Patents by Inventor Herve Schaffhauser

Herve Schaffhauser 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: 20230322885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of recombinant polynucleic acid constructs comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding an siRNA capable of binding to a target mRNA and at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding a gene of interest. Also disclosed herein is use of the compositions in treating cancers and in simultaneously modulating expression of two or more genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Antony SELVARAJ, Friedrich METZGER, Kiaas Pieter ZUIDEVELD, Hervé SCHAFFHAUSER, Petra HILLMANN-WÜLLNER
  • Publication number: 20220389423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of recombinant polynucleic acid constructs comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding an siRNA capable of binding to a target mRNA and at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding a gene of interest. Also disclosed herein is use of the compositions in treating a disease or a condition and in simultaneously modulating expression of two or more genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Antony SELVARAJ, Friedrich Metzger, Hervé Schaffhauser, Petra HILLMANN-WÜLLNER
  • Publication number: 20220002364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mRNA comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein and a signal peptide and a transcription unit, an expression vector or a gene therapy vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a protein and a signal peptide. Also disclosed herein is a therapeutic composition comprising said mRNA, transcription unit, expression vector or gene therapy vector and use of the therapeutic composition in treating a disease or a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Antony SELVARAJ, Hervé SCHAFFHAUSER, Friedrich METZGER
  • Patent number: 9932335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, Y1, Y2, X, R and n are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Theresa Maria Ballard, Emmanuel Pinard, Herve Schaffhauser, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Thomas Ryckmans, Alexander Flohr
  • Patent number: 9708259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, racemic mixtures or the corresponding enantiomers and optical isomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, pain and sleep disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Theresa M. Ballard, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Emmanuel Pinard, Thomas Ryckmans, Herve Schaffhauser, Jean-Baptiste Blanc
  • Publication number: 20160207885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein A is R is lower alkyl, —(CH2)z-C3-7-cycloalkyl or —(CH2)z—C4-6-heterocycloalkyl, which are optionally substituted by one to three hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen, or is (endo)-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Theresa M. Ballard, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Emmanuel Pinard, Thomas Ryckmans, Herve Schaffhauser
  • Patent number: 9394311
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (Ia) and (Ib) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Bernd Kuhn, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph, Herve Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20160194321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1 halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, phenyl, C(O)NHCH3, C(O)NH2, lower alkyl substituted by halogen or is a five-membered heteroaryl group, optionally substituted by lower alkyl; Y1 is N or CH; Y2 is CH; and if Y1 is CH, Y1 and Y2 may form together with the C-atoms to which they are attached a ring, containing —CH?N—N(CH3)—, —CH?N—N(H)—; X is CH or N; R is (CH2)m-cycloalkyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl, or is tetrahydropyran, optionally substituted by hydroxy, or is lower alkoxy, substituted by hydroxy, or is lower alkyl substituted by one or two hydroxy, or is (CH2)m-pyridinyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, or is L-phenyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, and L is a bond, —CH(CH2OH)— or —CH2CH(OH)—; n is 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Theresa Maria BALLARD, Emmanuel PINARD, Herve SCHAFFHAUSER, Katrin GROEBKE ZBINDEN, Thomas RYCKMANS, Alexander FLOHR
  • Publication number: 20150148332
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (Ia) and (Ib) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Bernd Kuhn, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph, Herve Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20080206786
    Abstract: A trace amine receptor 1 has been isolated from the genome of Cercopithecus aethiops (African green monkey). Described is the amino acid sequence of the receptor, the nucleic acid encoding the receptor, and methods for using the receptor to identify analytes that are agonists or antagonists of the receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Eben Massari, Herve Schaffhauser, Satoshi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7368541
    Abstract: A trace amine receptor 1 has been isolated from the genome of Cercopithecus aethiops (African green monkey). Described is the amino acid sequence of the receptor, the nucleic acid encoding the receptor, and methods for using the receptor to identify analytes that are agonists or antagonists of the receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Eben Massari, Herve Schaffhauser, Satoshi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20060147923
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to mutant forms of mGluR2 and mGluR3 that are shown to affect the binding of modulators of said receptors. The invention discloses polypeptides comprising the mutations, and nucleic acid sequences that encodes said polypeptides, and methods of using said polypeptides and nucleic acids sequences to identify, predict and evaluate specific, selective modulators whose association to mGlu2 or mGlur3 is effected by said mutations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Lorrie Daggett, Sylvia Morales, Herve Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20060115858
    Abstract: A trace amine receptor 1 has been isolated from the genome of Cercopithecus aethiops (African green monkey). Described is the amino acid sequence of the receptor, the nucleic acid encoding the receptor, and methods for using the receptor to identify analytes that are agonists or antagonists of the receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Massari, Herve Schaffhauser, Satoshi Ozaki