Patents Examined by Sonya N. Wright
  • Patent number: 6818632
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A, D, X, Y and Z have the meaning as defined in the claims, exhibit protein tyrosine kinase and protein serin/threonine kinase inhibitory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberley Caroline Glennon, Karen Elizabeth Lackey
  • Patent number: 6610268
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for the biological production of sulfuric acid are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Tom L. Young, Michael G. Greene, Dennis R. Rice, Kelly L. Karlage, Sean P. Premeau, Janet M. Cassells
  • Patent number: 6541499
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as defined herein, processes and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical formulations comprising the novel compounds of formula (I), and the use of the compounds of formula (I) as thrombin inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jolie A Bastian, Nickolay Y Chirgadze, Michael L Denney, Matthew J Fisher, Robert J Foglesong, Richard W Harper, Mary G Johnson, Valentine J Klimkowski, Ho-Shen Lin, Michael P Lynch, Jefferson R McCowan, Shawn C Miller, Jeffrey T Mullaney, Michael E Richett, Daniel J Sall, Gerald F Smith, Kumiko Takeuchi, Jennifer M Tinsley, Michael R Wiley, Minsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 6531502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 3-methylidenyl-2-indolinone compounds and physiologically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof which modulate the activity of protein kinases and therefore are expected to be useful in the prevention and treatment of protein kinase related cellular disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Pen Cho Tang, Li Sun, Todd Anthony Miller, Congxin Liang, Ngoc My Tran, Anh Thi Nguyen, Asaad Nematalla
  • Patent number: 6528660
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of amorphous atorvastatin calcium and hydrates thereof which comprises: (a) dissolving crystalline atorvastatin calcium in a non-hydroxylic solvent; (b) adding a non-polar hydrocarbon anti-solvent or adding the dissolved atorvastatin to the non-polar anti-solvent to precipitate out atorvastatin calcium; and (c) removing the solvent by filtration to afford amorphous atorvastatin calcium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Yatendra Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Thaper, S. M. Dileep Kumar
  • Patent number: 6514968
    Abstract: The present invention provides aminoalkoxy carbazole derivatives, and more specifically, provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R8 and R9 are described herein. These compounds are 5-HT ligands, and are useful for treating diseases wherein modulation of 5-HT activity is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Ruth Elizabeth TenBrink
  • Patent number: 6514961
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1): wherein R1 is aryl; and R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 which may be the same or different are selected from H, alkyl and aryl; pharmaceutically acceptable addition compounds thereof and the use of the compounds in therapy, particularly for CNS disorders such as anxiety and epilepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: David Reginald Adams, Ian Anthony Cliffe, Howard Langham Mansell, Nathaniel Julius Monck
  • Patent number: 6465497
    Abstract: Substituted 5-aryl-2,4-thiazolidinediones and oxazolidinediones are potent agonists of PPAR, and are therefore useful in the treatment, control or prevention of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia (including hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia), atherosclerosis, obesity, vascular restenosis, and other PPAR &agr; and/or &ggr; mediated diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ranjit C. Desai, Soumya P. Sahoo, Jeffrey P. Bergman, Victoria K. Lombardo, Edward J. Metzger, Hiroo Koyama
  • Patent number: 6441181
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a compound of the formula: using a compound having the formula wherein R2 and R3 are independently C1-C3 alkyl or phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Scott
  • Patent number: 6426357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula: and methods for using the same, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X are those defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Affymax, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall A. Scheuerman, Stephen D. Yanofsky, Christopher P. Holmes, Derek MacLean, Beatrice Ruhland, Ronald W. Barrett, Jay E. Wrobel, Ariamala Gopalsamy
  • Patent number: 6417369
    Abstract: Copper pyrazolate precursor compositions useful for the formation of copper in semiconductor integrated circuits, e.g., interconnect metallization in semiconductor device structures, as an adhesive seed layer for plating, for the deposition of a thin-film recording head and for circuitization of packaging components. The copper pyrazolate precursor compositions include fluorinated and non-fluorinated pyrazolate copper (I) complexes and their Lewis base adducts. Such precursors are usefully employed for liquid delivery chemical vapor deposition of copper or copper-containing material on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chongying Xu, Thomas H. Baum, Ziyun Wang
  • Patent number: 6399771
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic imines of the formula (I) in which Ar1 and Ar2 each represent substituted phenyl and n represents 1, 2 and 3, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrew Plant, Gerd Kleefeld, Thorsten Pötter, Christoph Erdelen, Norbert Mencke, Andreas Turberg, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 6399631
    Abstract: Carbazoles of the formula which are effective in treating conditions associated with neuropeptide Y-5 neurotransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Elliott, David A. Griffith, Marlys Hammond
  • Patent number: 6380191
    Abstract: Substituted 5-aryl-2,4-thiazolidinediones and oxazolidinediones are potent agonists of PPAR, and are therefore useful in the treatment, control or prevention of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia (including hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia), atherosclerosis, obesity, vascular restenosis, and other PPAR &agr; and/or &ggr; mediated diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Ranjit C. Desai, Soumya P. Sahoo, Jeffrey P. Bergman, Victoria K. Lombardo, Edward J. Metzger, Hiroo Koyama
  • Patent number: 6372913
    Abstract: 2-substituted 5-formylthiazoles are prepared in an advantageous manner by reacting halogenomalonaldehydes in the presence of a solvent and a C1-compound of the formula (III) in which X represents oxygen or sulfur and R1 is as defined in the description, the reaction mixture comprising less than 5% by weight of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventor: Helmut Kraus
  • Patent number: 6372742
    Abstract: 5-(3-Isatinylidinyl)thiazolidineones and 3-(thiazolidinon-5-yl)indoles compounds, compositions, and methods of inhibiting telomerase activity in vitro and treatment of telomerase mediated conditions or diseases ex vivo and in vivo are provided. The methods, compounds and compositions of the invention may be employed alone, or in combination with other pharmacologically active agents in the treatment of conditions or diseases mediated by telomerase activity, such as in the treatment of cancer. Also disclosed are novel methods for assaying or screening for inhibitors of telomerase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Geron Corporation
    Inventors: Allison C. Chin, Richard L. Tolman, Mark Q. Nguyen, Ryan Holcomb
  • Patent number: 6355648
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are agonists of the progesterone receptor which have the general structures: wherein: R1 and R2 are H, alkyl, substituted alkyl; OH; O(alkyl); O(substituted alkyl); OAc; aryl; substituted aryl; heteroaryl; substituted heteroaryl; alkylaryl; alkylheteroaryl; 1-propynyl; or 3-propynyl; or R1 and R2 are joined to form an alkyl, alkenyl or heterocyclic ring; or R1 and R2 together comprise a double bond to CMe2; C(cycloalkyl), O, or C(cycloether); R3 is H, OH, NH2, C1 to C6 alkyl, substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, C3 to C6 alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, or CORA; RA is H, C1 to C3 alkyl, substituted C1 to C3 alkyl, C1 to C3 alkoxy, substituted C1 to C3 alkoxy, C1 to C3 aminoalkyl, or substituted C1 to C3 aminoalkyl; R4 is H, halogen, CN, NH2, NO2, C1 to C6 alkyl, or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, C1 to C6 alkoxy, substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, C1 to C6 aminoalkyl, or substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl; R5 is optionally substituted and selected from a benzene ri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignees: American Home Products Corporation, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Fensome, Puwen Zhang, Marci C. Koko, Lin Zhi, Todd K. Jones, Jay E. Wrobel, Christopher M. Tegley, James P. Edwards, Edward G. Melenski
  • Patent number: 6350747
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel amine substituted oxindole compounds and compositions. Such compounds and compositions have utility as pharmacological agents in treating diseases or conditions alleviated by the inhibition or antagonism of protein kinase activated signalling pathways in general, and in particular in the pathological processes which involve aberrant cellular proliferation, such as tumor growth. In particular, the present invention relates to a series of substituted oxindole compounds, which exhibit protein tyrosine kinase and protein serine/threonine kinase inhibition, and which are useful in inhibiting tumor growth via inhibition of tumor-related angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberley Caroline Glennon, Lee Frederick Kuyper, Karen Elizabeth Lackey, Robert Walton Mcnutt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6344563
    Abstract: process is described for preparing a compound of Formula (1.3.0): comprising: establishing a reaction mixture consisting of in an aprotic solvent; in the presence of a strong base in solid form selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, NaOH; and potassium hydroxide, KOH;—and optionally—in the presence of a catalytic amount of cesium carbonate, Cs2CO3, or of a phase transfer catalyst, especially a quaternary ammonium salt or a phosphonium salt—followed by—heating said reaction mixture under a nitrogen atmosphere; whereby there is produced a compound of Formula (1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy Norris, Megan E. Hnatow, John F. Lambert
  • Patent number: 6339085
    Abstract: Pyridoxal analogues can be useful for treating B6 efficiency and related diseases; cardiovascular and related diseases; melanoma and related diseases; and symptoms thereof. One such analogue is a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, in which R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, in which alkyl or alkenyl can be interrupted by nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, and can be substituted at the terminal carbon by hydroxy, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, alkanoyloxyaryl, alkoxyalkanoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or dialkylcarbamoyloxy; alkoxy; dialkylamino; alkanoyloxy; alkanoyloxyaryl; alkoxyalkanoyl; alkoxycarbonyl; dialkylcarbamoyloxy; or aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, or aralkyl, in which aryl can be substituted by alkyl, alkoxy, amino, hydroxy, halo, nito, or alkanoyloxy. These analogues can be administered, either alone or concurrently with known medications, to treat the above-described diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignees: The University of Manitoba, Medicore Inc.
    Inventor: Wasimul Haque