Patents Examined by Sudhaker B. Patel
  • Patent number: 6613760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel compounds, including their production, their formulation as pharmaceutical compositions, and their therapeutic uses. In particular, the invention discloses certain indole derivatives and their function as inhibitors of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and RANTES induced chemotaxis. The invention also discloses the use of the novel compounds in the treatment of inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Jason Kettle, Alan W Faull
  • Patent number: 6610698
    Abstract: Selected novel substituted pyrimidine compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as TNF-&agr;, IL-1&bgr;, IL-6 and/or IL-8 mediated diseases, and other maladies, such as pain and diabetes. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving inflammation, pain, diabetes and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrike D. Spohr, Michael J. Malone, Nathan B. Mantlo
  • Patent number: 6610678
    Abstract: This invention concerns compounds of formula including the stereoisomers and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt forms thereof, wherein R1 is C1-6alkyl, NR6R7, OR6 or SR7; R2 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy or C1-6alkylthio; R3 is Ar1 or Het1; R4 and R5 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halo, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, amino, and mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino; R6 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylsulfonyl, C1-6alkylsulfoxy or C1-6alkylthio; R7 is hydrogen, C1-8alkyl, mono- or di(C3-6cyclo-alkyl)methyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C3-6alkenyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy-C1-6alkyl or C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyl; R6 is C1-8alkyl, mono- or di(C3-6cycloalkyl)-methyl, Ar2CH2, C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6alkenyl, thienylmethyl, furanylmethyl, C1-6alkylthioC1-6alkyl, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)aminoC1-6alkyl, di(C1-6alkyl)amino, C1-6alkylcarbonylC1-6alkyl; or R6 and R7 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached ma
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Huang, Keith M. Wilcoxen, Chen Chen, Mustapha Haddach, James R. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 6608095
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula: or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is partially unsaturated or unsaturated five membered heterocyclic, or partially unsaturated or unsaturated five membered carbocyclic, wherein the 4-(sulfonyl)phenyl and the 4-substituted phenyl in the formula (I) are attached to ring atoms of Ring A, which are adjacent to each other; R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, with the proviso that when A is pyrazole, R1 is heteroaryl; R2 is C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkylamino, C1-4 dialkylamino or amino; R3, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, halo, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl or the like; or two of R3, R4 and R5 are taken together with atoms to which they are attached and form a 4-7 membered ring; R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, halo, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, C1-4 alkylamino or N,N-di C1-4 alkylamino; and m and n are independently 1, 2, 3 or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ando, Tomoki Kato, Akiyoshi Kawai, Tomomi Nonomura
  • Patent number: 6608066
    Abstract: The invention includes pharmaceutically active compounds and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more such compounds. Compounds of the invention are particularly useful for treating or prophylaxis of undesired thrombosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Sunol Molecular Corporation
    Inventors: Jin-An Jiao, Lawrence K. Luepschen, Esperanza L. Nieves, Hing C. Wong, Dean P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6608081
    Abstract: Bicyclic heterocyclic substituted phenyl oxazolidinone compounds of the formula: wherein Y is a radical of Formulae II or III: in which the substituents have the meaning indicated in the description. These compounds are useful as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Paget, Dennis J. Hlasta
  • Patent number: 6605611
    Abstract: Nucleoside analogues or base analogues having structure (I), where X=O or NH or S, Y=N or CHR6 or CR6, W=N or NR6 or CHR6 or CR6 or S, n=1 or 2; each R6 is independently H or O or alkyl or alkenyl or alkoxy or aryl or a reporter moiety; where necessary (i.e. when Y and/or W is N or CR6 where R6 is not O) a double bond is present between Y and W or W and W, and Q is H or a sugar or a sugar analogue or a nucleic acid backbone or backbone analogue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Nycomed Amersham PLC
    Inventors: Adrian Christopher Simmonds, Alan Hamilton, Clifford Smith, David Loakes, Daniel Brown, Fergal Hill, Shiv Kumar, Satyam Nampalli, Mark McDougall
  • Patent number: 6605634
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of novel aryl and heteroaryl substituted fused pyrrole compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases or conditions, such as TNF-&agr;, IL-1&bgr;, IL-6 and/or IL-8 mediated diseases, and other maladies, such as pain and diabetes. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases or conditions involving inflammation. Accordingly, the invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, methods for the prophylaxis and treatment of inflammation and other maladies, such as pain and diabetes, using the compounds and compositions of the invention, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery A. Zablocki, Eugene Tarlton, Jr., James P. Rizzi, Nathan B. Mantlo
  • Patent number: 6602863
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are irreversible inhibitors of tyrosine kinases. Also provided is a method of treating cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, endometriosis, and psoriasis and a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a compound that is an irreversible inhibitor of tyrosine kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Alexander James Bridges, William Alexander Denny, Ellen Myra Dobrusin, Annette Marian Doherty, David William Fry, Dennis Joseph McNamara, Howard Daniel Hollis Showalter, Jeffrey B. Smaill, Hairong Zhou
  • Patent number: 6602875
    Abstract: This invention is directed to sorbitol dehydrogenase inhibitory compounds of the formula I, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds and methods of treating or preventing diabetic complications, particularly diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic microangiopathy, diabetic macroangiopathy and diabetic cardiomyopathy by administering such compounds to a mammal suffering from diabetes and therefore at risk for developing such complications. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of a compound of formula I of this invention with an aldose reductase inhibitor and to methods of treating or preventing diabetic complications therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Margaret Y. Chu-Moyer, Banavara L. Mylari, William J. Zembrowski
  • Patent number: 6599935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel felbamate derivatives and their use to treat neurological diseases such as epilepsy and to treat tissue damage resulting form ischemic events. The felbamate derivatives are modified to prevent the formation of metabolites that are believed responsible for the toxicity associated with felbamate therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Timothy L. Macdonald
  • Patent number: 6599903
    Abstract: Intermediate compounds having the formula wherein the substituents are defined as set forth in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre Etienne Chabrier de Lassauniere, Serge Auvin, Dennis Bigg, Michel Auguet, Jeremiah Harnett
  • Patent number: 6599926
    Abstract: The present application describes heteroaryl-phenyl substituted compounds and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Donald J. P. Pinto, Mimi L. Quan, Francis J. Woerner
  • Patent number: 6596747
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), are effective as inhibitors of IMPDH enzyme and/or serine protease Factor VIIa, wherein B is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, D is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring except when A is a heterocyclic ring, then D is a heterocyclic ring system, R is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl, and A, R1, R2 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Chunjian Liu, T. G. Murali Dhar, Henry H. Gu, Edwin J. Iwanowicz, Katerina Leftheris, William J. Pitts, Timothy F. Herpin, Gregory S. Bisacchi
  • Patent number: 6596723
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that are efflux pump inhibitors and therefore are useful as potentiators of anti-fungal agents for the treatment of infections caused by fungi that employ an efflux pump resistance mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Essential Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Will J. Watkins, Remy Lemoine, Aesop Cho, Thomas E. Renau
  • Patent number: 6596772
    Abstract: The invention relates to trifluoromethyl sulfonyl and trifluoromethyl sulfonamido compounds and the physiologically acceptable salts and the prodrugs thereof. These compounds are expected to modulate the activity of protein tyrosine enzymes which are related to cellular signal transduction, in particular, protein tyrosine phosphatase, and therefore are expected to be useful in the prevention and treatment of disorders associated with abnormal protein tyrosine enzyme related cellular signal transduction such as cancer, diabetes, immuno-modulation, neurologic degenerative diseases, osteoporosis and infectious diseases. The invention also relates to the use of compounds containing fluoromethyl sulfonyl groups as phosphate mimics. These mimics may be used to inhibit, regulate or modulate the activity of a phosphate binding protein in a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Huang, Chung Chen Wei, Peng Cho Tang, Chris Liang, John Ramphal, Bahija Jallal, John Biltz, Sharon Li, Matt Mattson, Gerald McMahon, Marcel Koenig
  • Patent number: 6593332
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula IA and of formula IB, wherein R1, R2, R3, Het1 and X have meanings given in the description, which are useful in the curative and prophylactic treatment of medical conditions for which inhibition of a cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate phosphodiesterase (e.g. cGMP PDE5) is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Nigel Maw, David James Rawson
  • Patent number: 6589947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of achieving a therapeutic effect including, the treatment or prevention of Syndrome X in an animal, preferably a mammal including a human subject or a companion animal, using a corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonist alone or together with a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignees: Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest S. Hamanaka, Yuhpyng Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 6586418
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to heteroaryl-phenyl substituted compounds that are inhibitors of trypsin-like serine protease enzymes, especially factor Xa or thrombin, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as anticoagulant agents for treatment and prevention of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Donald J. P. Pinto, Mimi L Quan
  • Patent number: 6586454
    Abstract: A compound of the formula XXV(H) wherein the substituents are defined as set forth in the specification which are useful intermediates for the production of derivatives of 2-(iminomethyl)-amino-phenyl having inhibitory activity on NO-synthase enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre Etienne Chabrier de Lassauniere, Serge Auvin, Dennis Bigg, Michel Auguet, Jeremiah Harnett