Patents Examined by Sun Jae Y Loewe
  • Patent number: 7732597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline form of linezolid, to processes for its preparation and to a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Pingili Krishna Reddy
  • Patent number: 7723345
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I and II are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use to treat, prevent and manage serotonin-mediated diseases and disorders:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Haihong Jin, Brett Marinelli, Lakshama Samala, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang, Chengmin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7718800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline form of linezolid, to processes for its preparation and to a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Pingili Krishna Reddy
  • Patent number: 7718799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline form of linezolid, to processes for its preparation and to a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Pingili Krishna Reddy
  • Patent number: 7714128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline form of linezolid, to processes for its preparation and to a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Pingili Krishna Reddy
  • Patent number: 7713979
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11beta-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as the use of the Formula I and compositions as medicaments to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, Syndrome X, and other conditions associated with hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Hongqi Tian, Owen Brendan Wallace, John Gordon Allen, Zhaogen Chen, Thomas Edward Mabry, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Nancy June Snyder, Leonard Larry Winneroski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7705027
    Abstract: Isoxazoles of formula (A) or (B) are inhibitors of HSP90 activity, and useful for treatment of, for example cancers: (A), (B) wherein R1, is a group of formula (IA): —Ar1-(Alk1)p-(Z)r-(Alk2)s-Q, wherein in any compatible combination Ar1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl radical, Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted divalent C1-C6 alkylene or C2-C6 alkenylene radicals, p, r and s are independently 0 or 1, Z is —O—, —S—, —(C?O)—, —(C?S)—, —SO2—, —C(?O)O—, —C(?O)NRA—, —C(?S)NRA—, —SO2NRA—, —NRAC(?O)—, —NRASO2— or —NRA— wherein RA is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and Q is hydrogen or an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical; R2 is (i) a group of formula (IA) above or (ii) a carboxamide radical; or (iii) a non aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring wherein a ring carbon is optionally substituted, and/or a ring nitrogen is optionally substituted by a group of formula -(Alk1)p-(Z)r-(Alk2)s-Q wherein Q, Alk1, Alk2, Z, p, r and s are as defined above in relation to group (IA); and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignees: Vernalis (Cambridge) Limited, Cancer Research Technology Limited, Institute Of Cancer Research
    Inventors: Martin James Drysdale, Brian William Dymock, Harry Finch, Paul Webb, Edward McDonald, Karen Elizabeth James, Kwai Ming Cheung, Thomas Peter Matthews
  • Patent number: 7700634
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are indole derivatives of the formula (I) wherein each of the substitutents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the indole derivatives and use of the derivatives for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Julia Adam-Worrall, Angus John Morrison, Grant Wishart, Takao Kiyoi, Duncan Robert McArthur
  • Patent number: 7691894
    Abstract: The present invention provides a VLA-4 inhibitor having high water-solubility and excellent long-term stability; i.e., sodium trans-4-[1-[2,5-dichloro-4-[(1-methyl-1H-3-indolylcarbonyl)amino]phenylacetyl]-(4S)-methoxy-(2S)-pyrrolidinylmethoxy]cyclohexanecarboxylate pentahydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ono, Shigeru Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7691886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives of formula I, the use of the compounds of formula I as inhibitors of one or more kinases, the use of the compounds of formula I for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment, comprising administering said pharmaceutical compositions to patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Dirk Finsinger, Matthias Wiesner, Lars Thore Burgdorf, Christiane Amendt, Matthias Grell, Christian Sirrenberg, Frank Zenke
  • Patent number: 7691870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole carboxamides of formula I, the use of the compounds of formula I of as inhibitors of one or more kinases, the use of the compounds of formula I for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment, comprising administering said pharmaceutical compositions to a patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Matthias Wiesner, Frank Zenke, Christiane Amendt, Matthias Grell, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7691843
    Abstract: Novel N-hydroxyamide derivatives are disclosed. These N-hydroxyamide derivatives inhibit UPD-3-O—(R-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase, an enzyme present in gram negative bacteria and are therefore useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. Methods of synthesis and of use of the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Bore G. Raju, Hardwin O'Dowd, Hongwu Gao, Dinesh V. Patel, Jaoquim Trias
  • Patent number: 7687537
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is compounds corresponding to formula (I): Wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation and application of said compounds as cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Ducoux, Francis Barth, Murielle Rinaldi-Carmona, Christian Congy
  • Patent number: 7687644
    Abstract: the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein n is 1 or 2; M represents a direct bond or a C1-3alkyl linker optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from C1-4alkyl, C1-3alkyloxy-C1-4alkyl-, hydroxy-C1-4alkyl-, hydroxy, C1-3alkyloxy- or phenyl-C1-4alkyl-; R1 and R2 each independently represent hydrogen, halo, cyano, hydroxy, C1-4alkyl optionally substituted with halo, C1-4alkyloxy-optionally substituted with one or where possible two or three substituents selected from hydroxy, Ar1 and halo; R3 represents hydrogen, halo, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxy-, cyano or hydroxy; R4 represents hydrogen, halo, C1-4alkyl, hydroxy, cyano or C1-4alkyloxy-optionally substituted with one or where possible two or three substituents selected from hydroxy and halo; R5 represents hydrogen, C1-4alkyl or Ar2—C1-4alkyl-; R6 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, C1-4alkyl or C1-4alkyoxy-; R7 represents hydrogen or R7 and R5 taken togeth
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Libuse Jaroskova, Joannes Theodorus Maria Linders, Christophe Francis Robert Buyck, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van der Veken
  • Patent number: 7687636
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymorphs of zoledronic acid and zoledronate sodium salts, amorphous zoledronate sodium salt, processes for making the polymorphs and amorphous zoledronate sodium salt, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the polymorphs and amorphous zoledronate sodium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
    Inventors: Judith Aronhime, Revital Lifshitz-Liron
  • Patent number: 7674802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical genus of biaryl nitrogen-attached heterocycles that are inhibitors of LTA4H (leukotriene A4 hydrolase). The compounds have the general formula: They are useful for the treatment and prevention and prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: deCODE genetics, ehf
    Inventors: Vincent Sandanayaka, Jasbir Singh, Lei Zhao, Mark E. Gurney
  • Patent number: 7671206
    Abstract: Novel pyroglutamic acid derivatives (I), wherein R1 is —OH, —ORa, wherein Ra is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or heterocyclyl; R2, R3 and R4 are independently H, a nitrogen protecting group which hydrolyzes under acidic conditions or phtalamide; X is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion; and Y is a N-containing group; either in the form of their isolated optically active stereoisomers or in the form of mixtures thereof, are useful compounds for enhancing an immuneresponse in a subject and/or for treating tumors, bacterial, fungal or viral infections, or autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Prodimed, S.A.
    Inventors: Julio Álvarez Builla Gómez, José Luis Novella Robisco, Ma Paz Matía Martín, Sonia Serna Pereda
  • Patent number: 7667042
    Abstract: Stable polymorphic forms III, IV and substantially amorphous form of an anticonvulsant, tiagabine hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Natarajan, Nileshkumar Sureshbhai Patel, Mehul Chandrakatbhai Bhatt, Srinivasu Kilaru, Rajamannar Thennati
  • Patent number: 7662846
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, which are useful as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, James M. Balkovec, Richard Beresis, Steven L. Colletti, Donald W. Graham, Gool F. Patel, Cameron J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7655689
    Abstract: Fused cyclic compounds, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of nuclear hormone receptor-associated conditions such as cancer and immune disorders, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, James Aaron Balog, Dacia A. Pickering, Sören Giese, Aberra Fura, Wenying Li, Ramesh N. Patel, Ronald L. Hanson, Toomas Mitt, Jacques Y. Roberge, James R. Corte, Steven H. Spergel, Richard A. Rampulla, Raj N. Misra, Hai-Yun Xiao