Patents Examined by Michael P. Barker
  • Patent number: 7393867
    Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims compounds of formula (I) and formula (II), as inhibitors of human casein kinase I? and methods for using said compounds for treating central nervous system diseases and disorders including mood disorders and sleep disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) or formula (II) and a method for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) or formula (II) are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: David Marc Fink, Yulin Chiang, Nicola Dawn Collar
  • Patent number: 7390797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fused indazole compound having an excellent JNK inhibitory action. More specifically, it provides a compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them. Wherein Z11 and Z12 each independently represent a carbonyl group, a methylene group, etc.; represents a double bond or a single bond; R1a represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; the ring A represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring or a 5- to 10-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, etc.; and R2a, R2b and R2c each independently represent (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) a halogen atom, (3) a nitro group, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Ohi, Nobuaki Sato, Naohiro Kohmura
  • Patent number: 7388031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of formula (I): in which A is a group of formula (a) or (b) in which R represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, an —S(O)z(C1–C4)alkyl group, an —NHSO2(C1–C4)alkyl group, an —SO2NH(C1–C4)alkyl group, an —NHSO2phenyl-(C1–C4)alkyl group or an —NHSO2phenyl group, said phenyl possibly being substituted with a halogen atom, with a (C1–C4)alkyl group or with a (C1–C4)alkoxy group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a (C1–C4)alkyl group, a —CO(C1–C4)alkyl group, a phenyl-(C1–C4)alkyl group or a —COphenyl group, said phenyl also possibly being substituted with a halogen atom or with a (C1–C4)alkoxy group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or an —SO2(C1–C4)alkyl group, an —SO2phenyl-(C1–C4)alkyl group or an —SO2phenyl group; X completes a ring of 5 to 8 atoms, said ring being saturated or unsaturated, possibly being substituted with one or two (C1–C4)alkyl groups and bearing one or two carbonyl groups; n, m and z are, independently, 0, 1 or 2; R3 represents a hydrogen or halogen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Philippe R. Bovy, Roberto Cecchi, Gilles Courtemanche, Tiziano Croci, Ambrogio Oliva, Nunzia Viviani
  • Patent number: 7388023
    Abstract: Certain ?-amino acids that bind to the alpha-2-delta (?2?) subunit of a calcium channel are disclosed. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the treatment of a variety of psychiatric, pain and other disorders. Also disclosed are methods of making the ?-amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter Garth Blazecka, Joseph Richard Bozelak, Norman Lloyd Colbry, Timothy Thomas Curran, Annise Paige Goodman, Kevin E. Henegar, Garrett Hoge, Paul D. Johnson, Augustine Tobi Osuma, Mark Stephen Plummer, Jacob Bradley Schwarz, Derek Clinton Vrieze, Ji Zhang
  • Patent number: 7384964
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein. The present invention additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and provides methods of treating cancer comprising administering a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Samuel J. Danishefsky, Alexey Rivkin, Fumihiko Yoshimura, Ting-Chao Chou, Ana E. Gabarda, Huajin Dong, Kaida Wu, Malcolm A. S. Moore, David Dorn
  • Patent number: 7384966
    Abstract: A compound of general structure I, wherein the compound is optionally in the form of an N-oxide or S-oxide or prodrug form and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein: each of R1 to R9 is independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, halo, mesyl, CX3 (X=halo), —O(CH2)nNYZ-, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl, and substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl or heteroaralkyl; optionally R6 and R7 together form a dioxymethylene (—OCH2O—) unit and wherein n is 1 to 3 and Y and Z are independently selected from any of the following: C1-C6 straight chain, branched or cyclic substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, Y and Z can be taken together to form a cyclic alkyl or hetereoalkyl group wherein in addition to N the hetereoalkyl group comprises a heteroatom selected from N, O or S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Pharminxo Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Francis G. Stevens, Andrew David Westwell, Tracey Dawn Poole, Geoffrey Wells
  • Patent number: 7384969
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): in which X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5, R, Y and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed and claimed are the preparative methods and application of said compounds in therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Laurent Dubois, Yannick Evanno, Luc Even
  • Patent number: 7378533
    Abstract: The present invention describes surfactants of formula (I), wherein R, RN, and m are defined herein, processes for their preparation, and methods for their decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: James R. McElhanon, Gregory M. Jamison, Timothy M. Long, Douglas A. Loy, Kamyar Rahimian, Blake A. Simmons, Chad L. Staiger, David R. Wheeler, Thomas Zifer
  • Patent number: 7365087
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of the formula: wherein A?, X and Y are defined in the specification. These compounds are useful as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Phaik-Eng Sum, David Brian How, Darrin William Hopper, Matthew Douglas Vera, Joshua James Sabatini
  • Patent number: 7361680
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel indole derivatives useful to inhibit cancer or sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents, radiation or other anti-cancer treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dennis A. Carson, Howard B. Cottam, Lorenzo M. Leoni
  • Patent number: 7361672
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heteroarylacetamides of formula (I) Rd—C(O)—N(Re)—Rc—CH2—C(O)—N(Ra)(Rb)??(I) wherein Ra to Re are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Hans Hilpert, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin
  • Patent number: 7361658
    Abstract: 2-Acylaminothiazole derivatives or salts thereof which have a platelet increasing activity based on an excellent human c-mpl-Ba/F3 cell growth function and a function of accelerating formation of megakaryocytic colonies and which are useful for treating thrombocytopenia are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Yuji Koga, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Takao Okuda, Koichiro Harada, Hideki Kubota, Fukushi Hirayama, Masaki Abe, Ken-ichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7358393
    Abstract: The invention relates to ?-alanine amides of general formula (I), wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that is optionally substituted by hydroxy, amino, carboxy, carbamoyl, methylmercapto, guanidino, optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, and; R2 represents hydrogen or R1 and R2, together, form a group of formula —(CH2)n—, wherein n is 3 or 4. Said ?-alanine amides are produced without using an amino protective group by reacting the corresponding amine with a cyanoacetic ester in order to form an acetamide and by effecting a subsequent catalytic hydrogenation. The method is suited, in particular, for producing carcinine (?-alanyl-histamine, R?1 =imidazol-4-ylmethyl, R2=H), a naturally occurring pseudo dipeptide, which is used as an active ingredient having an antioxidative effect in medicaments and cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Hanselmann, Stefan Hildbrand
  • Patent number: 7358253
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I) which are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by T lymphocytes and/or PKC, e.g. acute or chronic rejection of organ or tissue allo- or xenografts, graft versus host diseases, atherosclerosis, vascular occlusion due to vascular injury such as angioplasty, restenosis, obesity, syndrome X, impaired glucose tolerance, polycystic ovary syndrome, hypertension, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CNS diseases such as Alzheimer disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases such as AIDS, septic shock or adult respiratory distress syndrome, ischemia/reperfusion injury e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke, gut ischemia, renal failure or hemorrhage shock, or traumatic shock, e.g. traumatic brain injury. The compounds of formula I are also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory disease or disorders or autoimmune diseases e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Evenou, Peter Von Matt, Jürgen Wagner, Gerhard Zenke
  • Patent number: 7358265
    Abstract: Compounds formula (IA) or (IB), wherein W represents HO(C?O)—, HONH(C?O)— or H(C?O)N(OH)—; X represents —O— or —S—; and R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the description and claims, are inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases, in particular MMP9 and/or MMP12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignees: Vernalis (R&D) Ltd, Laboratories Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Ayscough, Stephen John Davies, Gilles Pain, Jean-Yves Gillon
  • Patent number: 7354938
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles are provided that are useful for the treatment of, for example, diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Goto, Makoto Kakutani, Jun Nishiu, Yasuhiro Ohe, Jay P. Powers, Shinji Yata, Hua Tu
  • Patent number: 7351837
    Abstract: The present invention describes surfactants of formula (I), wherein R, RN, and m are defined herein, processes for their preparation, and methods for their decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: James R. McElhanon, Gregory M. Jamison, Timothy M. Long, Douglas A. Loy, Kamyar Rahimian, Blake A. Simmons, Chad L. Staiger, David R. Wheeler, Thomas Zifer
  • Patent number: 7351841
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A is a nitrogen atom or CR4, B is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR9 (provided that when A is a nitrogen atom, B is not NH), R1 is a C2-14 aryl group, L1 is a bond, CR10R11, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR12, X is OR13 SR13 or NR14NR15, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a C1-10 alkyl group or the like, L2 is a bond or the like, L3 is a bond, CR17R18, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR19, L4 is a bond, CR20R21, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR22, Y is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NR23, and R3 is a C2-14 aryl group, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Owada, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Katsuaki Miyaji, Takanori Nakamura, Norihisa Ishiwata, Yutaka Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 7348357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, to processes for preparing them, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the therapy and/or prophylaxis of diseases in people or animals, especially diseases of bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare AG
    Inventors: Nina Brunner, Christoph Freiberg, Thomas Lampe, Peter Nell, Ben Newton, Michael Otteneder, Josef Pernerstorfer, Jens Pohlmann, Guido Schiffer, Mitsuyuki Shimada, Niels Svenstrup, Rainer Endermann
  • Patent number: 7348327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new, potent DPP-IV enzyme inhibitors of the general formula (I), which contain fluorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Peter Aranyi, Laszlo Balazs, Imre Bata, Sandor Batori, Eva Boronkay, Philippe Bovy, Karoly Kanai, Zoltan Kapui, Edit Susan, Tibor Szabo, Lajos T. Nagy, Katalin Urban-Szabo, Marton Varga