Patents by Inventor Gerald W. Shipps, Jr.

Gerald W. Shipps, Jr. 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).

  • Indazole derivatives useful as ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 9351965
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, m and are as defined herein. The compounds are ERK inhibitors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that comprise the above compounds, and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Xiaohua Huang, Yongqi Deng, Liang Zhu, Alan B. Cooper, Binyuan Sun, Abdelghani Achab, Sie-Mun Lo
  • Fused pyrazole derivatives as novel ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 9242981
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of Formula (I): (Formula (I)) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. All substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Yongqi Deng, Alan B. Cooper, Xiaolei Gao, Binyuam Sun, James Wang, Liang Zhu
  • Anilinopiperazine derivatives and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9206142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Anilinopiperazine Derivatives of Formula (I), compositions comprising the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives, and methods for using the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, cancer, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a central nervous system disorder, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral disease, a fungal infection, or a disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Cliff C. Cheng, Xiaohua Huang, Thierry O. Fischmann, Jose S. Duca, Matthew Richards, Hongbo Zeng, Binyuan Sun, Panduranga Adulla Reddy, Tzu T. Wong, Praveen K. Tadikonda, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Marc A. Labroli, Cory S. Poker, Timothy J. Guzi
  • Substituted piperidines as HDM2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 9062071
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I (The formula should be inserted here) as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yao Ma, Manami Shizuka, Timothy J. Guzi, Yuan Liu, Yuan Tian, Brian R. Lahue, Craig R. Gibeau, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Yaolin Wang, Stephane L. Bogen, Latha G. Nair, Weidong Pan, Mark A. McCoy, Matthew E. Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, W. Bent Clayton
  • Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 8999966
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula (1): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is a five membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring; and B is a monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring, or a monocyclic heterocycloalkenyl ring, or a bridged monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring, or a fused (monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring) cyclopropyl ring. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sobhana Babu Boga, Joseph M. Kelly, Hugh Y. Zhu, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Xin Yao, Xiaolei Gao, James J-S Wang, Jagdish A. Desai, Subrahmanyam Gudipati, Sie-Mun Lo, Liang Zhu, Alan B. Cooper, Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr.
  • Heterocyclic compounds as ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 8999957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula I: (Formular I should be inserted here) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds are ERK inhibitors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Liang Zhu, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Sie-Mun Lo, Binyuan Sun, Xiaohua Huang, Corey Bienstock, Alan B. Cooper, Xiaolei Gao, Xin Yao, Hugh Y. Zhu, Joseph M. Kelly, Sobhana Babu Boga, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Jayaram R. Tagat, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Kevin J. Wilson, Brendan M. O'Boyle, Matthew Hersh Daniels, Adam Schell, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Christian Fischer
  • Indazole derivatives useful as ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 8946216
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula I: Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, m and n are as defined herein. The compounds are ERK inhibitors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yonqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Sie-Mun Lo, Liang Zhu, Alan B. Cooper, Kiran Muppalla
  • Substituted quinoxalines as inhibitors of fatty acid binding protein
    Patent number: 8889683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinoxaline compounds of Formula I: as Fatty Acid Binding Protein (“FABP”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the quinoxaline compounds and the use of the quinoxaline compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Clifford Cheng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Xiaohua Huang, Ying Huang, Ning Shao, Ashwin Rao, Anandan Palani, Peter Orth, Johannes H. Voigt, Robert J. Herr, Lana Michele Rossiter, Qi Zeng, Xianfeng Sun
  • SUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINES THAT INCREASE p53 ACTIVITY AND THE USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140336222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula 1 as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Yao Ma, Yaolin Wang, Brian Robert Lahue, Latha G. Nair, Manami Shizuka, Matthew E. Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, Weidong Pan, Yuan Tian, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Craig R. Gibeau, Yuan Liu, Giovanna Scapin, Diane Rindgen, Ronald J. Doll, Timothy J. Guzi, Danny J. Hicklin, Amin Nomeir, Cynthia Seidel-Dugan, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Malcolm MacCoss
  • SUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINES AS HDM2 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140323482
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I (The formula should be inserted here) as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yao Ma, Manami Shizuka, Timothy J. Guzi, Yuan Liu, Yuan Tian, Brian R. Lahue, Craig R. Gibeau, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Yaolin Wang, Stephane L. Bogen, Latha G. Nair, Weidong Pan, Mark A. McCoy, Matthew E. Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, W. Bent Clayton
  • Substituted piperidines that increase p53 activity and the uses thereof
    Patent number: 8859776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula 1 as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Yao Ma, Yaolin Wang, Brian Robert Lahue, Latha G. Nair, Manami Shizuka, Matthew Ernst Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, Weidong Pan, Yuan Tian, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Craig R. Gibeau, Yuan Liu, Giovanna Scapin, Diane Rindgen, Ronald J. Doll, Timothy J. Guzi, Danny J. Hicklin, Amin Nomeir, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Malcolm MacCoss
  • Inhibitors of fatty acid binding protein (FABP)
    Patent number: 8815875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as Fatty Acid Binding Protein (“FABP”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Cliff C. Cheng, Xiaohua Huang, Abdelghani Abe Achab, Peter Orth, Johannes H. Voigt, Kyle Ann Soucy
  • Inhibitors of fatty acid binding protein (FABP)
    Patent number: 8759357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Clifford C. Cheng, Xioahua Huang, Abdelghani Achab, Peter Orth, Johannes H. Voigt
  • Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 8716483
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and solvates thereof. Q is a tetrahydropyridinyl ring. All other substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alan B. Cooper, Yang Nan, Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Neng-Yang Shih, Hugh Y. Zhu, Jagdish A. Desai, James J-S Wang, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Sobhana Babu Boga, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Xiaolei Gao, Liang Zhu, Ahmed Samatar
  • Fused Tricyclic Compounds as novel mTOR inhibitors
    Patent number: 8609675
    Abstract: The present invention provides Fused Tricyclic Compounds of the Formula (I) wherein Q, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such Fused Tricyclic Compounds. The Fused Tricyclic Compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer and other proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Cliff C. Cheng, Hongbo Zeng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Yongqi Deng, Zhaoyang Meng, Lianyun Zhao, Yang Nan, Binyuan Sun, Duan Liu, Panduranga A. Reddy, M. Arshad Siddiqui
  • Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives as mTOR inhibitors
    Patent number: 8591943
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting mTOR using pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with mTOR using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Binyuan Sun, Hongbo Zeng, Matthew Richards, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Cliff C. Cheng, Yinyan Zhao, Andrew McRiner, Zhaoyang Meng, Yang Nan, Mehul F. Patel, Iwona E. Wrona, Panduranga Adulla Reddy, Brian M. Eklov, Shuyi Tang, Duan Liu, Amit K. Mandal, Lianyun Zhao, M. Arshad Siddiqui
  • INDAZOLE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS ERK INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130261125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, m and are as defined herein. The compounds are ERK inhibitors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that comprise the above compounds, and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Xiaohua Huang, Yongqi Deng, Liang Zhu, Alan B. Cooper, Binyuan Sun, Abdelghani Achab, Sie-Mun Lo
  • Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 8546404
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof. Q is a piperidine or piperazine ring that can have a bridge or a fused ring. The piperidine ring can have a double bond in the ring. All other substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme
    Inventors: Alan B. Cooper, Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Neng-Yang Shih, Hugh Y. Zhu, Robert Sun, Joseph M. Kelly, Ronald J. Doll, Yang Nan, Tong Wang, Jagdish A. Desai, James J-S Wang, Youhao Dong, Vincent S. Madison, Li Xiao, Alan W. Hruza, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Ahmed A. Samatar, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Azim Alan Celebi, Yiji Wu, Sobhana Babu Boga, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Xiaolei Gao, Liang Zhu, Mehul Patel
  • NOVEL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ERK INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130237518
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula (1): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is a five membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring; and B is a monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring, or a monocyclic heterocycloalkenyl ring, or a bridged monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring, or a fused (monocyclic heterocycloalkyl ring) cyclopropyl ring. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Sobhana Babu Boga, Joseph M. Kelly, Hugh Y. Zhu, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Xin Yao, Xiaolei Gao, James J-S Wang, Jagdish A. Desai, Subrahmanyam Gudipati, Sie-Mun Lo, Liang Zhu, Alan B. Cooper, Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, JR.
  • SUBSTITUTED AMINO-TRIAZOLYL PDE10 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130225583
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted amino-triazolyl compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Berengere Sauvagnat, Jack Bracken, William T. McElroy, Christopher D. Cox, Ginny Ho, Georgia Mcgaughey