Patents Examined by Sudhaker B. Patel
  • Patent number: 6821978
    Abstract: A xanthine phosphodiesterase V inhibitor having the formula (I), with the variables defined herein, which is especially useful for treating male (erectile) and female sexual dysfunction and other physiological disorders: For example, a representative compound of the invention is:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Yuguang Wang, Craig D. Boyle, Andrew W. Stamford
  • Patent number: 6818637
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel derivatives of formula (I) wherein: R1 represents the stereoisomeric forms of the chain —(CHOH)3—CH2—O—COR (II) and either R2 represents a hydrogen atom and R3 represents the stereoisomeric forms of the chain —CH2—(CHOH)2—CH2—O—COR (III) or R2 represents the stereoisomeric forms of the chains —(CHOH)3—CH2—O—COR (II) or —CH2—(CHOH)2—CH2—O—COR (III) and R3 represents a hydrogen atom and R represents —(Alk)1—(Cycloalk) radical; i is equal to 0 or 1; Alk represents and alkyl radical, Cycloalk represents a cycloalkyl radical, and their salts with a inorganic or organic acid, their preparation and the medicines containing as active principle at least a product of general formula (I) or its salts with a inorganic or organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma SA
    Inventors: Herve Bouchard, Alain Commercon
  • Patent number: 6818638
    Abstract: Mevinolin derivatives wherein the lactone ring is modified have interesting pharmaceutical properties, particularly in preventing or treating disorders or diseases mediated by LFA-1/ICAM-1 interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rolf Baenteli, Wilfried Bauer, Sylvain Cottens, Claus Ehrhardt, Ulrich Hommel, Jörg Kallen, Josef Gottfried Meingassner, François Nuninger, Gabriele Weitz Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6815438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heteroaryl-diazabicycloalkanes which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic Acetyl Choline Receptors. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neurodegeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Philip K. Ahring, Simon Feldbaek Nielsen, Tino Dyhring Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 6815439
    Abstract: Substituted aza-oxindole derivatives useful as cyclin dependent kinase II inhibitors, for preventing/reducing the severity of epithelial cytotoxicity side-effects (e.g., alopecia, plantar-palmar syndrome, mucositis) induced by chemoptherapy and/or radiation therapy in a patient receiving such therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Anthony Harris, Lee Frederick Kuyper, Karen Elizabeth Lackey, James Marvin Veal
  • Patent number: 6812227
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: are useful in treating disease conditions mediated by TNF-&agr;, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, sepsis, AIDS, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and degenerative cartilage loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Wyeth Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy I. Levin, James M. Chen, Derek C. Cole, Mila T. Du, Leif M. Laakso
  • Patent number: 6812225
    Abstract: Provided herein is a compound having the formula (I): Wherein said compounds are useful for the treatment of psychiatric disorders including but not limited to depression, generalized anxiety, eating disorders, dementia, panic disorder, and sleep disorders. The compounds may also be useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular regulation, motor disorders, endocrine disorders, vasospasm and sexual dysfunction. The compounds are 5HT1B and 5HT1D antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Edward Pierson, Daniel Sohn, Markus Haeberlein, Timothy Davenport, Marc Chapdelaine, Carey Horchler, John P. McCauley
  • Patent number: 6812226
    Abstract: The invention provides piperidine compounds of general formula (I) in which A, B, X, Y, Z, R, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification, their use as medicaments, compositions containing them and processes for their for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Baxter, Nicholas Kindon, Garry Pairaudeau, Bryan Roberts, Stephen Thom
  • Patent number: 6809100
    Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds which are inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase, ADAM or ADAM-TS enzymes, and which are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by those enzymes, including degenerative diseases and certain cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Darwin Discovery Ltd.
    Inventors: Duncan Robert Hannah, Hazel Joan Dyke, Andrew Sharpe, Andrew Douglas Baxter
  • Patent number: 6809089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which A1, A2, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases, for example of cardiovascular disorders such as high blood pressure, angina pectoris, cardiac insufficiency, thromboses or atherosclerosis. The compounds of the formula I have the ability to modulate the endogenous production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of disease states which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I for the therapy and prophylaxis of the designated disease states and for the production of pharmaceuticals therefor, novel compounds of the formula I, pharmaceutical preparations comprising them and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Schindler, Karl Schoenafinger, Hartmut Strobel
  • Patent number: 6809090
    Abstract: N-(imino)amines and their preparation and their use as NO synthase inhibitors and selective or non-selective traps for a reactive oxygen species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventors: Dennis Bigg, Pierre-Etienne Chabrier de Lassauniere, Serge Auvin, Jeremiah Harnett, Gérard Ulibarri
  • Patent number: 6809088
    Abstract: The invention relates to new derivatives of 2-(iminomethyl)amino-phenyl which are NO synthase inhibitors and can trap reactive oxygen species. These compounds can notably be used for the treatment of stroke, of neurodegenerative diseases and of ischemic or hemorragic cardiac or cerebral infarctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    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
  • Patent number: 6806264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel arylphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which X represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro, cyano or in each case optionally substituted phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, phenylalkoxy or phenylalkylthio, Y represents in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl or hetaryl, W and Y independently of one another each represent hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkenyloxy, nitro or cyano, CKE represents one of the groups  in which A, B, D, G and Q1 to Q6 are each as defined in the description, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Folker Lieb, Reiner Fischer, Alan Graff, Udo Schneider, Thomas Bretshneider, Christoph Erdelen, Wolfram Andersch, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Markus Dollinger, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Randy Allen Myers
  • Patent number: 6803362
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds and methods of making them and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, James P. Edwards, Cheryl A. Grice, Jill A. Jablonowski, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Jennifer D. Kreisberg, Annette K. Kwok, Timothy W. Lovenberg, Kiev S. Ly, Barbara Pio, Chandravadan R. Shah, Siguan Sun, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Wei Xiao
  • Patent number: 6800618
    Abstract: A compound having the structural formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein X is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or a heteroatom; n is 4, 5 or 6; Y is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or wherein R1 and R2 are each independently, H, a heteroatom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; and wherein each ring structure are independently substituted or unsubstituted is disclosed. Also disclosed are chemosensitizing agents and methods of modulating, attenuating, reversing, or affecting a cell's or organism's resistance to a given drug such as an antimalarial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Ai J. Lin, Jian Guan, Dennis E. Kyle, Wilbur K. Milhous
  • Patent number: 6800619
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as caspase inhibitors having the formula: wherein Ring A is an optionally substituted piperidine, tetrahydroquinoline or tetrahydroisoquinoline ring; R1 is hydrogen, CN, CHN2, R, or CH2Y; R is an optionally substituted group selected from an aliphatic group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; and R3 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, or an optionally substituted C1-6 aliphatic group, R4 is an optionally substituted group selected from an aryl group or a heterocyclyl group, or R3 and R4 taken together with the nitrogen to which they are attached optionally form a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Ronald Knegtel, Michael Mortimore
  • Patent number: 6800620
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3K&dgr;) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation, in which PI3K&dgr; plays a role in leukocyte function are disclosed. Preferably, the methods employ active agents that selectively inhibit PI3K&dgr;, while not significantly inhibiting activity of other PI3K isoforms. Compounds are provided that inhibit PI3K&dgr; activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3K&dgr; activity. Methods of using PI3K&dgr; inhibitory compounds to inhibit cancer cell growth or proliferation are also provided. Accordingly, the invention provides methods of using PI3K&dgr; inhibitory compounds to inhibit PI3K&dgr;-mediated processes in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: ICOS
    Inventors: Chanchal Sadhu, Ken Dick, Jennifer Treiberg, C. Gregory Sowell, Edward A. Kesicki, Amy Oliver
  • Patent number: 6797707
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: where R1=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl, R2=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl W=CnH2n-m—NH (n=1-6, m=0, 2, or 4), Z=CONR8(CH2)n, CONR8(CH2)nCO, P(CH3)OCHR8OCOR9, SO2, SO2(CH2)n, SO2(CH2)nCO, SO2NR8(CH2)n, SO2NR8(CH2)nCO, n=1-4 R4=H, (CH2)nOH, (CH2)nOCOR10, (CH2)nNR10R11, (CH2)nCONR10R11, n=0-4 R5=H, (CH2)nNR12R13, n=0-4 R6=H, (CH2)nNR14R15, n=0-4 R7=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R8=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R9=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R10=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R11=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R12=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R13=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R14=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R15=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl Dashed lines: optional; conformational constraint by (CH2)n, n=1-3, R′=H or O(═) as well as pharmaceuticals c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventor: Laszlo Prokai
  • Patent number: 6797706
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing six-membered heterocyclic compound having substituents —X—A—R3, —N(R1)-(Ph substituted by R2), and —CONH2, a salt thereof, a prodrug thereof, and a Syk inhibitor containing the same as an active ingredient. (In the formula, A: a (substituted) lower alkylene, a (substituted) arylene, or the like; X: NR4, CONR4, NR4CO, O, or S; R1, R4: H, a lower alkyl, —CO-lower alkyl, or —SO2-lower alkyl; R2: H, a (substituted) lower alkyl, —O-lower alkyl, —S-lower alkyl, —O-aryl, nitro, cyano, or the like; R3: —CO2H, —CO2-lower alkyl, -lower alkylene-CO2H, —NH2, -alkylene-NH2 or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hisamichi, Souichirou Kawazoe, Kazuhito Tanabe, Atsushi Ichikawa, Akiko Orita, Takayuki Suzuki, Kenichi Onda, Makoto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6794379
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment of inflammatory and immune conditions and diseases are provided herein. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate the expression and/or function of a chemokine receptor. The subject methods are useful for the treatment of inflammatory and immunoregulatory disorders and diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and type I diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Tularik Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Medina, Michael G. Johnson, An-Rong Li