Patents by Inventor Joanne M. Holland
Joanne M. Holland 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).
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Patent number: 7816375Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Publication number: 20090258901Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Ahao
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Patent number: 7517892Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 7446115Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel peptidomometic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel peptidomimetic compounds as ligands—agonists or antagonists—for various cellular receptors, e.g., G-protein-coupled receptors and opioid receptors, and various cellular ion channels, e.g., sodium and calcium. In certain embodiments, compounds of the present invention preferentially or selectively inhibit sodium or calcium ion channels. In certain embodiments, compounds of the present invention preferentially or selectively agonize or antagonize ? opioid receptors. In certain embodiments, compounds of the present invention preferentially or selectively inhibit sodium or calcium ion channels and agonize or antagonize ?-opioid receptors.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Persons, Joanne M. Holland, James R. Hauske
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Patent number: 7294637Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating of drug addiction or drug dependence in a mammal, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapuetically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound, e.g., a 3-substituted piperidine. In a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention treats cocaine addiction or methamphetamine addiction.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike S. Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 7132551Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike S. Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 7115664Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel peptidomimetic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel peptidomimetic compounds as ligands—agonists or antagonists—for various cellular receptors, e.g., G-protein-coupled receptors and opioid receptors, and various cellular ion channels, e.g., sodium and calcium. In certain embodiments, compounds of the present invention preferentially or selectively inhibit sodium or calcium ion channels. In certain embodiments, compounds of the present invention preferentially or selectively agonize or antagonize $gm opioid receptors.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Persons, Joanne M. Holland, James Hauske
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Patent number: 7087623Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including G-protein coupled receptors. A third aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors or transporters. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Michele L. R. Heffernan, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke
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Patent number: 7030122Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various cellular receptors, including serotonin receptors and dopamine receptors. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, analgesia, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, restless leg syndrome, sleeping disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, premature ejaculation, menstrual dysphoria syndrome, urinary incontinence, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, psychiatric disorders, stroke, and senile dementia.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Heike S. Radeke
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Publication number: 20040235913Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including G-protein coupled receptors. A third aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors or transporters. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Michele L.R. Heffernan, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke
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Publication number: 20040152667Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). A third aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian kinases.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland
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Publication number: 20040077706Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 6699866Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including G-protein coupled receptors. A third aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors or transporters. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Michele L. R. Heffernan, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke
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Publication number: 20040038983Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various cellular receptors, including serotonin receptors and dopamine receptors. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, analgesia, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, restless leg syndrome, sleeping disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, premature ejaculation, menstrual dysphoria syndrome, urinary incontinence, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, psychiatric disorders, stroke, and senile dementia.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Heike S. Radeke
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Publication number: 20030105071Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including G-protein coupled receptors. A third aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors or transporters. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for mammalian dopamine, muscarinic or serotonin receptors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Michele L.R. Heffernan, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke
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Publication number: 20030050309Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2001Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao