Patents by Inventor Henning Bottcher

Henning Bottcher 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: 7981894
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystaline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 7968551
    Abstract: Chromenoneindole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R, A and B are as defined in Claim 1, and pharmaceutically usable prodrugs, derivatives, solvates, stereoisomers and salts thereof, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, in particular 5-HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5-HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions. They are distinguished by particularly high bioavailability and particularly high inhibition of 5-HT reuptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Timo Heinrich, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7834020
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 7829565
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), the use thereof for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases associated with the serotonin receptor and/or serotonin reuptake, in particular for the preparation of a medicament as anxiolytic, antidepressant, neuroleptic and/or antihypertonic and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), sleeping disorders, tardive dyskinesia, learning disorders, age-dependent memory disorders, eating disorders, such as bulimia, and/or sexual dysfunctions. The compounds bind to the 5-HT1A receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Henning Böttcher, Kai Schiemann, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7741343
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in Claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsive behavior, premenstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence, strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterized by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock
  • Publication number: 20100016332
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystaline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20090291963
    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: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Oliver SCHADT, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7618988
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Henning Böttcher, Ralf Devant, Maria Devant, legal representative, Gerd Bartoszyk, Hermann Russ, Frank Weber, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7572796
    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. They can furthermore be employed as excitatory amino acid antagonists for combating neurodegenerative diseases, including cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cerebral ischaemia, infarction or psychoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20090054459
    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, anxiolyties and/or antihypertonics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Henning Bottcher, Joachim Leibrock, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Gunter Holzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7482465
    Abstract: The invention relates to indol derivatives of Formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, X, A, n, m and p have the meanings indicated above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Hölzemann, Helene Crassier, Henning Böttcher, Timo Heinrich, Kai Schiemann, Joachim Leibrock, Chrisoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20090023749
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Bottcher
  • Patent number: 7432282
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Günter Hölzemann, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7425574
    Abstract: Novel benzofuranoxyethylamines of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim (1), which have a strong affinity to the 5 HT1A receptors and/or 5HT1D receptors. The compounds inhibit serotonin reuptake, exhibit serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and are suitable as antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, neuroleptics and/or antihypertonics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Günter Hölzemann, Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Timo Heinrich, Christoph Seyfried, Joachim Leibrock, Chrisoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk
  • Patent number: 7381726
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20080051394
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in Claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, premenstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence, strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Bottcher, Joachim Leibrock
  • Publication number: 20070259887
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as given in claim 1, and their pharmaceutically tolerable derivatives, solvates and stereoisomers and their use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical for inhibiting the formation of polyQ-aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: HENNING BOTTCHER, Christian Herhaus, Gerhard Barnickel, Erich Wanker, Volker Heiser, Hans Lehrach, Wolfgang Broecker, Ilona Dunkel
  • Patent number: 7291633
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsvie behaviour, premenstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence, strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock
  • Patent number: 7279496
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in Claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, pre-menstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence. Strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock
  • Patent number: 7262216
    Abstract: Novel benzofuran derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, X, Y, Z and m have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim 1, they have a strong affinity to the 5-HT1A receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Günter Hölzemann, Henning Böttcher, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried