Patents Examined by Rebecca Anderson
  • Patent number: 9676712
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) wherein L1, L2, L3, R1, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the specification. Compounds of formula (I) are EP4 agonists useful in the treatment of glaucoma, osteoporosis, bone fracture, periodontal bone loss, orthopedic implant, alopecia, neuropathic pain, and related disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating conditions or disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CAYMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Douglas Barrett, Bradlee David Germain, Adam Uzieblo, Fred Lawrence Ciske, Gregory William Endres, Andriy Kornilov, Kirk M. Maxey, James Paul O'Malley, Thomas Allen Owen
  • Patent number: 9676769
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) activity useful in the treatment of inflammation, an inflammatory disease, an immune or an autoimmune disorder, or inhibition of tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Proximagen Limited
    Inventors: Max Espensen, Lee Patient, David Evans, Iain Simpson, Edward Savory
  • Patent number: 9670180
    Abstract: Chemical entities that are quinoxaline kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NeuPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-liang Zhu, Xiangping Qian
  • Patent number: 9670203
    Abstract: Provided are certain fused tricyclic urea compounds and salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of use therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BeiGene, Ltd.
    Inventors: Changyou Zhou, Guoliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9670228
    Abstract: Benzoxazepin compounds of Formula I, including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and B is a pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, or triazolyl ring fused to the benzoxepin ring, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Steven Do, Danette Dudley, Adrian Folkes, Robert Heald, Timothy Heffron, Mark Jones, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Stephen Price, Steven Staben, Lan Wang
  • Patent number: 9670231
    Abstract: Provided are fused tricyclic amide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one such fused tricyclic compound, processes for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof in therapy. Disclosed herein are certain tricyclic amide compounds that can be useful for inhibiting multiple (specifically BRAF and/or EGFR-T790M) kinases and for treating disorders mediated thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BeiGene, Ltd.
    Inventors: Changyou Zhou, Gouliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9670219
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a compound having a positive allosteric modulating activity (PAM activity) on an ?7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nACh receptor). [Means for Solution] The present inventors have studied on a PAM activity on an ?7 nACh receptor, and they have found that a tetrahydrooxepinopyridine compound has a PAM activity on an ?7 nACh receptor, thereby completing the present invention. The tetrahydrooxepinopyridine compound of the present invention has a PAM activity on an ?7 nACh receptor and can be expected as an agent for preventing or treating dementia, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, CIAS, negative symptoms of schizophrenia, inflammatory diseases, or pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Koganemaru, Satoshi Miyamoto, Shinya Nagashima, Akio Kamikawa, Koichi Yonezawa, Yuka Koizumi, Satoshi Aoki, Takashi Ogiyama, Shimpei Kawakami, Shigeki Kunikawa, Ryo Sato, Junichi Shishikura, Shuichirou Kakimoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Keisuke Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9663487
    Abstract: A compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R3, R and R6 are each independently (LQ)mY; R4 is H, halogen, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted alkyl; and; each X is independently CR7 or N. The compounds are PI3K inhibitors and therefore have potential utility in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Karus Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph Shuttleworth, Franck Alexandre Silva
  • Patent number: 9656981
    Abstract: Peripherally acting cannabinoid agonist compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using them are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Igor Spigelman, Herbert H. Seltzman, Craig Shiner
  • Patent number: 9656958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synthesizing an intermediate of Apixaban comprising reacting a compound of formula I with 5-chloro-valeryl chloride in the presence of inorganic base in an inert solvent to obtain a compound of formula II, with the reaction formula of (A), wherein R is selected from nitro group and the group (B). The method is mild in reaction condition, simple in operation, easy in purification, inexpensive in production cost, environmental-friendly, and suitable for industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Shanghai Syncores Technologies Inc. Ltd., Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boyu Wang, Jinfeng Yao, Luning Huang, Jeannie Zhang
  • Patent number: 9656971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein the substituents are described in claim 1 and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). The compounds may be used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, depression, cognitive impairment and motor symptoms, resistant depression, cognitive impairment, mood and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, René Bonnafous, Bernd Buettelmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9650358
    Abstract: Disclosed are compound of Formula (Ia), wherein R2, R12, R16, J, Q, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be used as agents in the treatment of diseases, including cancer. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula (Ia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Mastracchio, Milan Bruncko, Chunqiu Lai, Julie M. Miyashiro, Zhi-Fu Tao, Keith W. Woods, Thomas D. Penning, Andrew J. Souers
  • Patent number: 9643939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Linezolid. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improved process for preparing (S)—N-[[3-[3-fluoro-4-[4-morpholinyl]phenyl]-2-oxo-5-oxazolidinyl]methyl] phthalimide and (S)-glycidyl phthalimide intermediates, which are used in the preparation of Linezolid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Optimus Drugs Private Limited
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Desi Reddy, Subba Reddy Peketi, Dnyandev Ragho Rane, Venkata Srinivasa Rao Velivela
  • Patent number: 9642363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-arylamide-substituted trifluoroethyl sulfide derivatives of the formula (I) in which X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2, R3, n have the meanings given in the description—to their use as acaricides and insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Bayer Cropscience AG, Bayer Intellectual Property GMBH
    Inventors: Adeline Koehler, Bernd Alig, Angela Becker, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Goergens, Reiner Fischer, Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Silvia Cerezo-Galvez, Julia Johanna Hahn, Kerstin Ilg, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Takuya Gomibuchi, Masahito Ito, Daiei Yamazaki, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Eiichi Shimojo
  • Patent number: 9643962
    Abstract: The present invention refers to processes for preparing a dihydropyrimidine compound having Formula (I), or a tautomer thereof having Formula (Ia), as well as a intermediate thereof. The process of the invention has simple operation, high optical purity of product, high yield and convenient work-up, which is suitable for industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingyun Ren, Xinchang Liu, Zhifu Zou, Linjin Tu, Yuefeng Shan, Douxing Lei, Siegfried Goldmann, Yingjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9637450
    Abstract: The present invention provides Octahydrocyclopentapyrrole compounds having the structure: (structurally represented) wherein psi is absent or present, and when present is a bond; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF, or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is absent or present, and when present is H, OH, or halogen; A is absent or present, and when present is C(O) or C(O)NH; B is substituted or unsubstituted monocycle, bicycle, heteromonocycle, heterobicycle, benzyl, CO2H or (C1-C4 alkyl)-CO2H, wherein when B is CO2H, then A is present and is C(O); and when psi is present, then R6 is absent and when psi is absent, then R6 is present, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treatment of diseases characterized by excessive lipofuscin accumulation in the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Christopher Cioffi, Graham Johnson, Nicoleta Dobri, Emily Freeman, Ping Chen, Michael Conlon, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 9630932
    Abstract: The present invention provides trisubstituted benzotriazole derivatives as dihydroorotate oxygenase inhibitor compounds of formula (I), which may be therapeutically useful as DHODH inhibitors. wherein, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are useful in the treatment and prevention in diseases or disorder, in particular their use in diseases or disorder where there is an advantage in inhibiting DHODH. The present invention also provides methods for synthesizing trisubstituted benzotriazole derivatives of formula (I). The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising at least one of the DHODH inhibitor compound of formula (I) together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: UM PHARMAUJI SDN. BHD., AURIGENE DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Siva Sanjeeva Rao Thunuguntla, Subramanya Hosahalli, Satish Reddy Kunnam
  • Patent number: 9630933
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a 1H-tetrazole derivative by reacting an azide compound represented by general formula (II) and a cyanide compound represented by general formula (III) in a flow reactor to produce a compound represented by general formula (I) (wherein, Y represents an alkyl group, aryl group, arylalkyl group, substituted silyl group or substituted silylalkyl group, Z represents —CO—, —SO2— or —CRaRb— (wherein, Ra and Rb respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or unsubstituted or substituted aryl group), p represents 0 or 1, q represents 0 or 1, r represents 0 or 1 (provided that q is 1 in the case p is 0 or r is 0), R1 represents an alkyl group or hydrogen atom in the case q is 0 or an alkylene group in the case q is 1, and R2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9617283
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocycle compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Lee William Page, Ildiko Maria Buck, James Edward Harvey Day, Steven Howard, Gordon Saxty, Christopher William Murray, Anna Hopkins
  • Patent number: 9617279
    Abstract: The present invention provides thiazole compounds of Formula I wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, and W, and ring AA, are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrugs, or esters or solvate form thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Xiaojun Zhang