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).
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Publication number: 20130065900Abstract: 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 cyclopType: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker, Richard Justin Boyce
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Publication number: 20130005702Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer HospitalInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8343953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett
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Patent number: 8247576Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20120071478Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Sentinel Oncology LimitedInventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker
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Publication number: 20110144080Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2004Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH ROYAL CANCER HOSPITALInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20110130394Abstract: 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 NRcSO2Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker
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Publication number: 20100166699Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
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Publication number: 20100130464Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett
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Publication number: 20100048540Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2006Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
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Publication number: 20100022564Abstract: 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 oxygeType: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
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Publication number: 20090270416Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
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Publication number: 20090253718Abstract: 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 saturType: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
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Publication number: 20090247538Abstract: 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 theType: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2005Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20090099213Abstract: 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 gType: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2005Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Techology LimitedInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20090082370Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, John Francis Lyons, Robert George Boyle, Kyla Merriom Grimshaw, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Ian Collins
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Publication number: 20080275029Abstract: 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 optionallyType: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2005Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20080234276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2006Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
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Patent number: 7202244Abstract: Disclosed are novel inhibitors of Chk-1 and methods of using the same for therapy.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Hassan Julien Imogai, Michael Cherry
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Patent number: 6852744Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: 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