Patents Examined by Rebecca Anderson
  • Patent number: 9505719
    Abstract: An improved synthesis of a class of inhibitor of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) is provided, wherein use of an expensive palladium-based catalyst is reduced and reaction yields and product purities are improved. Two key reactions of coupling of aryl halides with anilines are optimized with the surprising discovery that the palladium-based catalyst can be dispensed with entirely in one of the reactions. The invention also provides the use of the FAK-inhibitory compounds in the treatment of inflammatory and immune disorders and of arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: VERASTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Yixiong Lei, Carl Henry Behrens, Hui-Yin Li, Connie L. Sun
  • Patent number: 9499561
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fused pyrimidine compound as represented by formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate and solvate thereof, an optical isomer or a prodrug thereof, as well as a preparation method, an intermediate, a composition and uses thereof. The fused pyrimidine compound according to the present invention can inhibit activity of PI3 kinase, and can be used to treat diseases such as cancer caused by abnormal activity of the PI3 kinase, or can be used to prepare medicine for treating these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zusheng Xu
  • Patent number: 9502661
    Abstract: An amine derivative including a fluorine substituted aryl group is represented by compound (1) of the following Formula 1. wherein, each of Ar1 and Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, L is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, a is an integer satisfying 0?a?3, and at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 is substituted with at least one fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuo Miyata
  • Patent number: 9499489
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to antiviral compounds disclosed herein and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions. Typically, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound of formula I: Formula I, or salt, prodrug, or ester thereof wherein X, Y, and R1 and R10 to R13 are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Plemper, James P. Snyder, Aiming Sun
  • Patent number: 9499483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masashi Watanabe, Takahiro Okachi, Michiaki Kawahara, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Noritada Sato, Takashi Takita, Gen Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9499473
    Abstract: A method for producing nitrous acid ester in which nitric oxide, oxygen, and an alcohol are reacted, thereby generating nitrous acid ester includes a step of generating nitrous acid ester by supplying a bottom liquid from a bottom part of the reaction column, and nitric oxide and/or carbon monoxide, a step of supplying nitrous acid ester to the reaction column; a step of supplying a reaction liquid containing water, nitric acid, and the alcohol to a nitric acid condensing column from the reactor; and a step of separating a low-boiling point component by distillation from the reaction liquid under control of a concentration of the alcohol in a condensed liquid being generated at a bottom part of the nitric acid condensing column to be less than 4.0% by weight so as to introduce the condensed liquid into the reactor from the nitric acid condensing column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Syuji Tanaka, Hirofumi Il, Akira Hino, Yuya Fukui, Satoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 9498483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Weninger Barnes, Scott Louis Cohen, Jiping Fu, Lei Shu, Rui Zheng
  • Patent number: 9498461
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of formula I and formula II or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I or formula II; and methods for treating or preventing inflammatory bowel disease may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and inflammation such as inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, liver cirrhosis and idiopathic urticaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: CELLIX BIO PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Mahesh Kandula
  • Patent number: 9493474
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula I having the following general structure: Z1—Y1—(CH2)n1—R—(CH2)n2—Y2—Z2 wherein R represents a fused bicyclic or spirocyclic aliphatic diamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are inhibitors of the Renal Outer Medullary Potassium (ROMK) channel (Kir1.1). The compounds are useful as diuretics and natriuretics and therefore are useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of disorders resulting from excessive salt and water retention, including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and chronic and acute heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Walsh, Alexander Pasternak, Zhi-Cai Shi, Brian Cato, Esther Y. Kim
  • Patent number: 9492439
    Abstract: Amido compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: and wherein n1, n2, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and graft-versus-host disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: New York University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Dan Littman, Jun R. Huh, Wenwei Huang, Ruili Huang, Erika Elaine Englund
  • Patent number: 9487533
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulas Ia-d where X is S or O, mor is a morpholine group, and R3 is a monocyclic heteroaryl group, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for modulating the activity of lipid kinases including PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula Ia-d 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, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Georgette Castanedo, Jennafer Dotson, Richard Goldsmith, Janet Gunzner, Tim Heffron, Simon Mathieu, Alan Olivero, Daniel P. Sutherlin, Shumei Wang, Bing-Yan Zhu, Steven Staben, Vickie Tsui, Tracy Bayliss, Irina Chuckowree, Adrian Folkes, Nan Chi Wan
  • Patent number: 9487514
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1, R2a, R2b, R3—R6, a, b, Z, and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Fleury, Roland Gendron, Adam D. Hughes, Cameron Smith
  • Patent number: 9487501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and Z are as descried in the claims, or to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. It has not been found that the compounds of formula I has a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds may be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger
  • Patent number: 9474742
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes, of Formula I D-M-D??(Formula I) useful as antiviral agents. In certain embodiments disclosed herein M is a group —P-A-P— where A is Certain substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. Pharmaceutical compositions/and combinations containing one or more substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided by this disclosure. Methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C viral infections are provided by the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Allan Wiles, Qiuping Wang, Akihiro Hashimoto, Godwin Pais, Xiangzhu Wang, Venkat Gadhachanda, Avinash Phadke, Milind Deshpande, Dawei Chen
  • Patent number: 9475751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing lower dialkyl carbonates as a main product and alkylene glycol as a by-product by transesterification of a cyclic alkylene carbonate (e.g. ethylene or propylene carbonate) with lower alkyl alcohols in the presence of a catalyst and also the necessary purification of the dialkyl carbonate in a subsequent process step. For optimization of the economic efficiency and energy efficiency of the process, additional devices are used for intermediate heating of the internal liquid streams within the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Pieter Ooms, Friedhelm Risse, Andre Düx, Carsten Buchaly, Thomas Pancur, Arthur Susanto, Georg Ronge, Johan Vanden Eynde, Wim Wuytack
  • Patent number: 9475798
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Govek, Mehmet Kahraman, Nicholas D. Smith, Jeffrey H. Hager, Edna Chow Maneval
  • Patent number: 9475782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to guanidine compounds of the general formula I corresponding enantiomeric, diastereomeric and/or tautomeric forms thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present compound further relates to the use of guanidine compounds as binding partners for 5-HT5 receptors for the treatment of diseases which are modulated by a 5-HT5 receptor activity, in particular for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as the associated signs, symptoms and dysfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ABBVIE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Astrid Netz, Wilhelm Amberg, Udo Lange, Michael Ochse, Charles W. Hutchins, Francisco-Xavier Garcia-Ladona, Wolfgang Wernet, Andreas Kling
  • Patent number: 9468629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes, of Formula I D-M-D??(Formula I) useful as antiviral agents. In certain embodiments disclosed herein M is a group —P-A-P— where A is Certain substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. Pharmaceutical compositions/and combinations containing one or more substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided by this disclosure. Methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C viral infections are provided by the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Allan Wiles, Qiuping Wang, Akihiro Hashimoto, Godwin Pais, Xiangzhu Wang, Venkat Gadhachanda, Avinash Phadke, Milind Deshpande, Dawei Chen
  • Patent number: 9469616
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for inhibiting the growth of a microbe; treating a mammal having a microbial infection, mucositis, an ophthalmic infection, an otic infection, a cancer, or a Mycobacterium infection; inhibiting the growth of a Mycobacterium species; modulating an immune response in a mammal; or antagonizing unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, or a heparin/low molecular weight heparin derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: Cellceutix Corporation, University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Yan Li, Hitesh Thaker, Gregory N. Tew, Dahui Liu, Wenxi Pan, Richard W Scott, Xiaodong Fan
  • Patent number: 9464039
    Abstract: A method for producing an unsaturated nitrile by subjecting propane to a vapor-phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction using a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a composite oxide catalyst containing Mo, V, and Nb, the method comprising the step of: adding a tungsten compound into the fluidized bed reactor to adjust a molar ratio (W/Mo ratio) of tungsten contained in a tungsten compound to molybdenum contained in the composite oxide catalyst that exist within the fluidized bed reactor so that the molar ratio is in the range of 0.0001 to 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Tamura, Sadao Shoji