Patents by Inventor George Boyle

George Boyle 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: 20130065900
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (1): or a salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein R1 is cyano or C1-4 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, saturated C1-4 hydrocarbyl and saturated C1-4 hydrocarbyloxy; R6 and R7 are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-4 alkyl and C1-4 alkoxy wherein the C1-4 alkyl and C1-4 alkoxy are each optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-2 alkoxy or by one or more flourine atoms; R8 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; Q is an alkylene chain of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in length between the moiety Ar and the nitrogen atom N, wherein one or more of the 1 to 4 carbon atoms of the alkylene chain may optionally be substituted with one or two C1-4 alkyl groups, or wherein one carbon atom of the 1 to 4 carbon atoms of the alkylene chain may optionally be substituted with a group —CH2CH2— which together with the said one carbon atom forms a cyclop
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker, Richard Justin Boyce
  • Publication number: 20130005702
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and their use as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hanna Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Patent number: 8343953
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having ROCK kinase and/or protein kinase p70S6K inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett
  • Patent number: 8247576
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Publication number: 20120071478
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (1): or salts or tautomers thereof; wherein X1 is N or N+(O?); X2 is N or CH; Q is a C1-3 alkylene group; R1 is selected from hydrogen, C1-4 hydrocarbyl and hydroxy-C2-4 hydrocarbyl; R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine and methyl; Ar1 is an optionally substituted monocyclic 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl ring containing 0, 1 or 2 heteroatom ring members selected from O, N and S, or a naphthyl ring and Ar2 is an optionally substituted monocyclic 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatom ring members selected from O, N and S. The compounds of formula (1) are inhibitors of p70S6 kinase and are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sentinel Oncology Limited
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker
  • Publication number: 20110144080
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hanna Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Publication number: 20110130394
    Abstract: The invention provides kinase inhibitor compounds of the formula (1): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof; wherein X is O, CO, X1C(X2), C(X2)X1, X1C(X2)X1, S, SO, SO2, NRc, SO2NRc or NRcSO2; m is 0-2; n is 0-1; q is 0-2; A is C1-6 alkylene optionally interrupted by O; R1 is halogen, cyano, nitro, an optionally substituted acyclic C1-6 hydrocarbon group, optionally substituted C3-7 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted five membered heteroaryl, NR2R3, Ra—Rb, O—Rb or C(O)NR2R8; R4 is fluorine, chlorine, methyl or cyano; R2 is hydrogen or optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl; R3 is Ra—Rb; or NR2R3 forms a 4 to 7 membered non-aromatic heterocyclic ring; Ra is a bond, C(X2), C(X2)X1, SO, SO2 or SO2NRc; Rb is hydrogen or an optionally substituted 3 to 7-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring or an optionally substituted C1-12 acyclic hydrocarbon group; Rc is hydrogen or a C1-4 hydrocarbon group; Rd is O, CO, X1C(X2), C(X2)X1, X1C(X2)X1, S, SO, SO2, NRc, SO2NRc or NRcSO2
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker
  • Publication number: 20100166699
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100130464
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having ROCK kinase and/or protein kinase p70S6K inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett
  • Publication number: 20100048540
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic N-oxides which are useful as hypoxic selective cytotoxic agents that mediate and/or inhibit cell proliferation, for example, through the activity of protein kinases. The invention is further related to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and compositions, and to methods of treating cancer as well as other disease states associated with unwanted ahgiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
  • Publication number: 20100022564
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxyge
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20090270416
    Abstract: The invention provides a Chk-1 kinase inhibiting compound of the formula (I) or a salt, solvate or tautomer thereof, wherein: G is CH2, O, NH, NHCO or CONH; A is a group (CH2)n where n is 1 to 4 provided that when G is O or NH, n is at least 2; X1 is nitrogen or CH; X2 is nitrogen or a group CR5; X3 is nitrogen or a group CR5; X4 is nitrogen or CH; provided that no more than two of X2, X3 and X4 are nitrogen; and R1; R2; R3; R4; R5 and R6 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
  • Publication number: 20090253718
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound having the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); A is an optionally substituted saturated C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally replaced by oxygen or nitrogen; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or an acyclic group X-G wherein X is CH2, O, S or NH and G is a C1-4 alkylene chain wherein one of the carbon atoms is optionally replaced by O, S or NH; R1 is hydrogen or an aryl or heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-4 hydrocarbyl or optionally substituted C1-4 acyl; or NR2R3 forms an imidazole group or a saturated monocyclic heterocyclic group having 4-7 ring members; or NR2R3 and A together form a satur
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20090247538
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, David Winter Walker, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Alastair Donald, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20090099213
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state or condition mediated by protein kinase B, the compound having the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); A is an optionally substituted saturated C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally replaced by oxygen or nitrogen; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or an acyclic group X-G wherein X is CH2, O, S or NH and G is a C1-4 alkylene chain wherein one of the carbon atoms is optionally replaced by O, S or NH; R1 is hydrogen or an aryl or heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-4 hydrocarbyl or optionally substituted C1-4 acyl; or NR2R3 forms an imidazole g
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Techology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Hannah Fiona Sore, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca, Alastair Donald
  • Publication number: 20090082370
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the combination comprising (or consisting essentially of) an ancillary compound and: (I) a compound of the formula: or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein R1, Q1, Q2, E, G, T, R4, J1 and J2 are as defined in the claims; or (II) a compound having the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, E, A, T, J1 and J2 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, John Francis Lyons, Robert George Boyle, Kyla Merriom Grimshaw, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20080275029
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease state or condition mediated by protein kinase A and/or protein kinase B; wherein the ring Q is a benzene ring; J2-J1 is N?CR7 or R1aN—CO; G is OH or NR5R6; E is CONR7, NR7CO, C(R8)?C(R8) or (X)m(CR8R8a)n where X is O, S or NR7; provided that when J2-J1 is R1aN—CO, E is other than NR7CO; m and n are each 0 or 1, where m+n=1 or 2; A is a bond and R4 and R4a are absent or A is a saturated optionally substituted C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between E and G, one carbon atom in the linker group A being optionally replaced by O or N; R1, R1a, R2, and R3 are each H; halogen; C1-6 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by halogen, OH or C1-2 alkoxy; CN; CONHR8; NH2; NHCOR10 or NHCONHR10; R4 is H or C1-4 alkyl; R4a is H, C1-4 alkyl or a group R9; R5 and R6 are each selected from H, R9 and C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOS
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, John Caldwell, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20080234276
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic triazines which are useful as hypoxic selective cytotoxic agents that mediate and/or inhibit cell proliferation, for example, through the activity of protein kinases. The invention is further related to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and compositions, and to methods of treating cancer as well as other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
  • Patent number: 7202244
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel inhibitors of Chk-1 and methods of using the same for therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Hassan Julien Imogai, Michael Cherry
  • Patent number: 6852744
    Abstract: Novel pyrrolidine derivatives, being useful as chymase inhibitor or intermediate for synthesis of the active compounds, which has the formula (I): wherein R1 is cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl, indanyl, thienyl, furyl, substituted or unsubstituted indolyl, benzofuryl, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl, etc.; R2 is H, alkyl, phenyl-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkyl-lower alkyl; R3 is (i) substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heterocyclic group, (ii) substituted or unsubstituted benzene- or pyridine-fused heterocyclic group, or (iii) a group (a): R4 and R5 are independently H or OH, but R4 and R5 are not simultaneously H, or both form oxo; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Deguchi, Ryotaro Shiratake, Fuminori Sato, Buichi Fujitani, Yayoi Honda, Akihiko Kiyoshi, Mitsue Notake, Graham Andrew Showell, Robert George Boyle, Sukhbinder Singh Klair