Patents Examined by Sun Jae Loewe
  • Patent number: 8324619
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R1 through R8 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Hong Meng
  • Patent number: 8324418
    Abstract: Organic dithiopyrophosphates of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently are hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, chloromethyl or bromomethyl, are prepared in a two-step process from the corresponding 1,3-diols and thiophosphoryl chloride, using 3-methylpyridine both as solvent and as base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Gesa Paradies, Thomas Riedel, Christian Schnider
  • Patent number: 8318790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, David James, Shijie Zhang, Junghyun Chae, Teresa Przewloka, Howard P. Ng, Hao Li, Zachary Demko, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Chi-wan Lee, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley, Minghu Song, Lijun Sun, Keizo Koya, Dan Zhou, Shuzhen Qin
  • Patent number: 8318779
    Abstract: The present invention concerns lysine related derivatives, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present lysine related derivatives with another anti retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen R&D Ireland
    Inventors: Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Inge Dierynck, Stefaan Julien Last, Herman De Kock
  • Patent number: 8318778
    Abstract: This application relates to novel urea glucokinase activators and use of the compounds of the invention for preparation of a medicament for the treatment of various diseases, e.g. for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Further encompassed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to the invention and a process for preparing such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Anthony Murray, Jesper Lau, Per Vedsø, Lise Brown Christiansen
  • Patent number: 8318699
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are allosteric inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor receptor I, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions thereof in the treatment of TNF-? mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark I Greene, Ramachandran Murali, Xin Cheng, Raphael Ottenbrite, Yingxin Xiao
  • Patent number: 8318717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting binding of the Smac protein to Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs). Such compounds are preferably capable of inhibiting IAP and thus may promote apoptosis or sensitize cells for apoptosis. The compounds may be used in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: 2cureX
    Inventors: Ole Thastrup, Jens Chr. Norrild
  • Patent number: 8318732
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. The present invention further provides a method of treatment or prophylaxis of a viral infection in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Avexa Limited
    Inventors: John Joseph Deadman, Eric Dale Jones, David Ian Rhodes, Nicholas Andrew Van de Graff
  • Patent number: 8313671
    Abstract: Disclosed are a heterocyclic compound characterized by being represented by formula (1), and a composition of the compound. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device using the compound. (In formula (1), X1, X2 and X3 each independently represents a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; and R1-R6 each independently represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, a mercapto group, an alkylthio group, a boronic acid group, a nitro group, a substituted amino group, an amide group, an acyl group, a carboxyl group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a sulfo group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylcarbamoyl group or a hydrogen atom, provided that all the R1-R6 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time.) The compound represented by formula (1) is suitable for use in an organic electronic device such as an organic EL element, an organic transistor element and a liquid crystal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Hiroshima University, Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kuwabara, Masaaki Ikeda, Kazuo Takimiya
  • Patent number: 8314255
    Abstract: Preparation and use of phthalimide and/or sulphonamide derivatives with nitric oxide donor properties, having activities in increasing gamma-globin gene expression and anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities, effective in the treatment of hematologic diseases which require reducing the TNF-? levels and an exogenous source of nitric oxide, such as sickle-cell disease. The functionalized phthalimide derivatives are designed from the prototypes thalidomide and hydroxyurea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: Jean Leandro Dos Santos, Chin Chung Man, Lidia Moreira Lima, Fernando Ferreira Costa, Carolina Lanaro
  • Patent number: 8309543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesus E. Gonzalez, III, Andreas P. Termin, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Hilgraf
  • Patent number: 8309581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions, wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, m and p have the significance defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Martin Benson, Konrad Bleicher, Song Feng, Uwe Grether, Bernd Kuhn, Rainer E. Martin, Jean-Marc Plancher, Hans Richter, Markus Rudolph, Sven Taylor
  • Patent number: 8303944
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Carol Bachand, Makonen Belema, Daniel H. Deon, Andrew C. Good, Jason Goodrich, Clint A. James, Rico Lavoie, Omar D. Lopez, Alain Martel, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Van N. Nguyen, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Edward H. Ruediger, Lawrence B. Snyder, Denis R. St. Laurent, Fukang Yang, David R. Langley, Gan Wang, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Patent number: 8304541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a specific indolinone derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, namely 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone and its monoethanesulfonate, to new manufacturing steps and to new intermediates of this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joern Merten, Guenter Linz, Juergen Schnaubelt, Rolf Schmid, Werner Rall, Svenja Renner, Carsten Reichel, Robert Schiffers
  • Patent number: 8304411
    Abstract: Disclosed are new dicycloazaalkane derivates represented by general formula (I), preparation processes and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and the uses for treatment especially for dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor (DPP-IV), in which each substitute group of general formula (I) is as defined in specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Cho Tang, Zhigang Lin, Hejun Lu, Fuqiang Zhao, Li Li, Fanglong Yang, Jianghong Fu, Lin Wang, Guangyuan Shen, Dongliang Guan
  • Patent number: 8299066
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, Ring A is monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic heterocycle, R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R4 is halogen, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or the like, m is an integer between 0 and 2, n is an integer between 0 and 5, R is halogen, oxo, cyano, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, and p is an integer between 0 and 2 as novel compounds having NPY Y5 antagonistic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakagami, Hiroshi Hashizume, Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8299053
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic nitro compound, pharmaceutical compositions of cyclic nitro compounds and methods of using cyclic nitro compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent diseases or disorders characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: RadioRx, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Bednarski, Lynn M. Oehler, legal representative, Susan Knox, Louis Cannizzo, Kirstin Warner, Robert Wardle, Stephen Velarde, Shoucheng Ning
  • Patent number: 8293772
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds according to formula Ia and Ib, said compounds being useful, e.g. in the treatment of inflammatory, ophthalmic diseases, or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventor: Erik Rytter Ottosen
  • Patent number: 8293899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing stereoisomerically enriched 3-heteroaryl-3-hydroxycarboxylic esters by reducing 3-heteroaryl-3-oxocarboxylic esters in the presence of ruthenium-containing catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Lanxess Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Bosch, Markus Eckert, Hans-Christian Militzer, Claus Dreisbach
  • Patent number: 8288380
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or R3 represents hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower cycloalkyloxy, aryloxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, or NRaRb of the formula R4 and R5 represent halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxyl, or lower alkoxy; R6 represents halogen, lower alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, mercapto, lower alkylthio, lower alkylcarbonyl, amino, nitro or cyano; R7 represents lower alkyl, hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; Ra and Rb represent hydrogen or lower alkyl; ring A represents a cyclic hydrocarbon or a heterocyclic ring; ring B represents a heterocyclic ring; X represents lower alkylene; Z represents a single bond or lower alkylene; Y represents lower alkylene and W1—W2 represents CH—CH, or Y represents a single bond and W1—W2 represents N—CH, CH—N or CH—CH; and 1, m, n and o represent 0, 1, 2, or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mogi, Hisashi Tajima, Noriko Mishina, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Yoneda, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Junko Fujikawa, Minoru Yamamoto