Patents Examined by Susannah Chung
  • Patent number: 8153817
    Abstract: Methyl nonactate is converted into a variety of different triazoloamide antibacterial agents by a reaction scheme involving (1) inversion of the secondary alcohol of the methyl nonactate to produce the corresponding azidoester, (2) converting the azido ester to the corresponding azidoamide, and (3) converting the azido group of the azidoamide to a triazole to produce the corresponding triazoloamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ohio University
    Inventors: Stephen C. Bergmeier, Nigel D. Priestley
  • Patent number: 8153393
    Abstract: Spirolactam targeting compounds, related compounds, uses of such compounds, and methods of making such compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Stephen C. Miller, Anjan K. Bhunia
  • Patent number: 8148549
    Abstract: The present invention provides a (S)-methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative as an intermediate for preparation of (S)-(+)-N-methyl-3-methyl-3-(1-naphthyloxy)-3-(2-thienyl)propylamine. The present invention also provides a process for preparing (S)-(+)-N-methyl-3-methyl-3-(1-naphthyloxy)-3-(2-thienyl)propylamine with higher yield and lower cost, wherein the (S)-methylhydroxylaminopropanol derivative is used as an intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: SCI Pharmtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Fong Chen, Jinun-Ban Yeh, Wei-Chyun Wong
  • Patent number: 8143435
    Abstract: Present invention is to provide one pot synthesis of candesartan without isolating the ester intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mylan Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Dutt Tyagi Om, Nageswara Rao Karusala, Uma Sankara Sastry Tummalapalli, Mohan Bandari, Seeta Ramanjaneyulu Gorantla
  • Patent number: 8138168
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having the formulae: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The invention further relates to methods of making and using these compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprise the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Jones, Stephen W. Kaldor, Walter Keung, Andre A. Kiryanov, Zhe Li, Jeffrey A. Stafford, John Tyhonas, Craig Behnke
  • Patent number: 8129427
    Abstract: 2-Phenylethylamino substituted carboxamide derivatives and their use as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators useful in preventing, alleviating and curing a wide range of pathologies are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A.
    Inventors: Florian Thaler, Mauro Napoletano, Cibele Sabido-David, Ermanno Moriggi, Carla Caccia, Laura Faravelli, Alessandra Restivo, Patricia Salvati
  • Patent number: 8129540
    Abstract: Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Seongwoo Hwang, Guangming Chen, Neil Gregory Almstead, Young-Choon Moon
  • Patent number: 8129421
    Abstract: A method for preparing 4-[3,5-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl )-[1,2,4]triazol-1-yl]benzoic acid of formula (I) by reaction of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benz[e][1,3]oxazin-4-one of formula (II) with 4-hydrazinobenzoic acid of formula (III) in an organic acid or in a mixture of an organic acid and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Farmak, A S
    Inventors: Radek Melnicky, Pavel Hradil, Lubomir Kvapil, Martin Grepl, Petr Slezar
  • Patent number: 8124649
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that inhibit PIM kinases and Flt3 kinase, and compositions containing such compounds. These compounds and compositions are useful for treating proliferative disorders such as cancer, as well as other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Cylene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustapha Haddach, Johnny Yasuo Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8119661
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R2, R3, X, m and n are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Yun-Xing Cheng, Xuehong Luo, Vijayaratnam Santhakumar, Miroslaw Jerzy Tomaszewski
  • Patent number: 8110593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazoline derivatives and their use as insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematocidal agents. The invention also extends to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising such imidazoline derivatives, and to methods of using such derivatives and/or compositions to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests. In particular the present invention relates to imidazolines with alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclyl substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Christoph Luethy, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 8106083
    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 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 pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Burlison, Shijie Zhang, Weiwen Ying, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Minghu Song, Junghyun Chae, Stefan M. Schweizer
  • Patent number: 8106202
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for manufacturing 1-substituted 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine compounds through their corresponding formamides. The invention also concerns new formamide intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ferrer Internacional, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Sallares, Inés Petschen, Francesc-Xavier Camps
  • Patent number: 8106216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of 2-n-butyl-3-[[2?-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)[1,1?-biphenyl]-4-yl]-1,3-diazaspiro[4.4]non-1-en-4-one (Irbesartan).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Venkata vara prasada rao Korrapati, Venkata subramanyeswara rao Inti, Rani Ananta, Ramesh Dandala, Sivakumaran Meenakshisunderam
  • Patent number: 8101634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders, particularly type II diabetes mellitus and related disorders, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Jing Fang, Jun Tang, Andrew J Carpenter, Gregory Peckham, Christopher R Conlee, Kien S Du, Subba Reddy Katamreddy
  • Patent number: 8093279
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of Formula I wherein R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H and —Y—R8; wherein each R8 is independently selected from —OH, hydrocarbyl groups, oxyhydrocarbyl groups, cyano (—CN), nitro (—NO2), H-bond acceptors, and halogens; wherein at least one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8 wherein R8 is selected from substituted and unsubstituted heterocyclic rings and amino substituted phenyl groups, wherein X is a bond or a linker group; wherein Y is an optional linker group; and wherein ring A is optionally further substituted; wherein R9 is selected from H, —OH and —OSO2NR1R2; wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl; wherein (a) X is a bond and at least one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8; OR (b) R9 is —OSO2NR1R2 or —OH and four of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are H and one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventors: Lok Wai Lawrence Woo, Toby Jackson, Atul Purohit, Michael John Reed, Gillian Reed, legal representative, Barry Victor Lloyd Potter
  • Patent number: 8088810
    Abstract: A metal extractant comprising Formula (1) wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 each independently are hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, an electron withdrawing group, an electron donating group, or one or more of R5 & R6, R6 & R7, R7 & R8 are linked in such way as to form an optionally substituted ring; Y is N or CR9 wherein R9 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbylcarbonyloxy group, optionally substituted optionally substituted mono or dihydrocarbylaminocarbonyl group; Z is N or CR10 wherein R10 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbylcarbonyloxy group, optionally substituted optionally substituted mono or dihydrocarbylaminocarbonyl group; and tautomers or salts thereof, with the proviso that both Y and Z could be N provided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: John Campbell, Ronald Matthys Swart, Lucy Emeleus, Susan Owens
  • Patent number: 8084481
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel, substituted 4-arylimidazol-2-ones and 5-aryl-1,2,4-triazolones, processes for the production thereof, the use thereof alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and the use thereof for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinrich Meier, Eckhard Bender, Ulf Brüggemeier, Ingo Flamme, Dagmar Karthaus, Peter Kolkhof, Daniel Meibom, Dirk Schneider, Verena Voehringer, Chantal Fürstner, Jörg Keldenich, Dieter Lang, Elisabeth Pook, Carsten Schmeck
  • Patent number: 8084451
    Abstract: Disclosed are biologically active hetero pyrrole analogs such as imidazoles, thiazoles, oxazoles and pyrazoles capable of interacting with the CB1 and/or the CB2 cannabinoid receptors. One aspect discloses hetero pyrrole analogs acting as antagonists for the CB1 and/or the CB2 receptors. Another aspect discloses hetero pyrrole analogs having selectivity for the CB1 or CB2 cannabinoid receptor. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical preparations employing the disclosed analogs and methods of administering therapeutically effective amounts of the disclosed analogs to provide a physiological effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Venkata Kiran Rao Vemuri, Teresa Olszewska
  • Patent number: 8080670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-butyl-3-[[2?-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)[1,1?-biphenyl]-4-yl]-1,3-diazaspiro[4,4]non-1-en-4-one by reaction of the corresponding nitrile with sodium azide and piperazine or its acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Divi's Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Prasad Divi, Mysore Aswatha Narayana Rao, Surendra Kalyan Nuthi, Yugandar Phaniram Bandaru