Patents Examined by Shawquia Young
  • Patent number: 8309595
    Abstract: Hydrazone compounds which modulate cannabinoid receptors are presented. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mohamed Naguib Attala, Philippe Diaz
  • Patent number: 8304445
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and related methods and formulations: wherein: A represents a pyrazole ring optionally substituted by one or more R groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sophie Huss, Jose M. Bueno, Jose M. Fiandor, Roger Frechette
  • Patent number: 8299104
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl-substituted heterocycles and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, to process for their preparation and to their use as medicaments. Compounds of the formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings, the N-oxides thereof, and the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compounds bring about for example a weight reduction in mammals and are suitable for example for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Thomas Boehme, Matthias Gossel, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Stahl
  • Patent number: 8293781
    Abstract: A compound, or its salt, or a solvate thereof having a cPLA2 inhibiting activity having the formula (I): or a pharmaceutical composition, cPLA2 inhibitor and inhibitors of various lipid mediator production containing the same as active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tomoo, Takashi Nakatsuka, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Toyoko Katayama
  • Patent number: 8288564
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for production of trans-dibenzoxenopyrrole compounds, in which reduction, leaving group conversion, hydrogenation and methylation are carried out in that order. The process of the invention allows trans-dibenzoxenopyrrole compounds to be produced by a simpler procedure than conventional processes. The invention further provides novel compounds obtained as intermediates in the process, and a process for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Weiqi Wang, Tetsuya Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 8288433
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a —COOR group, R2 represents a group G or a linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl group substituted by a group G, wherein G represents a —(CH2)n-A-(CH2)m—B—(CR4R5)p—(CH2)o—R6 group as defined in the description, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an NO2 group. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating hypertension and cardiovascular pathologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Alexis Cordi, Laure Haberkorn, Tony Verbeuren, Christine Courchay, Serge Simonet
  • Patent number: 8288425
    Abstract: The invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of the general formula (Ix) and compositions containing such compounds, and their prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds and their prodrugs, as well as to novel compounds within the scope of formula (Ix), and to processes for their preparation. Such compounds and compositions have valuable pharmaceutical properties, in particular the ability to inhibit kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Edwards, Paul J. Cox, Shelley Amendola, Stephanie D. Deprets, Timothy A. Gillespy, Christopher D. Edlin, Andrew D. Morley, Charles J. Gardner, Brian Pedgrift, Herve Bouchard, Didier Babin, Laurence Gauzy, Alain Le-Brun, Tahir N. Majid, John C. Reader, Lloyd J. Payne, Nawaz M. Khan, Michael Cherry
  • Patent number: 8288429
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-aza-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives of Formula (I) wherein A, B, and R1 are as described in the description, and to the use of such compounds, or of pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds, as medicaments, especially as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Markus Gude, Ralf Koberstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Daniel Trachsel
  • Patent number: 8278462
    Abstract: Methods and compounds for production of cyclopropyl-fused pyrrolidine-based inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Truc Chi Vu, David B. Brzozowski, Rita Fox, Jollie Duaine Godfrey, Jr., Ronald L. Hanson, Sergei V. Kolotuchin, John A. Mazzullo, Ramesh N. Patel, Jianji Wang, Kwok Wong, Jurong Yu, Jason J. Zhu, David R. Magnin, David J. Augeri, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Patent number: 8273749
    Abstract: A series of N-substituted oxindole derivatives represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, calcium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorder, bipolar disorder and stroke, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Duffy, Scott B. Hoyt, Clare London
  • Patent number: 8268868
    Abstract: Various 5-substituted 1-substituted indazoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treatment of diseases using these compounds. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Robert Guzzo, Matthew David Surman, Alan John Henderson, Mark Hadden, May Xiaowu Jiang
  • Patent number: 8258175
    Abstract: A compound of formula or a prodrug and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is O, N or S; R1 is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamine, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl, and substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl or heteroaralkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyalkyl substituted or unsubstituted alkylamine, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl, and substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl or heteroalkyl; R3 is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted alloy substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamine alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl, and substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl or heteroalkyl; and R4-R7, is used to represent groups R4, R5, R6 and R7 which are H, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, hydroxyalkyl, h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems, Per Kallblad, Ian Robert Hardcastle, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, John Lunec, Martin E. M. Noble, David R. Newell, Alan H. Calvert
  • Patent number: 8247441
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 together form the following carbon-containing chain: wherein: R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, 3,4-dioxocyclobutenyl, alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, heterocycloalkylcarbonyl, benzoyl, arylsulphonyl or heteroarylsulphonyl group, each of those groups optionally being substituted, or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom carrying them form a 5- to 8-membered ring, the ring thereby formed optionally being substituted. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating conditions requiring a D3 receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Guillaume De Nanteuil, Bernard Cimetiere, Anne Dekeyne, Mark Millan
  • Patent number: 8242162
    Abstract: Aromatic molecules that can be used as sensors are described. The aromatic sensors include a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon core with a five-membered imide rings fused to the core and at least two pendant aryl groups. The aromatic sensor molecules can detect target analytes or molecular strain as a result of changes in their fluorescence, in many cases with on-off behavior. Aromatic molecules that fluoresce at various frequencies can be prepared by altering the structure of the aromatic core or the substituents attached to it. The aromatic molecules can be used as sensors for various applications such as, for example, the detection of dangerous chemicals, biomedical diagnosis, and the detection of damage or strain in composite materials. Methods of preparing aromatic sensor molecules are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Ohio Aerospace Institute, The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Michael A. Meador, Daniel S. Tyson, Ulvi F. Ilan
  • Patent number: 8236832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds, to methods of using the compounds and to the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also relates to processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Ronald Knegtel, Daniel Robinson, Phil Collier
  • Patent number: 8232309
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R2, and R3 are defined in the specification, and which are useful as therapeutic compounds particularly for treating disorders or conditions associated with inflammation, pain, bladder overactivity, urinary incontinence, and other disorders caused by or exacerbated by TRPV1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Erol K. Bayburt, John R. Koenig, Kennan C. Marsh, Robert G. Schmidt, Jr., Chih-Hung Lee, Weili Wang, Jerome F. Daanen, Brian S. Brown
  • Patent number: 8211933
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds which are useful as as inhibitors of glycine type 1 transporter (GlyT1) activity; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders associated with glycine type 1 transporter (GlyT1) activity using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Richard Williams, Douglas J. Sheffler
  • Patent number: 8211923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted arylsulphonylaminomethyl-phosphonic acid derivatives of general formula wherein R, X, Y and Z are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures thereof and salts thereof which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly the suppression of the interaction of glycogen phosphorylase a with the GL subunit of glycogen-associated protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), and their use as pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wagner, Elke Langkopf, Matthias Eckhardt, Ruediger Streicher, Corinna Schoelch, Annette Schuler-Metz, Alexander Pautsch
  • Patent number: 8207217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of the mono-sodium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use in the treatment of various diseases and conditions, and processes for their preparation. In particular, the present invention relates the crystal modification 1 (polymorphic form F), the crystal modification 2 (polymorphic form I), and the crystal modification 3 (polymorphic form X) of the mono-sodium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Apotex Technologies Inc
    Inventors: Tim Fat Tam, Blaise N'Zemba, Regis Leung-Toung, Yingsheng Wang, Yanqing Zhao, Lily Yu
  • Patent number: 8207210
    Abstract: Novel aminoindazolylurea derivatives of the formula I (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and complaints, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, generally in fibroses and inflammatory processes of any type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Klein, Rolf Gericke, Norbert Beier, Florian Lang