Patents Examined by Susannah E. Lee
  • Patent number: 7041668
    Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims benzimidazole compounds of formula (I): in which A is aryl or heteroaryl; R1 is selected from optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, NH-lower alkyl or NH-cycloalkyl, or halogen, NH2; 1-imidazolyl or SO2Me; R2 is selected from optionally substituted —CO-alkyl, —CO-cycloalkyl, —CO-aralkyl, —CO-aryl, —CO-alkoxy, aryl or aralkyl, or —CO-amino, CO—NHR3 or CO—R3R4 wherein R3 and R4 are selecteded independently from hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkynyl, heteroalkyl, alkylheteroalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or together form an alkylene chain optionally containing one to 4 heteroatoms; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof; the use of compounds of formula (I) for the treatment of cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvants or diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Francois Clerc, Francois Hamy, Isabelle Depaty, Odile Angouillant-Boniface, Stéphanie Deprets, Chantal Carrez, Manfred Roesner
  • Patent number: 7034047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
  • Patent number: 7019011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel derivatives of general formula (I) in which R3 is a (1–6C)alkyl, aryl, aryl(1–6C)alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl(1–6C)alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl fused to a (1–10C) cycloalkyl, heterocycle, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, adamantyl, polycycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, CONR1R2, COOR1, SO2R1, C(?NH)R1 or C(?NH)NR1 radical; R5, R6 and R7 are, independently of one another, chosen from the following radicals: halogen, CN, NO2, NH2, OH, OR8, COOH, C(O)OR8, —O—C(O)R8, NR8R9, NHC(O)R8, C(O)NR8R9, NHC(S)R8, C(S)NR8R9, SR8, S(O)R8, SO2R8, NHSO2R8, SO2NR8R9, —O—SO2R8, —SO2—O—R8, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, (1–6C)alkyl, (1–6C)alkoxy, aryl, aryl(1–6C)alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl(1–6C)alkyl, heterocycle, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, adamantyl or polycycloalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Lesuisse, Gilles Dutruc-Rosset, Franck Halley, Didier Babin, Thomas Rooney, Gilles Tiraboschi
  • Patent number: 7001887
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (1): ? wherein R1 represents an amidinophenyl group, etc.; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R3 represents a carbamoylalkyl group, etc.; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R5 represents a benzyl group, etc.; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; and R7 represents an alkylsulfonyl group, etc. A crystal of a complex between factor VIIa/human soluble tissue factor and a low-molecular weight reversible factor VIIa inhibitor. A medium carrying a part or all of structure coordinate data of a complex between human factor VIIa/human soluble tissue factor and a low-molecular weight reversible factor VIIa inhibitor, obtainable by X-ray crystal structure analysis of the crystal. A method for computationally designing a low-molecular weight reversible factor VIIa inhibitor using the coordinate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Shiraishi, Shojiro Kadono, Masayuki Haramura, Haruhiko Sato, Toshiro Kozono, Takaki Koga, Akihisa Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6998420
    Abstract: Methods of synthesizing pharmacologically useful oxazolidinones are disclosed, and, in particular, a method of manufacturing a 5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-aminomethyl-oxazolidinone by condensing a carbamate with a tert-butylcarbamoyl protected derivative of glycidylamine or 3-amino-1-halopropanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: William R. Perrault, Robert C. Gadwood
  • Patent number: 6998414
    Abstract: Compounds effective as IP receptor modulators, particularly IP receptor antagonists, that are of the formula I: wherein A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification; and individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for their use as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Paul Francis Keitz, Alam Jahangir, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Counde O'Yang
  • Patent number: 6992101
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) the prodrugs thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds and prodrugs, wherein R?, R?, R??, and Z are as defined herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and uses thereof in treating diabetes, insulin resistance, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and tissue ischemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Bussolotti, Ronald B. Gammill, Jana Polivkova
  • Patent number: 6992083
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by halogen or —CH2N(CH3)(CH2)nOCH3, or is benzyl, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, —(CH2)nOCH3, or is pyridin 3 -or 4-yl, unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl, halogen, morpholinyl, —(CH2)n-halogen, —(CH2)nOCH3, —(CH2)n-morpholin-4-yl, or —(CH2)n-pyrrolidin-1-yl; R1 is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, tetrahydropyran-4-yl, 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-yl or morpholin-4-yl; n is independently from each other 1 or 2; and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the treatment of diseases related to the adenosine A2A-receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Roger David Norcross
  • Patent number: 6979696
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are alpha-1 receptor agonists, preferably alpha-1A/L receptor agonists, and which are represented by Formula I: wherein m, A, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification; or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Amy Geraldine Moore, Counde O'Yang, Yansheng Zhai
  • Patent number: 6967253
    Abstract: Process for the synthesis of 5-(3-pyridylmethyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione, according to which 5-(3-pyridylmethylene)imidazolidine-2,4-dione is subjected to a hydrogenation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Roland Callens
  • Patent number: 6953860
    Abstract: A process for making a compound of formula I wherein the substituents are as described in the specification comprising reacting a ketone of formula II with succinic anhydride and an alkoxide base to form a compound of formula III which is reacted with a compound of formula IV to form a compound of V and reacting with an alcohol to form the corresponding ester of formula VI and reacting the ester with N-methylhydroxylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Inventors: Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid, Bruce D. Harris, Cynthia A. Maryanoff
  • Patent number: 6953861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine compounds of the general structure: where n is an integer 1-6 and R is hydrogen or a C1 to C6 straight chain or branched alkyl group, and wherein when n=1, R=CH3 or H, useful for re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteria in which resistance results from the conversion of an amide bond to an ester bond on the cell wall peptide precursors of the bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Gabriela Chiosis, Ivo G. Boneca, W. Clark Still
  • Patent number: 6949563
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein R1 is R2 is and R3 is C0-4alkyl, are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Inventors: Graham Michael Wynne, Kevin Doyle, Saleh Ahmed, An-Hu Li, John Fraser Keily, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Neil Anthony Pegg, Imaad Saba, Claire Thomas, Don Smyth, Shazia Sadiq, Gary Newton, Graham Dawson, Andrew Phillip Crew, Arlindo Lucas Castelhano
  • Patent number: 6930124
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) in which R5 is chosen from the group consisting of: in which R2 is a C1-C3 alkyl group in which X may be Cl, Br, or F in which n is between 1 and 3, in the E or Z form, or a mixture of the two isomeric forms, possessing antimitotic, antiproliferative and antivascular properties through inhibition of the polymerization of tubulin into microtubules
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S. A.
    Inventors: Cécile Combeau, Patrick Mailliet, Marielle Chiron
  • Patent number: 6927234
    Abstract: Biologically active xanthone derivatives, as well as compositions prepared from such derivatives, possessing anti-cancer activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-obesity activity, and/or hair growth promotion activity, and a method for producing such derivatives and compositions. The derivatives are obtained by utilizing a heating, extracting and condensing system that efficiently recovers the derivatives from a raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Kuboyama Bio Ken Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Aoki
  • Patent number: 6927215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic fluoroalkenyl thioethers of the formula (I) in which X represents hydrogen, halogen or alkyl, m represents integers from 2 to 10, n represents 0, 1 or 2. y represents unsubstituted or substituted methylene and p represents 1, 2 or 3, and to processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Udo Kraatz, Bernd Gallenkamp, Heiko Rieck, Albrecht Marhold, Peter Wolfrum, Wolfram Andersch, Christoph Erdelen, Peter Lösel, Andreas Turberg, Olaf Hansen, Achim Harder
  • Patent number: 6916839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolylarylalkines and to their use, to a process for preparing pyrazolylarylalkines and also to intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Chemicals Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ebenbeck, Florian Rampf, Albrecht Marhold
  • Patent number: 6911463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ?3 adrenergic receptor agonist of formula (I); or a pharmaceutical salt thereof; which is capable of increasing lipolysis and energy expenditure in cells and, therefore, is useful for treating Type 2 diabetes and/or obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Daniel Jon Sall, Jolie Anne Bastian, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Theo Schotten, Gerd Reuhter, Don Richard Finley, Freddie Craig Stevens, Vincent Patrick Rocco, Patrick Gianpietro Spinazze, John Xiaoqiang He, John Arnold Werner, William George Trankle, Andrew Michael Ratz