Patents by Inventor Franck Lepifre

Franck Lepifre 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: 20110172265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fused pyrrolidino-cyclopropane derivatives according to formulae (I) to (IV) as selective inhibitors of the enzyme 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-?-HSD-1) and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, glaucoma, osteoporosis, cognitive disorders, anxiety, depression, immune disorders, hypertension and other diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Eric Valeur, Franck Lepifre, Didier Roche, Denis Carniato, Serge Christmann-Franck, Febien Schmidlin
  • Publication number: 20110130404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3 are as defined in claim 1, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer, inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Cravo, Sophie Hallakou-Bozec, Franck Lepifre
  • Publication number: 20110060001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and B1, B2 are as defined in claim 1, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and disorders modulated by AMP agonists. The invention is also directed to intermediates and to a method of preparation of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Cravo, Franck Lepifre, Sophie Hallakou-Bozec, christine Charon
  • Publication number: 20110034505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in claim 1, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and disorders modulated by AMP agonists. The invention is also directed to intermediates and to a method of preparation of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Daniel Cravo, Franck Lepifre, Sophie Hallakou-Bozec, Christine Charon
  • Publication number: 20080171744
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I: and/or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, optical isomer, or combination thereof, a composition comprising the thiosemicarbazone, a method of administration thereof, and use thereof to treat a cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: 6441513 CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Danter, Martyn Brown, Franck LePifre
  • Patent number: 7312213
    Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein: W1, with the carbon atoms to which it is bonded, represents phenyl or pyridyl, Z represents a group selected from hydrogen, halogen, linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl, aryl, aryl-(C1-C6)alkyl, aryloxy, aryl-(C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy and linear or branched (C1-C6)alkoxy, R1 is as defined in the description, R2 represents hydrogen or —CH2CH2O—R8, R3 and R4 each represents hydrogen, linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl, aryl or aryl-(C1-C6)alkyl, n represents an integer of from 1 to 6 inclusive, its isomers, and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base, and medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Les Laboratories Servier
    Inventors: Gérard Coudert, Franck Lepifre, Daniel-Henri Caignard, Pierre Renard, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Laurence Kraus-Berthier
  • Patent number: 7202255
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: A is as defined in the description, Y represents a group selected from an oxygen atom and a methylene group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom and in that case: R3 represents a group selected from a hydrogen atom and the groups linear or branched (C1–C6)alkyl, aryl, aryl-(C1–C6)alkyl (in which the alkyl moiety is linear or branched) and SO2CF3, or R2 and R3 form a bond, R1 represents a group selected from a hydrogen atom and the groups linear or branched (C1–C6)alkyl, aryl and aryl-(C1–C6)alkyl (in which the alkyl moiety is linear or branched) or a linear or branched (C1–C6)alkylene chain, Z1 and Z2 each represent a hydrogen atom or Z1 and Z2, together with the carbon atoms carrying them, form a phenyl group. Medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Gerard Coudert, Nathalie Ayerbe, Franck Lepifre, Sylvain Routier, Daniel-Henri Caignard, Pierre Renard, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Stephane Leonce
  • Publication number: 20060003997
    Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein: W1, with the carbon atoms to which it is bonded, represents phenyl or pyridyl, Z represents a group selected from hydrogen, halogen, linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl, aryl, aryl-(C1-C6)alkyl, aryloxy, aryl-(C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy and linear or branched (C1-C6)alkoxy, R1 is as defined in the description, R2 represents hydrogen or —CH2CH2O—R8, R3 and R4 each represents hydrogen, linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl, aryl or aryl-(C1-C6)alkyl, n represents an integer of from 1 to 6 inclusive, its isomers, and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base, and medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Gerard Coudert, Franck Lepifre, Daniel-Henri Caignard, Pierre Renard, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Laurence Kraus-Berthier