Patents by Inventor Helen Jane Bryant

Helen Jane Bryant 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: 7144887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in which R1 is generally hydrogen or CF3, R2 is generally hydrogen, W is a cyclic amine, a heterocycle or a group L-Y—X where L-Y is a linking portion and X is generally an aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycle, alkyl or alkylcarbonyl and Z is generally a heterocycle such as 5-methylisoxazol-3-yl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for enhancing cognition in conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use for manufacturing medicaments and methods of treatment using them
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod, Robert James Maxey
  • Publication number: 20030125333
    Abstract: 1 The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in which R1 is generally hydrogen or CF3, R2 is generally hydrogen, W is a cyclic amine, a heterocycle or a group L-Y-X where L-Y is a linking portion and X is generally an aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycle, alkyl or alkylcarbonyl and Z is generally a heterocycle such as 5-methylisoxazol-3-yl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for enhancing cognition in conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use for manufacturing medicaments and methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod, Robert James Maxey
  • Patent number: 6395905
    Abstract: 4-oxo-tetrahydroindozole-3-carboxamide compounds according to Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers
  • Patent number: 6395766
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition: where A is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, arylC1-6alkyl, or aryl wherein the aryl group is optionally substituted by halogen, C1-6alkyl, CF3, CN, NO2 or NH2, NR1R10, S(O)pR1, heteroarylC1-6alkyl or heteroaryl where heteroaryl is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring as defined for B; and B is phenyl or a 5-membered ring having one or two unsaturations containing 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms chosen from O, N and S provided that not more than one heteroatom is other than N, a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 nitrogen atoms, each of which rings is optionally substituted by one or more substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Howard Barff Broughton, Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Neil Roy Curtis
  • Patent number: 6355638
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, William Robert Carling, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod
  • Patent number: 6156761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein A, B, R2, R3 and q are as defined in the disclosure, pharmaceutical compositions containing them; methods for their production; their use in therapy and methods of treatment of disease states where cognition enhancement is required, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Sharpe & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs