Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 9481690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline polymorphs of (2-(4-(2-(1-isopropyl-3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-5,6-dihydrobenzo[f]imidazo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepin-9-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-2-methylpropanamide (GDC-0032, taselisib), methods of use, and processes of preparing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stults, Travis Remarchuk, Frederic St-Jean
  • Patent number: 9475809
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted oxopyridine derivatives and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular disorders, preferably thrombotic or thromboembolic disorders, and oedemas, and also ophthalmic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Susanne Röhrig, Alexander Hillisch, Julia Straβburger, Stefan Heitmeier, Martina Victoria Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Anja Buchmüller, Christoph Gerdes, Henrik Teller, Martina Schäfer, Adrian Tersteegen
  • Patent number: 9475805
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of activating PPAR ? and a method of treating or preventing a disease associated with PPAR ? by administering a tricyclic compound having a PPAR ? agonist activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein Z represents a single bond or the like, Y represents a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl optionally having substituent(s) or the like, X represents a hydrogen atom or the like, A represents aryl or the like, B and C are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocycle or the like, R4-R9 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen or the like, V represents a single bond or the like, R10 and R11 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or the like:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arata Yanagisawa, Keiji Uehara, Masahiro Matsubara, Kimihisa Ueno, Michihiko Suzuki, Takeshi Kuboyama, Keisuke Yamamoto, Tomohiro Tamura
  • Patent number: 9475746
    Abstract: Processes for producing acetic acid herein generally include contacting methanol and carbon monoxide in the presence of a reaction medium under carbonylation conditions sufficient to form acetic acid, the reaction medium including a carbonylation catalyst selected from rhodium catalysts, iridium catalysts and palladium catalysts; from 1 wt. % to 14 wt. % water; and a plurality of additives, in-situ generated derivatives of the plurality of additives or combinations thereof; the plurality of additives including a first additive including one or more phosphine oxides and a second additive selected from heteropolyacids, metal salts and combinations thereof, the heteropolyacids represented by the formula HnM12XO40, wherein H is hydrogen, M is selected from tungsten and molybdenum, X is selected from phosphorous and silicon and O is oxygen and n is 3 or 4, the metal salts are selected from transition metal salts, lanthanide metal salts and combinations thereof; and recovering acetic acid from the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC
    Inventors: Noel C. Hallinan, Brian A. Salisbury, Daniel F. White, David L. Ramage, Jared T. Fern
  • Patent number: 9464027
    Abstract: Diesters are prepared by first hydrolyzing dinitrile compounds into imide compounds and then reacting such imide compounds with at least one alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Roland Jacquot, Philippe Leconte
  • Patent number: 9464016
    Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing oxidative stress disorders affecting normal electron flow in the cells, including mitochondrial diseases, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, diseases of aging and diseases caused by reactive oxygen species are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as such as catechol or ortho-quinone derivatives of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: EDISON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Mollard, Gloria Pfister
  • Patent number: 9464044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof inhibiting 11?-HSD1 enzyme activity, a preparation method of the same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. Since the compound of the present invention selectively inhibits the activity of 11?-HSD1 (11?-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1), the compound of the invention can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of diseases caused by the over-activation of 11?-HSD1 such as non-insulin dependent type II diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorder, metabolic syndrome, and other diseases or condition mediated by the excessive activity of glucocorticoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: AHN-GOOK PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., BAMICHEM CO., LTD, INCHEON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soon Kil Ahn, Jin Auh, Nam Song Choi, Chang Kyun Han, Tae-Jeong Kim, Kamsa Pae, Young June Shin, Dong-Oh Han, Cheol Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 9464069
    Abstract: The invention refers to compounds of general formula (I) wherein the variables take various meanings, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly in pain therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens-Jover, Rosa Ortuño-Mingarro, Àlex Pericas-Cano, Èric Ferrer-Mallofrè
  • Patent number: 9458258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of catalytic support and the supported bimetallic catalysts, used in the production of ethylene homopolymers and ethylene copolymers with ?-olefins, of high and ultra high molecular weight with broad molecular weight distribution, in gas or liquid phase polymerization processes, the latter being in slurry, bulk or suspension, and the products obtained from these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Braskem America, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia Silva Lacerda Miranda, Fernanda Oliveira Vieira da Cunha
  • Patent number: 9458084
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of the formula wherein R2 and A are certain substituents, Y is an ester group, a nitrile group or an amido group and Z is O, S or N+R2, and which compounds are, for example, useful as intermediates for pyrazole fungicides. The compounds of the present disclosure can be prepared by the reaction of a compound of formula R2—C(O)—CH2Y, with an orthoformate HC—(OR3)3 in the presence of a base, especially in the presence of an amine, e.g. triethylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SOLVAY SA
    Inventor: Janis Jaunzems
  • Patent number: 9457018
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for combating adverse effects arising from antipsychotic treatment. The invention furthermore relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective combination of a compound of formula I and an antipsychotic drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Saniona A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Scheel-Krüger, Henrik Björk Hansen
  • Patent number: 9453088
    Abstract: Prepolymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, having average particle size equal to or lower than 30 ?m comprising a solid catalyst component comprising magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two electron donor compounds one of which being selected from 1,3-diethers and the other one being selected from esters of aromatic mono or dicarboxylic acids, said solid catalyst component being prepolymerized with an olefin, having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, to such an extent that the amount of the olefin prepolymer is equal to or lower than 50 g per g of solid catalyst component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gianni Collina, Ofelia Fusco
  • Patent number: 9452148
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of therapy. The invention particularly relates to insulin sensitizers and methods of regulating glucose homeostasis and to the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of diseases and associated conditions, in which impaired glucose uptake due to insulin resistance is involved or implicated, such as diabetes, syndrome X, hyperglycaemia, vascular disease and kidney disease. The present invention further relates to compounds and agents and compositions thereof for use in the treatment methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Verva Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory Royce Collier, Kenneth Russell Walder, James Alexander Campbell, Juan-Carlos Molero-Navajas, Nicky Konstantopoulos, Guy Yeoman Krippner
  • Patent number: 9451772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline modification of fipronil, to a process for the preparation of the same, to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification and to their use for combating pests and parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heidi Emilia Saxell, Peter Erk, Claude Taranta, Thomas Kroehl, Gerhard Cox, Martin Sukopp, Stefan Scherer, Antti Ojala, Gautam R. Desiraju, Rahul Banerjee, Prashant M. Bhatt
  • Patent number: 9453009
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a 2,26,6-d4-morpholine derivative represented by Structural Formula (I): or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie F. Liu, Xuejun Tang, Scott L. Harbeson, Craig E. Masse
  • Patent number: 9452417
    Abstract: The catalyst disclosed is a catalyst including palladium-ruthenium alloy fine particles in which palladium and ruthenium form a solid solution. The palladium-ruthenium alloy fine particles used in this catalyst can be produced by a production method including the step of maintaining a solution containing a protective agent, a reducing agent, a palladium compound or palladium ions, and a ruthenium compound or ruthenium ions at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kohei Kusada, Katsutoshi Nagaoka, Katsutoshi Sato, Md. Shahajahan Kutubi
  • Patent number: 9452972
    Abstract: Prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, and methods of using prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases such as psoriasis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Archana Gangakhedkar, Xuedong Dai, Noa Zerangue, Peter A. Virsik
  • Patent number: 9453031
    Abstract: Provided are chemical entities selected from compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and m have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and stereoisomers thereof, which are inhibitors of ATR and are potentially useful in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the chemical entities, combination products containing the chemical entities, the use of the compositions as therapeutic agents, and methods of treatment using these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III
    Inventors: Joaquín Pastor Fernández, Oscar Fernández-Capetillo Ruiz, Sonia Martínez González, Carmen Blanco Aparicio, María del Rosario Rico Ferreira, Luis Ignacio Toledo Lázaro, Sonsoles Rodríguez Arísteguí, Matilde Murga Costa, Carmen Varela Busto, Andrés Joaquín Lopez Contreras, Oliver Renner, María Nieto Soler, David Alvaro Cebrián Muñoz
  • Patent number: 9447073
    Abstract: The instant invention describes tetrazole compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Michael R. Loso, Gary D. Gustafson, Daniel Knueppel, Zachary A. Buchan, Michael T. Sullenberger
  • Patent number: 9434673
    Abstract: Process for preparing a vinylidenecarboxylic acid or ester thereof, wherein a reaction gas comprising gaseous formaldehyde, molecular oxygen and an alkycarboxylic acid or ester thereof is brought into contact with a solid catalyst whose active composition comprises a vanadium-phosphorus oxide having an average oxidation state of vanadium of from +4.40 to +5.0 to give a product gas comprising the vinylidenecarboxylic acid or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philipp Gruene, Cornelia Katharina Dobner, Marco Hartmann