Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 9781935
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Ronald J. Heemstra, Ronald Ross, Jr., Kyle DeKorver, Kaitlyn Gray, Daniel I. Knueppel, Peter Vednor, Timothy P. Martin, Joseph D. Eckelbarger, John F. Daeuble, Sr., Ricky Hunter, David A. Demeter, Tony K. Trullinger, Erich Baum, Zoltan L. Benko, Nakyen Choy, Gary Crouse, Fangzheng Li, Jeff Nissen, Monica B. Olson, Michelle Riener, Thomas C. Sparks, Frank J. Wessels, Maurice C. Yap
  • Patent number: 9782385
    Abstract: An artificial tears solution combination is composed mainly of an anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation material, a liquid viscosity-enhancing agent, and an artificial tears solution. The artificial tears solution combination is capable keeping moisture, and meanwhile having anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation capabilities. As such, it can prolong the liquid retention on ocular surfaces, to effective reduce the repeated dosing, and shorten the schedule for the dry eye syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES
    Inventors: Feng-Huei Lin, Hsu-Wei Fang, Ching-Li Tseng, Ya-Jung Hung
  • Patent number: 9782763
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is the use of manganese, iron, cobalt, or nickel complexes containing tridentate pyridine di-imine ligands as hydrosilylation catalysts. These complexes are effective for efficiently catalyzing hydrosilylation reactions, as well as offering improved selectivity and yield over existing catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keith James Weller, Crisita Carmen H. Atienza, Julie Boyer, Paul Chirik, Johannes G. P. Delis, Kenrick Lewis, Susan A. Nye
  • Patent number: 9782380
    Abstract: A method for treating cancer and gold(III) complexes with diaminocyclohexane ligand as anticancer agents. Also described are a pharmaceutical composition incorporating the gold(III) complexes and a method of synthesizing the gold(III) complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Anvarhusein A. Isab, Muhammad Altaf
  • Patent number: 9775833
    Abstract: Isoxazoloanthrones and a method for treating disorders associated or caused by Ras deregulation or dysregulation, for example, disorders associated with alterations in the neurofibromin 1 gene such as Neurofibromatosis Type 1, and proliferative disorders such as glioblastoma are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Yolanda Sanchez, Robert J. Allaway, Matthew Wood
  • Patent number: 9776963
    Abstract: The invention provides for compounds of formula I: wherein Z is absent or (CRARB)nW; each RA and RB is independently (i) H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, haloalkyl, each of which may be optionally substituted; (ii) OH, ORc, NH2, NHRc, NRcRc, SH, S(O)mRc; or (iii) RA and RB together form C(O); W is absent, C(O), C(O)O, C(O)NRcRc, O, S(O)m, or NRcRc; Y is an optionally substituted heterocyclic, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or NRXRY; wherein Rx and Ry are each independently H, alkyl or aryl; X1 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, methyl, and hydroxyl; X2 is a halogen; each Rc is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaralkyl, each of which may be optionally substituted; m is O, 1, or 2; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University, Bryn Mawr College, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Joseph G. Sodroski, Navid Madani, Arne Schön, Judith M. LaLonde, Joel R. Courter, Takahiro Soeta, Danny Ng, Ernesto Freire, Amos B. Smith, III, Amy M. Princiotto, Matthew Le-Khac, Wayne A. Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 9775841
    Abstract: The present invention provides PI3K protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: RHIZEN PHARMACEUTICALS SA
    Inventors: Dhanapalan Nagarathnam, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka, Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Srikant Viswanadha, Govindarajulu Babu, Prashant Kashinath Bhavar
  • Patent number: 9763870
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations containing liquid ester quats and/or imidazolinium salts and polymer thickeners and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Schwab, Ursula Westerholt, Uta Kortemeier, Jochen Kleinen, Christian Hartung, Hans-Juergen Koehle
  • Patent number: 9763942
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are provided, which are useful for the treatment of hyperproliferative, pain and inflammatory diseases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Blake, Adam Cook, Indrani W. Gunawardana, Kevin W. Hunt, Michael Lyon, Andrew T. Metcalf, Peter J. Mohr, David A. Moreno, Brad Newhouse, Li Ren, Tony P. Tang, Allen A. Thomas, Jacob Schwarz, Jane Schmidt, Lewis Gazzard, Huifen Chen
  • Patent number: 9765092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, and X are as described in the description, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), to methods for the preparation of such compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as TPH modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Corinna Grisostomi, Oliver Nayler, Lubos Remen, Magali Vercauteren, Richard Welford
  • Patent number: 9763905
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing certain cancers in a subject. In certain embodiments such compositions and methods generally relate to the use of G-coupled protein receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists to inhibit the growth or induce apoptosis of certain cancer cells. The compositions and related methods disclosed herein may be used to treat subjects affected by cancers, such as melanoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neuroblastoma, and to reduce the incidence of metastases in such affected subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Puder, Deepika Nehra, Brian Kalish
  • Patent number: 9751864
    Abstract: Methods of preparing compounds of Formula VI, salts thereof, tautomers thereof, or salts of the tautomers include cyclizing compounds of Formula V, salts thereof, tautomers thereof, or salts of the tautomers. Compounds of Formula VI and Formula V have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Mikkel V. DeBenedetto, Robert P. Farrell, Simon J. Hedley, Ted C. Judd
  • Patent number: 9751841
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel process for the preparation of chalcogenone compounds by conversion of ionic liquids and salts comprising nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cations and basic anions to the corresponding nitrogen-containing heterocyclic chalcogenones by reaction with elemental chalcogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Petroliam Nasional Berhad
    Inventors: Robin Don Rogers, John Holbrey, Hector Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9750716
    Abstract: The invention provides safe and efficacious treatments for Female Sexual Disorders, genitopelvic pain/penetration disorders, vulvovaginal atrophy, vestibulodynia, dyspareunia, sexual interest/arousal disorder, low female libido, and female orgasmic disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Wendy Anne Epstein
  • Patent number: 9744133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of pharmaceutical agents in combination with additional pharmaceutical agents in a mixture of polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and propylene glycol and a process of making the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Robert Agisim, Robert Alan Friedline, Shivangi Akash Patel, Cesar Ivan Sertzen, Vanessa Rose Shepperson
  • Patent number: 9744391
    Abstract: A method of implementing organic synthesis reactions uses a composition containing a metal catalyst originating from a calcined plant. The plants can be from the Brassicaceae, Sapotaceae and Convolvulaceae family, and the metal catalyst contains metal in the M(II) form such as zinc, nickel, manganese, lead, cadmium, calcium, magnesium or copper. Examples of the organic synthesis reactions include halogenations, electrophilic reactions, cycloadditions, transesterification reactions and coupling reactions, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES
    Inventors: Claude Grison, Jose Escarre
  • Patent number: 9745286
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomers of any of the foregoing, or mixtures thereof are agonists of the APJ Receptor and have use in treating cardiovascular and other conditions. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Yinhong Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, Aarif Yusuf Khakoo, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Gayathri Swaminath, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Wen-Chen Yeh, Mikkel V. Debenedetto, Robert P. Farrell, Simon J. Hedley, Ted C. Judd, Frank Kayser
  • Patent number: 9744159
    Abstract: Methods of increasing tonic inhibition in a subject in need thereof, for example a subject with Fragile X syndrome or Angelman syndrome are disclosed. Methods of treating secondary insomnia in a subject with a neurodegenerative disease or disorder are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: OVID THERAPEUTICS INC
    Inventor: Matthew During
  • Patent number: 9745310
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun Eung Park, Young Koo Jang, Yong Je Shin, Ji Yeon Kim, Seung Mo Ham, Yong Gil Kim, Hye Kyung Min, Soo Bong Cha, Hyo Jun Jung, Ju Young Lee, Seung Nam Han, Jin Yong Chung, Eun Ju Choi, Chan Mi Joung, Jong Sil Park, Ji Won Lee, Nahm Ryune Cho, Eun Ju Ryu, Cheol Young Maeng
  • Patent number: 9738647
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of polycyclic guanidine compounds. In certain embodiments, provided methods include the step of contacting a described reagent with a triamine compound to provide a polycyclic guanidine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Aramco Technologies Company
    Inventor: Alexei Gridnev