Patents by Inventor Jack Hwekwo Yen

Jack Hwekwo Yen 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).

  • Protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 6331542
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Carr, Renee Louise Desjarlais, Timothy Francis Gallagher, Stacie Marie Halbert, Hye-Ja Oh, Scott Kevin Thompson, Daniel Frank Veber, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Jack Hwekwo Yen
  • Protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 6232342
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease, hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting and bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Carr, Renee Louise Desjarlais, Timothy Francis Gallagher, Stacie Marie Halbert, Hye-Ja Oh, Scott Kevin Thompson, Daniel Frank Veber, Dennis Shinji Yamashita, Jack Hwekwo Yen