Patents by Inventor Dennis S. Yamashita

Dennis S. Yamashita 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: 11951094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds which modulate the activity of Toll-like receptor (TLR) proteins, including agonists or activators, partial agonists, and antagonists. Of particular interest of compounds that modulate the activity of TLR2, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat cancer and other disorders associated with a TLR2 pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Axial Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Oalmann, Dennis S. Yamashita, Patrick J. Stern
  • Publication number: 20230131899
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds useful for the prevention of amyloid formation and the treatment of amyloid related disorders, including synucleopathies such as Parkinson's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Axial Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Stewart Campbell, Christopher J. Oalmann, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230051773
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds which modulate the activity of Toll-like receptor (TLR) proteins, including agonists or activators, partial agonists, and antagonists. Of particular interest of compounds that modulate the activity of TLR2, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat cancer and other disorders associated with a TLR2 pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Axial Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Oalmann, Dennis S. Yamashita, Patrick J. Stern
  • Publication number: 20160287561
    Abstract: Invented are novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Mark A. Seefeld, Meagan B. Rouse, Dirk A. Heerding, Simon Peace, Dennis S. Yamashita, Kenneth C. McNulty
  • Publication number: 20150152092
    Abstract: Invented are novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Mark A. Seefeld, Meagan B. Rouse, Dirk A. Heerding, Simon Peace, Dennis S. Yamashita, Kenneth C. McNulty
  • Patent number: 8946278
    Abstract: Invented are novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Seefeld, Meagan B. Rouse, Dirk A. Heerding, Dennis S. Yamashita, Kenneth C. McNulty
  • Publication number: 20130231378
    Abstract: Invented are novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. SEEFELD, Meagan B. Rouse, Dirk A. Heerding, Dennis S. Yamashita, Kenneth C. McMulty
  • Publication number: 20110129455
    Abstract: Invented are novel pyrrole compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Hong Lin, Meagan B. Rouse, Mark A. Seefeld, Dennis S. Yamashita, Ren Xie
  • Publication number: 20100267759
    Abstract: Invented are novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark A. Seefeld, Meagan B. Rouse, Dirk A. Heerding, Simon Peace, Dennis S. Yamashita, Kenneth C. McNulty
  • Patent number: 7563784
    Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert W. Marquis, Jr., Yu Ru, Scott K. Thompson, Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090137557
    Abstract: Novel calcilytic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of synthesis and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Wen Fu Ku, Hong Lin, Juan I. Luengo, Robert W. Marquis Jr., Joshi M. Ramanjulu, Robert Trout, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20080255143
    Abstract: Invented are novel 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-yl compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dirk A. Heerding, Tammy J. Clark, David Harold Drewry, Jack Dale Leber, Igor Safonov, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7109233
    Abstract: This invention relates in general to certain substituted substituted 1,1,4-1l6-trioxo[1,2]thiazepan-4-ylamides of formula I as defined herein which are protease inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: SMithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jae U. Jeong, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7071184
    Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert W. Marquis, Jr., Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040229863
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods which use 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors of cathepsin S in the treatment of diseases in which cathepsin S is implicated, especially treatment or prevention of autoimmune disease; treatment or prevention of a disease state caused by the formation of atherosclerotic lesions and complications arising therefrom; and diseases requiring inhibition, for therapy, of a class II MHC-restricted immune response, inhibition of an asthmatic response, inhibition of an allergic response, inhibition of immune response against a transplanted organ or tissue, or inhibition of elastase activity in atheroma, and novel compounds for use therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert W. Marquis, Yu Ru, Scott K. Thompson, Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040157828
    Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Ren Xie, Dennis S Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040044201
    Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert W. Marquis Jr., Yu Ru, Scott K. Thompson, Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040038965
    Abstract: The present invention provides C3-C6 1-amino-1-acyl cycloalkane-substituted 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Robert W. Marquis, Jr., Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040034013
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods which use 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors of cathepsin L in the treatment of diseases in which cathepsin L is implicated, especially treatment or prevention of rheumatoid arthritis; treatment or prevention of cancer metastasis; treatment or prevention of diseases requiring inhibition of tissue destruction by macrophage, particularly lung macrophage, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and emphysema; treatment or prevention of diseases requiring, for therapy, inhibition of positive selection of CD4+ T-cells by cortical thymic epithelial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Maxwell D Cummings, Robert W Marquis, Yu Ru, Scott K Thompson, Daniel F Veber, Dennis S Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20030114437
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods which use 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors of cathepsin S in the treatment of diseases in which cathepsin S is implicated, especially treatment or prevention of autoimmune disease; treatment or prevention of a disease state caused by the formation of atherosclerotic lesions and complications arising therefrom; and diseases requiring inhibition, for therapy, of a class II MHC-restricted immune response, inhibition of an asthmatic response, inhibition of an allergic response, inhibition of immune response against a transplanted organ or tissue, or inhibition of elastase activity in atheroma, and novel compounds for use therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert W. Marquis Jr, Yu Ru, Scott K. Thompson, Daniel F. Veber, Dennis S. Yamashita