Patents Examined by Shailenda Kumar
  • Benzoic acid derivatives and related compounds as antiarrhythmic agents
    Patent number: 6624309
    Abstract: Benzoic acid derivatives of the formula where X is oxygen, sulfur, —NH, —NR1, —N—CN, —N—OR1 or —N—NO2; Y is a single bond, —C═C—, or —NH; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclo, or (heterocyclo)alkyl; and R2 is aryl or heterocyclo. The compounds of formula I are useful in the treatment of arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John Lloyd, George C. Rovnyak, Philip D. Stein, Saleem Ahmad, Karnail S. Atwal, Thomas J. Caulfield, Michael A. Poss