Patents Examined by Venkataraman Balasubram
  • Patent number: 7442700
    Abstract: The invention relates to at least one pyrrolotriazine derivative, at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one pyrrolotriazine derivative, and at least one method of using at least one pyrrolotriazine derivative to treat at least one kinase associated condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Harold Mastalerz, Dolatrai M. Vyas, George L. Trainor, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai
  • Patent number: 7442705
    Abstract: This invention concerns HIV replication inhibitors of formula (I), The N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, the quaternary amines and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, their use as a medicine, their processes for preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Jerôme Emile Georges Guillemont, Elisabeth Thérese Jeanne Pasquier, Jan Heeres, Kurt Hertogs, Eva Bettens, Paulus Joannes Lewi, Marc René De Jonge, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Frederik Frans Desiré Daeyaert, Hendrik Maarten Vinkers, Frank Xavier Jozef Herwig, legal representative, Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen
  • Patent number: 7442792
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel processes and intermediates for preparing corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists having the structure below which are useful in treating CRF-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: James P. Sherbine, Shawn K. Pack, Jaan A. Pesti, Robert E. Yule, Kenneth C. McNulty
  • Patent number: 7432373
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to intermediates that are useful for preparing pyrrolotriazines, and processes for preparing such intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Gerard Crispino, Stephanie Barbosa, Junying Fan, Zhen-wei Cai
  • Patent number: 7427628
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind ?4 integrins, preferably VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by ?4 integrins, preferably 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: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Christopher M. Semko, Ying-zi Xu, Frank Stappenbeck, Brian P. Stupi, Jenifer Smith, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett
  • Patent number: 7427626
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Also described are processes for their preparation and their use as medicaments, particularly medicaments for producing a cell cycle inhibitory (anti cell proliferation) effect in a warm blooded animal, such as man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Andrew Peter Thomas
  • Patent number: 7423049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Salituro, Vincent Galullo, Steven Bellon, Guy Bemis, John Cochran
  • Patent number: 7423048
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein -a1?a2-a3?a4- is a bivalent radical wherein one or two of a1 to a4 are nitrogen and the remaining a1 to a4 are —CH?; -Z1-Z2- is a bivalent radical; -A- is a bivalent radical of formula —N(R6)-Alk2- or a 5, 6 or 7-membered saturated heterocycle containing one or two nitrogen atoms; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, halo and the like; Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted C1-6alkanediyl; R5 is a radical of formula wherein n is 1 or 2; p1 is 0, and p2 is 1 or 2; or p1 is 1 or 2, and p2 is 0; X is oxygen, sulfur or ?NR9; Y2 is oxygen or sulfur; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenylmethyl; R8 is C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl phenyl or phenylmethyl; R9 is cyano, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6al
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Kristol Van Emelen, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Francisco Javier Fernández-Gadea, Maria Encamacion Matesanz-Ballesteros, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda
  • Patent number: 7423148
    Abstract: Compounds having formula I are provided where the variables have the values described herein. Pharmaceutical formulations include the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and combinations with other agents. A method of treating a patient comprises administering a pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: John N. Nuss, Sabina Pecchi, Paul A. Renhowe
  • Patent number: 7419978
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates thereof, are useful as kinase inhibitors, wherein R, R1, R2, R5, R6a, R6b, J, K, X and Z are as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jagabandhu Das, John Hynes, Katerina Leftheris, Shuqun Lin, Stephen T. Wrobleski, Hong Wu
  • Patent number: 7414011
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, I, R5, Q, R4, W, X, Y, V and Z, are as defined in the specification, which are suitable for use as herbicides or plant growth regulators. Also disclosed are processes for preparing the compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering Agrevo GmbH
    Inventors: Hansjörg Dietrich, Christian Waldraff, Lothar Willms, Hermann Bieringer, Christopher Rosinger, Felix Thürwächter, Thomas Auler
  • Patent number: 7414057
    Abstract: Certain novel piperazine urea derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R) and, in particular, are receptor-subtype selective agonists of MC-4R. They are useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Raman Kumar Bakshi, Ravi P. Nargund, Brenda L. Palucki, Min K. Park, Zhixiong Ye
  • Patent number: 7410594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the trichromatic dyeing or printing of hydroxy-group-containing or nitrogen-containing organic substrates with dye mixtures and also to such dye mixtures and hydroxy-group-containing or nitrogen-containing organic substrates dyed or printed therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Markus Gisler, Roland Wald
  • Patent number: 7411065
    Abstract: This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oglimers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: wherein E is nitrogen or C—R?; J is sulfur or oxygen; R?, R1, R2, R3, R4 is independently H, halogen, alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkoxy, phenyl or halogenated phenyl, R5 is H or protected or unprotected side chain of natural or unnatural ?-amino acid; and B is a natural or unnatural nucleobase, wherein when said nucleobase has an exocyclic amino function, said function is protected by protecting group which is labile to acids but stable to weak to medium bases in the presence of thiol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Panagene, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kee Kim, Hyunil Lee, Jong Chan Lim, Hoon Choi, Jae Hoon Jeon, Sang Youl Ahn, Sung Hee Lee, Won Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 7407964
    Abstract: This invention provides novel caspase inhibitors of formula I: wherein R1 is hydrogen, CHN2, R, or —CH2Y; R is an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclyl group, or a heterocyclylalkyl group; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; X2—X1 is N(R3)—C(R3), C(R3)2—C(R3), C(R3)2—N, N?C, C(R3)?C, C(?O)—N, or C(?O)—C(R3); each R3 is independently selected from hydrogen or C1-6 aliphatic; Ring C is a fused aryl ring; n is 0, 1 or 2; and each methylene carbon in Ring A is optionally and independently substituted by ?O, or one or more halogen, C1-4 alkyl, or C1-4 alkoxy. The compounds are useful for treating caspase-mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Guy Brenchley
  • Patent number: 7407956
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzamide inhibitors of the P2X7 receptor of the formula: wherein R1-R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of IL-1 mediated disorders, including, without limitation, inflammatory diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; allergies, asthma, COPD, cancer, reperfusion or ischemia in stroke or heart attack, autoimmune diseases and other disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Dombrowski, Allen J. Duplantier
  • Patent number: 7407962
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are inhibitors of protein kinase, particularly inhibitors of ERK2, GSK3, PKA, CDK2 protein kinases, mammalian protein kinases involved in proliferative and neurodegenerative disorders. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Michael R. Hale, Francois Maltais, Qing Tang
  • Patent number: 7405296
    Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein Rf is a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain having a number average molecular weight in the range 500-10,000; W1, W2, equal to or different from each other, are —F or —CF3; T1 is equal to —CHAa—Ba (CH2CH2O)na— wherein Aa=H, CF3; Ba=O, S, NH; na=0 or an integer between 1 and 6; T2 is equal to —F, —CF3, —C2 F5, —(C2 F4) Cl, or a group of formula: Q1, Q2 equal to or different from each other, are a chain of formula -T1-l -CFW1—O—Rf—CFW2-T?2, wherein: T?2 is equal to —F, —CF3, —C2 F5, —(C2F4) Cl; or is a group of formula: wherein B is equal to O, S, NH; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 equal to or different from each other are selected from H, F, NO2, CN, C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, carboxyl, phenyl (Ph), O- Ph, NH-Ph, S-Ph; wherein B is equal to O, S, NH; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 equal to or different from each other are selected from H, F, NO2, CN, C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, carboxyl, phenyl (Ph), O- Ph, NH-Ph, S-Ph; with the proviso that at least one of Q1 and Q2a is equal to:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Russo, Patrizia Maccone
  • Patent number: 7402588
    Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of HIV and HBV infections in humans is disclosed that includes administering an effective amount of 2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane, a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, including a 5? or N4 alkylated or acylated derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers is also disclosed that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Raymond F. Schinazi, Woo-Baeg Choi
  • Patent number: RE40558
    Abstract: The use of diaryl acid derivatives of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, hydrates or solvates thereof, wherein the variables shown are defined in the disclosure, and their pharmaceutical compositions as PPAR ligand receptor binders. The PPAR ligand receptor binders of this invention are useful as agonists or antagonists of the PPAR receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Zaid Jayyosi, Gerard M. McGeehan, Michael F. Kelley, Richard F. Labaudiniere, Litao Zhang, Robert D. Groneberg, Daniel G. McGarry, Thomas J. Caulfield, Anne Minnich, Mark Bobko