Patents Examined by Mukund J. Shah
  • Patent number: 6525000
    Abstract: A process for preparing fused triazoles of formula I where: X—X is C—O, C—S, C—SO, C—SO2, or C—NR1; V is C═W2, R1R2C—C(═W2)— or C(═V2)—C(═W2); W1, W2 are oxygen or sulfur; which comprises reacting substituted N-aminoureas are reacted with formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde to give the corresponding methyleneimino ureas; cyclizing these in the presence of catalytic amounts of acid or metal oxide to give tetrahydro-4H-1,3,4-oxa(or thia)diazines, and cyclizing the fused triazoles using phosgene or a phosgene substitute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Hamprecht, Olaf Menke, Robert Reinhard, Peter Schäfer, Cyrill Zagar, Martina Otten, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Helmut Walter
  • Patent number: 6525050
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: (where R1, R2 and R3 are defined in the specification) are inhibitors of AICARFT. These compounds, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvents, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically active metabolites, are useful in pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Romines, III, Michael D. Varney, Cynthia L. Palmer, Ted M. Bleckman
  • Patent number: 6521610
    Abstract: 4-Haloalkyl-3-heterocyclylpyridines and 4-haloalkyl-5-heterocyclyl-pyrimidines, processes for their preparation, compositions comprising them, and their use as pesticides The present invention relates to 4-haloalkyl-3-heterocyclylpyridines and 4-haloalkyl-5-heterocyclylpyrimidines of the formula (I), to processes for their preparation, to compositions comprising them, and to the use of these compounds for controlling animal pests, in particular insects, spider mites, ectoparasites and helminths. In the formula (I), Q is a 5-membered heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted by halogen or organic radicals, Y is halo-C1-C6-alkyl, X is CH or N and m is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Tiebes, Thomas Taapken, Burkhard Rook, Manfred Kern, Ulrich Sanft
  • Patent number: 6521630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydroquinazoline-2,4-diones derivatives of the formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is (CH2)n where n is equal to 0, 1 or 2; U is CH2, NH, or NR3, R1 and R2 are selected independently from H, (C1-C6)alkyl, Cl, F, CN, nitro, CF3, —NHC(O)R6 and —OR7, or R1 and R2, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic five- or six-membered ring, R3 is selected from the group consisting of H, (C1-C6)malkyl, C(═O)—(C1-C6)alkyl, where m=1 or 2; R4 and R5 are selected from H, (C1-C6)alkyl, Cl, F, —CF3, —CN, —NHC(═O)R6, —OR7, a 5-to 7-membered aryl or heteroaryl ring, where m, R6 and R7 are as defined above; and R6 and R7 are selected independently from H, (C1-C6)alkyl or a 5- to 7-membered aryl or heteroaryl ring; V is CH, CR3, or N; W is CH2, C(O), or S(O)2; X is C or N; and Y is CH, CR1,CR2, or N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Franz Joseph Fliri, Todd William Butler, Randall James Gallaschun, John Anthony Ragan, Brian Patrick Jones
  • Patent number: 6521618
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I), having the structure where T, Z, X, A, R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3, R4, and n are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which are useful as antineoplastic agents and in the treatment of osteoporosis and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Diane Harris Boschelli, Yanong Wang, Frank Charles Boschelli, Dan Maarten Berger, Nan Zhang, Dennis William Powell, Fei Ye, Ayako Yamashita, Frenel Fils DeMorin, Biqi Wu, Hwei-Ru Tsou, Elsebe Geraldine Overbeek-Klumpers, Allan Wissner
  • Patent number: 6521592
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma and other allergic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Co.
    Inventors: Soo S. Ko, George V. DeLucca, John V. Duncia, Joseph B. Santella, III, Daniel S. Gardner
  • Patent number: 6521614
    Abstract: The present application describes N-(amidinophenyl)cyclourea analogs of formula I: which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Maduskuie, Jr., Robert Anthony Galemmo, Jr., Celia Dominguez, Mimi Lifen Quan, Karen Anita Rossi, Petrus Fredericus Wilhelmus Stouten, Jung-Hui Sun, Brian Lloyd Wells
  • Patent number: 6521622
    Abstract: Heterocyclic aromatic amides having a hydroxy group adjacent to the amide functionality are useful as antifungal agents, particularly for plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Ricks, William H. Dent, III, Richard B. Rogers, Chenglin Yao, Bassam S. Nader, John L. Miesel, Gina M. Fitzpatrick, Kevin G. Meyer, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Irene M. Morrison, Robert P. Gajewski
  • Patent number: 6521623
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein: R1 is C1-C6-alkyl substituted by a group selected from OH, C1-C6-alkoxy, —OCONHC1-C6-alkyl, —OCONHC1-C6-alkyl, —NHSO2C1-C6-alkyl, and —NHCOC1-C6-alkyl, or R1 is C1-C6-alkyl substituted by a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered heterocycle containing one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and oxygen, the heterocycle optionally substituted by a group selected from C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, and benzyl; R2 and R3 together with the nitrogen form a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring optionally containing nitrogen or oxygen as an additional heteroatom, the heterocyclic ring thereof substituted by a group selected from phenyl, benzyl, and diphenylmethyl, each of these groups optionally mono- or di-substituted by one or two groups selected from CF3, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, phenyl, benzyl, halogen, and OH, or R2 and R3 together with the nitrogen form a saturated or unsaturated 5-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Enzo Cereda, Luciano Maiocchi, Alessandro Brambilla, Ettore Giraldo, Eugenia Monferini, Giovanni Battista Schiavi
  • Patent number: 6518283
    Abstract: Squaric acid Derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is an integrin binding group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6alkyl group; L1 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; n is zero or the integer 1; Alk1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic chain; R3 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted heteroaliphatic, cycloaliphatic, heterocycloaliphatic, polycycloaliphatic, polyheterocycloaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic group: and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immune of inflammatory disorders, or disorders involving the inappropriate growth or migration of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Celltech R&D Limited
    Inventors: Barry John Langham, Rikki Peter Alexander, John Clifford Head, Janeen Marsha Linsley, John Robert Porter, Sarah Catherine Archibald, Graham John Warrellow
  • Patent number: 6518423
    Abstract: Benzopiperidine derivatives represented by formula (I), salts thereof or hydrates thereof, processes for producing the same and drugs comprising the same: wherein the variables are as described in the specification. These compounds are useful as drugs efficacious in the prevention and treatment of these various inflammatory diseases and immunologic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, asthma, and rejection reaction accompanying organ transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kaneko, Richard Clark, Norihito Ohi, Fumihiro Ozaki, Tetsuya Kawahara, Atsushi Kamada, Kazuo Okano, Hiromitsu Yokohama, Kenzo Muramoto, Tohru Arai, Masayoshi Ohkuro, Osamu Takenaka, Jiro Sonoda
  • Patent number: 6518425
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides are provided that include efficient methods for the preparation of the 1,3-oxathiolane ring and subsequent condensation of the 1,3-oxathiolane with a pyrimidine or purine base. Using the processes described herein, the compounds can be provided as isolated enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignees: Emory University, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Dennis C. Liotta, Merrick R. Almond, Darryl G. Cleary, Josè D. Soria, Marcos Sznaidman
  • Patent number: 6518286
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula (I) wherein: R1 represents optionally substituted, C1-C12 alkyl or optionally substituted 3- to 10-membered saturated or unsaturated ring system comprising up to two ring carbon atoms that form carbonyl groups and comprising up to 4 ring heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur; m is 0-1; Q represents OCH2, C1-C4 alkylene or C2-C4 alkenylene; T represents C(O)NH, or when m is 0, T may additionally represent a bond or NH, or when m is 1 and Q represents C1-C4 alkylene, T may additionally represent NH; n is 1-4; each R2 and R3 independently represents H or C1-C4 alkyl; V represents N, and W represents N or CH; X represents O, C(O), CH(OH), SO2, NH or N(C1-C6 alkyl), provided that when W represents N, then X represents either C(O) or SO2 and when W represents CH, then X is other than SO2; R4 represents optionally substituted phenyl; R5 and R6 each independently represent H, C1-C6 alkyl or hydroxyC1-C6 alkyl, or R5 and R6 together with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Baxter, Stephen Brough, Nicholas Kindon, Thomas McInally, Bryan Roberts, Stephen Thom
  • Patent number: 6518314
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound that impedes disruption of intact dense microspheres (DMS) by acting on DMS either to prevent disruption, or if disrupted, act on pre-disrupted DMS in such a way that, when the composition is administered to a test animal that has received an injection of DMS, it reduces the mean volume of tissue occupied by disrupted DMS, reduces the ratio of the number of inflammatory cells per DMS, or increases the ratio of the number of macrophages containing disrupted DMS per DMS, are useful for treating cerebral amyloidosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Nymox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Averback, Hossein Ghanbari, Iraj Beheshti, David Morse
  • Patent number: 6518426
    Abstract: Novel pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives of the following general formula are disclosed. These compounds are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections such as Toxoplasmosis gondii and Pneumocystis carinii, and various types of cancer, through their action on dihydrofolate reductase and thymidylate syndmase enzymes. Methods of inhibiting these enzymes, by administration of these compounds, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
    Inventor: Aleem Gangjee
  • Patent number: 6515146
    Abstract: Process for the oxidation of a hydrocarbon substrate to a corresponding oxidised hydrocarbon compound by contacting the hydrocarbon substrate with an oxygen containing atmosphere in presence of a catalyst being active in the oxidation of the hydrocarbon substrate, which process comprises the steps of: passing a process gas containing the hydrocarbon substrate through a reaction zone with the catalyst; introducing the oxygen containing atmosphere divided into a plurality of substreams successively into the reaction zone; within the reaction zone reacting the process gas continuously with the oxygen containing atmosphere; and withdrawing from the reaction zone a product gas containing oxidised hydrocarbon compound and carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignees: Haldor Topsoe A/S, University of Zaragoza, Du Pont Iberia, S.A.
    Inventors: Jens Perregaard, Jesus Santamaria, Miquel Menendes, Reyes Mallada, Gregory Patience, Julian R. H. Ross, Erzeng Xue, Jean-Claude Volta, Anne Julbe, David Furrusseng
  • Patent number: 6515123
    Abstract: The invention is directed to carbamate group containing non chloranil based triphendioxazine compounds useful as pigments which are readily convertible into the corresponding triphendioxazine pigments without carbamate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Bansi Lal Kaul, Bruno Piastra, Pascal Steffanut
  • Patent number: 6514974
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein r is 0 to 2, n is 0 to 2; m is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 (i) are in each case a lower alkyl, or (ii) together form a bridge in subformula I* or (iii) together form a bridge in subformula I** wherein one or two of the ring members T1, T2, T3, and T4 are nitrogen, and the remainder are in each case CH; A, B, D, and E are N or CH, wherein not more than 2 of these radicals are N; G is lower alkylene, acyloxy- or hydroxy-lower alkylene, —CH2—O—, —CH2—S—, —CH2—NH—, oxa, thia, or imino; Q is methyl; R is H or lower alkyl; X is imino, oxa, or thia; Y is aryl, pyridyl, or (un)substituted cycloalkyl; and Z is mono- or disubstited amino, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxy, etherified or esterified hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, alkanoyl, carbamoyl, N-mono- or N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl, amidino, guanidino, mercapto, sulfo, phenylthio, p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jörg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6514978
    Abstract: Thromboresistant materials are described which incorporate pyrazinone compounds of the Formula I: wherein X is O, NR11 or CH═N, R3-R11, Ra, Rb, Rc, W, m, and n are set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Certain of the compounds exhibit antithrombotic activity via direct, selective inhibition of thrombin. Compositions for inhibiting loss of blood platelets, inhibiting formation of blood platelet aggregates, inhibiting formation of fibrin, inhibiting thrombus formation, and inhibiting embolus formation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Bruce E. Tomczuk, Thomas P. Markotan
  • Patent number: 6515124
    Abstract: Aromatic dehydroamino acids are disclosed that are active as LFA-1 arnagonists This activity enables these compounds to prevent inflammation which is a consequence of T cell activation and accordingly reduce or eliminate inflammatory skin disease psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Nader Fotouhi, Paul Gillespie, Robert William Guthrie, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Weiya Yun