Patents by Inventor Christopher Hulme

Christopher Hulme 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: 20220062278
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a piperazine (or similar) structure which function as antagonists of androgen receptor activity, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer (e.g., castration-resistant prostate cancer) and other conditions characterized with androgen receptor activity and/or androgen receptor expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Yeng-Jeng Shaw, Vijay Gokhale
  • Publication number: 20220041590
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a 6,5-heterocyclic structure (e.g., compounds having a imidazopyridine, imidazopyrimidine, imidazopyrazine, imidazopyridazine, imidazotriazine, benzoimidazole, benzotriazole, benzoisoxazole, purine, indazole, triazolotriazine, triazolopyridazine, triazolopyrimidine, triazolopyrazine, triazolotetrazine, triazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolopyridazine, pyrazolotriazine, pyrazolopyridine, isoxazolopyrazine, isoxazolopyrimidine, isoxazolopyrdiazine, isoxazolotriazine, or isoxalopyridine structure) which function as inhibitors of DYRK1A, DYRK1B, and Clk-1, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, diabetes, glioblastoma, autoimmune diseases, cancer (e.g., glioblastoma, prostate cancer), inflammatory disorders (e.g., airway inflammation), and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Christopher Foley
  • Patent number: 10730842
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a benzimidazole or imidazopyridine structure which function as inhibitors of DYRK1A protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, glioblastoma, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders (e.g., airway inflammation), and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Travis Dunckley, Yeng-Jeng Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200039989
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a 6,5-heterocyclic structure (e.g., compounds having a imidazopyridine, imidazopyrimidine, imidazopyrazine, imidazopyridazine, imidazotriazine, benzoimidazole, benzotriazole, benzoisoxazole, purine, indazole, triazolotriazine, triazolopyridazine, triazolopyrimidine, triazolopyrazine, triazolotetrazine, triazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolopyridazine, pyrazolotriazine, pyrazolopyridine, isoxazolopyrazine, isoxazolopyrimidine, isoxazolopyrdiazine, isoxazolotriazine, or isoxalopyridine structure) which function as inhibitors of DYRK1A, DYRK1B, and Clk-1, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, diabetes, glioblastoma, autoimmune diseases, cancer (e.g., glioblastoma, prostate cancer), inflammatory disorders (e.g., airway inflammation), and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Christopher Foley
  • Publication number: 20190062284
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a benzimidazole or imidazopyridine structure which function as inhibitors of DYRK1A protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, glioblastoma, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders (e.g., airway inflammation), and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Christopher HULME, Travis DUNCKLEY, Yeng-Jeng SHAW
  • Patent number: 9081020
    Abstract: A method for selecting a membrane protein with increased stability, the method comprising: a) providing one or more mutants of a parent membrane protein in a membrane-containing composition, wherein the one or more mutants are exposed to an amount of a membrane destabilizing agent which is effective to destabilize the parent membrane protein in-situ, b) determining whether the or each mutant membrane protein has increased stability with respect to its structure and/or a biological activity compared to the stability of the parent membrane protein with respect to its structure and/or the same biological activity, and c) selecting the one or more mutants which have increased stability compared to the stability of the parent membrane protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Heptares Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Peter Weir, Richard Henderson, Christopher Gordon Tate, Edward Christopher Hulme
  • Publication number: 20110046351
    Abstract: A method for selecting a membrane protein with increased stability, the method comprising: a) providing one or more mutants of a parent membrane protein in a membrane-containing composition, wherein the one or more mutants are exposed to an amount of a membrane destabilising agent which is effective to destabilise the parent membrane protein in-situ, b) determining whether the or each mutant membrane protein has increased stability with respect to its structure and/or a biological activity compared to the stability of the parent membrane protein with respect to its structure and/or the same biological activity, and c) selecting the one or more mutants which have increased stability compared to the stability of the parent membrane protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Malcolm Peter Weir, Richard Henderson, Christopher Gordon Tate, Edward Christopher Hulme
  • Patent number: 7659276
    Abstract: Novel compounds, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, tautomers or prodrugs thereof, of Formula I wherein A, W, X, Z, R1-R3, and R8 are as defined in the specification, are provided. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a melanin concentrating hormone-mediated disorder in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment or prevention a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Paul Tempest, Vu Ma, Thomas Nixey, Guity Balow
  • Patent number: 7553848
    Abstract: bis-Bicyclic amides and derivatives thereof and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Mqhele Vellah Ncube, Mark H. Norman, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Liping H. Pettus, Jiawang Zhu
  • Patent number: 7544803
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Mghele Vellah Ncube, Mark H. Norman, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Liping H. Pettus, Xianghong Wang, Jiawang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090143405
    Abstract: Novel compounds, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, tautomers or prodrugs thereof, of Formula I wherein A, W, X, Z, R1-R3, and R8 are as defined in the specification, are provided. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a melanin concentrating hormone-mediated disorder in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment or prevention a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: AMGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Paul Tempest, Vu Van Ma, Thomas Nixey, Guity Balow
  • Patent number: 7514438
    Abstract: Novel compounds, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, tautomers or prodrugs thereof, of Formula I wherein A, W, X, Z, R1-R3, and R8 are as defined in the specification, are provided. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a melanin concentrating hormone-mediated disorder in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment or prevention a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hulme, Paul A. Tempest, Vu Van Ma, Thomas Nixey, Guity Balow
  • Patent number: 7458772
    Abstract: A guide vane ring of a turbomachine, in particular of an axial-throughflow turbine, includes a vane group (6) having a plurality of vanes (2). The vane group (6) has a vane root (11) which has two flanges (12, 13). The vane group (6) is fastened to a vane carrier by means of the flanges (12, 13). In order to reduce stresses in the vanes (2) which occur during deformations of the vane carrier, one flange (13) has on a front end portion (14) and on a rear end portion (15), radially on the inside and radially on the outside, in each case a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier. The other flange (12) has on one end portion (15), radially on the inside, a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier, and is spaced apart from the vane carrier radially on the outside. Moreover, this flange (12) has on the other end portion (14), radially on the outside, a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier, and is spaced apart from the vane carrier radially on the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruno Benedetti, Andreas Boegli, Christopher Hulme, James Ritchie, Patrick Wolfgang Schnedler
  • Patent number: 7332511
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Doherty, Jiawang Zhu, Markian Stec, Mark H. Norman, Hui-Ling Wang, Christopher H. Fotsch, Ning Chen, Partha P. Chakrabarti, Celia Dominguez, James Richard Falsey, Christopher Hulme, Jodie Katon, Thomas Nixey, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Liping H. Pettus, Robert Michael Rzasa
  • Patent number: 7329675
    Abstract: This invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of formula (I) wherein represents a bicyclic ring system, of about 10 to about 13 ring members, in which the ring is an azaheterocycle, and the ring represents an azaheteroaryl ring, or an optionally halo substituted benzene ring; and N-oxides thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula (I) and N-oxides thereof, Such compounds inhibit the production or physiological effects of TNF and inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. The invention is also directed to pharmnaceutical compositions comprising compoundS of formula (I), their phatmaceUtical use and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Cox, Shelley Bower, David John Aldous, Peter Charles Astles, Daniel Gerard McGarry, Christopher Hulme, John Robinson Regan, Fu-Chih Huang, Stevan Wakefield Djuric, Kevin Joseph Moriarty, Rose Mappilakunnel Mathew, Gregory Bernard Poli
  • Patent number: 7148221
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Doherty, Jiawang Zhu, Markian Stec, Mark H. Norman, Hui-Ling Wang, Christopher H. Fotsch, Ning Chen, Partha P. Chakrabarti, Celia Dominguez, James Richard Falsey, Christopher Hulme, Jodie Katon, Thomas Nixey, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Liping H. Pettus, Robert Michael Rzasa
  • Patent number: 7144888
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Doherty, Jiawang Zhu, Markian Stec, Mark H. Norman, Hui-Ling Wang, Christopher H. Fotsch, Ning Chen, Partha P. Chakrabarti, Celia Dominguez, James Richard Falsey, Christopher Hulme, Jodie Katon, Thomas Nixey, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Liping H. Pettus, Robert Michael Rzasa
  • Publication number: 20060251519
    Abstract: A guide vane ring of a turbomachine, in particular of an axial-throughflow turbine, includes a vane group (6) having a plurality of vanes (2). The vane group (6) has a vane root (11) which has two flanges (12, 13). The vane group (6) is fastened to a vane carrier by means of the flanges (12, 13). In order to reduce stresses in the vanes (2) which occur during deformations of the vane carrier, one flange (13) has on a front end portion (14) and on a rear end portion (15), radially on the inside and radially on the outside, in each case a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier. The other flange (12) has on one end portion (15), radially on the inside, a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier, and is spaced apart from the vane carrier radially on the outside. Moreover, this flange (12) has on the other end portion (14), radially on the outside, a contact zone (18) which bears against the vane carrier, and is spaced apart from the vane carrier radially on the inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Bruno Benedetti, Andreas Boegli, Christopher Hulme, James Ritchie, Patrick Schnedler
  • Publication number: 20050277631
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Elizabeth Doherty, Jiawang Zhu, Markian Stec, Mark Norman, Hui-Ling Wang, Christopher Fotsch, Ning Chen, Partha Chakrabarti, Celia Dominguez, James Falsey, Christopher Hulme, Jodie Katon, Thomas Nixey, Vassil Ognyanov, Liping Pettus, Robert Rzasa
  • Publication number: 20050272777
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Elizabeth Doherty, Jiawang Zhu, Markian Stec, Mark Norman, Hui-Ling Wang, Christopher Fotsch, Ning Chen, Partha Chakrabarti, Celia Dominguez, James Falsey, Christopher Hulme, Jodie Katon, Thomas Nixey, Vassil Ognyanov, Liping Pettus, Robert Rzasa