Patents Examined by Taylor V. Oh
  • Patent number: 11028063
    Abstract: An integrated process is useful for producing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and/or a derivative thereof from a six-carbon sugar-containing feed. The process includes a) dehydrating a feed containing a six-carbon sugar unit, in the presence of a bromine source and of a solvent, to generate an oxidation feed that contains at least one of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and/or a derivative or derivatives of HMF in the solvent, together with at least one bromine containing species; b) contacting the oxidation feed from step (a) with a metal catalyst and with an oxygen source under oxidation conditions to produce an oxidation product mixture of at least FDCA and/or a derivative thereof, the solvent, and a residual catalyst; c) purifying and separating the mixture obtained in step (b) to obtain FDCA and/or a derivative thereof and the solvent; and d) recycling at least a portion of the solvent obtained in step (c) to step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLC, ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Howard, Kristina A. Kreutzer, Bhuma Rajagopalan, Eric R. Sacia, Alexandra Sanborn, Brennan Smith
  • Patent number: 11014886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing 2,2?-dipyridine and derivatives thereof. The method includes: using pyridine represented by formula I or a derivative thereof as a raw material to generate 2,2?-dipyridine represented by formula II by performing dehydrogenative coupling under the action of a supported catalyst in the presence of additives, where R is H, C1-C2 alkyl, Cl, or Br. The method of the present invention features wide adaptability to raw materials, high atomic utilization rate, high catalyst activity, long service life, and fewer by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING REDSUN BIOCHEMISTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaoran Luo, Wenkui Wang, Yi Xue, Xinchun Chen, Dianhai Zhou, Jianhua Jiang, Fujun Wang
  • Patent number: 11014927
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to modulating pyruvate kinase and provides novel chemical compounds of formula (I) useful as activators of PKR, as well as various uses of these compounds. PKR activating compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with PKR and/or PKM2, such as pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD), sickle cell disease (SCD), and thalassemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FORMA Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Ericsson, Neal Green, Gary Gustafson, Bingsong Han, David R. Lancia, Jr., Lorna Mitchell, David Richard, Tatiana Shelekhin, Chase C. Smith, Zhongguo Wang, Xiaozhang Zheng
  • Patent number: 11015151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhong Li, Richard K. Staub, David D. McSherry, Keith G. LaScotte, Steven J. Lange, Frank Everts
  • Patent number: 11008310
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that modulate the interaction of TCR with Nck, compositions thereof, and methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Artax Biopharma Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Castro, Andrés Gagete Mateos, Peter J. Machin, Christopher Loren Vandeusen
  • Patent number: 11007157
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the treatment, prevention, and/or reduction of a risk of a disease, disorder, or condition in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis, including ocular disorders, skin disorders, conditions associated with injurious effects from blister agents, and autoimmune, inflammatory, neurological and cardiovascular diseases by the use of a primary amine to scavenge toxic aldehydes, such as MDA and HNE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Brady, Scott Young, William A. Kinney, Kenneth J. Mandell
  • Patent number: 11008296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel intermediates of Eribulin and process for the preparation of the same. The process of the present invention is commercially viable and can be easily adopted for plant scale operations. The present invention relates to tetrahydrofuran compounds of formula I, X, XI, D and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Natco Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Bulli Babi Vipparla, Sreenivas Nagapuri, Sathaiah Kandula, Janaki Rama Rao Ravi, Durga Prasad Konakanchi, Pulla Reddy Muddasani, Venkaiah Chowdary Nannapaneni
  • Patent number: 11008312
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutical salts thereof, wherein m, n, p, q A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah M. Bronner, James J. Crawford, Andrew Cridland, Patrick Cyr, Benjamin Fauber, Emanuela Gancia, Alberto Gobbi, Christopher Hurley, Jonathan Killen, Wendy Lee, Olivier Rene, Monique Bodil Van Niel, Stuart Ward, Paul Winship, Jason Zbieg
  • Patent number: 11001565
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a glycolide production method capable of further increasing the production rate of glycolide. The glycolide production method according to the present invention includes adding metal iron to an aqueous glycolic acid solution, subjecting glycolic acid contained in the aqueous glycolic acid solution to which the metal iron is added, to dehydrating polycondensation to obtain a glycolic acid oligomer, and heating and depolymerizing the glycolic acid oligomer to obtain glycolide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Yamadoi, Yoshinori Suzuki, Takenori Tose, Haruyasu Yamaji, Toshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 10995083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cocrystal of 2-(6-methyl-pyridine-2-yl)-3-yl-[6-amide-quinoline-4-yl]-5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrrole[1,2-b]pyrazole (Galunisertib or LY2157299) represented by formula (I) and a cocrystal former. Compared with the known solid form of Galunisertib, the cocrystal of the present invention has advantages in terms of stability, solubility, etc. The present invention also relates to a crystal form of the cocrystal, a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and an application thereof in preparation of drugs for preventing and/or treating diseases relevant to TGF-?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Hangzhou Solipharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohong Sheng, Xiaoxia Sheng, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 10980812
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using compounds and compositions for treating, managing, and/or preventing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pharmaceutical compositions and dosing regimens for use in the methods are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CELGENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter H. Schafer, Lei Wu, Ying Ye
  • Patent number: 10975053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a 1,3-dioxolane compound represented by formula 1, the method containing step (a), in which hexafluoroacetone monohydrate is brought into contact with a metal fluoride, step (b), in which fluorine gas is brought into contact, and step (c), in which an olefin compound represented by formula 2 is brought into contact. In formulae 1 and 2, X1 to X4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, or trifluoromethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Jomuta, Yusuke Takahira, Nobuyuki Otozawa, Chikaya Tamitsuji
  • Patent number: 10975050
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for preparing optically pure (R)-4-n-propyl-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one, belonging to the field of chemical synthesis. According to the process, optically pure (S)-3-n-pentanoyl-4-substituted oxazol-2-one is used as a starting material, and after alkylation, reduction, cyano hydrolysis, lactonization, the product optically pure (R)-4-n-propyl-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one is given. The preparation process has the advantages of easy availability of raw materials, low price, high yield, high optical purity of product, simple reaction conditions and simple operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING ABLEPHARMTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liang Ma
  • Patent number: 10975065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted-dioxocyclobutenylamino-3-hydroxy-picolinamide compounds of Formulae (IA and 1B) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, that inhibit CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6), pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing diseases, conditions, or disorders ameliorated by inhibition of CCR6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Andrew Christopher Flick, Vincent Michael Lombardo, James John Mousseau, Philippe Marcel Nuhant, Ralph Pelton Robinson, Jr., Mark Edward Schnute, Daniel Wei-Shung Kung, Daniel Copley Schmitt, Atli Thorarensen, John Isidro Trujillo, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Huixian Wu
  • Patent number: 10959992
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of administering the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug norketotifen, an isomer, an isomeric mixture, a prodrug, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of a respiratory disorders such as COPD and asthma to human patient in need of such treatment, without exposing said patient to adverse immune-suppressive effects. Methods include treating acute and potentially life-threatening exacerbations of COPD and asthma with norketotifen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGE PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: A.K. Gunnar Aberg, Vincent B. Ciofalo, Kresimir Pucaj
  • Patent number: 10961226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of pyrazolpyridazines of formula I wherein the variables are as defined in the specification, by adding HCl to a solution of the pyrazolpyridazine in an inert solvent under non-aqueous conditions, effecting crystallization of the HCl-salt, isolating the resulting precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eric George Klauber, Birgit Gockel, Sebastian Soergel, Roland Goetz, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Jochen Dietz, Joachim Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 10954205
    Abstract: In a process for the oxidation of a lower alkene, such as ethylene, over a catalyst containing Cu and one or more zeolite or zeotype materials, the oxidation is conducted in the presence of ammonia in the feed gas at a process temperature below 350° C. The oxidation can be performed in a continuous process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Pablo Beato, Ton V. W. Janssens
  • Patent number: 10954207
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl) furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • Patent number: 10941130
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel molten salt system in chemical transformation of saccharides and a method as well as an apparatus for multi carbon production by the molten salt system. It is found that an eutectic molten salt composition is advantageous for multi-carbon productions through chemical transformation under mild conditions. This invention further provides a method and an apparatus for preparing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and HMF-derived chemicals from saccharides by the said molten salt system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Po-Wen Chung, Prasenjit Bhaumik, Hao-Ju Chou
  • Patent number: 10934257
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for safely preparing pimavanserin and tartrate thereof by using triphosgene. The synthesis route includes: Raw materials used in the method of the present disclosure are safe and inexpensive, thereby effectively reducing the production costs. The method of the present disclosure has mild reaction conditions, and avoids using phosgene, which is highly toxic and difficult to handle is avoided. Thus, the method is readily implemented industrially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Livzon New North River Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Biao Wang, Qiao Jiang, Bingbing Li, Murong Peng, Weijian Xie