Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Pacofsky

Gregory J. Pacofsky 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: 20230203002
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C.K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Patent number: 11465980
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TREVENA, INC.
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C. K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Publication number: 20200231564
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C.K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Publication number: 20190202803
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C.K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Patent number: 10246436
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TREVENA, INC.
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C. K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Publication number: 20170210725
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed, in part, to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating the activity of delta opioid receptor, biased and/or unbiased, and/or methods for treating pain, migraines, headaches, depression, Parkinsons Disease, anxiety, and/or overactive bladder, and other disorders and conditions described herein or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Aimee Crombie Speerschneider, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Philip Michael Pitis, Michael John Hawkins, Guodong Liu, Tamara Ann Miskowski Daubert, Catherine C.K. Yuan, Robert Borbo Kargbo, Robert Jason Herr, Donna Romero, Gregory J. Pacofsky
  • Patent number: 8188085
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-?-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Seynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Greenlee, Robert Wilkening, James Apgar, Donald Sperbeck, Kenneth J. Wildonger, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Gregory J. Pacofsky, Brian H. Heasley, Ahmed Mamai, Kingsley Nelson
  • Patent number: 8034954
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel calcium channel antagonists, and methods of treating disease sates using the novel antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Icagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Pacofsky, Mark J. Suto, Paul Christopher Fritch
  • Publication number: 20100113439
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-?-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: Merck & Co., Inc., Scynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Greenlee, Robert Wilkening, James Apgar, Donald Sperbeck, Kenneth J. Wildonger, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, JR., Gregory J. Pacofsky, Brian H. Heasley, Ahmed Mamai, Kingsley Nelson
  • Patent number: 7528127
    Abstract: It has now been found that compounds of the present invention as described in Benzodiazepine derivatives of Formula (I) containing a carboxylic ester moiety and thereby capable of being inactivated by nonspecific tissue esterases in an organ-independent elimination mechanism and thereby providing a more predictable and reproducible pharmacodynamic profile. The compounds of the present invention are suitable for therapeutic purposes, including sedative-hypnotic, anxiolytic, muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant purposes and are useful to be administered intravenously in the following clinical settings: preoperative sedation, anxiolysis, and amnestic use for perioperative events; conscious sedation during short diagnostic, operative or endoscopic procedures; as a component for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia, prior and/or concomitant to the administration of other anesthetic agents; ICU sedation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: CeNes Limited
    Inventors: Paul L. Feldman, David Kendall Jung, Istvan Kaldor, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Jeffrey H. Tidwell
  • Patent number: 7485635
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: CeNes Limited
    Inventors: Paul L. Feldman, David Kendall Jung, Istvan Kaldor, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Jeffrey H. Tidwell
  • Patent number: 7473689
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: CeNes Limited
    Inventors: Paul L. Feldman, David Kendall Jung, Istvan Kaldor, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Jeffrey H. Tidwell
  • Patent number: 7435730
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: CeNeS Limited
    Inventors: Paul L. Feldman, David Kendall Jung, Istvan Kaldor, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Jeffrey H. Tidwell
  • Patent number: 7160880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: CeNeS Limited
    Inventors: Paul L Feldman, David Kendall Jung, Istvan Kaldor, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Jeffrey H. Tidwell
  • Patent number: 5563127
    Abstract: Novel boronic acid and ester and carboxyl-modified amino acid compounds of the Formula I, which are inhibitors of trypsin-like enzymes, are disclosed :R.sup.1 --Z--CHR.sup.2 --A,where R.sup.1, Z, R.sup.2 and A are defined within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Eugene C. Amparo, William H. Miller, Gregory J. Pacofsky, John Wityak, Patricia C. Weber, John J. V. Duncia, Joseph B. Santella, III
  • Patent number: 5462964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of new C-terminal boronic acid dipeptide inhibitors of trypsin-like enzymes such as thrombin and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Matthew M. Abelman, Eugene C. Amparo, Joseph Cacciola, Charles A. Kettner, Gregory J. Pacofsky, Chia-Lin Wang