Patents by Inventor Heather Rae Hufnagel

Heather Rae Hufnagel 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).

  • Patent number: 8513229
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I): wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui
  • Patent number: 8450304
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a CCR2 mediated syndrome, disorder or disease, for example, type II diabetes, obesity or asthma, by administering the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui, Barry Fegely, David Breslin
  • Patent number: 8324186
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Zhihua Sui
  • Patent number: 8269015
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Chaozhong Cai, James C. Lanter, Thomas P. Markotan, Zhihua Sui
  • Patent number: 8173654
    Abstract: The invention is directed to triazolopyridazine compounds of Formula I: where R1, R5, R6, R7, R8, and A are as defined herein, the use of such compounds as protein tyrosine kinase modulators, particularly inhibitors of c-Met, and the use of such compounds to reduce or inhibit kinase activity of c-Met in a cell or a subject, and modulate c-Met expression in a cell or subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to c-Met. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Richard Alexander, Richard W. Connors, Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert A. Galemmo, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Dana L. Johnson, Ehab Khalil, Kristi A. Leonard, Thomas P. Markotan, Anna C. Maroney, Jan L. Sechler, Jeremy M. Travins, Robert W. Tuman
  • Publication number: 20120040960
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I): wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui
  • Patent number: 8030305
    Abstract: The invention is directed to triazolopyridazine compounds of Formula I: where R1, R5, R6, R7, R8, and A are as defined herein, the use of such compounds as protein tyrosine kinase modulators, particularly inhibitors of c-Met, and the use of such compounds to reduce or inhibit kinase activity of c-Met in a cell or a subject, and modulate c-Met expression in a cell or subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to c-Met. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Richard Alexander, Richard W. Connors, Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert A. Galemmo, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Dana L. Johnson, Ehab Khalil, Kristi A. Leonard, Thomas P. Markotan, Anna C. Maroney, Jan L. Sechler, Jeremy M. Travins, Robert W. Tuman
  • Publication number: 20100267668
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20100267689
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I): wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20100267688
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Chaozhong Cai, James C. Lanter, Thomas P. Markotan, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20100144695
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a CCR2 mediated syndrome, disorder or disease, for example, type II diabetes, obesity or asthma, by administering the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui, Barry Fegely, David Breslin
  • Publication number: 20090098181
    Abstract: The invention is directed to triazolopyridazine compounds of Formula I: where R1, R5, R6, R7, R8, and A are as defined herein, the use of such compounds as protein tyrosine kinase modulators, particularly inhibitors of c-Met, and the use of such compounds to reduce or inhibit kinase activity of c-Met in a cell or a subject, and modulate c-Met expression in a cell or subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to c-Met. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Richard Alexander, Richard W. Connors, Maxwell D. Cummings, Robert A. Galemmo, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Dana L. Johnson, Ehab Khalil, Kristi A. Leonard, Thomas P. Markotan, Anna C. Maroney, Jan L. Sechler, Jeremy M. Travins, Robert W. Tuman
  • Patent number: 7482376
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to conjugated complement cascade inhibitors, and a method of treating a patient using a conjugated complement cascade inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nalin Subasinghe, Ehab Khalil, Farah Ali, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Shelley Ballentine, Jeremy M. Travins, Kristi A. Leonard, Roger F. Bone
  • Publication number: 20070203136
    Abstract: The invention is directed to triazolopyridazine compounds of Formula I: where R1, R5, R6, R7, R8, and A are as defined herein, the use of such compounds as protein tyrosine kinase modulators, particularly inhibitors of c-Met, and the use of such compounds to reduce or inhibit kinase activity of c-Met in a cell or a subject, and modulate c-Met expression in a cell or subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to c-Met. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Tianbao Lu, Richard Alexander, Richard Connors, Maxwell Cummings, Robert Galemmo, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Dana Johnson, Ehab Khalil, Kristi Leonard, Thomas Markotan, Anna Maroney, Jan Sechler, Jeremy Travins, Robert Tuman
  • Patent number: 7109354
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating the symptoms of an acute or chronic disorder mediated by the classical pathway of the complement cascade, comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a solvate, hydrate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R7 are defined in the specification, Z is SO or SO2, and Ar is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nalin Subasinghe, Ehab Khalil, Kristi Leonard, Farah Ali, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Jeremy M. Travins, Shelley K. Ballentine, Kenneth T. Wilson, Maxwell D. Cummings, Wenxi Pan, Joan Gushue, Sanath Meegalla, Mark Wall, Jinsheng Chen, M. Jonathan Rudolph, Hui Huang
  • Publication number: 20040009995
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating the symptoms of an acute or chronic disorder mediated by the classical pathway of the complement cascade, comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nalin Subasinghe, Ehab Khalil, Kristi Leonard, Farah Ali, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Jeremy M. Travins, Shelley K. Ballentine, Kenneth T. Wilson, Maxwell D. Cummings, Wenxi Pan, Joan Gushue, Sanath Meegalla, Mark Wall, Jinsheng Chen, M. Jonathan Rudolph, Hui Huang