Patents Examined by Zinna Northington Davis
  • Patent number: 10961206
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel and advantageous process for commercially preparing of indoxacarb which is racemic or enantiomerically enriched at chiral center from its amide precursor using a new catalytic system. More particularly, it relates to an efficient method of preparation of indoxacarb which is racemic or enantiomerically enriched at chiral center from methyl-7-chloro-2,5-dihydro-2-[[[(4-tritluoromethoxy)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-indeno[1,2-e][1,3,4]oxadiazine-4a(3H) carboxylate represented as formula (I) using methoxycarbonylation agent and metal salt of methylsulfinylmethylide in hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of organic base and phase transfer catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Adama Makhteshim Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajuri Venkataramana, Jayapal Reddy Bicidi, Bijukumar Gopinathan Pillai, Sreedevi Mannam
  • Patent number: 10954198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a tautomer and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1 is alkyl, Cl, F or Br; R2 is H or F; R3 is selected from H and alkyl; R4 is selected from H and C(O)R6; R5 is H; or R4 and R5 are linked to form a heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted with one or more R10 groups; R6 is selected from R7, OR7 and NR8R9; R7, R8 and R9 are each independently selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl and aryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more R10 groups; each R10 is independently selected from halogen, OH, CN, NO2, COO-alkyl, aralkyl, SO2-alkyl, SO2-aryl, COOH, CO-alkyl, CO-aryl, NH2, NH-alkyl, N(alkyl)2, CF3, alkyl and alkoxy; X and Z are each independently CR11, and Y is selected from CR11 and N; and R11 is H or F; for use in treating a disorder associated with protein misfolding stress and in particular associated with accumulation of misfolded proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Inflectis Bioscience
    Inventors: Philippe Guedat, Anne Bertolotti
  • Patent number: 10954202
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for inhibiting protein tyrosine phosphatase, e.g., protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) and/or protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1), and for treating related diseases, disorders and conditions favorably responsive to PTPN1 or PTPN2 inhibitor treatment, e.g., a cancer or a metabolic disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaoming Xiong, Jennifer M. Frost, Philip R. Kym, Xueqing Wang, Shuang Chen, Dennie Welch
  • Patent number: 10952995
    Abstract: Azaindole compounds and their use as inhibitors of HPK1 are described. The compounds are useful in treating HPK1-dependent disorders and enhancing an immune response. Also described are methods of inhibiting HPK1, methods of treating HPK1-dependent disorders, methods for enhancing an immune response, and methods for preparing the azaindole compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Heffron, Sushant Malhotra, BinQing Wei, Bryan Chan, Lewis Gazzard, Emanuela Gancia, Michael Lainchbury, Andrew Madin, Eileen Seward, Yonghan Hu
  • Patent number: 10947235
    Abstract: This invention provides a medicament for the treatment of cancer, which cause a reduction of cancer. This invention relates to use of a compound which has inhibitory activities against prostaglandin E2 receptor (EP4 receptor) and is represented by the following general formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cancer. The invention relates to a method for treatment of cancer comprising administering the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt to humans or animals. The compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the pharmaceutical composition may be used in combination with one or more second active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AskAt Inc.
    Inventors: Yukinori Take, Shinichi Koizumi, Takako Okumura, Kazuhiko Nonomura
  • Patent number: 10947250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and an optical isomer thereof, and an intermediate Compound which may be used for the synthesis method, and when the method and the intermediate Compound are used, the 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and the optical isomer thereof may be effectively synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Ku Yoo, Jin Wook Chung, In Geun Jo, Ji Young Kim, Jeong Ho Im, Ku Suk Kang, Jin Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10941154
    Abstract: A process for preparing oxycodone hydrochloride, said process comprising hydrogenating 14-hydroxycodeinone in an alcoholic solvent and hydrochloric acid to form oxycodone hydrochloride, wherein (a) the hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous platinum group metal (PGM) catalyst and hydrogen gas, (b) the hydrogenation is carried out at one or more temperatures greater than ambient temperature in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogen gas, wherein the solution of 14-hydroxycodeinone and hydrochloric acid is heated to temperature before it is exposed to the hydrogen gas, (c) the oxycodone hydrochloride comprises 6a-oxycodol in an amount <about 0.300 area % as determined by HPLC, characterized in that (d) the pH of the solution of 14-hydroxycodeinone and hydrochloric acid is in the range of about ?2.5 to about ?4.5; (e) the process is carried out in one pot, and (f) the oxycodone hydrochloride precipitates out of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Paul Gauvreau
  • Patent number: 10941160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds, compositions comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds and compositions for epigenetic regulation by inhibition of bromodomain-mediated recognition of acetyl lysine regions of proteins, such as histones. Said compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of cancer and neoplastic disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Amogh Boloor
  • Patent number: 10934306
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: X-A-Y-L-R??(I) which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Ling Qiu, Xuri Gao, Wei Li, Hui Cao, Meizhong Jin, Jorden Kass, Xiaowen Peng, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 10927080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (NO.2) LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen John Atkinson, Helen Elizabeth Aylott, Anthony William James Cooper, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Lee Andrew Harrison, Thomas George Christopher Hayhow, Matthew J. Lindon, Alexander G. Preston, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Ian David Wall, Robert J. Watson, James Michael Woolven
  • Patent number: 10919905
    Abstract: Crystalline form S1 of irinotecan free base characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at about 8.7±0.2, 13.1±0.2, 14.5±0.2, 17.4±0.2, 18.4±0.2, 20.9±0.2, 24.0±0.2 and 27.5±0.2 degrees two-theta degrees two-theta, and crystalline form S2 of irinotecan free base characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at about 7.1±0.2, 10.6±0.2, 12.4±0.2, 20.6±0.2, 21.6±0.2 and 24.2±0.2 degrees two-theta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ScinoPharm Taiwan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Xiu Liao, Yuan-Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 10913731
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel curable compound which can be expected to be used as a raw material for photocurable resins and thermosetting resins; a method for synthesizing said compound; a resin composition containing said compound; and a cured product thereof. This compound is an epoxy-oxetane compound represented by a formula, and this compound has a structure in which two epoxycyclohexyl groups (groups in which an oxirane ring and a cyclohexane ring are condensed) are bonded to an oxetane ring via a connector having one ether bond. In formula (I?), R1 to R3 may be the same as, or different from, each other, and each denote a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Aoki, Naoto Okumura, Takashi Kashiwabara, Yusuke Araki, Akihito Otsuka, Takeshi Kumano
  • Patent number: 10906902
    Abstract: Provided herein are processes for the preparation of (S)-(2R,3R,11bR)-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-2,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-yl 2-amino-3-methylbutanoate di(4-methylbenzenesulfonate), or a solvate, hydrate, or polymorph thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McGee, Bin-Feng Li, Shawn Branum
  • Patent number: 10906898
    Abstract: Improving the solubility of an organic compound. A cocrystal of (1) 6-ethyl-N-[1-(hydroxyacetyl)piperidin-4-yl]-1-methyl-4-oxo-5-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-3-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-2-carboxamide and (2) L-malic acid or L-tartaric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Kentaro Iwata, Yukihiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10906892
    Abstract: Methods of preparation and purification of a compound of Formula I, intermediates thereof, a polymorph thereof, and related compounds are disclosed. Formulations and uses thereof in the treatment of LFA-1 mediated diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Robert Zeller, Sripathy Venkatraman, Elisabeth C. A. Brot, Subashree Iyer, Michael Hall
  • Patent number: 10899715
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a two-step carboxylation reaction of an aryl group using continuous flow reaction conditions. This process permits large scale synthesis of useful reaction products in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Scott Tweedie, Sripathy Venkatraman, James Zeller
  • Patent number: 10899714
    Abstract: 6-Amino isoquinoline compounds are provided that influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the 6-aminoisoquinoline compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, obesity and glaucoma are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Susan M. Royalty, Jill Marie Sturdivant, Geoffrey Richard Heintzelman
  • Patent number: 10899710
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n have meanings provided in the description, which compounds are useful in the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Elias Set Jenö Arnér, William Chester Stafford, Nathan Patrick Coussens, Diane Karen Luci, David Joseph Maloney, Anton Simeonov, Ajit Jadhav, Thomas S. Dexheimer
  • Patent number: 10889561
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jayachandra P. Reddy, Mahmoud Mirmehrabi
  • Patent number: 10874662
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides acetate salts of buprenorphine, and its anhydrates, solvates, hydrates, and crystalline forms thereof, where the acetate salts of buprenorphine are essentially free of impurities. The disclosure further provides method of preparing the acetate salts, buprenorphine free base prepared from the acetate salts, other salts prepared from the free base, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof essentially free of impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Rhodes Technologies
    Inventors: C. Frederick Huntley, Erik Wayne Kataisto, Helge Alfred Reisch, Archana Sharma