Patents by Inventor Christian Hubschwerlen

Christian Hubschwerlen 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: 8916573
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy; R2 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy or pyrrolidin-1-yl; R3 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy, vinyl or 2-methoxycarbonyvinyl or R2 and R3 together with the two carbon atoms which bear them form a phenyl ring; R4 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy; and R5 is H, (C1-C3)alkyl or cyclopropyl, or R4 and R5form together a —CH2CH2CH2— group; A is the divalent group —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, #—CH(OH)CH2—*, #—CH2N(R6)—* and —CH2NHCH2—, wherein # indicates the point of attachment to the optionally substituted (quinazoline-2,4-dione-3-yl)methyl residue and * represents the point of attachment to the substituted (oxazolidinon-4-yl)methyl residue; R6 is H or acetyl; Y is CH or N; and Q is O or S; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Patent number: 8889676
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-ureidoisoquinolin-8-yl derivatives of formula I wherein R1 is alkyl, haloalkyl or cyclopropyl; R2 is H, halogen, pyridazin-4-yl, pyrimidin-5-yl or an optionally substituted pyridin-3-yl, pyridin-4-yl or phenyl group; R3 is alkyl, alkynyl, aminoalkyl, carbamoylalkyl, methylcarbamoylalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkynyloxy, (4-hydroxybut-2-yn-1-yl)oxy, (4-aminobut-2-yn-1-yl)oxy, dimethylaminoalkoxy, carbamoylalkoxy, alkylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyalkoxy, carboxyalkyl, carboxyalkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, aryl, heteroaryl, benzyl, benzyloxy, 2-cyanoethoxy, 2,3-dihydroxypropoxy, 3,4-dihydroxybutoxy, —CH2Ra, —CH2CH2Rb, —(CH2)n—C(O)O—Rd, —(CH2)n—N(Rc)C(O)O—Rd, —O—(CH2)n—N(Rc)C(O)O—Rd, —(CH2)n—Re or —O—(CH2)n—Re; Ra is cyano, acetylamino or N,N-dimethylamino; Rb is cyano or carbamoyl; Rc is H or methyl; Rd is alkyl; Re is pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, piperidin-3-yl, morpholin-1-yl, 2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl, 5-ox
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Gude, Christian Hubschwerlen, Philippe Panchaud
  • Publication number: 20140309218
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein G and K are as defined in the description; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Publication number: 20140171425
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy; R2 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy or pyrrolidin-1-yl; R3 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy, vinyl or 2-methoxycarbonyvinyl or R2 and R3 together with the two carbon atoms which bear them form a phenyl ring; R4 is H, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy; and R5 is H, (C1-C3)alkyl or cyclopropyl, or R4 and R5 form together a —CH2CH2CH2— group; A is the divalent group —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, #—CH(OH)CH2—*, #—CH2N(R6)—* and —CH2NHCH2—, wherein # indicates the point of attachment to the optionally substituted (quinazoline-2,4-dione-3-yl)methyl residue and * represents the point of attachment to the substituted (oxazolidinon-4-yl)methyl residue; R6 is H or acetyl; Y is CH or N; and Q is O or S; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Publication number: 20140142093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein “----” is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if “----” is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is cyano, alkyl, or ethynyl; U is CH or N when “----” is a bond, or, if “----” is absent, U is CH2, NH or NH9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2, wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian HUBSCHWERLEN, Daniel RITZ, Georg RUEEDI, Jean-Philippe SURIVET, Cornelia ZUMBRUNN-ACKLIN
  • Publication number: 20140038961
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-ureidoisoquinolin-8-yl derivatives of formula I wherein R1 is alkyl, haloalkyl or cyclopropyl; R2 is H, halogen, pyridazin-4-yl, pyrimidin-5-yl or an optionally substituted pyridin-3-yl, pyridin-4-yl or phenyl group; R3 is alkyl, alkynyl, aminoalkyl, carbamoylalkyl, methylcarbamoylalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkynyloxy, (4-hydroxybut-2-yn-1-yl)oxy, (4-aminobut-2-yn-1-yl)oxy, dimethylaminoalkoxy, carbamoylalkoxy, alkylamino, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyalkoxy, carboxyalkyl, carboxyalkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, aryl, heteroaryl, benzyl, benzyloxy, 2-cyanoethoxy, 2,3-dihydroxypropoxy, 3,4-dihydroxybutoxy, —CH2Ra, —CH2CH2Rb, —(CH2)n—C(O)O—Rd, —(CH2)n—N(Rc)C(O)O—Rd, —O—(CH2)n—N(Rc)C(O)O—Rd, —(CH2)n—Re or —O—(CH2)n—Re; Ra is cyano, acetylamino or N,N-dimethylamino; Rb is cyano or carbamoyl; Rc is H or methyl; Rd is alkyl; Re is pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, piperidin-3-yl, morpholin-1-yl, 2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl, 5-ox
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Gude, Christian Hubschwerlen, Philippe Panchaud
  • Patent number: 8618092
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is notably H or halogen; U is CH or N when is a bond, or, if is absent, U is CH2, NH or NR9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20130296275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Christine Schmitt, Stefan Müller, Michael W. Cappi
  • Patent number: 8513231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds, in which the pharmacophores of quinolone and oxazolidinone are chemically linked together through a linker that is stable under physiological conditions, for the treatment of anthrax and other infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft fü Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Hans Locher, Christine Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8507478
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 is alkoxy or halogen; U and V each independently are CH or N; is a bond or is absent; W is CH or N or, when is absent, W is CH2 or NH, with the proviso that U, V and W are not all N; A is a bond or CH2; R2 is H or, provided A is CH2, may also be OH; m and n each independently are 0 or 1; D is CH2 or a bond; G represents a phenyl group substituted once or twice in the meta and/or para position(s) by substituents selected from alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy and halogen, or G is a group G1 or G2 wherein Z1, Z2 and Z3 may each represent CH or N; X is N or CH and Q is O or S; it being understood that if m and n each are 0, then A is CH2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 8501774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft für Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Christine Schmitt, Stefan Muller, Michael W. Cappi
  • Patent number: 8466168
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 is alkoxy or halogen; W is CH or N; A is O or NH; B is CO or (CH2)q; G is a group having one of the three formulae below wherein Q represents O or S, Z represents CH or N, R2 represents halogen and R3 represents alkyl; m is 0 or 1; and n is 1 or 2; p is 0 or 1, provided m and p are not each 0; and q is 1 or 2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Actellon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20130096119
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoquinolin-3-ylurea derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 represents (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)haloalkyl or cyclopropyl, R4 represents H and the substituents R2 and R3 and R5 have the meanings disclosed in the specification; and to the salts of such compounds. These compounds are useful for the prevention or the treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Markus Gude, Christian Hubschwerlen, Philippe Panchaud
  • Patent number: 8415375
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 represents alkoxy; each of U and V represents CH and W represents CH or N, or U represents N, V represents CH and W represents N, or each of U and V represents N and W represents CH; R2 represents hydrogen or fluorine when W represents CH or R2 represents hydrogen when W represents N; A represents O or CH2; Y represents CH or N; Q represents O or S; and n represents 0 or 1; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Patent number: 8349829
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 represents alkoxy or halogen; U, V and W each represent CH, or one of U, V and W represents N and the others each represent CH; A represents CH2 or O; G is CH?CH-E wherein E represents a phenyl group mono- or di-substituted with halogen, or G is a group of one of the formulae hereafter wherein Z represent CH or N, Q represents O or S and K represents O or S; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 8349828
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein n is 0 or 1; R1 represents H or F; U represents CH2 or, provided n is 1, O or NH; “-----” is a bond or is absent; V represents CH or N when “-----” is a bond, or CH2 or NH when “-----” is absent; W represents CH or N; A represents —(CH2)p—NH—(CH2)q— wherein p is 1 and q is 1 or 2 or, provided U represents CH2 and n is 1, p may also be 0 and q is then 2; G represents one of the groups 1 wherein Z represents N or CH and Q represents O or S; and Z0, Z1 and Z2 each represent CH, or Z0 and Z1 each represent CH and Z2 represents N, or Z0 represents CH, Z1 represents N and Z2 represents CH or N, or Z0 represents N and Z1 and Z2 each represent CH; and to salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 8349826
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein U, V, W, R1, R1b, A and G are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds and to the use of these compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, John-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20120322766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds, in which the pharmacophores of quinolone and oxazolidinone are chemically linked together through a linker that is stable under physiological conditions, for the treatment of anthrax and other infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft fuer Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Hans Locher, Christine Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8329908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft fur Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin
  • Patent number: 8268812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds, in which the pharmacophores of quinolone and oxazolidinone are chemically linked together through a linker that is stable under physiological conditions, for the treatment of anthrax and other infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft fül Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Hans Locher, Christine Schmitt