Patents by Inventor Alan Pither

Alan Pither 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).

  • Azetidinecarboxamide derivatives and their use in the treatment of cb1 receptor mediated disordrs
    Publication number: 20070173486
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy, particularly for the treatment of a disorder mediated by CB1 receptors, such as obesity, wherein: R1 is aryl or heteroaryl; R2 is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, NR9R10, OR15, or NR16C(O)R17; Y is C?O, C?S, SO2, or (CR7R8); m=1 or 2; n=1 or 2; and p=1, 2, 3 or 4, R7 to R17 being as defined in the specification; wherein if —Y—R3 is —C(O)NH(alkyl) then: R1 and/or R2 is selected from heteroaryl; and/or m and/or n is 2; and/or R11 and/or R12 is lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: VERNALIS RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: James Davidson, Jonathan Bentley, Claire Dawson, Kerry Harrison, Howard Mansell, Alan Pither, Robert Pratt, Jonathan Roffey, Victoria Ruston