Patents by Inventor Brian A. Stearns

Brian A. Stearns 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).

  • Patent number: 7910561
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted naphthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention. These substituted naphthyridines have unexpected advantageous properties when compared to other naphthyridines reported in PCT publication WO2003/086394, such unexpected advantageous properties may include increased cellular potency/solubility, greater selectivity, enhanced pharmacokinetic properties, lack of off target activity and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Brian T. Campbell, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Jacob M. Hoffman, Essa H. Hu, Mark E. Layton, Yiwei Li, Jun Liang, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Tony Siu, Brian A. Stearns, Lida R. Tehrani, Mark T. Bilodeau, Peter J. Manley
  • Patent number: 7687541
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), which are prodrugs that convert in vivo to diaryl-2-(5H)-furanones useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. These prodrugs are far more soluble in aqueous media than the active agents into which they convert, in vivo. As such compounds of Formula (I) and (II) are advantageous for, among other things intravenous administration. The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising the use of compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Benito Munoz, Brian A. Stearns
  • Patent number: 7465730
    Abstract: 6H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyridazine compounds and methods of their use of as ligands of voltage gated calcium channels (VGCC), useful in the treatment of neuropathic pain, and psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal and other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Naomi Burke Anker, Jeannie M. Arruda, Brian Thomas Campbell, Benito Munoz, Petpiboon Prasit, Brian A. Stearns, Tao Hu
  • Publication number: 20080287457
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted naphthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention. These substituted naphthyridines have unexpected advantageous properties when compared to other naphthyridines reported in PCT publication WO2003/086394, such unexpected advantageous properties may include increased cellular potency/solubility, greater selectivity, enhanced pharmacokinetic properties, lack of off target activity and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Brian T. Campbell, Nicholas D.P. Cosford, Jacob M. Hoffman, Essa H. Hu, Mark E. Layton, Yiwei Li, Jun Liang, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Tony Siu, Brian A. Stearns, Lida R. Tehrani, Mark T. Bilodeau, Peter J. Manley