Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 7981888
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I wherein A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1 and L1 are as defined herein, which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein, such as leukemia and lymphoma, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Xiaohong Song, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Cheol-Min Park, Zhi-Fu Tao, Xilu Wang, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Patent number: 7977489
    Abstract: Compounds of the following general structure for use in compositions and methods for modulating the activity of nuclear receptors are provided: The compounds are useable in compositions and methods for modulating the estrogen related receptors and are agonists, partial agonists, antagonists. or inverse agonists of ERR or ERR?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Raju Mohan, Brett B. Busch, Michael Charles Nyman, William C. Stevens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7977373
    Abstract: Prodrugs of ion channeling modulating compounds, including, for example, prodrugs of the ion channel modulating compound of the following formula: are described herein, as well as methods of making and using such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions containing such prodrugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiome Pharma Corp.
    Inventors: Lewis Siu Leung Choi, Doug Ta Hung Chou, Allen W. Davidoff, Adewale Eniade, Bertrand M. C. Plouvier
  • Patent number: 7977328
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, HET-1 and HET-2 are as described in the specification, and their salts and pro-drugs, are activators of glucokinase (GLK) and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, type 2 diabetes. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike, Michael James Waring
  • Patent number: 7977360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzo[d]isoxazol-3-yl-amine compounds, methods for their production, medicaments containing these compounds and the use of these compounds to produce medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Beatrix Merla, Melanie Reich, Ruth Jostock
  • Patent number: 7977431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dithiocarbamic esters, their preparation and their use for regulating the degree of polymerization during the polymerization of monomers, such as during the polymerization of chloroprene to give polychloroprene, and during the polymerization of 2,3-dichlorobutadiene to give poly-2,3-dichlorobutadiene, and during the copolymerization of chloroprene with 2,3-dichlorobutadiene. The present invention further relates to polymers which are obtainable via the polymerization of monomers in the presence of the dithiocarbamic esters of the invention. The present invention also relates to polymers which contain end groups derived from the dithiocarbamic esters of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Michael Klimpel, Emilie Barriau, Lothar Reif, Renke Mottweiler, Heinrich Berg, Zsolt Szentivanyi, Stefan Glander
  • Patent number: 7977361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel radioactively labeled bioreducible tracers of Formula I useful for detecting hypoxic tumors or ischemic tissue in vivo. In one embodiment, the tracers consist of a 2-nitroimidazole moiety, a triazole, metabolically stable linker with pharmacokinetics enhancing substituents, and a radioisotope. The preferred in vivo imaging modality is positron emission tomography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Collier, Brian A. Duclos, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Zhiyong Gao, Farhad Karimi, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Hartmuth C. Kolb, Qianwa Liang, Henry Clifton Padgett, Joseph C. Walsh, Tieming Zhao
  • Patent number: 7977370
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that have an affinity to the ?-opioid receptor and the ORL 1-receptor, methods for their production, medications containing these compounds and the use of these compounds for the treatment of pain and other conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Saskia Zemolka, Stefan Schunk, Bert Nolte, Klaus Linz, Wolfgang Schröder, Werner Englberger, Hans Schick, Helmut Sonnenschein, Birgitta Henkel, József Bálint
  • Patent number: 7973070
    Abstract: New (2R,4R) monatin monosodium salt hydrate crystals characterized by having specific characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks provide general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals incorporating no organic solvent. These crystal may be prepared by a method that requires no organic solvent in the crystallization, separation, and drying steps. These crystal are useful as sweeteners and for the preparation of orally consumed products, such as foods, beverages, pharmaceutical products, topical pharmaceutical products, and feeds containing general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mori, Eriko Ono
  • Patent number: 7973172
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an organic compound increasing an open circuit voltage, and showing high photoelectric conversion efficiency; a semiconductor film electrode employing the organic compound as a dye; a photoelectric conversion element employing the semiconductor film electrode; and a photoelectrochemical solar cell employing the photoelectric conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nagatoshi Koumura, Koujirou Hara
  • Patent number: 7973181
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of histone deacetylase activity, and are useful in the treatment of, for example, cancers: wherein Y1 is a bond, —(C?O)—, —S(O2)—, —C(?O)O—, —OC(?O)—, —(C?O)NR3—, —NR3(C?O)—, —S(O2)NR3—, —NR3S(O2)—, or —NR3(C?O)NR5—, wherein R3 and R5 are independently hydrogen or optionally substituted (C1-C6)alkyl, L1 is a divalent radical of formula -(Alk1)m(Q)n(Alk2)p wherein m, n, p, Alk1, Alk2 and Q are as defined in the claims; z is 0 or 1; A represents an optionally substituted mono-, bi— or tri-cyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system; -[Linker]- represents a divalent linker radical; R is a radical of formula (X) or (Y): wherein R1 is a carboxylic acid group (—COOH), or an ester group which is hydrolysable by one or more intracellular carboxylesterase enzymes to a carboxylic acid group; R4 is hydrogen; or optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7cycloalkyl, aryl, aryl(C1-C6 alkyl)-, heteroaryl, heteroaryl(C1-C6 alkyl)-, —(C?O)R3, —(C?O)OR3, or —(C?O)NR3 wherein R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Chroma Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Hornsby Davidson, Sanjay Ratilal Patel, David Festus Charles Moffat
  • Patent number: 7968603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid forms of (S)-N-(4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide and process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, David A. Dickason, Seoung-Soo Hong, Thomas G. Bird, Tai Ahn
  • Patent number: 7968731
    Abstract: An improved process is described for the purification of ropinirole hydrochloride. The process includes (i) dissolving ropinirole hydrochloride in water; (ii) treating the solution obtained in step (i) with sodium dithionate and charcoal; (iii) treating the filtrate obtained in step (ii) with water immiscible solvent and base and isolating the free base; and (iv) treating the free base obtained in step (iii) with ethanolic HCl to give ropinirole hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Alembic Limited
    Inventors: Pandurang Balwant Deshpande, Ashok Prataprai Shanishchara, Trushar Rajanikant Shah, Hitarth Harshendu Acharya, Parven Kumar Luthra
  • Patent number: 7968552
    Abstract: A compound which can be used as a pharmaceutical, particularly a insulin secretion promoter or a agent for preventing/treating disease in which GPR40 is concerned such as diabetes or the like, is provided. It was found that an oxadiazolidinedione compound which is characterized by the possession of a benzyl or the like substituent binding to the cyclic group via a linker at the 2-position of the oxadiazolidinedione ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has excellent GPR40 agonist action. In addition, since the oxadiazolidinedione compound of the present invention showed excellent insulin secretion promoting action and blood glucose level-lowering action, it is useful as an insulin secretion promoter or an agent for preventing/treating diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Kei Ohnuki, Toshio Kurosaki, Yasuhiro Yonetoku, Norio Asai, Shigeru Yoshida, Takatoshi Soga
  • Patent number: 7968601
    Abstract: the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein n represents an integer being 1 or 2; R1 and R2 each independently represents hydrogen C1-4alkyl, NR9R10, C1-4alkyloxy; or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon atom with which they are attached form a C3-6cycloalkyl; and where n is 2, either R1 or R2 may be absent to form an unsaturated bond; R3 represents a C6-12cycloalkyl, preferably selected from cylo-octanyl and cyclohexyl or R3 represents a monovalent radical having one of the following formulae ?wherein said C6-12cycloalkyl or monovalent radical may optionally be substituted with one, or where possible two, three or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxy, halo or hydroxy; Q represents Het1 or Ar2 wherein said C3-8cycloalkyl, Het1 or Ar2 are optionally substituted with one or where possible two or more substituents selected from halo, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxy, hydroxy, nitro, NR5R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Joannes Theodorus Maria Linders, Gustaaf Henri Maria Willemsens, Ronaldus Arnodus Hendrika Joseph Gilissen, Christophe Francis Robert Nester Buyck, Greta Constantia Peter Vanhoof, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van Der Veken, Libuse Jaroskova
  • Patent number: 7968732
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a process for the preparation of 5-benzyloxy-2-(4-benzyloxyphenyl)-3-methyl-1H-Indole (formula-1, a useful intermediate for the synthesis of bazedoxifene) using 4-benzyloxy propiophenone and 4-benzyloxy phenyl hydrazine hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Divi's Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Prasad Divi, Bolineni Nageswara Rao, Dandu Venkata Suresh
  • Patent number: 7964692
    Abstract: A polymer represented by Formula (7): wherein all variables are defined in the specification, including P1 which is a polymer chain obtained by polymerizing an addition-polymerizable monomer, which makes it possible to control the structure of the polymer as a molecular aggregate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: JNC Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Yamahiro, Hisao Oikawa, Kenya Ito, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Masami Tanaka, Nobumasa Ootake, Kenichi Watanabe, Kohji Ohno, Yoshinobu Tsujii, Takeshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7964595
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound according to one of the formulas wherein R is Additionally, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating disease, medicaments, and compositions related thereto, are further elaborated herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. Johnson, David W.. Old, Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Patent number: 7964204
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (1), including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, Formula (1): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6 are independently, selected from the group consisting of CR3 and N; provided that at most 3 of A1, A2, A3; A4, A5 and A6 is N; B1, B2 and B3 are independently selected from the group consisting of CR2. and N; each R3 is independently H, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C3-C6 halocycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkoxy, C1-C6 alkylthio, C1-C6 haloalkylthio, C1-C6 alkylsulfinyl, C1-C6 haloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl, C1-C6 haloalkylsulfo?yl, C1-C6 alkylamino, C2-G6 dialkylamino, —CN or —NO2; and R1, R2, R4, R5, W and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Wesley Lawrence Shoop, Ming Xu
  • Patent number: 7960381
    Abstract: A compound comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or a metabolite thereof is disclosed herein. Y, A, and B are as described herein. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related to these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Wha-Bin Im