Patents Examined by Zachary C. Tucker
  • Patent number: 7148224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I): [Ar1 is aryl fused to the adjacent pyrazinone ring at the 5th and 6th positions, etc., X is CO, etc., Y is CH, etc., Z is CH, etc., V is CH, etc., Wn is —(CH2)n— (n is zero to four), R1, is H or optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc., R2 is H, etc., R3 and R4 are the same or different and are each H, etc., R5 and R6 are the same or different and are each H, hydroxy, etc.] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; a pharmaceutical composition, an inhibitor of Cdk4 and/or Cdk6 or an anti-cancer agent, containing the same as an active ingredient; and a process for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hayama, Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Tooru Takaki
  • Patent number: 7138396
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula (I): prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds or of said prodrugs which are useful as inhibitors of Type 3 17?-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and their use for the treatment or prevention of androgen dependent diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Guzi, Kamil Paruch, Alan K. Mallams, Jocelyn D. Rivera, Ronald J. Doll, Viyyoor M. Girijavallabhan, Jonathan A. Pachter, Yi-Tsung Liu, Anil K. Saksena
  • Patent number: 7132538
    Abstract: Process for purifying triethylenediamine (TEDA) by disillation, in which the fractionation is carried out in a dividing wall column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ortmund Lang, Bernd Rumpf, Matthias Frauenkron, Marco Bosch, Helmut Berrsche, Anton Meier
  • Patent number: 7132425
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound according to formula I where the substituent designations are provided in the specification. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound according to formula I are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Shaoqing Chen, Wendy Lea Corbett, Kevin Richard Guertin, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Robert Francis Kester, Francis A. Mennona, Steven Gregory Mischke, Yimin Qian, Ramakanth Sarabu, Nathan Robert Scott, Kshitij Chhabilbhai Thakkar
  • Patent number: 7129274
    Abstract: Phenoxy carboxylic acid compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Kelly Kraft, Destardi Moye-Sherman, David Gschneidner, Maria A. P. Boyd, Puchun Liu, Pingwah Tang, Jun Liao, John J. Freeman, Jr., John E. Smart
  • Patent number: 7125991
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 represents a polymer, aryl or alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a radical CN, CF3, OH, OCF3, COOH, R7, OR7 or OCOR7, R3 represents an represents an alkyl radical. The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising said compounds and to the use thereof to reduce and/or curb hair loss i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Galey, Maria Dalko, Lionel Breton
  • Patent number: 7125863
    Abstract: Compounds according to formula (1), wherein R1 is H or CN, X1 is S, O, SO2 or CH2, X2 is CO, CH2 or a covalent bond, Het is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and n is 1–5 are new. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Ferring BV
    Inventors: David Michael Evans, Gary Robert William Pitt
  • Patent number: 7122550
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, crystal forms of diastereomers thereof is described. A method of treating protein kinase-associated disease states using the compound of Formula I is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Cytopia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher John Burns, Xianyong Bu, Andrew Frederick Wilks
  • Patent number: 7122662
    Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic compounds having spiro union represented by the following formula (I) or its salt which is useful as a drug, and in particular, as an inhibitor for activated blood coagulation factor X, which can be administered orally and which exhibits strong anticoagulation action. The invention also relates to a pharmacophore which was derived from the compound and is useful in molecular designing of the FXa inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Nishida, Fumihiko Saitoh, Kousuke Harada, Ikuya Shiromizu, Takafumi Mukaihira
  • Patent number: 7119091
    Abstract: Triazaspiro[5.5]undecane derivatives, quaternary ammonium salts thereof, N-oxides thereof, non-toxic salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, as an active ingredient. So the compounds of the formula (I) regulate the effect of chemokine/chemokine receptor, they are used for prevention and treatment of various inflammatory diseases, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, allergic diseases, nephritis, nephropathy, hepatitis, arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu Habashita, Shin-ichi Hamano, Shiro Shibayama, Yoshikazu Takaoka
  • Patent number: 7119094
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl pyrazinone compounds useful as inhibitors of serine proteases of the coagulation cascade and compounds, compositions and methods for anticoagulant therapy for the treatment and prevention of a variety of thrombotic conditions including coronary artery and cerebrovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Michael S. South, John J. Parlow, Darin E. Jones, Brenda Case, Tom Dice, Richard Lindmark, Michael J. Hayes, Melvin L. Rueppel, Rick Fenton, Gary W. Franklin, Horng-Chih Huang, Wei Huang, Carrie Kusturin, Scott A. Long, William L. Neumann, David B. Reitz, John I. Trujillo, Ching-Cheng Wang, Rhonda Wood, Qingping Zeng, Matthew W. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 7115784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copper-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming methods. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-nitrogen bond between the nitrogen atom of an amide or amine moiety and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate. In additional embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-nitrogen bond between a nitrogen atom of an acyl hydrazine and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate. In other embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-nitrogen bond between the nitrogen atom of a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic, e.g., indole, pyrazole, and indazole, and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Artis Klapars, Jon C. Antilla, Gabriel E. Job, Martina Wolter, Fuk Y. Kwong, Gero Nordmann, Edward J. Hennessy
  • Patent number: 7115602
    Abstract: The invention relates to 7-(4-tert butyl-cyclohexyl)-imidazotriazinones, processes for their preparation and their use in medicaments, esp. for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of inflammatory processes and/or immune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cristina Alonso-Alija, Heike Gielen, Martin Hendrix, Maria Niewöhner, Dagmar Schauss, Hilmar Bischoff, Nils Burkhardt, Volker Geiss, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Nigel J. Cuthbert, Mary F. Fitzgerald, Graham Sturton, Ulrich Niewöhner
  • Patent number: 7112578
    Abstract: Compositions useful for treating inflammatory diseases including arthritis are disclosed which comprise cetyl myristoleate compounds or related compounds and at least one compound useful for treatment of inflammatory disease, such as tetracycline compounds, Cox-2 inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, local anaesthetics, chelating agents, matrix metalloprotease inhibitors, inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and collagen hydrolysate. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment for inflammatory disease and local inflammation and dermal irritation. Also disclosed are compositions including tetracycline and at least one compound useful for treatment of inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventor: Bruce Levin
  • Patent number: 7105522
    Abstract: This invention concerns a compound of formula a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, a quaternary amine and a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, cyano, amino, mono-or di(C1-4alkyl)amino, formyl, carboxyl, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, polyhaloC1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, —S(?O)m—NH2, mono-or di(C1-4alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy, aryl, arylC1-6alkyl or aryloxy; R2 is hydrogen; halo; mercapto; formyl; cyano; carboxy; azido; hydroxy; oxiranyl; amino; mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)amino; formylamino; R5R6N—C(?O)—; R7—N?C(R8)—; C1-6alkyl-S(?O)m; aryl-S(?O)m; optionally substituted C2-6alkenyl; optionally substituted C2-6alkynyl; C1-6alkyloxy; hydroxyC1-6alkyloxy; aminoC1-6alkyloxy; mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)amino-C1-6alkyloxy; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; arylcarbonyl; Het1carbonyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; aryl; aryloxy; arylC1-6alkyloxy; arylthio; arylC1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken, Paulus Joannes Lewi, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Marc René de Jonge, Jan Heeres, Frederik Frans Desire Daeyaert, Georges Joseph Cornelius Hoornaert, Frans Josef Cornelius Compernolle, Amuri Kilonda
  • Patent number: 7105660
    Abstract: An intramolecular amidation processes for substrates such as sulfamates using chiral and non-chiral metalloporphyrin complexes which can maximize catalytic activity, enhance efficiency, stereoselectivity and speed of amidation reactions is described. The chiral metalloporphyrin catalyzed amidation of sulfamates exhibits excellent cis-selectivity, affording cyclic sulfamidates with high enantiomeric excess values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Che, Jiang-Lin Liang
  • Patent number: 7101537
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of quinoxaline derivatives of formula I, represented by formulas 1a and 1b, as photostable UV filters, in particular in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations for protecting the human epidermis or human hair against UV radiation, above all in the 280–400 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Pfluecker, Michael Schwarz, Volker Scholz, Hans Neunhoeffer
  • Patent number: 7098200
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating pain in a mammal that includes administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a pain treating effective amount of a compound of the formula (I): where R1 is H, alkyl or phenylalkyl; R2 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or phenylalkyl; or R1 and R2 taken together as Z are —CH2CH2—, —CH2(CR6)(R7)CH2— or —CH2C(R8)(R9)—C(R10)(R11)CH2—, where R6, R8 and R10 are, independently, H, alkyl or hydroxyl and R7, R9 and R11 are, independently, H or alkyl; A is alkylene or alkenylene; X is CO2R3, P(O)(OR4)(OR5), 3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl or 5-tetrazolyl in which R3, R4 and R5 are, independently, H or alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating pain containing a pain treating effective amount of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael Richard Brandt, Margaret Maria Zaleska, John Allen Moyer
  • Patent number: 7098209
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structural formula (I), and use of the compounds and salts and solvates thereof, as thereapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Lilly Icos LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Orme, Jason S. Sawyer, Lisa M. Schultze
  • Patent number: 7094773
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which constitute a class of medicaments which have an anti-inflammatory activity and which act by inhibiting leukotriene A4 (LTA4), and enzyme which is responsible for the biosynthesis of leukotriene LTB4, a major proinflammatory mediator. The invention also relates to therapeutic anti-inflammatory, applications of these compounds as well as for methods of preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Institut National de la Santa et de la rescherche Medicale Bioprojet
    Inventors: Denis Danvy, Thierry Monteil, Jean-Christophe Plaquevent, Pierre Duhamel, Lucette Duhamel, Nadine Noel, Claude Gros, Olivier Chamard, Jean-Charles Schwartz, Jeanne-Marie Lecomte, Serge Piettre