Patents by Inventor Henning Böttcher

Henning Böttcher 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: 20060229339
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in which R has a meaning as indicated in claim 1, or one of their optical isomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, used for the treatment of extrapyramidal movement disorders and/or adverse effects in extrapyramidal movement disorders and/or for the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by neuroleptics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Henning Böttcher, Ralf Devant, Maria Devant, Gerd Bartoszyk, Hermann Russ, Frank Weber, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7084143
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 have the meaning given in Claim 1. Said compounds are potent 5-HT2A-antagonists and are suitable for the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, memory disorders. Parkinson's disease, amytrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders, e.g. nervous bulimia and anorexia and premenstrual syndrome and/or for positively influencing compulsive behaviors (obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Henning Boettcher, Christoph Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20060167078
    Abstract: Benzodioxepines of the formula (I) and physiologically tolerated salts and solvates thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, a and b have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are ligands of the 5HT1A receptors and/or the 5HT4 receptors with simultaneously strong serotonin reuptake inhibition. They can be employed for the treatment and prophylaxis of various diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Henning Boettcher, Kai Schiemann, Geunter Holzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Hartmut Greiner, Christoph Seyfried, Michel Brunet, Jean Zeiller, Jean Berthelon
  • Publication number: 20060063811
    Abstract: Novel indole derivatives of the formula (I), in which X, Y, R1, R1?, m and n have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim 1, have a strong affinity to the 5-HT1A and in some cases to the 5-HT1D receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Hoelzemann, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Henning Boettcher, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk
  • Patent number: 6960599
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic aminoalkylpyridine derivatives of the formula I: where R1 is the radical of a heterocycle having 1 to 3 ring structures, where each ring structure is saturated, unsaturated or aromatic and optionally fused to other ring structures to give a fused ring system and the heterocycle has a total of 1 to 4 N, O and/or S atoms in the ring structures and is optionally monosubstituted, disubstituted or trisubstituted by one or more of the groups -A, —OR4, —N(R4)2, —NO2, —CN, Hal, —COOR4, —CON(R4)2, —COR4, ?O; R2 is a phenyl group which is optionally monosubstituted, disubstituted, trisubstituted, tetrasubstituted or pentasubstituted by one or more of the groups Hal, -A, —O-A, —NO2 or —CN, or is a thienyl group which is optionally monosubstituted or disubstituted by one or more of the groups Hal, -A, —O-A, -NO2, —CN or thienyl; R3 is H, -A, —CO-A, —C(R4)2R2, —C(R4)2-pyridinediyl-R2; R4 is H or -A; A is C1-C6-alkyl, where 1 to 7 hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced by fluor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Henning Boettcher, Michael Arlt, Christoph Seyfried, Gerd Bartoszyk, Juergen Harting, Rudolf Gottschlich
  • Publication number: 20050176730
    Abstract: Amide and urea derivatives of the formula I R1—(CH2)n—(Y)q-(Z)r-CO—NH—R2 ??(I) in which R1, n, Y, q, Z, r and R2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are potent 5-HT1B/1D antagonists and exhibit 5-HT reuptake-inhibiting actions and are suitable for the treatment and prophylaxis of anxiety states, depressions, schizophrenia, compulsive ideas, tardive dyskinesias, learning disorders, age-dependent memory disorders, for positively affecting obsessive-compulsive behaviour (OCD), and also for the treatment and for the control of the sequelae of cerebral infarcts such as stroke and cerebral ischaemias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Van Amsterdam, Hartmut Greiner, Henning Boettcher, Gerd Bartoszyk, Juergen Harting, Lisa Matzen, Wilfried Rautenberg
  • Publication number: 20050153980
    Abstract: Substituted indoles of the formula (I) and physiologically acceptable derivatives and salts thereof, in which R1, D, E, R12, p, X1, E, G, X2 and Z are as defined in claim 1, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, especially 5HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5 HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions and in particular serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and can be employed as antipsychotics, neuroleptics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and/or antihypertonics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Henning Boettcher, Joachim Leibrock, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Gunter Hoelzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 6900212
    Abstract: 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of sub-type anxiety disorders chosen from the sub-types: panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress indication or generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, anorexia, and fibromyalgia. A preferred salts is 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried, Christoph Von Amsterdam, Henning Boettcher, Ewen Sedman
  • Publication number: 20050113386
    Abstract: 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of sub-type anxiety disorders chosen from the sub-types: panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress indication or generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, anorexia, and fibromyalgia. A preferred salt is 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried, Christoph Von Amsterdam, Henning Boettcher, Ewen Sedman
  • Publication number: 20050096330
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 have the meaning given in Claim 1. Said compounds are potent 5-HT2A-antagonists and are suitable for the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, memory disorders. Parkinson's disease, amyntrophic lateral schlerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders, e.g. nervous bulimia and anorexia and premenstrual syndrome and/or for positively influencing compulsive behaviours (obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Henning Boettcher, Hartmut Greiner, Juergen Harting, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried, Christoph van Amsterdam
  • Publication number: 20050075269
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which D, R1, R2 and n are defined in Claim 1, are potent 5-HT1A agonists and 5-HT reuptake inhibitors and are suitable for the treatment of depression, anxiety states, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorders, psychiatric illnesses, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischaemia, tension states, side-effects in the treatment of high blood pressure, for the prophylaxis and therapy of cerebral illnesses, acromegaly, hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhoea, premenstrual syndrome, undesired puerperal lactation, pain, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, bipolar illnesses, mania, dementia, addiction illnesses, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, obesity or fibromyalgia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Henning Böttcher, Christoph van Amsterdam, Wilfried Rautenberg, Gerd Bartoszyk
  • Publication number: 20050026927
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives of Formula (I), in which R?1, X, Z and n have the meanings indicated above, their preparation and their use as psychopharmaceuticals and/or as active compounds of medicaments for the treatment and prophylaxis of movement disorders and/or for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of adverse effects of anti-Parkinsonian drugs in extrapyramidal movement disorders and/or for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by neuroleptics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Henning Boettcher, Christoph Seyfried, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk
  • Patent number: 6838461
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R4 and R5 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are potent 5-HT2A antagonists and are suitable for the treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, memory disorders, Parkingson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders such as bulimia, nervous anorexia, premenstrual syndrome and/or for positively affecting compulsive behavior (obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Henning Boettcher, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 6762300
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of 5-(1-piperazinyl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide in which, as intermediate step, 5-bromosalicylaldehyde or one of its derivatives is reacted in a transition metal-catalysed amination with R2-piperazine, in which R2 is as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Steffen Emmert, Bernd Helfert, Henning Boettcher
  • Patent number: 6756370
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and A have the meanings given in claim 1, are potent 5-HT2A antagonists and are suitable for treating psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, impaired memory, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, Pre-Menstrual Syndrome and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorders, (OCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Prücher, Henning Böttcher, Karl-August Ackermann, Rudolf Gottschlich, Christoph van Amsterdam, Christoph Seyfried, Jürgen Harting, Gerd Bartoszyk, Hartmut Greiner
  • Patent number: 6737426
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) where R1 and R2 independently of one another are H, —R6, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, —(CH2)n—R7, —(CH2)n—O—R6, —(CH2)n—NH2, —(CH2)n—NHR6, —(CH2)—N(R6)2, C2-C6-alkenyl or, where appropriate, together form a mononuclear saturated heterocycle having one or two nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulfur atoms, R3 and R4 independently of one another are H, —R6, —CF3, —NO2, —Hal, —OH, —O—R6, —NH2, —NH—R6 or —N(R6)2, R5 is a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or unsaturated heterocycle having one or two nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulfur atoms which may be mono- or disubstituted by R6, —CF3, —NO2, —Hal, —OH, —O—R6, —NH2, —NH—R6 or —N(R6)2, and R6 is C1-C6-alkyl, R7 is R3- and/or R4-substituted phenyl, n is 0 to 2, and physiologically acceptable salts or solvates thereo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Gericke, Henning Böttcher, Michael Gassen, Hartmut Greiner
  • Patent number: 6723725
    Abstract: Indole derivatives of formula I, their salts and solvates, have valuable pharmacological properties together with good tolerability, as they have actions on the central nervous system: wherein R1 and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds have a strong affinity for 5-HT2A receptors, and furthermore exhibit 5HT2A receptor-antagonistic properties. These are therefore suitable both in veterinary and in human medicine for the treatment of functional disorders of the central nervous system and also of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Henning Böttcher, Joachim März, Hartmut Greiner, Jürgen Harting, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried, Christoph van Amsterdam
  • Publication number: 20040019044
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic aminoalkylpyridine derivatives of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Henning Boettcher, Michael Arlt, Christoph Seyfried, Gerd Bartoszyk, Juergen Harting, Rudolf Gottschlich
  • Publication number: 20030130287
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Karl-August Ackermann, Henning Boettcher, Helmut Pruecher, Christoph V. Amsterdam, Christoph Seyfried, Hartmug Greiner, Gerd Bartoszyk, Juergen Harting
  • Publication number: 20030125558
    Abstract: 1. Process for the preparation of 5-(1-piperazinyl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide in which, as intermediate step, 5-bromosalicylaldehyde or one of its derivatives is reacted in a transition metal-catalysed amination with R2-piperazine, in which R2 is as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Steffen Emmert, Bernd Helfert, Henning Boettcher