Patents by Inventor Colleen M. Niswender

Colleen M. Niswender 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).

  • Indazole compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 11427573
    Abstract: Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20220259190
    Abstract: Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • Pyridine quinoline compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 11319304
    Abstract: Pyridine quinoline compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20200291019
    Abstract: Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • PYRIDINE QUINOLINE COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20200165232
    Abstract: Pyridine quinoline compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • Indazole and azaindazole substituted compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 10526323
    Abstract: Compounds, including those of the following formula: wherein the variables are defined herein, which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Joe Panarese, Joanne Bronson, Yong-Jin Wu, Jason Guernon
  • Indazole compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 10508105
    Abstract: Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • Isoquiniline and napthalene-substituted compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 10227343
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Corey R. Hopkins, Joanne Bronson, Yong-Jin Wu, Kyle Emmitte, Joe Panarese, Darren W. Engers, Julie Engers
  • Benzothiazole and benzisothiazole-substituted compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 10221172
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Sean Bollinger
  • INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20190055225
    Abstract: Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Andrew S. Felts, Colleen M. Niswender, Rory A. Capstick, Paul K. Spearing, Sean R. Bollinger
  • Benzoisoxazole-substituted compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 9980945
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Joe Panarese, Sean Bollinger, Julie Engers
  • BENZOISOXAZOLE-SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20180021312
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Joe Panarese, Sean Bollinger, Julie Engers
  • INDAZOLE AND AZAINDAZOLE SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20180022746
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Joe Panarese, Joanne Bronson, Yong-Jin Wu, Jason Guernon
  • ISOQUINILINE AND NAPTHALENE-SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20180022745
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Corey R. Hopkins, Joanne Bronson, Yong-Jin Wu, Kyle Emmitte, Joe Panarese, Darren W. Engers, Julie Engers
  • BENZOTHIAZOLE AND BENZISOTHIAZOLE-SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS AS MGLUR4 ALLOSTERIC POTENTIATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20180022744
    Abstract: Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Sean Bollinger
  • Heterocyclic sulfone mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 9192603
    Abstract: Heterocyclic sulfone compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 9180192
    Abstract: Pyrazole compounds useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti
  • Pyrazolopyridine, pyrarolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 9163015
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 9108963
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, James M. Salovich, Darren W. Engers, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Benzisoxazoles and azabenzisoxazoles as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
    Patent number: 8916584
    Abstract: Benzisoxazole and azabenzisoxazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers