Patents by Inventor Harold B. Wood

Harold B. Wood 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: 20230165932
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A, X, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Hubert Josien, Abbas Walji, Harold B. WOOD, Fa-Xiang Ding, Jian Liu, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Liangqin Guo
  • Publication number: 20230159592
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, or a salt thereof: where A, B, D, X, R1, R2 and R8 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Hubert B. Josien, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Ling Tong, Abbas M. Walji, Anilkumar G. Nair, Fa-Xiang Ding, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Chengwei Wu, Yusheng Xiong, Sookhee Nicole HA, Jian Liu, Sobhana Babu Boga
  • Publication number: 20230144324
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (I) wherein A, A1, A2, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hubert JOSIEN, Jian LIU, Thomas Joseph TUCKER, Abbas M. WALJI, Harold B. WOOD
  • Patent number: 11484565
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A, X, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Hubert Josien, Abbas Walji, Harold B. Wood, Fa-Xiang Ding, Jian Liu, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Liangqin Guo
  • Patent number: 11427616
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, or a salt thereof: where A, B, D, X, R1, R2 and R8 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Hubert B. Josien, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Ling Tong, Abbas M. Walji, Anilkumar G. Nair, Fa-Xiang Ding, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Chengwei Wu, Yusheng Xiong, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Jian Liu, Sobhana Babu Boga
  • Patent number: 11174248
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazole compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1A, R1B, X, Y, RZ and R2 are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John Acton, David Annunziato Candito, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Hakan Gunaydin, Blair T. Lapointe, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Barbara Pio, Vladimir Simov, Harold B. Wood
  • Patent number: 11161854
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazolyl-spiro[2.2]pentane-carbonitrile derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Annunziato Candito, Thomas H. Graham, John Acton, Ryan Wing-Kun Chau, Joanna L. Chen, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Anmol Gulati, Hakan Gunaydin, Solomon Kattar, Mitchell Henry Keylor, Blair T. Lapointe, Ping Liu, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Vladimir Simov, Ling Tong, Harold B. Wood
  • Publication number: 20210188818
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazole compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1A, R1B, X, Y, RZ and R2 are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John Acton, David Annunziato Candito, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Hakan Gunaydin, Blair T. Lapointe, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Barbara Pio, Vladimir Simov, Harold B. Wood
  • Publication number: 20210188863
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazolyl-spiro[2.2]pentane-carbonitrile derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Annunziato Candito, Thomas H. Graham, John Acton, Ryan Wing-Kun Chau, Joanna L. Chen, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Anmol Gulati, Hakan Gunaydin, Solomon Kattar, Mitchell Henry Keylor, Blair T. Lapointe, Ping Liu, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Vladimir Simov, Ling Tong, Harold B. Wood
  • Publication number: 20210069288
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A, X, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hubert Josien, Abbas Walji, Harold B. Wood, Fa-Xiang Ding, Jian Liu, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Liangqin Guo
  • Publication number: 20190389909
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, or a salt thereof: where A, B, D, X, R1, R2 and R8 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Hubert B. Josien, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Ling Tong, Abbas M. Walji, Anilkumar G. Nair, Fa-Xiang Ding, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Chengwei Wu, Yusheng Xiong, Sookhee Nicole HA, Jian Liu, Sobhana Babu Boga
  • Patent number: 10351558
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dongfang Meng, Hong Li, Meng Yang, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Sunita V. Dewnani, Tianying Jian, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Ting Zhang, Louis-Charles Campeau, Harold B. Wood, Jiayi Xu, Richard Berger, Jane Yang Wu, Robert K. Orr, Shawn P. Walsh, Bart Harper
  • Patent number: 10189819
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Mochida Paraceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting Zhang, Yi-Heng Chen, Liangqin Guo, Alan Hruza, Tianying Jian, Bing Li, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, Edward C. Sherer, Harold B. Wood, Isao Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20180353507
    Abstract: Use of a GPR119 agonist in the prevention or treatment of hypoglycemia is disclosed, addition, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations of a GPR1 19 agonist with insulin, insulin analog, insulin secretagogue or or other drug(s) that reduces plasma glucose levels to below 70 mg/dL described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David E. Kelley, Ping Liu, Harold B. Wood, Scott D. Edmondson, Hideo Makimura, Xiaoyan Li, Timothy Joseph Kowalski
  • Publication number: 20180030036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ting Zhang, Yi-Heng Chen, Liangqin Guo, Alan Hruza, Tianying Jian, Bing Li, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, Edward C. Sherer, Harold B. Wood, Isao Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20180022747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing unstable angina, refractory angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, atrial fibrillation, thrombotic stroke, embolic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, ocular build up of fibrin, and reocclusion or restenosis of recanalized vessels. The compounds are selective Factor IXa inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dongfang Meng, Hong Li, Meng Yang, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Sunita V. Dewnani, Tianying Jian, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Ting Zhang, Louis-Charles Campeau, Harold B. Wood, Jiayi Xu, Richard Berger, Jane Yang Wu, Robert K. Orr, Shawn P. Walsh, Bart Harper
  • Patent number: 9862716
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I) which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Mark E. Fraley, Andrew J. Cooke, Craig A. Stump, Yi-Heng Chen, Xu-Fang Zhang, Casey C. McComas, Kathy Schirripa, Melody McWherter, Swati P. Mercer, Keith P. Moore, Ping Liu, Harold B. Wood, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Douglas C. Beshore
  • Patent number: 9862707
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I) which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Harold B. Wood, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Zhiqi Qi
  • Patent number: 9815846
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to six membered heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I), which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Mark E. Fraley, Andrew J. Cooke, Craig A. Stump, Yi-Heng Chen, Xu-Fang Zhang, Casey C. McComas, Kathy Schirripa, Melody McWherter, Swati P. Mercer, Kerim Babaoglu, Dongfang Meng, Jane Wu, Ping Liu, Harold B. Wood, Jianming Bao, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Zhiqi Qi
  • Publication number: 20170114056
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I) which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Mark E. Fraley, Andrew J. Cooke, Craig A. Stump, Yi- Heng Chen, Xu-Fang Zhang, Casey C. McComas, Kathy Schirripa, Melody McWherter, Swati P. Mercer, Keith P. Moore, Ping Liu, Harold B. Wood, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Douglas C. Beshore