Patents by Inventor Hans-Günter Zerwes

Hans-Günter Zerwes 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: 20120177690
    Abstract: Use of a rapamycin derivative of formula I as defined in the claims for preventing or treating vasculopathies and manifestations of xenotransplantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Walter Schuler, Hendrik J. Schuurman, Gisbert Weckbecker, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Publication number: 20100152105
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of a rapamycin derivative of formula I in combination with cyclosporin for preventing or treating manifestations of chronic rejection in a recipient of an organ or tissue transplant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Walter Schuler, Hendrik J. Schuurman, Gisbert Weckbecker, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Patent number: 7671078
    Abstract: The invention relates to isothiourea derivatives of formula I: wherein R1 is a residue of one of the following structures: where the variables are as defined in the claims of the invention, as well as processes for production of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Fraser Glickman, Markus Streiff, Gebhard Thoma, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Patent number: 7666877
    Abstract: Disclosed are ergoline derivatives, Formula (I), wherein either each of R1 and R2, independently, is H; optionally R10 and/or R11-substituted-phenyl or -phenyl-C1-4alkyl; optionally R10 and/or R11-substituted-heteroaryl or -heteroaryl-C1-4alkyl; optionally R10 and/or R11-substituted heteroaryl N-oxide; optionally R10-substituted C1-C8 alkyl; optionally R10-substituted C2-C8 alkenyl, optionally R10-substituted C2-C8 alkynyl; optionally R10-substituted C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or optionally R10-substituted C4-C8 cycloalkenyl; or R1 and R2 form together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached an optionally R10-substituted 3-8 membered ring containing in addition to the nitrogen atom up to 2 heteroatoms selected independently from N, O and S; R3 is H; OR1; CH2R1R2; (CH2)1-2NR1R2; CH2—CH2—OR1; CH2—CO—NR1R2; or CO—CH2R1R2; R4 is F; Cl; Br; I; OR1; NR1R2 or has one of the significances given for R1; and R5 has one of the significances given for R1, in free form or in salt form for preventing or treating disorders
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rolf Baenteli, Fraser Glickman, Jiri Kovarik, Ian Lewis, Markus Streiff, Gebhard Thoma, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Publication number: 20100010025
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyrimidine derivatives having interesting pharmacological properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Rudolf Duthaler, Marc Gerspacher, Philipp Holzer, Markus Streiff, Gebhard Thoma, Rudolf Walchli, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Patent number: 7399771
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined herein, in free or salt form, which are useful as CCR5 inhibitors, e.g. in the prevention or treatment of disorders mediated by interactions between chemokine receptors and their ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Nigel Graham Cooke, Gebhard Thoma, Christian Bruns, François Nuninger, Markus Streiff, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Patent number: 6632978
    Abstract: A transgenic non-human animal (e.g., a transgenic mouse) comprising a polynucleotide encoding a soluble marker protein functionally linked to a regulatory sequence of an endogenous gene encoding E-selectin. Also described are methods for detecting modulators of the E-selectin gene using said transgenic non-human animal, and cultured cells obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Edgar Käslin, Marcel Luyten, Hans-Günter Zerwes
  • Patent number: 6384046
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of 40-O-(2-hydroxy)ethyl-rapamycin for the prevention or treatment of neointimal proliferation and thickening, restenosis, and vascular occlusion following vascular injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Walter Schuler, Hendrik J. Schuurman, Gisbert Weckbecker, Hans-Günter Zerwes