Patents Examined by Yong Chu
  • Patent number: 7700655
    Abstract: A medicament for the preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of allergic diseases and/or endometriosis and/or hysteromyoma which comprises as an active ingredient a substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate thereof and a solvate thereof: wherein X represents a connecting group whose number of atoms in the main chain is 2 to 5 (said connecting group may be substituted), A represents hydrogen atom or acetyl group, E represents an aryl group which may be substituted or a hetero aryl group which may be substituted, ring Z represents an arene which may have one or more substitutents in addition to the group represented by formula —O-A wherein A has the same meaning as that defined above and the group represented by formula —X-E wherein each of X and E has the same meaning as that defined above, or a heteroarene which may have one or more substitutents in addition to the group represe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Institute of Medicinal Molecular Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Susumu Muto, Akiko Itai
  • Patent number: 7696243
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that may be used as agonists of prostaglandin receptors. More specifically, the specification describes methods and compositions for making and using DP1 receptor agonists that are pyrrolidin-2-one derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Serono, S.A.
    Inventor: Gian Luca Araldi
  • Patent number: 7696357
    Abstract: A stable solid hydrate of a muscarinic receptor antagonist is useful in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, oesophageal achalasia, chronic obstructive airways disease, over active bladder (including symptoms of incontinence, urge and frequency), urinary incontinence, neurogenic urinary urgency or pollakiuria, treatment of bladder functional disorder, urinary leakage, painful or difficult urination caused by neurogenic bladder, spastic or hypertonic bladder, dysfunctional bladder syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders including gastrointestinal hyperactivity, and relaxing effect on intestinal smooth muscle cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis International Pharmaceutical Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter J Dunn, John G Matthews, Trevor J Newbury, Garry O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7696199
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which the sigma receptor is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Laggner, María Rosa Cuberes-Altisent, Joerg Holenz, Juana María Berrocal-Romero, María Montserrat Contijoch-Llobet
  • Patent number: 7696240
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel fused pyrrole derivatives of formula (I) wherein A, Ar, R1, R2, R2? and R2? and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit chymase and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Banner, Hans Hilpert, Bernd Kuhn, Harald Mauser
  • Patent number: 7696353
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline compound of the following formula: wherein Y11, Y12 and Y13 are methine or N; L1, L2 and L3 are single bond or divalent group; H1, H2 and H3 are formula (DI-A) or (DI-B); YA1, YA2, YB1 and YB2 are methine or N; XA and XB are O, S, etc.; R1, R2 and R3 are -(-L21-Q2)n1-L22-L23-Q1; L21 is single bond or divalent group; Q2 is cyclic divalent group; n1 is 0-4; L22 is —O—, —O—CO—, etc; L23 is —O—, —S—, etc.; Q1 is polymerizable group or H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Ichiro Nagata, Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Uehira
  • Patent number: 7696241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic compounds according to formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of androgen receptor-associated conditions, such as age-related diseases, for example sarcopenia, wherein R1, R2, R5, X and n are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James J. Li, Lawrence Hamann, Haixia Wang
  • Patent number: 7691898
    Abstract: This invention related to a series of new phosphonic acid derivatives having anti-hyperphosphatemia activity. wherein: A is selected from —(CH2)n—, —CO—, —(CH2)n—CO—(CH2)m—, —(CH2)n—CS—(CH2)m— or a branched alkylene group, B ring and C ring are selected from a benzene ring, naphthalene ring, azulene ring or, heterocycle or fused heterocycle compound, D is —(CH2)(n+1)—, —(CH2)—O—(CH2)m—, —(CH2)—S(O)o—(CH2)m—, —CF3 or —(CH2)n—NR10—(CH2)m— wherein a D ring is connected with the carbon atom composing the C ring, E is selected from an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, P is a phosphine atom, R1˜R7, wherein R1 and R2, R4 and R5 are joined together with neighbored carbon atom to form 5˜7 membered saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon ring, or 5˜6 membered fused heterocycle, R1, R2 and R3 are not a hydrogen atom if the B ring is a benzene ring and may be the same or different and are substituents, R8 and R9 are may be the same or different and are substituents, R10 is an alkyl group, n and m are 0-10 and o is 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomiyama, Masayuki Yokota, Kazuo Tokuzaki, Ryoko Tomita
  • Patent number: 7691844
    Abstract: The invention is directed to nonpeptide substituted benzodiazepines of Formula I, wherein A, X, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, a and b are as described in the specification, which are useful as vasopressin receptor antagonists for treating conditions associated with vasopressin receptor activity such as those involving increased vascular resistance and cardiac insufficiency. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I and methods of treating conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, coronary vasospasm, cardiac ischemia, liver cirrhosis, renal vasospasm, renal failure, cerebral edema and ischemia, stroke, thrombosis, or water retention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. K. Chen, Min A. Xiang
  • Patent number: 7691888
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the general formula (1) in which R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for treating diseases which are characterized by excessive or anomalous cell proliferation, and their use for producing a pharmaceutical having the abovementioned properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Bodo Betzemeier, Trixi Brandl, Steffen Breitfelder, Ralph Brueckner, Thomas Gerstberger, Michael Gmachl, Matthias Grauert, Frank Hilberg, Christoph Hoenke, Matthias Hoffmann, Maria Impagnatiello, Dirk Kessler, Christian Klein, Bernd Krist, Udo Maier, Darryl McConnell, Charlotte Reither, Stefan Scheuerer, Andreas Schoop, Norbert Schweifer, Oliver Simon, Martin Steegmaier, Steffen Steurer, Irene Waizenegger, Ulrike Weyer-Czernilofsky, Andreas Zoephel
  • Patent number: 7691904
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to water-soluble derivatives of 2,6-diisopropylphenol (Propofol). The compounds act as prodrugs of 2,6-diisopropylphenol and metabolize rapidly to Propofol thereby providing an alternative to the water-insoluble 2,6-diisopropylphenol. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of induction and maintenance of anesthesia or sedation as well as methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of preparing them are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc
    Inventors: Subramanian Marappan, Cris Davenport, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Patent number: 7692026
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pyrrolotriazole compound represented by the following formula (I) and having an organic compound incorporated into crystals thereof or a pyrrolotriazole compound represented by the following formula (II) and having an alcohol incorporated into crystals thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Keizo Kimura, Fumio Iwamoto, Mitsuo Yoshikane
  • Patent number: 7687491
    Abstract: A compound having immunosuppressive activity with low toxicity or a pharmacological salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahide Nishi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Yukiko Sekiguchi, Yumiko Mizuno, Takaichi Shimozato, Futoshi Nara
  • Patent number: 7687526
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful, for example, for treating metabolic disorders in a subject. Such compounds have the general formula I: where the definitions of the variables and A are provided herein. The present invention also provides compositions that include, and methods for using, the compounds in preparing medicaments and for treating metabolic disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Brown, Paul Dransfield, Jonathan B. Houze, Jinqian Liu, Jiwen Liu, Zhihua Ma, Julio C. Medina, Vatee Pattaropong, Michael J. Schmitt, Rajiv Sharma, Yingcai Wang
  • Patent number: 7687492
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jinyou Xu, Lan Wei, Anthony Mastracchio, Scott D. Edmondson
  • Patent number: 7683088
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF-? or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Lavey, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Guowei Zhou, Ling Tong, Wensheng Yu, Michael K. C. Wong, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Neng-Yang Shih, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Kristin E. Rosner, Chaoyang Dai, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Dansu Li, Aneta M. Micula, Seong-Heon Kim, De-Yi Yang, Razia Rizvi
  • Patent number: 7683182
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to monohydrate and anhydrate crystal forms of 2-(3-fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-vinyl-1,3-benzoxazol-5-ol, an estrogenic receptor modulator useful in the treatment of, for example, diseases related to abnormal levels of estrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Abdolsamad Tadayon, Silvio Iera, Hong Wen, Marc S. Tesconi, Mannching Sherry Ku
  • Patent number: 7683070
    Abstract: It has now been found that certain novel N-(substituted aryl)-4-(disubstituted methyl)piperidine and pyridine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein m, n, q, r, and s are independently selected from 0 or 1; and p is 0, 1, 2, or 3; A is C or CH; and B, D, E, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Ping Ding, Robert N. Henrie, II, Daniel H. Cohen, John W. Lyga, David S. Rosen, George Theodoridis, Qun Zhang, Walter H. Yeager, Stephen F. Donovan, Stephen Shunxiang Zhang, Inna Shulman, Seong Jae Yu, Guozhi Wang, Y. Larry Zhang, Ariamala Gopalsamy, Dennis L. Warkentin, Paul E. Rensner, Ian R. Silverman, Thomas G. Cullen
  • Patent number: 7683084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a series of thiazoline and oxazoline derivatives, compositions thereof, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Ramin Faghih, Gregory A. Gfesser, Christopher L. Lynch, Murali Gopalakrishnan, Sujatha Gopalakrishnan, John Malysz, Earl J. Gubbins, Rachid El Kouhen, Jinhe Li, Kathy A. Sarris, Melissa J. Michmerhuizen, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 7683092
    Abstract: Novel crystalline forms of two indole compounds connected to phenoxyalkylcarboxylic acid groups are selective PPAR gamma partial agonists that are useful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. The novel crystal forms include a crystalline free acid dihydrate and crystalline free acid anhydrate of one compound and several crystalline forms of the free acid and the sodium salt of the second compound. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel crystal forms, processes to prepare the crystal forms and their pharmaceutical compositions, and uses of the crystal forms in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and other PPAR gamma modulated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dalian Zhao, Jean-Francois Marcoux, David Boardman, Aquiles E. Leyes