Patents by Inventor Gregor McDonald

Gregor McDonald 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).

  • Substituted 6-methylnicotinamides as mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators
    Patent number: 8969389
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 6-methylnicotinamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Ya Zhou, Jason Manka, Gregor McDonald, José Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda
  • SUBSTITUTED 6-METHYLNICOTINAMIDES AS MGLUR5 POSITIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20110294858
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 6-methylnicotinamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Ya Zhou, Jason Manka, Gregor McDonald, José Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda
  • System and method for information management in a distributed network
    Patent number: 7606804
    Abstract: A system and method of information management for a distributed network of data sources comprises, in one example, obtaining information from at least one data source and storing the information in at least one data structure in accordance with previously stored configuration parameters. The system and method further includes receiving a query for selected information of the stored information and processing the stored information based on the query to generate an output representing the selected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: James Gregor McDonald