Patents by Inventor Hans Bruderer
Hans Bruderer 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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Patent number: 5705703Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein. the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds: the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1997Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mose Da Prada, Gerhard Zurcher
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Patent number: 5633371Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds: the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mos e Da Prada, Gerhard Z urcher
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Patent number: 5574055Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is H or alkyl;Y.sup.1 is --CH.dbd. or --N.dbd.; andY.sup.2 --CH.dbd., --C(OH).dbd., --C(NO.sub.2).dbd., --C(NH.sub.2).dbd., --C(Hal).dbd., --N.dbd.;X is cycloalkenyl; bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl, optionally substituted by phenyl-2-oxo-5 -methoxymethyl-oxazolidinyl; bicyclo[2.2.1]-hept-5 -en-2-yl; adamantyl; or cycloalkyl or piperidinyl, optionally substituted by amino, alkyl, --CN, oxo hydroxyimino, ethylenedioxyor by --OR.sup.1,R.sup.1 is --CH(C.sub.6 H.sub.5).sub.2, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n C.sub.6 H.sub.5, alkyl, H, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n NHCOCH.sub.3, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n NH.sub.2, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n CN, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n SCH.sub.3 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n SO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, --CO-lower-alkyl, --COC.sub.6 H.sub.5, optionally substituted by oxazolidine;or by .dbd.CR.sup.2 R.sup.3,R.sup.2 is alkylR.sup.3 is H, --CN, alkyl, phenyl or COO-alkyl;or by --(CH.sub.2).sub.n R.sup.4R.sup.4 is --CN, amino, --NHCOCH.sub.3, --COC.sub.6 H.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1994Date of Patent: November 12, 1996Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Stephan R over
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Patent number: 5476875Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1994Date of Patent: December 19, 1995Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mose Da Prada, Gerhard Zurcher
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Patent number: 5389653Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuronal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds; the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mose Da Prada, Gerhard Zurcher
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Patent number: 5318967Abstract: The invention relates to cis-2,3,3a,4,5,9b-Hexahydro-1H-benzo[b]indole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a residue of the formula --O--CO--NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl or lower alkyl substituted by lower cycloalkyl, aryl, aroyl, aroylamino, amino or by a cyclic amino, amide or imide group, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.4 is lower alkyl and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl,the corresponding trans isomers or cis-trans isomeric mixtures and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds and salts are especially suitable for the treatment or prophylaxis of cognitive disorders and senile dementia particularly, Alzheimer's disease, and for the improvement of memory capacity.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1993Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Thierry Godel, Rene Imhof, Roland Jakob-Roetne
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Patent number: 5318966Abstract: The invention relates to cis-2,3,3a,4,5,9b-Hexahydro-1H-benzo[b]indole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a residue of the formula --O--CO--NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl or lower alkyl substituted by lower cycloalkyl, aryl, aroyl, aroylamino, amino or by a cyclic amino, amide or imide group, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.4 is lower alkyl and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl,the corresponding trans isomers or cis-trans isomeric mixtures and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds and salts are especially suitable for the treatment or prophylaxis of cognitive disorders and senile dementia particularly, Alzheimer's disease, and for the improvement of memory capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1993Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Thierry Godel, Rene Imhof, Roland Jakob-Roetne
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Patent number: 5236952Abstract: Catechol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra, Rb and Rc have the significance given herein, the ester and ether derivatives thereof which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described and possess valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, they inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), a soluble, magnesium-dependent enzyme which catalyses the transference of the methyl group of S-adensoylmethionine to a catechol substrate, whereby the corresponding methyl ethers are formed. Suitable substrates which can be O-methylated by COMT and which can thus be deactivated are, for example, extraneuornal catecholamines and exogeneously-administered therapeutically active substances having a catechol structure.Formula Ia above embraces not only compounds which form part of the invention, but also known compounds; the compounds which form part of the invention can be prepared according to known methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1991Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Janos Borgulya, Hans Bruderer, Mose DaPrada, Gerhard Zurcher
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Patent number: 4833245Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.1-12 -alkyl, C.sub.3-12 -alkenyl, C.sub.3-12 -alkynyl or C.sub.3-8 -cycloalkyl and X signifies oxygen or sulfur, and none of the possible multiple bonds of R is present in the .alpha.-position of X, and their acid addition salts, processes for their manufacture, pest control compositions which contain these compounds as the active substance as well as the use of such compounds or compositions for the control of pests. Moreover, the invention is concerned with starting materials used for the preparation of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1988Date of Patent: May 23, 1989Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Renee Zurfluh
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Patent number: 4820734Abstract: The novel phenethylamine derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each signify hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, hydroxy or nitro, with the proviso that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is different from hydrogen, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each signify lower alkyl, n signifies the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 and B signifies the group --CO-- or --CHOH--, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts have interesting analgesic and antidepressant properties. These substances can be manufactured according to various methods which are known per se and can be used as medicaments in the form of pharmaceutical preparation.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1987Date of Patent: April 11, 1989Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Karl Bernauer, Hans Bruderer
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Patent number: 4766115Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is C.sub.1-12 -alkyl, C.sub.3-12 -alkenyl, C.sub.3-12 -alkynyl or C.sub.3-8 -cycloalkyl and X signifies oxygen or sulfur, and none of the possible multiple bonds of R is present in the .alpha.-position to X, and their acid addition salts, processes for their manufacture, insect control compositions which contain these compounds as the active substance as well as the use of such compounds or compositions for the control of insects. Moreover, the invention is concerned with starting materials used for the preparation of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1986Date of Patent: August 23, 1988Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Rene Zurfluh
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Patent number: 4559403Abstract: Substituted isoquinolines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a lower alkoxy, n is the integer zero or 1, andA is ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is phenyl halophenyl, lower-alkylphenyl or lower-alkoxyphenyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, are described. The compounds of formula I are useful in the treatment of cerebral and cardiac ischemias.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1985Date of Patent: December 17, 1985Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Richard W. Kierstead, John G. Mullin, Jr., Keiji Nakamura, Mitsuru Tateishi, Sidney Teitel, Jay P. O'Brien
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Patent number: 4544657Abstract: Substituted isoquinolines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is lower alkoxy, n is the integer zero or 1, and A is ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is phenyl, halophenyl, lower-alkylphenyl or lower-alkoxyphenyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, are described. The compounds of formula I are useful in the treatment of cerebral and cardiac ischemias.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1983Date of Patent: October 1, 1985Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Richard W. Kierstead, John G. Mullin, Jr., Keiji Nakamura, Mitsuru Tateishi, Teitel Sidney, Jay P. O'Brien
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Patent number: 4448991Abstract: Cyclohexenes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydroxy or lower alkoxy; n is 1 or 2; R.sup.2 is lower alkyl; and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower cycloalkylmethyl,and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are disclosed. The compounds of formula I have analgesic activity and are useful for the control of pains.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1982Date of Patent: May 15, 1984Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Albert E. Fischli, Rudolf Pfister
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Patent number: 4336268Abstract: Cyclohexenes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydroxy or lower alkoxy; n is 1 or 2; R.sup.2 is lower alkyl; and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower cycloalkylmethyl, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are disclosed. The compounds of formula I have analgesic activity and are useful for the control of pains.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1981Date of Patent: June 22, 1982Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Hans Bruderer, Albert E. Fischli, Rudolf Pfister