Patents Examined by Wu-Cheng Winston Shen
  • Patent number: 9000029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (S)-proline sulfonamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as described in the description, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases or disorders related to the orexin system. The present invention also relates to the use of (S)-proline sulfonamide compounds of formula (II) as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (II), and especially their use in the prevention or treatment of diseases or disorders related to the orexin system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christoph Boss, Christine Brotschi, John Gatfield, Markus Gude, Bibia Heidmann, Thierry Sifferlen, Jodi T. Williams
  • Patent number: 8993564
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of PDK1 and cell proliferation/cell vitality and can be employed treatment of tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Margarita Wucherer-Plietker, Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • Patent number: 8993552
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to effective treatment leukemia. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL and MLL-fusion oncoproteins, and well as systems and methods to screen for such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: The Regents of The University of Michigan, University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Jolanta Grembecka, Tomasz Cierpicki, Jay Hess
  • Patent number: 8993603
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing one or more antifungal agents selected from an arylamidine derivative represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents an amidino group that may be substituted with a hydroxyl group that may be protected with an acyl group, an amidino group that may be substituted with an alkoxy group that may be substituted, or an amidino group that may be substituted with an aralkyloxy group that may be substituted; R2 and R3 identically or differently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom) or a salt thereof, an azole antifungal agent, a polyene antifungal agent, a candin antifungal agent and a fluoropyrimidine antifungal agent has a strong antifungal activity and is useful for the treatment of fungal infection. A method for using them in combination is useful as an excellent therapeutic method for fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Nomura, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Noritomo Fujino
  • Patent number: 8987334
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of calixarenes for preventing or limiting the transfer of an actinide in the body from a site of skin contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire
    Inventors: Aurélie Spagnul, François Rebiere, Guillaume Phan, Céline Bouvier-Capely, Elias Fattal
  • Patent number: 8987234
    Abstract: Disclosed are complexes of an antipneumocystic compound and an antimalarial compound, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using said complexes or compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of parasitic infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: IPCA Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra Singh, Pramilkumar Mathur, Vitthal Syryabhan Buchude
  • Patent number: 8987250
    Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein including compounds of formula I?: and salts thereof are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, intermediates useful for preparing compounds disclosed herein and therapeutic methods for treating an HIV infection using compounds disclosed herein are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerim Babaoglu, Gediminas Brizgys, Jake Cha, Xiaowu Chen, Hongyan Guo, Randall L. Halcomb, Xiaochun Han, Richard Huang, Hongtao Liu, Ryan McFadden, Michael L. Mitchell, Yingmei Qi, Paul A. Roethle, Lianhong Xu, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 8980905
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) wherein each of m and n is independently 0 or 1; R1 and R2, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a heterocyclic ring comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur, —S(O)— and —S(O)2—; R3 is —CHF2, —CF3, —OCHF2, —OCF3, —SCHF2 or —SCF3; X is a bond, —CH2—, or —NH—; A is aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl or heterocycloalkenyl, optionally substituted with one or more, same or different substituents selected from R4; and R4 is hydrogen, amino, thioxo, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halogen, oxo, thia, or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates or solvates thereof, have been found to exhibit PDE4 inhibiting activity, and may therefore be useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventor: Simon Feldbæk Nielsen
  • Patent number: 8980887
    Abstract: Disclosed are 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-acetamide derivatives represented by formula I, their tautomer, racemate or optical isomer, their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or their solvates, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology Academy of Military Medical Sciences P.L.A., China
    Inventors: Rifang Yang, Yunfeng Li, Yongzhen Li, Nan Zhao, Liuhong Yun, Juanjuan Qin, Zhongyao Feng, Youzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8980871
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating hemolysis by administering an active compound in an amount sufficient to treat said hemolysis. It has been found that nitroxyl donors or similar compounds preferentially react with cell-free OxyHb, as compared to OxyHb encapsulated in a red blood cell, and reacts with MetHb to form iron-nitrosyl Hb or nitrite bound MetHb. It has also been found that such compounds reduce cell-free Hb and hemolysis. Active compounds are also contemplated for use in combination therapies, for example, in combination with the administration of red blood cells and/or an agent that promotes hematopoiesis, or in combination with the administration of a nitric oxide donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Wake Forest University Health Sciences, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, S. Bruce King, Daniel A. Sweeney, Mark T. Gladwin
  • Patent number: 8980955
    Abstract: Replication protein A (RPA) is a single-strand DNA-binding protein with essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair. Small molecule inhibitors (SMIs) with the ability to disrupt RPA binding activity to ssDNA have been identified and assessed using both lung and ovarian cancer cell lines. Lung cancer cell lines demonstrated increased apoptotic cell death following treatment with the SMI MCI13E, with IC50 values of ˜5 ?M. The A2780 ovarian cancer cell line and the p53-null lung cancer cell line HI 299 were particularly sensitive to MCI13E treatment with IC50 values below 3 ?M. Sequential treatment with MCI13E and cisplatin resulted in synergism, suggesting that decreasing RPA's DNA binding activity via a SMI may disrupt RPA's role in cell cycle regulation. Thus, RPA SMIs hold the potential to be used as single agent chemotherapeutics or in combination with current chemotherapeutic regimens to increase their efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology
    Inventors: John J. Turchi, Richard Fitch
  • Patent number: 8975292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling arthropods comprising the application of an aqueous gel which contains an insecticide, an attractant and a thickener, wherein the aqueous gel is applied in the form of spots on fruit trees. The invention further relates to an aqueous gel comprising an insecticide, an attractant, a thickener, a humectant and a feeding stimulant. The invention also relates to a concentrated gel for preparing the aqueous gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claude Taranta, Tatjana Levy, Ouidad Benlahmar, Marc Nolte, Thomas Kröhl, Christoph Randt, Thomas Bork, Wolfgang Meier, Clark D. Klein, Tiffany Hennessey
  • Patent number: 8975258
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of, inter alia, Type II diabetes and other diseases associated with poor glycemic control. The compounds of the invention are orally active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Chen, Peng Cheng, L. Edward Clemens, Jeffrey D. Johnson, Jingyuan Ma, Alison Murphy, Imad Nashashibi, Christopher J. Rabbat, Jiangao Song, Maria E. Wilson, Yan Zhu, Zuchun Zhao
  • Patent number: 8969333
    Abstract: PAD4 inhibitory compositions and methods for their use in treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease are provided according to embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gong Chen, Yanming Wang, Pingxin Li, Jing Hu, Shu Wang, Yuji Wang
  • Patent number: 8962606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzosulphonamide compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A are as defined in the claims, to methods of preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Marion Hitchcock, Ingo Hartung, Florian Pühler
  • Patent number: 8962686
    Abstract: An effective dose of a pharmaceutically acceptable phenylbutyrate salt such as sodium phenylbutyrate applied to human ocular tissues or through injection or other means prevents ocular hypertension and treats glaucoma in humans, leading to a new medical therapy for lowering the intraocular pressure via a mechanism different from the existing glaucoma medications. This compound can be formulated in combination with topical or other forms of steroids in prevention and treatment of steroid induced ocular hypertension and glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Dennis Shun Chiu Lam, Johnson Yiu Nam Lau, Gary Hin Fai Yam, Chi Pui Pang, Christopher Kai Shun Leung, Haoyu Chen, Srinivas Kamalakara Rao, Dorothy Shu Ping Fan
  • Patent number: 8962001
    Abstract: A class of anionic oligomers and polymers that function for inhibition of nucleases, particularly RNase. Specific inhibitors include mixtures of oligomers of vinyl sulfate. Methods for inhibition or inactivation of one or more nucleases in vitro which comprises the step of contacting the one or more nucleases in a biological medium with one or more of the anionic oligomeric or polymeric inhibitors of this invention. Kits for carrying out a biological procedure, biological reaction and/or a biological assay containing one or more inhibitors of this invention. The use of oligomers and/or polymers of this invention as additives in buffers or reagents. The inhibitors of the invention can also be attached to surfaces to provide for removal of nucleases from media, solutions or other liquids in contact with the solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ronald T. Raines, Bryan D. Smith, Matthew B. Soellner, David M. Lynn
  • Patent number: 8962825
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts, N-oxides, hydrates and solvates thereof are histone deacetylase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of cell proliferative diseases, including cancers: wherein Q, V and W independently represent —N? or —C?; B is a divalent radical selected from (B1), (B2), (B3), (B4), (B5) and (B6). wherein the bond marked * is linked to the ring containing Q, V and W through -[Linker1]- and the bond marked ** is linked to A through -[Linker2]-; A is an optionally substituted mono-, bi- or tri-cyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system; -[Linker1]- and -[Linker2]- independently represent a bond, or a divalent linker radical; and R is (a) a radical of formula R1R2CHNH—Y-L1-X1—(CH2)z— or (b) a radical of formula R-L1-Y1—(CH2)z—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: David Charles Festus Moffat, Sanjay Ratilal Patel, Francesca Ann Day, Andrew James Belfield, Alistair David Graham Donald, Alan Hornsby Davidson, Alan Hastings Drummond
  • Patent number: 8962604
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a chemical substance selected from the group consisting of N-?2-hydroxy-3-(1-piperidinyl)-propoxyl 1-pyridine-1-oxide-3-carboximidoyl chloride, the optically active enantiomers and the mixtures of enantiomers thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the racemic and optically active compounds in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Orphazyme ApS
    Inventors: Linda Greensmith, Geoffrey Burnstock, Rudolf Urbanics
  • Patent number: 8962611
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted imidazopyridines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew P. Christopher, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michelle Machacek, Michelle Martinez, Michael Hale Reutershan, Manami Shizuka, Binyuan Sun, Christopher Francis Thompson, B. Wesley Trotter, Matthew E. Voss, Michael D. Altman, Stephane L. Bogen, Ronald J. Doll