Patents by Inventor Hongjun Zhang

Hongjun Zhang 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: 11034661
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Kun Liu, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Ravi Nargund, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Qinglin Pu, Derun Li, Abdelghani Achab, Guoqing Li
  • Publication number: 20210161896
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Alexander Pasternak, Li Xiao, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210163505
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Jared N. Cumming, Christian Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10995085
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, Abdelghani Achab, Yongqi Deng, Xavier Fradera, Craig Gibeau, Brett A. Hopkins, Derun Li, Kun Liu, Meredeth A. McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, David Sloman, Catherine White, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 10988487
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Formula (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Abdelghani Achab, Purakkattle Biju, Timothy A. Cernak, Yongqi Deng, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Derun Li, Guoqing Li, Qinglin Pu, Zhi-Cai Shi, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10927086
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Dane Clausen, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Derun Li, Qinglin Pu, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210040127
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula I act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Matthew L. Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Christian A. Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Hakan Gunaydin, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, Qinglin Pu, David L. Sloman, Sung-Sau So, Chunrui Sun, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210017543
    Abstract: Provided for the first time in the present invention is a method for preparing a non-human primate somatic cell cloned animal, which method specifically comprises the steps of: (i) providing a reconstructed egg, wherein the egg comes from the non-human primate (ii) activating the reconstructed egg to form an activated reconstructed egg or activated reconstructed embryo formed by the reconstructed egg; (iii) reprogramming (a) the activated reconstructed egg or (b) embryonic cells of the activated reconstructed embryo to obtain a reprogrammed reconstructed egg or reprogrammed reconstructed embryo; and (iv) regenerating the reprogrammed reconstructed egg or reprogrammed reconstructed embryo to obtain the non-human primate somatic cell cloned animal. The method of the present invention can significantly improve the developmental capacity of nucleus-transplanted embryos in non-human primates (such as monkeys).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Qiang SUN, Zhen LIU, Hongjun ZHANG, Yijun CAI, Zhaodi LIAO, Yuting XU, Yan WANG, Yanhong NIE
  • Publication number: 20200399685
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and materials for determining if antibiotic resistant H. pylori is present in a sample. The methods may comprise obtaining a threshold level of H. pylori DNA from the sample, amplifying a region of the H. pylori DNA to generate multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA, sequencing the multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA, comparing sequences of multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA to a reference sequence, identifying the presence of a mutation in multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA, and determining a number of the multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA with the mutation, wherein antibiotic resistant H. pylori is present in the sample when the number of the multiple copies of the region of the H. pylori DNA with the mutation is above a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hongjun ZHANG, Yi ZHOU, Rajarao KAKUTURU
  • Patent number: 10845490
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for heat transfer and cooling in PET. The system may include a gantry including a gantry forming a detection tunnel; a detector mounted to the gantry, and positioned in a circumference of the detection tunnel; a heat transfer device thermally coupled with the detector and configured to transfer heat generated by the detector; and a cooling device thermally coupled to the heat transfer device, and configured to cool the heat transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Yan, Wei Zhang, Huawei Jiang, Shigang Su, Miao Li, Hongjun Zhang, Weiping Liu
  • Publication number: 20200290996
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Catherine M. White, Abdelghani Achab, Indu T. Bharathan, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Derun Li, Jongwon Lim, Kun Liu, Meredeth Ann McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200277252
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (Formula (I)). Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Meredeth Ann McGowan, Abdelghani Achab, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Derun Li, Jongwon Lim, Kun Liu, Nunzio Sciammetta, Catherine M. White, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200231606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Formula (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Abdelghani Achab, Purakkattle Biju, Timothy A. Cernak, Yongqi Deng, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Derun Li, Guoqing Li, Qinglin Pu, Zhi-Cai Shi, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200230117
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted imidazopyridine compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and/or tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) enzymes: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO- and/or TDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO- and/or TDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: IOMet Pharma Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Phillip M. Cowley, Meredeth Ann McGowan, Thomas J. Brown, Yongxin Han, Kun Liu, Qinglin Pu, Alan Wise, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200216425
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, Abdelghani Achab, Yongqi Deng, Xavier Fradera, Craig Gibeau, Brett A. Hopkins, Derun Li, Kun Liu, Meredeth A. McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, David Sloman, Catherine White, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 10689369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Blair T. Lapointe, Peter H. Fuller, Hakan Gunaydin, Kun Liu, Mark E. Scott, B. Wesley Trotter, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10647705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, Abdelghani Achab, Yongqi Deng, Xavier Fradera, Craig Gibeau, Brett A. Hopkins, Derun Li, Kun Liu, Meredeth A. McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, David Sloman, Catherine White, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200102278
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Kun Liu, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Ravi Nargund, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Qinglin Pu, Derun Li, Abdelghani Achab, Guoqing Li
  • Publication number: 20200095212
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Dane Clausen, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Derun Li, Qinglin Pu, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10584121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hongjun Zhang, Kenneth Jay Barr, Blair T. Lapointe, Hakan Gunaydin, Kun Liu, B. Wesley Trotter