagawa, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5750734
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a stereoisomeric compound thereof, in which the 1,2-position is saturated or is a double bond; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are each independently hydrogen or halogen; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or acyl; R.sup.2 is hydroxyl, acyloxy or oxo; and R.sup.3 is alkyl, by reacting a compound of formula (II) with an aldehyde R.sup.3 CHO in either phosphoric acid or about 60% to about 75% w/w sulphuric acid. Compounds of formula (I) are either pharmacologically active steroids or are intermediates in the synthesis of pharmacologically active steroids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Christopher Parkinson, Andrew Paul Van Sickle
  • Patent number: 5750706
    Abstract: The compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 -R.sup.9, R.sup.15, A, X, Y, Z and n have the meaning given in the specification are active as protein kinase inhibitors and can be used as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of inflammatory skin disorders and alopecia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Barbier, Isabelle Huber, Fernand Schneider, Josef Stadlwieser, Sven Taylor
  • Patent number: 5750687
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formulae I and II, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, including dual inhibitors of ACE and NEP and selective ACE inhibitors: ##STR1## wherein: A is ##STR2## and wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.5a, R.sup.5b, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.11, q and r are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Robl
  • Patent number: 5750701
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, wherein, X represents a moiety of formula (a), in which A.sup.1 represents --CH.dbd.CH.dbd., NH, S or O; A.sup.2 represents an oxo or a thioxo group; A.sup.3 represents H or an alkylcarbonyl group; and A.sup.4 represents hydroxy or NR.sup.s R.sup.t wherein R.sup.s and R.sup.t each independently represents H or alkyl; R.sup.0 and R.sup.1 each independently represents hydrogen or an alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents OCH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 H, or an ester or amide thereof, or R.sup.2 represents a moiety of formula (b), wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl or R.sup.4 together with R.sup.5 represents (CH.sub.2).sub.n wherein n is 2, 3 or 4; and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy or R.sup.3 together with R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham plc
    Inventors: Lee James Beeley, David Kenneth Dean
  • Patent number: 5750731
    Abstract: A perfluorinated aromatic compound represented by general formula (7): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.3 is a tetravalent perfluorinated aromatic group represented by formula (8): ##STR2## wherein (R.sub.4)s are the same, each being a carboxyl group or a cyano group, or two adjacent (R.sub.4)s combine to form a divalent group represented by formula (10): ##STR3## provided that when R.sub.4 is a cyano group, R.sub.3 denotes said tetravalent perfluorinated aromatic group represented by formula (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Ando, Toru Matsuura, Shigekuni Sasaki, Fumio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5750700
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: A represents arylalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; X is nitrogen or CH; and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent organic or inorganic substituents;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;useful for treating disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Jan W. F. Wasley
  • Patent number: 5750682
    Abstract: There are disclosed new compounds of formula (I), wherein R is: a hydrogen atom: a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl group, unsubstituted or substituted by at least a phenyl group or at least a hydrogen atom: a benzyl group substituted by at least a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl or alkoxy group or a nitro group; a silyl substituted by at least a linear or branched, unsubstituted or substituted C1-C4 alkyl group; n is 0 or 1; and Y is a radical of formula (II), wherein A is H, OH, Cl, CH2, CH2X, where X is F, Cl, Br, I, OH or OR' and R' is COCH3 or a linear or branched, unsubstituted or substituted C1-C4 alkyl group and . . . represents a single or a double bond, with the proviso that when n=0 and R is H, R' is not a methyl group; and processes for obtaining them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Antibioticos S.p.A.
    Inventors: Loris Sogli, Davide Longoni, Giovanni Pozzi, Enrico Siviero, Daniele Mario Terrassan, Ermanno Bernasconi, Francisco Salto
  • Patent number: 5741800
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I), ##STR1## as defined in the specification, having immunomodulatory activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound, and processes to make and to use the compound are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Knoll Aktiengesellachaft
    Inventors: David George Webber, Gerald Bernard Tometzki, Michael Henry Hockley, Roger Bernard Titman, Roy Victor Davies, Paul Anthony Bradley