Patents Examined by Tamthom N. Truong
  • Patent number: 7393859
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline and tetrahydroimidazoquinoline compounds that contain amide functionality at the 1-position are useful as immune response modifiers. The compounds and compositions of the invention can induce the biosynthesis of various cytokines and are useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions including viral diseases and neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coleman, Stephen L. Crooks, George W. Griesgraber, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Bryon A. Merrill, Michael J. Rice
  • Patent number: 7388014
    Abstract: Quinazoline derivatives represented by the general formula pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions containing such compounds are described. Methods for using the compounds for treatment of hyperproliferative disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Young B. Lee, Chang H. Ahn
  • Patent number: 7381745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and formulations thereof which compounds are ligands, e.g., agonists or antagonists, for a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating the activity of a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, e.g., in a subject in need thereof, using a compound or formulation of the present invention. The present invention also relates to methods of treating a subject suffering from a chronic or acute disease, malady or condition due at least in part to an abnormality in the activity of an endogenous metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or both, using a compound or formulation of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Alan P. Kozikowski, Jarda T. Wroblewski, Fajun Nan
  • Patent number: 7381730
    Abstract: Novel quinazoline derivatives possessing activity as estrogen receptor beta (ER?) modulators are provided which have the general formula I wherein X is O or S; A and B are each independently CR?? or N; R, R? and R? are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl, allyl, or Si(R4)3, wherein at least one of R, R? and R? is hydrogen; R?? is hydrogen, halogen, CF3, OR5, S(O)nR6, NR7R8, cycloalkyl or alkyl; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, CF3, OR5, S(O)nR6, NR7R8, cycloalkyl or alkyl; R4 is a alkyl; R5, R6, R7 and R8 in each functional group are each independently hydrogen, cycloalkyl or alkyl; and n is an integer from 0 to 2. In addition, a method is provided for preventing, inhibiting or treating the progression or onset of pathological conditions associated with the estrogen receptor and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Timur Gungor, James R. Corte
  • Patent number: 7378424
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds or salts thereof of the general formula (I): wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents a C1-6 alkyl or C2-7 acyl group; X represents OCH2 or a group CR3R4; wherein each of R3 or R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl, C2-3 alkenyl or C2-3 alkynyl group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, amino, C1-6 alkylamino, di(C1-6) alkylamino or C2-7 acylamino group; each of R7 and R8 independently represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C2-7 acyl, C1-6 alkylthio, C1-6 alkoxy, C3-6 cycloalkyl; and R9 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C2-7 acyl, C1-6 alkylthio, C1-6 alkoxy or C3-6 cycloalkyl group. The compounds or salts thereof are useful for treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Verona Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, David Jack
  • Patent number: 7368453
    Abstract: A variety of small molecule, guanidine-containing molecules capable of acting as MC4-R agonists are provided. The compounds are useful in treating MC4-R mediated diseases when administered to subjects. The compounds have the formula IA and IB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Chiron Corporation, Glaxo SmithKline
    Inventors: Rustum S. Boyce, Jason D. Speake, James Phillips
  • Patent number: 7368454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating 5-HT5A receptor related diseases which comprises administering compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, aryl, and n are defined in the specification and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Luca Claudio Gobbi, Sabine Kolczewski, Thomas Luebbers, Jens-Uwe Peters, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 7365199
    Abstract: A dye-forming coupler of formula (I), a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing the coupler, and an azomethine dye compound derived from the coupler: wherein Q is a residue that forms, together with the —N—C?N— moiety, a nitrogen-containing 6-membered ring; RA is a certain alkyl group having at least 7 carbon atoms, or -L-R1; X is an aryl group; Y is a hydrogen atom, or a group capable of being split-off upon a coupling reaction; wherein, when RA is -L-R1, L is a divalent linking group, and R1 is a substituent; and -L-R1 does not represent an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl group, and -L-R1 does not represent a heterocyclic group that bonds, with a carbon atom therein, to the nitrogen atom of the nitrogen-containing 6-membered ring formed by Q and the —N—C?N— moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Uehira, Kiyoshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7365073
    Abstract: Disclosed are certain 3-(heteroaryl)alanine derivatives which bind VLA-4 and inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett, Darren B. Dressen, Francine S. Farouz, Christopher Semko, Ying-Zi Xu, Frank Stappenbeck
  • Patent number: 7358376
    Abstract: The invention relates to heteroaromatic carboxamides of formula (I), wherein A, R1, R2 and X are as defined in the specification, processes and intermediates used in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Baxter, Stephen Brough, Alan Faull, Craig Johnstone, Thomas McInally
  • Patent number: 7358256
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity of growth factor receptors such as HER1, HER2 and HER4 thereby making them useful as antiproliferative agents. The formula I compounds are also useful for the treatment of other diseases associated with signal transduction pathways operating through growth factor receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Ping Chen, Yufen Zhao
  • Patent number: 7348332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, and n are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds of formula I have a good activity on the 5-HT5A receptor. Therefore, the invention provides the use of a compound of formula I for 5-HT5A receptor related diseases, such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Rochse Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Luca Claudio Gobbi, Sabine Kolczewski, Thomas Luebbers, Jens-Uwe Peters, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 7348334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hypolipidemic, antihyperglycemic compounds, their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel ?-aryl-?-oxysubstituted alkylcarboxylic acids of the general formula (I), their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Javed Iqbal, Gurram Ranga Madhavan, Saibal Kumar Das, Debnath Bhunia, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Ramanujam Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 7345049
    Abstract: Specific phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sagi, Tatsuya Okuzumi, Tatsuhiro Yamada, Shunsuke Kageyama, Yoichiro Shima, Tadakiyo Nakagawa, Munetaka Tokumasu, Masayuki Sugiki, Hajime Ito, Itsuya Tanabe, Tamotsu Suzuki, Akira Nakayama, Kazuyuki Ubukata, Kenji Shinkai, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Misato Noguchi, Ayatoshi Andou, Yoriko Yamamoto, Noriyasu Kataoka, Koichi Fujita
  • Patent number: 7342022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, n, m are defined as in claim 1, a process for their preparation and new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing said therapeutically active compounds and to the use of said active compounds in therapy, especially in the prevention and/or treatment of dementia related diseases, Alzheimer's Disease and conditions associated with glycogen synthase kinase-3
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Ratan Bhat, Philip Edwards, Sven Hellberg
  • Patent number: 7332493
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula 1 and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R11, m and p are as defined herein. The invention also relates to methods of treating abnormal cell growth in mammals by administering the compounds of formula 1 and to pharmaceutical compositions for treating such disorders which contain the compounds of formula 1. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the compounds of formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: John Charles Kath, Joel Morris, Samit Kumar Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 7329665
    Abstract: An optically active form of the quinazolinone derivatives represented by the general formula (1): [wherein Y represents a phenyl group or C2-C7 alkyl group; E represents —CH? or nitrogen atom; and R represents a C1-C4 alkyl group and so on], or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, has a selective antagonism for the M3 muscarinic receptor and depressant action on the frequency of rhythmic bladder contractions, and it is useful for the treatment of pollakiuria and urinary incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Muraoka, Kazuki Matsui, Takaaki Yamamoto, Koji Morishita, Masatoshi Yuri, Seiji Katayama, Naohito Ohashi
  • Patent number: 7329664
    Abstract: Substituted (7-pyridyl-4-phenylamino-quinazolin-2-yl)-methanol analogues are provided. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate specific receptor activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions associated with pathological receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Charles A. Blum, Harry Brielmann, Stéphane De Lombaert, Xiaozhang Zheng
  • Patent number: 7329663
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating or inhibiting the growth of cancerous tumor cells and associated diseases in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering to said mammal an effective amount of a substituted triazolopyrimidine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and further provides a method of treating or inhibiting the growth of cancerous tumor cells and associated diseases in a mammal in need thereof by interacting with tubulin and microtubules and promoting microtubule polymerization which comprises administering to said mammal an effective amount of a substituted triazolopyrimidine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Mark R. Schmitt, Donald R. Kirsch, Jane E. Harris, Carl F. Beyer, Klaus-Jüergen Pees, Paul A. Carter, Waldemar Pfrengle, Guido Albert
  • Patent number: 7312234
    Abstract: Tertiary amines containing a multiplicity of heteroaromatic substituents are useful as chemokine receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: AnorMED
    Inventors: Gary Bridger, Renato Skerlj, Al Kaller, Curtis Harwig, David Bogucki, Trevor R. Wilson, Jason Crawford, Ernest J. McEachern, Bem Atsma, Siqiao Nan, Yuanxi Zhou, Dominique Schols, Christopher Dennis Smith, Maria Rosaria Di Fluri