Patents Examined by Tamthom N. Truong
  • Patent number: 7223767
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, wherein m, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. The invention also provides methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Robin Douglas Clark, Richard Leo Cournoyer, Counde O′Yang
  • Patent number: 7220751
    Abstract: The invention provides an excellent novel analgesic which acts on a nociceptin receptor to exhibit a wide range of the analgesic effect for example on a chronic pain as well as an allodynia accompanied with a herpes zoster. The invention relates to a nociceptin receptor agonist comprising as an active ingredient a compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl; A1 and A2 are the same or different and each represents a single bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group; Q represents a single bond, cycloalkylene group, phenylene group or a divalent heterocyclic group; R2A and R2B are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl; R3 represents an optionally substituted phenyl group or heterocyclic group; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkoxy, aralkyloxy, halogen, nitro, hydroxy, alkoxycarbonyl, —NR6R7 and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Okano, Kazuya Mori
  • Patent number: 7220750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles of general formula wherein Ra to Rc, A to E and X are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, stereoisomers and salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, their use in the treatment of diseases, especially tumoral diseases and diseases of the lungs and airways, and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Thomas Metz, Flavio Solca, Birgit Jung, Anke Baum
  • Patent number: 7211669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic antagonists of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antagonists of the corticotropin releasing factor receptor (“CRF receptor”) useful for the treatment of depression, anxiety, affective disorders, feeding disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, headache, drug addiction, inflammatory disorders, drug or alcohol withdrawal symptoms and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of the CRF-1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Vivekananda M. Vrudhula, Dmitry Zuev, Bireshwar Dasgupta
  • Patent number: 7211580
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders, for example, by modulating the activity of KSP, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gustave Bergnes, Whitney W. Smith, Bing Yao, David J. Morgans, Jr., Andrew MacDonald
  • Patent number: 7208503
    Abstract: This invention concerns compounds of formula the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein X is CH or N; R1 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkylthio, amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, Ar1, Ar1NH—, C3-6cycloalkyl, hydroxymethyl or benzoyloxymethyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, amino, aminocarbonyl, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonylamino, hydroxy or C1-6alkyloxy; R3, R4 and R5 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halo, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, trifluoromethyl, nitro, amino, cyano, azido, C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylthio, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl or Het1; is Ar2, Ar2CH2— or Het2; Ar1 and Ar2 optionally substituted phenyl; Het1 and Het2 are optionally substituted monocyclic heterocycles; having angiogenesis inhibiting activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Antoine Stokbroekx, Marc André Ceusters, Marcel Jozef Maria Van der Aa, Marcel Gerebernus Maria Luyckx, Marc Willems, Robert W. Tuman
  • Patent number: 7205309
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and A have the significance given in the specification are provided. The compounds can be used for the treatment or prevention of obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrizio Mattei, Werner Mueller, Werner Neidhart, Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Philippe Pflieger
  • Patent number: 7196086
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted dihydroquinazolines and to processes for their preparation and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for use as antiviral agents, in particular against cytomegalo viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare AG
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Judith Baumeister, Ulrich Betz, Mario Jeske, Thomas Lampe, Susanne Nikolic, Jürgen Reefschläger, Rudolf Schohe-Loop, Frank Süssmeier, Holger Zimmermann, Rolf Grosser, Kerstin Henninger, Guy Hewlett, Jörg Keldenich, Dieter Lang, Peter Nell
  • Patent number: 7189733
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds that are useful for treating patients having a TGF-?-mediated disease, particularly an ALK5-mediated disease. The compounds are represented by formula I: wherein: a-b is CH2CH2, CH2CH2CH2, CH?CH, CH?N, or N?CH; Z is N or C—F; and G is C1-6 aliphatic or a phenyl, naphthyl, or 5-6 membered heteroaryl ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Scarborough, Anjali Pandey, Meenakshi S. Venkatraman
  • Patent number: 7189721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 3-hetero-arylidene-2-indolinone compounds and physiologically acceptable salts thereof which modulate the activity of protein kinases and therefore are expected to be useful in the prevention and treatment of protein kinase related cellular disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sugen Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Cho Tang, Li Sun, Gerald McMahon
  • Patent number: 7183274
    Abstract: Piperidine-2,6-diones heterocyclically substituted in the 3-position corresponding to formula I Also the production and use of such compounds in pharmaceutical formulations and related methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Heinrich Buschmann, Stefanie Frosch, Tieno Germann, Oswald Karl Zimmer, Fritz Theil
  • Patent number: 7173038
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (I), wherein m is an integer from 1 to 3; R1 represents halogeno or C1-3alkyl; X1 represents —O—; R2 is selected from one of the following three groups: 1) C1-5alkylR3 (wherein R3 is piperidin-4-yl which may bear one or two substituents selected from hydroxy, halogeno, C1-4hydroxyalkyl and C1-4alkoxy; 2) C2-5alkenylR3 (wherein R3 is as defined hereinbefore); 3) C2-5alkynylR3 (wherein R3 is as defined hereinbefore); and wherein any alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group may bear one or more substituents selected from hydroxy, halogeno and amino; and salts thereof, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a active ingredient. The compounds of formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of number of disease states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 7160891
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of the quinazoline derivatives of Formula (I) wherein each of Q1, Z, m, R1, R2, R3 and Q2 have any of the meanings defined in the description in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the prevention or treatment of T cell mediated diseases or medical conditions in a warm-blooded animal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Nelly Corine Moore, Keith Oldham
  • Patent number: 7157467
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of the quinazoline derivatives of Formula (I) Wherein each of m, R1, n, R2 and R3 have any of the meanings defined in the description in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the prevention or treatment of T cell mediated diseases or medical conditions such as autoimmune diseases like transplant rejection or rheumatoid arthritis in a warm-blooded animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Nelly Corine Moore, Keith Oldham
  • Patent number: 7153862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as ?v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors ?v?3 and/or ?v?5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Duggan, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Thomas G. Steele, Michael A. Patane
  • Patent number: 7148230
    Abstract: The invention concerns quinazoline derivatives of Formula I wherein R1 and R2 have any of the meanings defined in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an antiproliferative agent in the prevention or treatment of tumours which are sensitive to inhibition of erbB, particularly EGF, receptor tyrosine kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Robert Hugh Bradbury, Jason Grant Kettle, James McCabe, Andrew Turner, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 7148231
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with a novel polymorph of [6,7-Bis(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-quinazolin-4-yl]-(3-ethynyl-phenyl)amine hydrochloride. This polymorph exhibits superior properties compared to the previously known forms of [6,7-Bis(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-quinazolin-4-yl]-(3-ethynyl-phenyl)amine hydrochloride. The [6,7-Bis(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-quinazolin-4-yl]-(3-ethynyl-phenyl)amine hydrochloride is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase enzymes, and are useful in the treatment of cancer. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the novel polymorph, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel polymorph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Gerard Bubendorf, Michael Hennig, Pirmin Hidber, Goesta Rimmler, Franziska Rohrer
  • Patent number: 7144887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in which R1 is generally hydrogen or CF3, R2 is generally hydrogen, W is a cyclic amine, a heterocycle or a group L-Y—X where L-Y is a linking portion and X is generally an aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycle, alkyl or alkylcarbonyl and Z is generally a heterocycle such as 5-methylisoxazol-3-yl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for enhancing cognition in conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use for manufacturing medicaments and methods of treatment using them
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod, Robert James Maxey
  • Patent number: 7141577
    Abstract: The invention concerns quinazoline derivatives of Formula I (A Chemical Formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed) wherein each of Z, m, R1, n and R3 have any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an anti-invasive agent in the containment and/or treatment of solid tumor disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Patrick Ple
  • Patent number: 7138404
    Abstract: This invention is 4-aminopyrimidine derivatives of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also is the preparation of compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing therapeutically effective amounts of compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and to a method of treatment comprising administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compound of formula I for the prevention or treatment of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Mutel, Jens-Uwe Peters, Juergen Wichmann