Patents by Inventor Christopher John Yarnold

Christopher John Yarnold 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: 8536186
    Abstract: Certain chemical entities are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Also described are methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods for screening compounds capable of inhibiting KMO activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wityak, Leticia M. Toledo-Sherman, Celia Dominguez, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Paula C. De Aguiar Pena, Andreas Scheel, Dirk Winkler
  • Publication number: 20120329812
    Abstract: Certain chemical entities are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Also described are methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods for screening compounds capable of inhibiting KMO activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: John Wityak, Leticia M. Toledo-Sherman, Celia Dominguez, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Paula C. De Aguiar Pena, Andreas Scheel, Dirk Winkler
  • Publication number: 20110230428
    Abstract: Certain chemical entities are provided herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods for screening compounds capable of inhibiting KMO activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: John Wityak, Leticia M. Toledo-sherman, Celia Dominguez, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Paula C. De Aguiar Pena, Andreas Scheel, Dirk Winkler
  • Publication number: 20110183957
    Abstract: Certain chemical entities are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Also described are methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods for screening compounds capable of inhibiting KMO activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: John Wityak, Leticia M. Toledo-Sherman, Celia Dominguez, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Paula C. De Aguiar Pena, Andreas Scheel, Dirk Winkler
  • Publication number: 20110118258
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I); or a stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are as defined herein, are useful for the treatment of diseases and conditions which are mediated by excessive or inappropriate Hsp90 activity such as cancers, viral infection and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Martin Courtney, Mark Whittaker, Owen Clifford Mather, Christopher John Yarnold, Oliver Robin Barker, Christian Aldo Georges Napoleon Montalbetti, Thomas Hesterkamp, Mihaly Daniel Gardiner
  • Patent number: 7915304
    Abstract: The invention discloses the use of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represents: hydrogen; halo; hydroxy; (C1-C6) alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or (C1-C4) alkoxy; (C1-C6) haloalkyl; (C1-C6) alkoxy; and (C1-C6) haloalkoxy; for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases resulting from opening of the MPTP which are characterized by degenerative tissue damages, in particular, diabetes and diabetic complications, neurological diseases and stroke, heart infarction, inherited dystrophies and hepatitis, more particularly, diabetic vascular diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, and neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis. Further objects are a group of selected individual compounds of formula (I) for use as medicaments and a further group of selected individual compounds of formula (I) as novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Congenia S.r.l.
    Inventors: PierGiuseppe Pellicci, Marco Giorgio, Saverio Minucci, Paolo Bernardi, Gilles Pain, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Joachim Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20100099736
    Abstract: The invention discloses the use of a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represents: hydrogen; halo; hydroxy; (C1-C6) alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or (C1-C4) alkoxy; (C1-C6) haloalkyl; (C1-C6) alkoxy; and (C1-C6) haloalkoxy; for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases resulting from opening of the MPTP which are characterized by degenerative tissue damages, in particular, diabetes and diabetic complications, neurological diseases and stroke, heart infarction, inherited dystrophies and hepatitis, more particularly, diabetic vascular diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, and neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis. Further objects are a group of selected individual compounds of formula (I) for use as medicaments and a further group of selected individual compounds of formula (I) as novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Congenia S.R.L.
    Inventors: PierGiuseppe Pellicci, Marco Giorgio, Saverio Minucci, Paolo Bernardi, Gilles Pain, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Joachim Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20080194574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine derivatives according to the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use as pharmaceutical compounds as well as the use of these compounds for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of infectious diseases, including opportunistic diseases, prion diseases, immunological diseases, autoimmune diseases, bipolar and clinical disorders, cardiovascular diseases, cell proliferative diseases, diabetes, inflammation, transplant rejections, erectile dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases, stroke and especially for the treatment of herpesviral induced infections, including opportunistic infections as well as infections and diseases caused by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: AXXIMA PHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Jan Eike Eikhoff, Mark Richard Ashton, Stephen Martin Courtney, Christopher John Yarnold, Maurizio Varrone, Pui Leng Loke, Thomas Herget, Wilfried Schwab, Doris Hafenbradl