Patents by Inventor Adam W. Johnson

Adam W. Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aminomethyl biaryl benzotriazole derivatives
    Patent number: 9139576
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aminomethyl biaryl benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. 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 metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Robert M. Garbaccio, Scott D. Kuduk, Adam W. Johnson, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • Ether benzotriazole derivatives
    Patent number: 8785481
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to ether benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. 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 metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Vadim Dudkin, Robert M. Garbaccio, Adam W. Johnson, Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek, Cheng Wang, Mark E. Fraley
  • AMINOMETHYL BIARYL BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20140066443
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aminomethyl biaryl benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. 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 metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Robert M. Garbaccio, Scott D. Kuduk, Adam W. Johnson, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • ETHER BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20120135977
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to ether benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. 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 metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Vadim Dudkin, Robert M. Garbaccio, Adam W. Johnson, Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek, Cheng Wang, Mark E. Fraley