Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 7838023
    Abstract: The invention provides novel furoxan compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and novel compositions comprising at least one compound, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The compounds and compositions of the invention can also be bound to a matrix. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) inhibiting platelet aggregation and platelet adhesion caused by the exposure of blood to a medical device; (c) treating pathological conditions resulting from abnormal cell proliferation; (d) treating transplantation rejections, (e) treating autoimmune, inflammatory, proliferative, hyperproliferative or vascular diseases; (f) reducing scar tissue or for inhibiting wound contraction; (g) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (h) treating endothelial dysfunctions; and (j) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: NitroMed, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Garvey, Ramani R. Ranatunge
  • Patent number: 7834004
    Abstract: Compounds as modulators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating disease using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kalypsys, Inc
    Inventors: Stewart A. Noble, Guy Oshiro, James W. Malecha, Cunxiang Zhao, Carmen Robinson, Sergio G. Duron, Michael Sertic, Andrew K. Lindstrom, Andrew K. Shiau, Christopher D Bayne, Mehmet Kahraman, Boliang Lou, Steven P. Govek
  • Patent number: 7825147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isoxazoline derivatives, which can be used as selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV. In particular, compounds disclosed herein can be useful in the treatment of AIDS, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), psoriasis, allergic rhinitis, shock, atopic dermatitis, Crohn's disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), eosinophilic granuloma, allergic conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory diseases in a patient, particularly in humans. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of disclosed compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use as phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Venkata P. Palle, Sarala Balachandran, Mohammad Salman, Gagan Kukreja, Nidhi Gupta, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda G. Dastidar
  • Patent number: 7825261
    Abstract: This invention relates to indazole compounds of formula (I) or (II) shown below. Each variable in formula (I) or (II) is defined in the specification. These compounds can be used to treat cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Sun, Min-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 7825145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of a microbial infection, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), in which X and Y are either the same or different and selected from a heteroatom; is a double or single bond depending on the heteroatoms X and Y; R1 to R5 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen or a non-deleterious substituent; and R6 and R7 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen and a non-deleterious substituent or one of R6 and R7 are absent when there is a double bond present, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives, pro-drugs, tautomers and/or isomers thereof. The present invention also relates to a method for protecting a subject from radiation damage, a method of cancer radiotherapy and use as an antimicrobial or radioprotective agent of the compound of formula (I) defined above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Biodiem Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Prokofievich Denisenko, Nickolay Sergeevich Sapronov, Alexander Alexandrovich Tarasenko
  • Patent number: 7820783
    Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked between the 1-position and 3?-position, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. 1,3?-crosslinked carbocyanines are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar 1,1?-crosslinked or non-crosslinked dyes. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: AnaSpec Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhenjun Diwu, Jianheng Zhang, Yi Tang, Xiang Guobing
  • Patent number: 7820645
    Abstract: There are provided crystalline forms of the compounds Ph(3-Cl)(5-OCHF2)—(R)CH(OH)C(O)-Aze-Pab(OMe) and Ph(3-Cl)(5-OCHF2)—(R)CH(OH)C(O)-Aze-Pab(OH), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them and their use in medical treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bengt Leonard Åslund, Stefan Bengtsson, Gudrun Anita Bergman, Ursula Renata Maria Hohlneicher, Bo Ingvar Ymén
  • Patent number: 7820673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea derivative or a salt thereof, which is useful as a therapeutic agent for thrombosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Kubo, Yasuhiro Imaeda
  • Patent number: 7816354
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: Wherein R1, R2, Y, m and n are further defined in the description. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Abdelmalik Slassi, Methvin Isaac, Ian Egle, Fupeng Ma, Babu Joseph, Joshua Clayton, Krzysztof Swierczek
  • Patent number: 7816392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline modifications of pyraclostrobin, to processes for their preparation and to the use of the novel modifications for preparing crop protection compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Ziegler, Winfried Mayer, Thomas Kröhl, Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Gerhard Cox, Peter Erk, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Rainer Noack, Roland Götz, Jörg Wuckelt, Matthias Rauls
  • Patent number: 7807700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with the formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X and Z are as defined herein, and also to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as methods of use of the compounds for treatment of disorders associated with human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme and for the preparation of a medicament which acts on the human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Henriksson, Evert Homan, Lars Johansson, Jerk Vallgarda, Meredith Williams, Eric Bercot, Christopher H. Fotsch, Aiwen Li, Guolin Cai, Randall W. Hungate, Chester Chenguang Yuan, Christopher Tegley, David J. St. Jean, Jr., Nianhe Han, Qi Huang, Qingyian Liu, Michael D. Bartberger, George A. Moniz, Matthew J. Frizzle
  • Patent number: 7807697
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon D. Cowart, Yi-Yin Ku, Sou-Jen Chang, Dilinie P. Fernando, Timothy A. Grieme, Robert J. Altenbach
  • Patent number: 7807693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted prolinamides of general formula (I) wherein D, L, E, G, J, M, R3, R4, R5 and R13 are defined as in the specification, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures, and the salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Gerlach, Georg Dahmann, Herbert Nar, Roland Pfau, Henning Priepke, Annette Schuler-Metz, Wolfgang Wienen
  • Patent number: 7803830
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein p, Ar, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Matthew C. Lucas, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Marzia Villa, Robert James Weikert
  • Patent number: 7799785
    Abstract: This invention concerns novel substituted tetracyclic tetrahydrofuran, pyrrolidine and tetrahydrothiophene derivatives with binding affinities towards serotonin receptors, in particular 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors, and towards dopamine receptors, in particular dopamine D2 receptors and with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds according to the invention, the use thereof as a medicine, in particular for the prevention and/or treatment of a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders, in particular certain psychotic, cardiovascular and gastrokinetic disorders and processes for their production. The compounds according to the invention can be represented by general Formula (I) and comprises also the pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salts thereof, the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, the N-oxide form thereof and prodrugs thereof, wherein all substituents are defined as in Claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Antonius Andrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Mohamed Koukni, Georges Joseph Cornelius Hoornaert, Frans Josef Cornelius Compernolle, Tomasz Kozlecki, Hua Mao, Sushil Chandra Jha, Francisco Javier Fernández-Gadea
  • Patent number: 7795287
    Abstract: A compound having a structure is disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Old
  • Patent number: 7790707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that have activity as S1P receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention relate to aryl oxoimidazolidinyls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: EPIX Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Ashis Saha, Xiang Yu, Mercedes Lobera, Jian Lin, Srinivasa R. Cheruku, Oren Becker, Yael Marantz, Nili Schutz
  • Patent number: 7790770
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia and Ib wherein A, B, C and R1 are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, Heather Finlay, Lalgudi S. Harikrishnan, Ji Jiang, James A. Johnson, Muthoni G. Kamau, R. Michael Lawrence, John Lloyd, Michael M. Miller, Zulan Pi, Jennifer X. Qiao, Richard A. Rampulla, Jacques Y. Roberge, Tammy C. Wang, Yufeng Wang, Wu Yang
  • Patent number: 7786321
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel compounds of the N-acylamino-amide family, compositions, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical, containing them, and their use for treating body or face skin ageing, whether chronobiologic or light-induced, and in particular skin ageing caused by decrease of skin elasticity and/or by collagen degradation in the structure for tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Dalko, Yann Mahe, Lionel Breton
  • Patent number: 7786098
    Abstract: Combretastatin derivatives of formula (I), preparation and use thereof are disclosed, wherein: Rf is alkyl with 1-8 carbon atoms and 1-17 fluorine atoms, R is amino, substituted amino, hydroxyl, nitro, halo, alkyloxy, phosphate or amino acid side chain. Said derivatives have a capability to inhibit the polymerization of microtubules and are useful in treatment against tumor and neovascularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Zhejiang Dade Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiping Shen, Jianping Wang, Jianguo Wang, Hongmei Jin, Feng Qian, Fei Wang