Patents by Inventor Craig W. Lindsley

Craig W. Lindsley 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: 20140288084
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 2-(4-heterocyclylbenzyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Woods, Corey R. Hopkins, Bruce J. Melancon, Michael S. Poslusney, Darren W. Engers
  • Patent number: 8796295
    Abstract: Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Kyle A. Emmitte, Charles David Weaver, Alice L. Rodriguez, Andrew S. Felts, Carrie K. Jones, Brittney S. Bates
  • Publication number: 20140213593
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic pyrazole compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Carrie K. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140206676
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 4-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzyl analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, Michael S. Poslusney, James C. Tarr
  • Publication number: 20140206707
    Abstract: Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Kyle A. Emmitte, Alice L. Rodriguez, Andrew S. Felts, Carrie K. Jones, Brittney S. Bates, Brian A. Chauder
  • Patent number: 8779157
    Abstract: Compounds useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M Niswender, Darren W. Engers, Patrick R. Gentry, Yiu-Yin Cheung, James M. Salovich, Rocco D. Gogliotti
  • Patent number: 8772509
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to indole compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, James C. Tarr, Thomas M. Bridges
  • Patent number: 8759377
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having a general structure: 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. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers
  • Publication number: 20140163055
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating HIV infections comprising, in one aspect, administering compounds that are phospholipase D inhibitors. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: H. Alex Brown, Craig W. Lindsley
  • Patent number: 8710074
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to dihydronaphthyridinyl(organo)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Jason Manka, Jon Jacobs, Ya Zhou, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Eric S. Dawson
  • Patent number: 8703946
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Carrie K. Jones, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Gregor James McDonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Han Min Tong
  • Patent number: 8697691
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having a general structure: which are useful as selective allosteric or bitopic agonists of the M1 muscarinic receptor; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's Disease. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Michael R. Wood, Rocco D. Gogliotti, Colleen M. Niswender, Bruce J. Melancon, Evan P. Lebois
  • Patent number: 8697888
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (1-(methylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)(heterocycloalkyl)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Publication number: 20140057870
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic triazole and pyrazole lactams, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, CRAIG W. LINDSLEY, SHAUN R. STAUFFER, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, SUSANNA CONDE-CEIDE, GREGOR JAMES MACDONALD, HAN MIN TONG, CARRIE K. JONES, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, CHRYSA MALOSH
  • Patent number: 8658650
    Abstract: Compounds useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M. Niswender, Rocco D. Gogliotti, Darren W. Engers
  • Publication number: 20130345206
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Publication number: 20130345205
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic aralkyl pyrazole lactam analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Publication number: 20130345204
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic cycloalkyl pyrazole lactam analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong
  • Publication number: 20130345203
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Publication number: 20130338154
    Abstract: Pyrrole 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender