Patents Examined by Rita J. Desai
  • Patent number: 10800755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyridine derivative of formula (1) wherein R1 is optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl, optionally-substituted C3-10 cycloalkyl, or optionally-substituted 5- to 10-membered saturated or partially-unsaturated heterocyclyl; R2 is halogen atom, cyano, C1-6 alkyl which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 the same or different halogen atoms, C1-6 alkoxy which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 the same or different halogen atoms, or amino which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 2 the same or different C1-6 alkyl; and the bind with broken line is single or double bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as a medicament for treating symptoms in anxiety-related disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Yoshinaga, Hiro Uemachi, Tomomi Ohno, Jeremy Besnard
  • Patent number: 10793565
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Liangxing Wu, Bo Shen, Meizhong Xu, Wenqing Yao
  • Patent number: 10793532
    Abstract: A method is described for production of a high purity compound of the formula (I) in crystalline form of the modification A. In this, starting from high purity gadobutrol, the gadolinium is removed by decomplexation with oxalic acid, and then with a calcium salt the calcium complex is produced in high purity. During the crystallization, a water equivalent of 9-11 weight % is set. The crystalline form of the modification A of the compound of the formula (I) is used in the production of Gadovist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Johannes Platzek, Wilhelm Trentmann
  • Patent number: 10786494
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are provided which are useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions modulated at least in part by CCR6:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Dairaghi, Dean R. Dragoli, Jaroslaw Kalisiak, Christopher W. Lange, Manmohan Reddy Leleti, Yandong Li, Rebecca M. Lui, Venkat Reddy Mali, Viengkham Malathong, Jay P. Powers, Hiroko Tanaka, Joanne Tan, Matthew J. Walters, Ju Yang, Penglie Zhang
  • Patent number: 10781179
    Abstract: The invention provides (1) processes for making substantially-pure (?) huperzine A and substantially-pure (?) huperzine A derivatives; (2) compositions useful in making substantially-pure (?) huperzine A and substantially-pure (?) huperzine A derivatives; and (3) methods of treating or preventing neurological disorders using substantially-pure (?) huperzine A and substantially-pure (?) huperzine A derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seth Herzon, Maung Kyaw Moe Tun
  • Patent number: 10774099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for phospholipidation of imidazoquinolines and oxoadenines. More particularly, the present invention relates to a high-yielding and scalable procedure for the phospholipidation of imidazoquinolines and oxoadenines which obviates the need to isolate unstable phosphoramidite intermediates. This process may be used for the phospholipidation of toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)—active and toll-like receptor (TLR8)—active imidazoquinolines and oxoadenines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Helene G. Bazin-Lee, Laura S. Bess, David A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10766898
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula XXIII: wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, acyl, or silyl, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, benzyl, acyl, or ester, and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, an aromatic group, azacyclic, carbocycle, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycle, heteroaryl, heteroalkyl, acyl, or ester, as well as derivatives and stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives thereof; and methods of making and using such compounds. The invention includes pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds in methods of treating conditions, diseases, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Bart DeCorte, Jacob Cornelis Russcher, Menno Cornelis Franciscus Monnee
  • Patent number: 10766894
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, 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: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Badry Bursulaya, Andreas Fisch, James Paul Lajiness, Rainer Machauer, Swapnil Malekar, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Farshad Ramazani, Anne-Catherine Remond, Thomas Ullrich, Peggy Usselmann, Eric Vangrevelinghe
  • Patent number: 10757938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-acylimino compound of formula (I): wherein X is O or S, in particular O; m is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; Het is a 5 or 6 membered carbon-bound or nitrogen-bound heterocyclic ring, W1-W2-W3-W4 represents a carbon chain group connected to N and C?N, and thus forming a saturated, unsaturated, or partially unsaturated 5 or 6 membered nitrogen containing heterocycle, wherein W1, W2, W3 and W4 each individually represent CRvRw, R1, R2 may be hydrogen, halogen, etc. R3 may be hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, etc. R4a, R4b if present, may be hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, etc. R5 may be hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkenyl, C1-C6-alkinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, S(O)nNR9aR9b, NR9aR9b, C(?O)OR8, C(?O)NR9aR9b, C(?S)NR9aR9b, C(?O)R7a, C(?S)R7a, NR9a—C(?O)R7a, NR9a—C(?S)R7a, NR9a—S(O)nR8a, a moitey Q-phenyl, where the phenyl ring is optionally substituted with one or more, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin John McLaughlin, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Matthias Pohlman, Jochen Dietz, Wolfgang Von Deyn
  • Patent number: 10759792
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII), compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Daniel Emil Levy, Howard Schulman, Bheema Rao Paraselli, Nangunoori Sampath Kumar, Brahmaiah Dabbugoddu, Chundru Balasubramanyam
  • Patent number: 10752620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, RAr1, R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the description, their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as CXCR7 receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Philippe Guerry, Francois Lehembre, Julien Pothier, Laetitia Pouzol, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, Shuguang Yuan
  • Patent number: 10752624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Patent number: 10730871
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1-R3, Ra, and Rb have any of the values defined herein, and salts thereof. The compounds have immunomodulatory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventor: David Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10725046
    Abstract: A water-soluble peptide fluorescence material having a structure of formula (I): In formula (I), n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, R1 is independently selected from hydrogen or a nitrogen-containing functional group, R2 is independently selected from hydrogen or alkyl, and A1 is polymerized by at least one amino acid monomer and having a structure of formula (II): In formula (II), m is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and R3 in each of the amino acid monomers of A1 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkylthioaalkyl, hydroxyaralky, heteroaralkyl, carboxylalkyl, or guanidinylalkyl. A2 is —OR5 or —N(R4)2, and R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkylthioaalkyl, hydroxyaralky, heteroaralkyl, carboxylalkyl, guanidinylalkyl, monoglycosyl, biglycosyl, or oligosaccharyl, and R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkylthioaalkyl, hydroxyaralky, heteroaralkyl, carboxylalkyl, or guanidinylalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsin-Chieh Lin, Shu-Min Hsu
  • Patent number: 10723721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of lifitegrast (I) comprising a) reacting benzofuran-6-carboxylic acid (II) with a non-chlorinated carboxyl activating agent; and b) reacting the activated compound obtained in step a) with compound (III) or a salt thereof to give lifitegrast. It also relates to a process for the purification of lifitegrast (I) by i) reacting lifitegrast with dicyclohexylamine to give the dicyclohexylamine salt of lifitegrast (Ia); ii) isolating the salt from the reaction medium; iii) converting the isolated salt into lifitegrast by treatment with an acid; and iv) isolating lifitegrast from the reaction medium. It also relates to the dicyclohexylamine salt of lifitegrast (Ia) and to a process for its preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTERQUIM, S.A.
    Inventors: Xavier Berzosa Rodríguez, Francisco Marquillas Olondriz
  • Patent number: 10723711
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; processes for the preparation of; intermediates used in the preparation of; and compositions containing such compounds or salts, and their uses for treating MAGL-mediated diseases and disorders including, e.g., pain, an inflammatory disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, a metabolic disorder, stroke, or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Butler, Laura Ann McAllister, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Michael Aaron Brodney, Adam Matthew Gilbert, Christopher John Helal, Douglas Scott Johnson, Justin Ian Montgomery, Steven Victor O'Neil, Bruce Nelsen Rogers, Patrick Robert Verhoest, Damien Webb
  • Patent number: 10723724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor, a composition and a use thereof, wherein the compound has the structure of Formula I. These compounds can be used as SGK1 and JNK dual inhibitors with antioxidant effect, which can be formulated into suitable formulations for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rongbiao Pi, Yalin Tu, Qiuhe Chen, Xiaohong Yang, Shengnan Wang, Jingkao Chen, Shijun Wen
  • Patent number: 10717762
    Abstract: This document relates to an abiraterone derivative, 2-(((3S,8R,9S,10R,13S,14S)-10,13-dimethyl-17-(pyridin-3-yl)-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl)oxy)-2-oxoacetic acid (ABOA). This document also relates to compositions comprising a non-covalently bound complex comprising ABOA and human serum albumin, wherein the ABOA and the human serum albumin in the composition have a ratio of weight from about 1:1 to about 1:2000. This document also relates to compositions comprising ABOA and human serum albumin, wherein the ABOA and the human serum albumin in the composition have a ratio of weight from about 1:1 to about 1:2000. This document also relates to compositions consisting essentially of ABOA and human serum albumin, wherein the ABOA and the human serum albumin in the composition have a ratio of weight from about 1:1 to about 1:2000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Qun Sun
  • Patent number: 10696676
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure according to formula (I) where R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, are agonists for the Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and can be used as adjuvants for stimulating the immune system. Some such compounds can be used in conjugates for targeted delivery to the organ or tissue of intended action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Yam B. Poudel, Sanjeev Gangwar, Prasanna Sivaprakasam, Shoshana L. Posy
  • Patent number: 10689376
    Abstract: Substituted-3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine and 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine series of novel Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1) and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of ENPP1; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat disorders associated with dysfunction of the ENPP1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Stingray Therapeutics, Inc., The University of Utah
    Inventors: Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Xiaohui Liu, Gurusankar Ramamoorthy, Sunil Sharma, Mohan Rao Kaadige, Alexis Weston, Trason Thode