Patents Examined by Matt Mauro
  • Patent number: 9896466
    Abstract: The subject of the invention are new mitochondrially targeted E/Z isomers of aliphatic triphenylphosphonium derivatives of tamoxifen where the aliphatic chain is alkyl or alkenyl, and their corresponding tertiary amine salts and/or their mixture (MitoTAX). Alkyl triphenylphosphonium derivatives of tamoxifen have the general formula (I), where n=8 to 12 and where Z is selected from the group of organic salts or inorganic salts. Alkenyl triphenylphosphonium derivatives of tamoxifen have the general formula IA, where n=6 to 10 and where Z has the above mentioned meaning. These compounds are applicable for the treatment of neoplastic disease, especially those with high HER2 protein levels. The drug for the treatment of neoplastic diseases according to the invention contains at least one E/Z isomer of aliphatic triphenylphosphonium derivatives of tamoxifen of the general formula (I) and/or IA or their corresponding salts of tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: KKCG AG, Biotechnologicky Ustav Av Cr. V.V.I., Smart Brain S.R.O.
    Inventors: Jiri Neuzil, Jan Stursa, Lukas Werner
  • Patent number: 9889201
    Abstract: The present application discloses an acid labile lipophilic molecular conjugate of cancer chemotherapeutic agents and methods for reducing or substantially eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy associated with the administration of a cancer chemotherapeutic agent to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ARBOR THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventors: James D. McChesney, John T. Henri, Sylesh Kumar Venkataraman, Mahesh Kumar Gundluru
  • Patent number: 9884838
    Abstract: The invention describes methods of preparation and compositions of plasticizers. The plasticizers include at least 2 alkyl ketal ester moieties and have a molecular weight of greater than 300. In one aspect, the alkyl ketal ester moieties are levulinic ester ketals. Certain compositions contain at least one of an antioxidant, a UV stabilizer, a thermal stabilizer or mixtures thereof, present in the composition from about 0.01 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: GFBIOCHEMICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian D. Mullen, Vivek Badarinarayana, Eric S. Hall, Matthew J. Tjosaas, Cora M. Leibig
  • Patent number: 9877960
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide antidementia agents which are free from the problem of side effects and are excellent in safety. The present invention also aims to provide agents for improving learning and memory which are useful for improvement of learning and memory and can be ingested continuously. The present invention provides antidementia agents and agents for improving learning and memory, each comprising a cyclic dipeptide with the 2,5-diketopiperazine structure as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, CEREBOS PACIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo Tsuruoka, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9862676
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; X1 represents an optionally substituted C2-6 alkynylene group or the like; A represents an optionally substituted bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; X2 represents an optionally substituted C1-6 alkylene group or the like; Y1 represents an oxygen atom or the like; and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or the like) or a salt thereof is useful as an antibacterial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneo Shoji, Naomi Sugaya, Naoko Yasobu
  • Patent number: 9856255
    Abstract: The specification generally relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have any of the meanings defined herein. The specification also relates to the use of compounds of Formula (I) and salts thereof to treat or prevent ATM mediated disease, including cancer. The specification further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising substituted imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; kits comprising such compounds and salts; methods of manufacture of such compounds and salts; and intermediates useful in such manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe Barlaam, Kurt Gordon Pike
  • Patent number: 9853225
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Formula (1): wherein, each X is independently oxygen, sulfur, or selenium; m is 0 or 1; each n is independently 0 or 1; R1-R3 are each independently, for example, hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons; wherein (i) in the case of m=0, it is excluded that all of R1-R3 are hydrogen at the same time; (ii) in the case of m=0, n=0 and in the case that m is 0, one of n is 0 and the other is 1, it is excluded that “both of X are sulfur and all R3s are the same atoms or groups at the same time”; (iii) in the case of m=0, n=1, it is excluded that all R3s are the same atoms or groups at the same time, and at least one of R3s is hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, PI-CRYSTAL INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Takeya, Toshihiro Okamoto, Chikahiko Mitsui, Takeshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9850262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V), compositions thereof, and methods for the treatment of a condition associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Cullen, Sheila Hauck, Bolin Geng, Megan Foley, Cecilia M. Bastos, Benito Munoz, Markus Haeberlein
  • Patent number: 9845302
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to novel Peribysin E analogs of general formula-I. Further the invention provides simple, economical and short synthesis of Peribysin E and its analogs of Formula I, in good yield and purity leading to the identification of more potent cell adhesion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Dumbala Srinivasa Reddy, Kishor Laxman Handore
  • Patent number: 9828356
    Abstract: Novel processes for the preparation of a compound of Formula I-2 substantially free of the 5,6-trans isomer: wherein R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification are provided. Novel intermediates for the preparations of isomer free Prostaglandins and derivatives thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: CHIROGATE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Yi Wei, Yu-Chih Yeh, Min-Kuan Hsu, Li-Ta Kao
  • Patent number: 9828336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds and methods that are useful for the preparation of compounds useful as orexin-2 receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: George Anthony Moniz, Annie Zhu Wilcoxen, Farid Benayoud, Toshiaki Tanaka, Keiichi Sorimachi
  • Patent number: 9820964
    Abstract: This application is in the field of medicinal chemistry and relates to ultrapure ajulemic acid, its synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammation, pain, and fibrotic diseases including scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, scleroderma-like disorders, sine scleroderma, liver cirrhosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Dupuytren's contracture, keloids, chronic kidney disease, chronic graft rejection, and other scarring-wound healing abnormalities, post-operative adhesions, and reactive fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Tepper
  • Patent number: 9815807
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing the corrosion of a reactor and reducing waste in the production of 2-furaldehyde from a sugar raw material containing a hexose as a constituent component, and another object of the invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing 2-furaldehyde, which suppresses a decrease in the activity of a catalyst in a case of using an acid catalyst and provides a higher yield. The present invention relates to a method for producing 2-furaldehyde comprising heating a sugar raw material containing a hexose as a constituent component in an aprotic polar solvent in the presence of a solid acid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Okoshi, Hideto Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9815746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multifunctional chemosensors that can measure the concentration, enantiomeric excess (ee), and absolute configuration of chiral compounds. The chemosensors described herein may contain a backbone moiety that is bonded to a fluorescent moiety and a moiety for bonding a chiral compound. Backbone moieties may include aromatic groups, for example, naphthyl. The chemosensors described herein are useful for measuring concentration, enantiomeric excess, and absolute configuration of organic molecules in areas such as high throughput screening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Christian Wolf, Keith W. Bentley
  • Patent number: 9815810
    Abstract: A method of cannabinoid preservation includes separating a cannabinoid ethanol (EtOH) mixture from a cannabis extract through a filtration process; forming a slurry by combining a crystalline compound with the cannabinoid EtOH mixture; heating and agitating the slurry in a pressurized chamber to form a colloidal cannabinoid EtOH mixture; distributing the colloidal cannabinoid EtOH mixture into a tray to form an evenly distributed mixture layer; forming an evaporation vessel for the evenly distributed mixture layer through the attachment of a detachable cover to the tray; positioning and heating the evaporation vessel within a heating chamber; performing a rapid cools process as the evenly distributed mixture layer approaches approaches saturation temperature; repeating the rapid cooling process until crystal formation is detected within the evenly distributed mixture layer; and/or removing the evaporation vessel from the heating chamber upon detection of crystal formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: DEEP CELL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Ogilvie, Gary Bonilla
  • Patent number: 9818956
    Abstract: A compound for an organic photoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1. An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer including the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takkyun Ro, Seon-Jeong Lim, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin, Yagi Tadao, Moon Gyu Han, Chuljoon Heo
  • Patent number: 9815839
    Abstract: The present invention provides N-(1-(substituted-phenyl)ethyl)-9H-purin-6-amines derivatives that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are 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: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Incyte Corporation, Incyte Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Andrew P. Combs, Eddy W. Yue, Thomas P. Maduskuie, Jr., Richard B. Sparks
  • Patent number: 9809602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases, in particular viral diseases, in particular hepatitis C virus (HCV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur Korea
    Inventors: Marc P. Windisch, Hee-Young Kim, Jaewon Yang, Jong Yeon Hwang, Suyeon Jo, Jeongjin Kwon, Dongsik Park, Jihyun Choi, Jaeheon Lee
  • Patent number: 9809554
    Abstract: The invention refers to a process for preparing ivabradine, in particular a process for preparing an ivabradine salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLON S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mara Sada, Faris Garis, Giorgio Bertolini
  • Patent number: 9809576
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of synthesizing a viral protease inhibitor in high yield, without using expensive catalysts or challenging reaction conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Russell D. Cink, Kirill A. Lukin, Marvin R. Leanna, Matthew J. Pelc, Timothy B. Towne, Dennie S. Welch, Kenneth M. Engstrom, Matthew M. Ravn, Richard D. Bishop, Gang Zhao, Jianzhang Mei, Jeff M. Kallemeyn, David R. Hill, Michael J. Abrahamson, Westin H. Morrill