Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Plummer

Christopher W. Plummer 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: 20170217920
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Harry Chobanian, Duane DeMong, Yan Guo, Barbara Pio, Christopher W. Plummer
  • Publication number: 20170217942
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Harry Chobanian, Duane DeMong, Christopher W. Plummer, Minghai Fang, Bin Hu
  • Publication number: 20170217918
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Helen Chen, Steven L. Colletti, Duane DeMong, Yan Guo, Michael Miller, Anilkumar Nair, Christopher W. Plummer, Dong Xiao, De-Yi Yang
  • Publication number: 20170210727
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Chen, Duane DeMong, Paul E. Finke, Christopher W. Plummer
  • Publication number: 20170081287
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Purakkattle Biju, Timothy A. Blizzard, Zhengxia Chen, Matthew J. Clements, Mingxiang Cui, Jessica L. Frie, William K. Hagmann, Bin Hu, Hubert Josien, Anilkumar G. Nair, Christopher W. Plummer, Cheng Zhu
  • Patent number: 9527875
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: William K. Hagmann, Ravi P. Nargund, Timothy A. Blizzard, Hubert Josien, Purakkattle Biju, Christopher W. Plummer, Qun Dang, Bing Li, Derun Li, Linus S. Lin, Mingxiang Cui, Bin Hu, Jinglai Hao, Zhengxia Chen
  • Publication number: 20160332968
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Harry Chobanian, Duane DeMong, Yan Guo, Zhiyong Hu, Michael Miller, Barbara Pio, Christopher W. Plummer, Dong Xiao, Michael Yang
  • Publication number: 20160280626
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Bara, Harry R. Chobanian, Yan Guo, Hubert Josien, Michael Miller, Barbara Pio, Christopher W. Plummer, Cangming Yang, Dong Xiao
  • Publication number: 20160002255
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Linda L. Brockunier, Helen Chen, Harry R. Chobanian, Matthew J. H. Clements, Alejandro Crespo, Duane E. DeMong, Yan Guo, William K. Hagmann, Karen M. Marcantonio, Michael Miller, Barbara Pio, Christopher W. Plummer, Dong Xiao
  • Publication number: 20150191495
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: William K. Hagmann, Ravi P. Nargund, Timothy A. Blizzard, Hubert Josien, Purakkattle Biju, Christopher W. Plummer, Qun Dang, Bing Li, Derun Li, Linus S. Lin, Mingxiang Cui, Bin Hu, Jinglai Hao, Zhengxia Chen
  • Publication number: 20140045746
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: William K. Hagmann, Ravi P. Nargund, Timothy A. Blizzard, Hubert Josien, Purakkattle Biju, Christopher W. Plummer, Qun Dang, Bing Li, Linus S. Lin, Mingxiang Cui, Bin Hu, Jinglai Hao, Zhengxia Chen
  • Patent number: 7572785
    Abstract: The use of compounds of the present invention as antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor particularly in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. The invention is concerned with the use of these novel compounds to selectively antagonize the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. As such, compounds of the present invention are useful as psychotropic drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, particularly to opiates, alcohol, and nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Sander G. Mills, Christopher W. Plummer, Shrenik K. Shah, Quang T. Truong
  • Patent number: 7091211
    Abstract: Cyclopentyl compounds of Formula (I) are modulators of chemokine receptor activity: wherein D, G, R2, R3 and R8 in Formula (I) are defined herein. The compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof, are useful in the treatment and prevention of HIV infection, in delaying the onset of AIDS, and in the treatment of AIDS. The compounds are also useful for treating other diseases and conditions mediated by chemokine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Jennifer L. Loebach, Kerry A. Parker, Christopher W. Plummer, Sander G. Mills
  • Patent number: 7057051
    Abstract: The use of compounds of the present invention as antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor particularly in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. The invention is concerned with the use of these novel compounds to selectively antagonize the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. As such, compounds of the present invention are useful as psychotropic drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, particularly to opiates, alcohol, and nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Sander G. Mills, Christopher W. Plummer, Shrenik K. Shah, Quang T. Truong
  • Publication number: 20030114495
    Abstract: The use of compounds of the present invention as antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor particularly in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. The invention is concerned with the use of these novel compounds to selectively antagonize the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. As such, compounds of the present invention are useful as psychotropic drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, particularly to opiates, alcohol, and nicotine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Sander G. Mills, Christopher W. Plummer, Shrenik K. Shah, Quang T. Truong