Patents Examined by Laura Daniel
  • Patent number: 9765002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of a cis/trans isomerization of an unsaturated compound A being selected from the group consisting of unsaturated ketones, unsaturated ketals, unsaturated aldehydes, unsaturated acetals, unsaturated carboxylic acids, esters of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and amides of an unsaturated carboxylic acid using polythiol as cis/trans isomerization catalyst. It has been observed that the isomerization is very efficient and fast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: René Tobias Stemmler, Nadine Greiner
  • Patent number: 9732097
    Abstract: The present application is directed to processes and intermediates for making (S)-7-(1-((9H-purin-6-yl)amino)ethyl)-6-(3-fluorophenyl)-3-methyl-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-one, which is an inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Jiacheng Zhou, Lei Qiao, Lingkai Weng
  • Patent number: 9718795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the synthesis of Cariprazine, an antipsychotic compound useful in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms associated to schizophrenia, with the following structural formula: (A) The invention further relates to the synthesis of intermediates useful in the preparation of Cariprazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: CHEMO RESEARCH, S.L.
    Inventors: Maurizio Taddei, Elena Cini, Marcello Rasparini
  • Patent number: 9708327
    Abstract: Polymorphs of a hydrochloride salt of (S)-2-(1-(9H-purin-6-ylamino)propyl)-5-fluoro-3-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one, compositions thereof, methods for their preparation, and methods for their use are disclosed. Solvent forms of a hydrochloride salt of (S)-2-(1-(9H-purin-6-ylamino)propyl)-5-fluoro-3-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one, compositions thereof, methods for their preparation, and methods for their use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GILEAD CALISTOGA LLC
    Inventors: Suzanne Buttar, Ernest Carra, Tracy Ehiwe, Duong Tran, Fang Wang, Christopher Worrall, Jerry Evarts
  • Patent number: 9708331
    Abstract: Compounds that modulate GluR5 activity and methods of using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Michele L. R. Heffernan, Larry Wendell Hardy, Frank Xinhe Wu, Lakshmi D. Saraswat, Kerry L. Spear
  • Patent number: 9688689
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for treatment of joint damage or joint injury in a mammal, and for inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ha-Soon Choi, James Paul Lajiness, Srinivasa Reddy Natala, Bao Nguyen, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Zhicheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9688701
    Abstract: Compounds, methods of making the compounds and methods of using the compounds are generally described herein. The compounds are generally of formula R1R2N—ZnY LiY, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, aryl, heteroaryl containing one or more heteroatoms, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and silicon derivatives thereof; and each Y is independently selected from F, Cl, Br, I, CN, SCN, NCO, HalO3, HalO4, NO3, BF4, PF6, H, an alcoholate of formula OR5, a carboxylate of formula R5CO2; a thiolate of formula SR5, R5P(O)O2, SCOR5, SCSR5, OnSR5 and NOn, wherein n=2 or 3; wherein R5 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls containing 3 to 24 carbon atoms and one or more heteroatoms selected from B, O, N, S, Se, P, linear, branched or cyclic, substituted or unsubstituted alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls or H; and wherein Hal is a halogen selected from Cl, Br and I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
    Inventors: Paul Knochel, Marc Mosrin
  • Patent number: 9688676
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that are tyrosine kinase inhibitors, in particular Bruton tyrosine kinase (“BTK”) inhibitors, and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of BTK such as cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory, and thromboembolic diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PRINCIPIA BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventor: Timothy D. Owens
  • Patent number: 9682970
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, including fluorescent nucleic acid dyes, and methods for use including nucleic acid detection, nucleic acid amplification reactions, and high-resolution melt curve analysis. Further provided are kits, instruments and systems comprising compounds of the invention or adapted for use with compounds of the invention or other nucleic acid dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Biotium, Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Mao, Chingying Cheung, Wai-Yee Leung, Sarah Lynn Windler, Lori M. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9682978
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,6,7 substituted purines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew P. Christopher, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michelle Machacek, Michelle Martinez, Michael Hale Reutershan, Manami Shizuka, Binyuan Sun, Christopher Francis Thompson, B. Wesley Trotter, Matthew E. Voss, Liping Yang
  • Patent number: 9677112
    Abstract: ?-Lactamase substrates and methods for using the substrates to detect ?-lactamase diagnose tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jianghong Rao, Jeffrey D. Cirillo, Hexin Xie, James C. Sacchettini
  • Patent number: 9676803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an efficient process for the separation of diastereomers of 9-[(R)-2-[[(R,S)-[[(S)-1-(Isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl]amino]-phenoxyphosphinyl]methoxy]propyl]adenine and to a process for preparing 9-[(R)-2-[[(R)-[[(S)-1-(Isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl]amino]phenoxyphosphinyl]methoxy]propyl]adenine and 9-[(R)-2-[[(S)-[[(S)-1-(Isopropoxycarbonyl)ethyl]amino]phenoxyphosphinyl]methoxy]propyl]adenine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Cipla Limited
    Inventors: Dharmaraj Ramachandra Rao, Ashwini Amol Sawant, Nayan Shivalkar, Nitin Thakur
  • Patent number: 9663511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptors and compounds of the general formula: that are useful in the treatment and prevention of conditions associated with such receptors. More specifically, the present invention relates to the synthesis and use of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2 (S1P2) antagonists that are useful in the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetic retinopathy, and other inflammatory diseases. Among these inflammatory diseases that could be treated with these S1P2 antagonist are those characterized by fibrosis including chronic lung disease, chronic kidney and liver disease, chronic heart disease, and skin diseases such as sclerosis/scleroderma. The S1P2 antagonists can also be used in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (brain cancer), pediatric neuroblastoma, and other cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Arroyo BioSciences, LLC
    Inventor: Rolf E. Swenson
  • Patent number: 9663533
    Abstract: Thienopyridone compounds of formula (I): or a salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy, in particular in the treatment of diseases or conditions for which a bromodomain inhibitor is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Dominique Amans, Paul Bamborough, Rino Antonio Bit, John Alexander Brown, Matthew Campbell, Matthew John Lindon, Tracy Jane Shipley, Natalie Hope Theodoulou, Christopher Roland Wellaway, Susan Marie Westaway
  • Patent number: 9655892
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the chemical entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with P13 kinase activity are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Intellikine LLC
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Troy Edward Wilson, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Christian Rommel
  • Patent number: 9656985
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses mixtures comprising (a) water in an amount of at least 1% wt/wt of the mixture; (b) a transition metal catalyst; and (c) one or more solubilizing agents; and methods for using such mixtures for performing transition metal mediated bond formation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MYCELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Volker Berl
  • Patent number: 9656956
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, Q1, Q2, Q3, Y, and X1-X4 are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are useful in the treatment of diseases and/or conditions related to cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, arthritis, angiogenesis, or the like. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of treating the aforementioned conditions using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Esanex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth He Huang, Jeron Eaves, Gunnar Hanson, James Veal, Thomas Barta, Lifeng Geng, Lindsay Hinkley
  • Patent number: 9643949
    Abstract: A method for producing a GL comprising: (I) a heating step of heating a mixture either under normal pressure or reduced pressure at a temperature at which a polyglycolic acid (PGA) undergoes depolymerization, the mixture containing the PGA and a polyethylene glycol ether which is represented by the formula: X—O—(—CH2CH2—O—)p—Y (wherein X and Y are each independently an alkyl group or an aryl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and p is an integer from 1 to 5) and which has a molecular weight of from 150 to 450 and a boiling point of from 130 to 220° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamane, Yoshiko Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 9637448
    Abstract: A trans-resveratrol selenide for treating cancer has such a structure as: wherein hydroxyls at position 3, 4 and 5 are replaceable, at least one hydroxyl at position 3, 4, 5 is replaced with R, R is alkali metal ion and selenium coordination complex, and The trans-resveratrol selenide preparation is able to treat various cancers, such as lung cancer, lymphoma, stomach cancer, liver cancer, small intestine cancer, colorectal cancer and gynecologic cancer, and has a good curative effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Shanghai Ai Qi Ecological Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gong Chen, Kunyuan Song
  • Patent number: 9637502
    Abstract: A novel crystalline form of Cefathiamidine compound and its preparation method, characterizing in its X-ray powder diffraction pattern and differential scanning calorimetry thermogram. Dissolving Cefathiamidine compound with a purity of 98% or higher in a solvent at a temperature of 30˜45° C. to form a solution, whose concentration is controlled within 0.05˜0.2 g/mL, and then adding a solventing-out agent to the solution, wherein the amount of the solventing-out agent is 3˜5 times (in volume) of that of the solvent; followed by cooling the solution down to 0˜10° C. at a rate of 0.2˜1° C./min; continuing to stir for 1˜3 hours, and separating the obtained solid-liquid suspension to provide a novel crystalline form of Cefathiamidine compound after drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY, HAINAN LINGKANG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hongxun Hao, Linggang Tao, Zhihong Sun, Baohong Hou, Jun Lv, Qiuxiang Yin, Yongli Wang, Junbo Gong, Chuang Xie, Ying Bao