Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Yokokawa

Fumiaki Yokokawa 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: 8084450
    Abstract: 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Werner Breitenstein, Takeru Ehara, Claus Ehrhardt, Philipp Grosche, Yuko Hitomi, Yuki Iwaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Kazuhide Konishi, Juergen Klaus Maibaum, Keiichi Masuya, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Nils Ostermann, Masaki Suzuki, Atsushi Toyao, Fumiaki Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20110263560
    Abstract: 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed. The 3,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds have the formula (I), wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Werner BREITENSTEIN, Takeru EHARA, Claus EHRHARDT, Philipp GROSCHE, Yuko HITOMI, Yuki IWAKI, Takanori KANAZAWA, Kazuhide KONISHI, Juergen Klaus MAIBAUM, Keiichi MASUYA, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Nils OSTERMANN, Masaki SUZUKI, Atsushi TOYAO, Fumiaki YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20100160305
    Abstract: 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. The compounds are of the formula I, wherein the substitutents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Keiichi Masuya, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Osamu Irie, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Takeru Ehara, Kazuhide Konishi, Takanori Kanazawa, Masaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7704996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2-cyanopyrimidine compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and in the claims, in free form or in salt form, and, where possible, in tautomeric form, as an inhibitor of the activity of cathepsin S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Terance William Hart, Allan Hallett, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Hajime Hirao, Takeru Ehara, Atsuko Iwasaki, Junichi Sakaki, Keiichi Masuya, Masashi Kishida, Osamu Irie
  • Publication number: 20090312304
    Abstract: 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Breitenstein, Takeru Ehara, Claus Ehrhardt, Philipp Grosche, Yuko Hitomi, Yuki Iwaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Kazuhide Konishi, Juergen K. Maibaum, Keiichi Masuya, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Nils Ostermann, Masaki Suzuki, Atsushi Toyao, Fumiaki Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20090233920
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. The preferred compounds (which can also be present as salts) have the formula I wherein R1, R2, T, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Breitenstein, Claus Erhardt, Juergen Klaus Maibaum, Nils Ostermann, Juerg Zimmermann, Keiichi Masuya, Kazuhide Konishi, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Takanori Kanazawa, Edgar Jacoby, Andreas Marzinzik, Philipp Grosche, Shimpei Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20090192148
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. The compounds have the formula I? wherein R1, R2, T, R3 and R4 areas defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Takeru Ehara, Philipp Grosche, Osamu Irie, Yuki Iwaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Shimpei Kawakami, Kazuhide Konishi, Muneto Mogi, Masaki Suzuki, Fumiaki Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20090048230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2-cyanopyrimidine compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification and in the claims, in free form or in salt form, and, where possible, in tautomeric form, as an inhibitor of the activity of cathepsin S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Terance William Hart, Allan Hallett, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Hajime Hirao, Takeru Ehara, Atsuko Iwasaki, Junichi Sakaki, Keiichi Masuya, Masashi Kishida, Osamu Irie
  • Publication number: 20080319018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations a compound of that class; a method of treatment comprising administering a compound of that class and a method for its manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Fumiaki Yokokawa, Takeru Ehara, Shimpei Kawakami, Osamu Irie, Masaki Suzuki, Yuku Hitomi, Atsushi Toyao
  • Publication number: 20080194629
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3,5-piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,5-piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,5-piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,5-piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis. Especially, the 3,5-piperidine compounds have the formula I, wherein the symbols have the meanings described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Kaspar Baeschlin, Werner Breitenstein, Claus Ehrhardt, Juergen Klaus Maibaum, Nils Ostermann, Juerg Zimmermann, Simon Rudisser, Eric Vangrevelinghe, Osamu Irie, Ichiro Umemura, Masaki Suzuki, Muneto Mogi, Takanori Kanazawa, Fumiaki Yokokawa, Atsuko Nihonyanagi
  • Publication number: 20060247251
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolo pyrimidines of formula (I), wherein Y represents —(CH2)t—O— or —(CH2)r—S—, p is 1 or 2, r is 1, 2 or 3, t is 1, 2 or 3, or Y is —(CH2)j— or —CH?CH—, j is 1 or 2; p is 1 or 2, or Y is —(CH2)f—, f is 1 or 2, p is 1, and the further radicals and symbols have the meaning as defined herein; their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of neuropathic pain and to a method for the treatment of such a disease in animals, especially in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Francis Buxton, Takeru Ehara, Pamposh Ganju, Allan Hallett, Osamu Irie, Atsuko Iwasaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Keiichi Masuya, Kazuhiko Nonomura, Junichi Sakaki, Christopher Snell, Chuanzheng Song, Keiko Tanabe, Naoki Teno, Ichiro Umemura, Fumiaki Yokokawa