Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER J. SINZ

CHRISTOPHER J. SINZ 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).

  • PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20240025917
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Jianming Bao, Natalija Cernaka, Alan C. Cheng, Ying-Duo Gao, Salman Jabri, Jovan Alexander Lopez, Rohan Merchant, Anthony Ken Ogawa, Skylar K. Osler, Christopher J. Sinz, Phillip Patrick Sharp, Haiqun Tang, Maoqun Tian, Dong Xiao, Song Yang
  • PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20230416227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Ken Ogawa, Christopher J. Sinz, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Alan C. Cheng, Song Yang, Jianming Bao, Donna A. A. W. Hayes, Simon B. Lang, Maoqun Tian, Salman Jabri, Galen Paul Shearn-Nance, Rongze Kuang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Zhicai Wu
  • PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20230348428
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline D. HICKS, Rongze Kuang, Christopher J. Sinz, Matthew J. Lombardo, Jovan Alexander Lopez, Rohan Rajiv Merchant, Phillip Patrick Sharp, Zhicai Wu, Zhiqiang Zhao, Alan C. Cheng, Song Yang, Jianming Bao, Maoqun Tian, Galen Paul Shearn-Nance
  • PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20230286958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Salman Jabri, Anthony Ken Ogawa, Christopher J. Sinz, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Alan C. Cheng, Ying-Duo Gao, Song Yang, Jianming Bao, Donna A. A. W. Hayes, Simon B. Lang, Brandon M. Taoka, Maoqun Tian, Galen Paul Shearn-Nance, Rongze Kuang, Matthew J. Lombardo, Zhicai Wu, Zhiqiang Zhao
  • Triazolyl pyrimidinone compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 10358435
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrimidine carboxamide compounds of formula I which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Christopher J. Sinz, Alejandro Crespo, Johnathan E. Wilson, Troy McCracken, Shimin Xu, Haitang Li
  • Bicyclic heterocyclic compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 10287293
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formulas (I) and (II) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn J. Stachel, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Jonathan E. Wilson, Daniel V. Paone, Yili Chen, Shimin Xu
  • Dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 10174037
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu
  • 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 10160762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypo-function or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu, William D. Shipe, Jianmin Fu, Zhigang Guo, Haitang Li, Yingjian Bo
  • TRIAZOLYL PYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS AS PDE2 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20180237422
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrimidine carboxamide compounds of formula I which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Christopher J. Sinz, Alejandro Crespo, Johnathan E. Wilson, Troy McCraken, Shimin XU, Haitang Li
  • DIHYDROPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS AS PDE2 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20180148453
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co. LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yili Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmei Hu
  • BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS PDE2 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20180141952
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formulas (I) and (II) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn J. Stachel, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Jonathan E. Wilson, Daniel V. Paone, Yili Chen, Shimin Xu
  • 6-ALKYL DIHYDROPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS AS PDE2 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20180134712
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypo-function or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co. LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Michael P. Dwyer, Christopher J. Sinz, Deping Wang, Shawn J. Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Ashley Forster, Richard Berger, Yilli Chen, Yimin Qian, Shimin Xu, Chunmel Hu, William D. Shipe, Jianmin Fu, Zhigang Guo, HAITANG LI, Yingjian Bo
  • SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINES AS INHIBITORS OF HIF PROLYL HYDROXYLASE
    Publication number: 20170247336
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of Formula I that inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: FEZ UJJAINWALLA, JOHN QIANG TAN, QUN DANG, CHRISTOPHER J. SINZ, ALEJANDRO CRESPO, MING WANG, YILI CHEN, JIAQIANG CAI, FAN WU, XIAOXING DU
  • SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINE INHIBITORS OF HIF PROLYL HYDROXYLASE
    Publication number: 20170240511
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula I that inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: FEZ UJJAINWALLA, JOHN QIANG TAN, QUN DANG, CHRISTOPHER J. SINZ, MING WANG, JIAQIANG CAI, XIAOXING DU, YILI CHEN
  • SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINES AS INHIBITORS OF HIF PROLYL HYDROXYLASE
    Publication number: 20170240513
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of Formula I that inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: FEZ UJJAINWALLA, JOHN QIANG TAN, QUN DANG, CHRISTOPHER J. SINZ, MING WANG, YILI CHEN, JIAQIANG CAI