Patents by Inventor Eric Merifield

Eric Merifield 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: 20220184059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of spherical agglomerates of timapiprant; the invention also relates to spherical agglomerates of timapiprant obtained by the above process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Eric MERIFIELD, Massimiliano FORCATO, Alain BURGOS
  • Publication number: 20160002261
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of the compound of formula II and intermediate compounds for use in the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Neil Barnwell, Philip Cornwall, Duncan Michael Gill, Gareth P. Howell, Rebecca Elizabeth Meadows, Eric Merifield, Christopher William Mitchell, Andiappan Murugan, Philip O Keefe, Zakariya Mohamed Patel, James Barry Rose, John Singleton, Jane Withnall
  • Publication number: 20140364601
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of the compound of formula (II) and intermediate compounds for use in the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Neil Barnwell, Philip Cornwall, Duncan Michael Gill, Gareth P. Howell, Rebecca Elizabeth Meadows, Andiappan Murugan, Philip O'Keefe, John Singleton, Jane Withnall, Eric Merifield, Christopher William Mitchell, Zakariya Mohamed Patel, James Barry Rose
  • Patent number: 8227622
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (X), and salts thereof, and their use as intermediates in improved manufacturing processes for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compound (I): X is ?O, ?N—OH or ?N—OC(O)Me; Y is hydrogen, PhS- or p-chlorophenylsulfanyl; Z is hydrogen or —CH2COOR1 wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted heterocyclyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Debra Ainge, Eric Merifield, Colin Thomson, Michael Butters, Ravi Ramakrishnan, Ravi Naidu Rayapati, Parhalad Ray Sharma
  • Publication number: 20110046394
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (X), and salts thereof, and their use as intermediates in improved manufacturing processes for the synthesis of pharmaceutical compound (I): X is ?O, ?N—OH or ?N—OC(O)Me; Y is hydrogen, PhS- or p-chlorophenylsulfanyl; Z is hydrogen or —CH2COOR1 wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted heterocyclyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Debra Ainge, Eric Merifield, Colin Thomson, Michael Butters, Ravi Ramakrishnan, Ravi Naidu Rayapati, Parhalad Ray Sharma
  • Patent number: 7781598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of substituted indoles which are useful as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Philip Keegan, Eric Merifield, Duncan Gill
  • Publication number: 20080167332
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R10 are as defined in the specification, are described. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy. The present invention further relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to new intermediates useful in the preparation thereof. Beside, the invention relates to salts and polymorphic forms of the new compounds as well as the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Gibson, Barry Elkins, Mike Rogers, Ian Hassall, Hong Gu, Zhenyu Wang, Vinod Kumar, Synthana Suresh Kumar, Santosh Kavitake, Sidda Lingesha, Eric Merifield, David Ennis, John Pavey, Austen Pimm, James Reuberson, Bo-Goran Josefsson, Martin Hemmerling, Svetlana Ivanova, Marguerite Mensonides-Harsema, Hakan Schulz, John Mo, Tomas Eriksson, Per Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20080051586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of substituted indoles which are useful as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Philip Keegan, Eric Merifield, Duncan Gill