Patents by Inventor Andrew Boyd

Andrew Boyd 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: 20100041699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microcrystalline form of a compound which is an inhibitor of PGD2 at the CRTH2 receptor. The microcrystalline form is obtained from a simple chemical reaction without the need for a milling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: OXAGEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christopher James Brennan, Christopher Francis Palmer, Leigh Andre Pearcey, James Matthew Lovell
  • Patent number: 7662839
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): or a salt, or chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted phenyl; A is ?wherein Q is N; R3 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl, and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R4 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl, and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R6 is selected from H, F, Cl, and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl, and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; D is selected from: B is selected from the group consisting of: Where RN? is selected from H and C1-4 alkyl; where one of RP3 and RP4 is —Cm-alkylene-R2 and the other of RP3 and RP4 is H, m and n can be 0 or 1, and m+n=1 or 2; and additionally, when RP3 is —Cm-alkylene-R2, m can also be 2 or 3, and m+n=1, 2, 3 or 4, and when R2 is tetrazol-5-yl, m+n may be 0; or where one of RP3 and RP4 is —O—CH2—R2, and the other of RP3 and RP4 is H, n is 0; RN is H or optional
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Asterand UK Limited
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton
  • Publication number: 20090298899
    Abstract: The disclosure provides EP2 receptor agonist compounds and methods for using the compounds for treating conditions which can be alleviated by agonism of an EP2 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton
  • Patent number: 7582672
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Eric R. Pettipher, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer
  • Publication number: 20090023788
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Eric Roy Pettipher, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer
  • Publication number: 20090018139
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Publication number: 20090018338
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Publication number: 20090018138
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Publication number: 20090012082
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CURIS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivin M. Guicherit, Edward Andrew Boyd, Judith Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton, Stephen Price, John Harry Alexander Stibbard, Colin H. MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20080207740
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for modulating proliferation or differentiation in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as the compounds depicted in FIGS. 32 and 33. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Oivin Guicherit, Jeffery Porter, Stephen Price, Lee Rubin, John Harry Alexander Stibbard
  • Publication number: 20080203831
    Abstract: A primary disc and the secondary discs are each fitted with magnetic means, typically in the form of permanent magnets of the same polarity, located along a radial line from the centre point of the discs, and arranged generally transverse to the axis of rotation of the respective disc. As shown in the drawings, these magnets are also located at or adjacent to the periphery of the disc(s). The magnets are embedded into each of the primary and secondary discs such that the faces of the magnets are flush with the exterior faces of the primary and secondary discs. In the embodiment, each of the magnets embedded in the primary disc has a North pole which is aligned with a North pole of a magnet embedded in the secondary disc. Each of the South pole of those magnets embedded in the primary disc has a South pole which is aligned with a South pole of a magnet embedded in the other secondary disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Andrew Boyd French
  • Patent number: 7414067
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of potent potassium channel blockers or a formulation thereof in the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions which leads to elevated intraoccular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds to provide a neuroprotective effect to the eye of mammalian species, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Merck & Co. Inc., Evotec OAI
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Boyd, Michael H. Fisher, Maria L. Garcia, Gregory J. Kaczorowski, Peter T. Meinke, William H. Parsons, Stephen Price, John Stibbard
  • Publication number: 20080119526
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): or a salt, solvate and chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C4-20 alkyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of: wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of: O and CR3; S and CR3; NH and CR3; NH and N; O and N; S and N; N and S; and N and O, and where the dotted lines indicate a double bond in the appropriate location, and where Q is either N or CH; R3 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R4 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R6 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; D is selected from: B is selected from the group consisting of: where RN? is selected from H and C1-4 alkyl; where one of RP3 and RP4 is —Cm alkylene-R2 and the other of RP3
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMAGENE LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton
  • Patent number: 7326732
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): or a salt, solvate and chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C4-20 alkyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of: wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of: O and CR3; S and CR3; NH and CR3; NH and N; O and N; S and N; N and S; and N and O, and where the dotted lines indicate a double bond in the appropriate location, and where Q is either N or CH; R3 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R4 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; R6 is selected from H, F, Cl and optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C5-7 aryl and C5-7 aryl-C1-4 alkyl groups; D is selected from: B is selected from the group consisting of: where RN? is selected from H and C1-4 alkyl; where one of RP3 and RP4 is —Cm alkylene-R2 and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Pharmagene Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton
  • Patent number: 7300929
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Oivin Guicherit, Stephen Price, Lee L. Rubin
  • Publication number: 20060277284
    Abstract: An improved distributed operating system over a network of computer systems is described. Existing distributed operating systems have transmission performance limitations dictated by their inability to (1) reliably handle transient communication failures and rapid node reboots, (2) provide a transmission protocol that adapts to link reliability, and (3) allow transmissions to occur over an arbitrary combinations of communication links. The systems and methods described herein solve these problems by providing a reliable node-to-node session protocol that offers high performance message delivery and multi-interface management and support. This is done by transmitting all data between two nodes of the operating system over a single connection that may dynamically exploit multiple interfaces between the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Boyd
  • Publication number: 20060277285
    Abstract: An improved distributed operating system over a network of computer systems is described. Existing distributed operating systems have transmission performance limitations dictated by their inability to (1) reliably handle transient communication failures and rapid node reboots, (2) provide a transmission protocol that adapts to link reliability, and (3) allow transmissions to occur over an arbitrary combinations of communication links. The systems and methods described herein solve these problems by providing a reliable node-to-node session protocol that offers high performance message delivery and multi-interface management and support. This is done by transmitting all data between two nodes of the operating system over a single connection that may dynamically exploit multiple interfaces between the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Boyd
  • Patent number: 7115653
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for modulating proliferation or differentiation in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as the compounds depicted in FIGS. 32 and 33. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony David Baxter, Edward Andrew Boyd, Maria Frank-Kamenetsky, Oivin Guicherit, Jeffery Porter, Stephen Price, Lee L. Rubin, John Harry Alexander Stibbard
  • Publication number: 20060140957
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating ephrin/Eph receptor-mediated cell adhesion and/or cell repulsion are provided, particularly in relation to preventing, inhibiting or delaying tumour cell metastasis through modulation of Eph receptor-ephrin binding interactions and subsequent Eph receptor signalling. Particular agents useful according to the invention are agents which interfere with a ephrin-Eph receptor binding such as soluble ephrins and Eph receptors and antibodies directed to ephrins and Eph receptors, ephrin-cytotoxic drug conjugates which kill tumour cells, metalloprotease inhibitors and inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Lackmann, Sabine Wimmer-Kleikamp, Andrew Scott, Christopher Vearing, Andrew Boyd
  • Publication number: 20050181981
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of treatment and in particular a method of treating disorders of the nervous system such as arising from or during disease or injury. The method of the present invention involves manipulating expression of Eph receptors or their functional equivalents to increase or decrease expression or function depending on the condition being treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicants: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Perry Bartlett, Lynne Hartley, Mark Pouzzotto, Trevor Kilpatrick, Frank Kontgen, Jason Coonan, Ursula Greferath, Andrew Boyd, Mirella Dottori, Mary Galea, George Paxinos, Mark Murphy