Patents by Inventor Amjad Ali

Amjad Ali 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).

  • Publication number: 20150306091
    Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic triazole compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthetase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above-cited compounds or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthetase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Emmanuel Bey, Rolf Hartmann, Quingzhong Hu, Lina Yin
  • Patent number: 9145391
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, or are prodrugs thereof, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Deschenes, Michael D. Altman, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, Solomon D. Kattar, Alan B. Northrup, Adam J. Schell, Graham F. Smith, Brandon M. Taoka, Corey Bienstock, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, Scott Peterson, Kerrie B. Spencer, James Patrick Jewell, Amjad Ali, David Jonathan Bennett, Qun Dang, John Wai
  • Patent number: 9108920
    Abstract: A compound having the structure: useful for treating hypertension, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), congestive heart failure, conditions resulting from excessive water retention, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, cirrhosis, pre-eclampsia, osteoporosis or nephropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Robert K. Baker, Zhiqiang Guo, Brent Whitehead, Timothy J. Henderson, Edward Metzger, Lin Yan, Shrenik K. Shah, James Dellureficio, Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20150225365
    Abstract: This invention relates to indo line compounds of the structural formula I, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variables are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: ElexoPharm GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Lina Yin, Rolf Hartmann, Qingzhong Hu, Ralf Heim, Christina Zimmer
  • Patent number: 9073929
    Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic triazole analogs of the formula I or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthetase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthetase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: ElexoPharm GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott B. Hoyt, Whitney Lane Petrilli, Clare London, Yusheng Xiong, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Timothy J. Henderson, Qingzhong Hu, Rolf Hartmann, Lina Yin, Ralf Heim, Emmanuel Bey, Rohit Saxena, Swapan Kumar Samanta, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8865707
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compounds of Formula (I), A1 is a cyclic group, and B is a cyclic group which is attached to the heterocyclic ring directly or through a methylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140249130
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, or are prodrugs thereof, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Denis Deschenes, Michael D. Altman, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Andrew M. Haidle, Solomon D. Kattar, Alan B. Northrup, Adam J. Schell, Graham F. Smith, Brandon M. Taoka, Corey Bienstock, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, Scott Peterson, Kerrie B. Spencer, James Patrick Jewell, Amjad Ali, David Jonathan Bennett, Qun Dang, John Wai
  • Publication number: 20140235667
    Abstract: This invention relates to imidazopyridyl compounds of the structural formula: I or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, D. Jonathan Bennett, Jaiqiang Cai, Emma Carswell, Andrew Cooke, Scott B. Hoyt, Michael Lo, Clare London, John MacLean, Min K. Park, Paul Ratcliffe, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Brent Whitehead, Yusheng Xiong
  • Publication number: 20140221383
    Abstract: Compounds having the structures of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis: In the compounds of Formula I, B or R2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho aryl, heterocyclic, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent, and one other position on the 5-membered ring has an aromatic, heterocyclic, cycloalkyl, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent connected directly to the ring or attached to the ring through a —CH2—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Joann M. Napolitano, Qiaolin Deng, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Hallet, Christopher F. Thompson, Nazia Quraishi, Cameron J. Smith, Julianne A. Hunt, Adrian A. Dowst, Yi-Heng Chen, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 8735435
    Abstract: Compounds having the structures of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis: In the compounds of Formula I, B or R2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho aryl, heterocyclic, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent, and one other position on the 5-membered ring has an aromatic, heterocyclic, cycloalkyl, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent connected directly to the ring or attached to the ring through a —CH2—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Joann M. Napolitano, Qiaolin Deng, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Hallett, Christopher F. Thompson, Nazia Quraishi, Cameron J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140088048
    Abstract: A compound having the structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R6 is hydrogen, —OH, —C1-6alkyl, —OC1-6alkyl, aryl, or halogen, or together with R7, forms an oxo group, or together with R7 and the atom to which they are attached, form a 5-7-membered carbocycle ring or a 5-7-membered heterocyclic ring having 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms, wherein alkyl and aryl are unsubstituted or independently mono-, di-, or tri-substituted with R14; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, —CF3, aryl, —O-aryl, —O—C1-6alkyl, —C(O)OC1-6alkyl, —C(R15R16)OH, a 5-7-membered heteroaryl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 nitrogen atoms, or halogen, or together with R6, forms an oxo group, or together with R6 and the atom to which they are attached, form a 5-7-membered carbocycle ring or a 5-7-membered heterocyclic ring having 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms wherein alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or independently mono-, di- or tri-substituted with R14; R12 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or —(CH2)1-2OH, or together with R13 and the nitr
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Lin Yan
  • Publication number: 20140045819
    Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic triazole analogues of the formula I or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthetase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthetase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: ElexoPharm GmbH, SCHERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott B. Hoyt, Whitney Lane Petrilli, Clare London, Yusheng Xiong, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Timothy J. Henderson, Qingzhong Hu, Rolf Hartmann, Lina Yin, Ralf Heim, Emmanuel Bey, Rohit Saxena, Swapan Kumar Samanta, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8648058
    Abstract: A compound of formula I, wherein R1-R7 are defined herein, or stereoisomers therof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of stereoisomers thereof, and methods of using these compounds for treating hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Lin Yan
  • Patent number: 8623846
    Abstract: A compound having the structure (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3 is hydrogen, deuterium, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R8 is hydrogen, deuterium, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, —C1-6alkyl, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R13 and R14 are independently —C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)1-2OH, or —OC1-6alkyl, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 4- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom and 0 or 1 oxygen atoms, wherein said ring is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or tri-substituted with halogen or —C1-6alkyl; R15 is —C(O)OH, —C(O)OCH2CH2N+CH3)3 wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, —C(O)NHCH(R17)OR16, or —C(O)NHCH(R17)C(O)NHCH(R18)C(O)OR16; R16 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or (CH2)1-2N+R19R20R21; R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, R17, R18, R19, R20, and R21 are independently hydrogen or —C1-6alkyl; and stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of stereoisomers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Lin Yan, Pei Huo, Ravi Nargund
  • Publication number: 20130296278
    Abstract: A compound having the structure (I) useful for treating hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, congestive heart failure, conditions resulting from excessive water retention, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, cirrhosis, pre-eclampsia, osteoporosis or nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Shrenik K. Shah, James Dellureficio
  • Publication number: 20130289003
    Abstract: A compound having the structure: useful for treating hypertension, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), congestive heart failure, conditions resulting from excessive water retention, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, cirrhosis, pre-eclampsia, osteoporosis or nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Robert K. Baker, Zhiqiang Guo, Brent Whitehead, Timothy J. Henderson, Edward Metzger, Lin Yan, Shrenik K. Shah, James Dellureficio, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 8530521
    Abstract: A compound having the structure wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of —C(O)OR2, —C(O)NHR8, —C(CH2)1-2OR3, OH, and or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using the compounds for treating hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Robert K. Baker, Kathleen M. Rupprecht, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Brent Whitehead
  • Patent number: 8440702
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. The compounds have 3 cyclic groups connected by single bonds, as for example triphenyl, which are attached directly to the ring of formula I or attached at the position B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron J. Smith, Hong Li
  • Publication number: 20130059823
    Abstract: A compound having the structure (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3 is hydrogen, deuterium, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R8 is hydrogen, deuterium, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, —C1-6alkyl, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R13 and R14 are independently —C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)1-2OH, or —OC1-6alkyl, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 4- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom and 0 or 1 oxygen atoms, wherein said ring is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or tri-substituted with halogen or —C1-6alkyl; R15 is (CR1R2)nC(O)OR16, wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, —C(O)NHCH(R17)OR16, or —C(O)NHCH(R17)C(O)NHCH(R18)C(O)OR16; R16 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or (CH2)1-2N+R19R20R21; R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, R17, R18, R19, R20, and R21 are independently hydrogen or —C1-6alkyl; and stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of stereoisomers thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Lin Yan, Pei Huo, Ravi Nargund
  • Patent number: RE45019
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the transmission power level or transmission data rate between a plurality of stations located within the coverage area of a basic service set (BSS) or in an independent basic service set (IBSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The receiving station extracts a transmission data rate from an incoming signal, determines a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the incoming signal, and then calculates noise margin information based on a difference between the SNR of the incoming signal and a minimum SNRMIN for the extracted data rate. The noise margin is then transmitted back to the original transmitting station and using the noise margin information, the transmit power level and/or the transmission rate of this station may be adjusted accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali Soomro, Sunghyun Choi