Patents by Inventor John A. Secrist, III

John A. Secrist, III 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: 9433621
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Francisco Velazquez, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, John A. Secrist, III, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Ling Tong, Seong Heon Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Srikanth Venkatraman, Vishal Verma
  • Patent number: 8859589
    Abstract: Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Kamal N. Tiwari, Joseph A. Maddry
  • Publication number: 20140242027
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: Southern Research Institute, Merck Sharp & Dohne Corp.
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Francisco Velazquez, Vinay Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Hollis S. Kezer, Joseph Maddry, Robert C. REynold, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, John A. Secrist, III, Ling Tong, Seong Heon Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Srikanth Venkatraman, vishal Verma
  • Patent number: 8715638
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (A): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (A) and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19, R22, R23, and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Jeremy Clark, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 8697694
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Jeremy Clark, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Regina Huelgas, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, Feng Geng, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih, Vishal Verma, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman
  • Patent number: 8637485
    Abstract: The crystal structure of the complex of S-adenosylmethionine methyl ester with h?doMetDC F223A, a mutant where the stacking of the aromatic rings of F7, adenine and F223 would be eliminated. The structure of this mutant with the ester shows that the ligand still maintains a syn conformation aided by pi-pi interactions to F7, hydrogen bonds to the backbone of Glu67, and electrostatic interactions. Several series of AdoMet substrate analogues with a variety of substituents at the 8 position of adenine were synthesized and analyzed for their ability to inhibit hAdoMetDC. To understand these results, virtual modeling of the enzyme inhibitor complexes and the crystal structures of human AdoMetDC with 5?-deoxy-5?-[N-methyl-N-[2-(aminooxy)ethyl]amino-8-methyl]adenosine (MAOEMA) and 5?-deoxy-5?-[N-methyl-N-[4-(aminooxy)butyl]amino-8-ethyl]adenosine (MAOBEA) at the active site have been determined experimentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Southern Research Institute, Cornell University, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Steven Ealick, Shridhar Bale, Anthony E. Pegg, Diane E. McCloskey, Wayne C. Guida
  • Publication number: 20130288996
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula 1: wherein each R individually is H, an aliphatic acyl group or an aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro; are used to treat or prevent arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, William R. Waud, Zhican Qu, Xiangmin Cui
  • Patent number: 8541434
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and pro-drugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Ashok Arasappan, Frank Bennett, Jeremy Clark, Anita T. Fowler, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 8470834
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (I) and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19, and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20120149657
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer using certain 2?-fluoro arabino nucleosides is provided. Also provided are compounds represented by the formula: (I & A) wherein R is alkyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Anita T. Fowler, Kamal N. Tiwari
  • Publication number: 20120136017
    Abstract: Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Southern Research Institute Office of Commercialization and Intellectual Property
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Kamal N. Tiwari, Joseph A. Maddry
  • Patent number: 8178510
    Abstract: Patients suffering from cancer are treated by being administered a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each R individually is H or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro. The above compounds also inhibit DNA replication in mammalian cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Kamal N. Tiwari, John A. Montgomery, William L. Hinds, Jr., legal representative
  • Publication number: 20120107271
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (I) and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and pro-drugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Ashok Arasappan, Frank Bennett, Jeremy Clark, Anita T. Fowler, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20110318305
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Jeremy Clark, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Regina Huelgas, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, Feng Geng, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih, Vishal Verma, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman
  • Publication number: 20110301165
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula 1: wherein each R individually is H, an aliphatic acyl group or an aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro; are used to treat or prevent arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, William R. Waud, Zhican Qu, Xaingmin Cui
  • Publication number: 20110286965
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (A): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (A) and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19, R22, R23, and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Jeremy Clark, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20110286964
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (I) and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19, and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing dieases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20110218170
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formulae: wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of H, aliphatic acyl, aromatic acyl group, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof, solvates thereof and mixtures thereof; are used as inhibitors of DNA methyltransferase and for treating patients suffering from diseases resulting from or related to aberrant DNA methylation such as myelodysplastic syndromes and other cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Jaideep Thottassery, Kamal N. Tiwari, William B. Parker, John A. Secrist, III
  • Publication number: 20110009354
    Abstract: The crystal structure of the complex of S-adenosylmethionine methyl ester with h?doMetDC F223A, a mutant where the stacking of the aromatic rings of F7, adenine and F223 would be eliminated. The structure of this mutant with the ester shows that the ligand still maintains a syn conformation aided by pi-pi interactions to F7, hydrogen bonds to the backbone of Glu67, and electrostatic interactions. Several series of AdoMet substrate analogues with a variety of substituents at the 8 position of adenine were synthesized and analyzed for their ability to inhibit hAdoMetDC. To understand these results, virtual modeling of the enzyme inhibitor complexes and the crystal structures of human AdoMetDC with 5?-deoxy-5?-[N-methyl-N-[2-(aminooxy)ethyl]amino-8-methyl]adenosine (MAOEMA) and 5?-deoxy-5?-[N-methyl-N-[4-(aminooxy)butyl]amino-8-ethyl]adenosine (MAOBEA) at the active site have been determined experimentally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Steve Ealick, Shridhar Bale, Anthony E. Pegg, Diane E. McCloskey, Wayne C. Guida
  • Patent number: 7838508
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula 1: A is selected from the group consisting of wherein each R individually is H or acyl, Y is X, N3, NH2, monoalkylamino, or dialkylamino; Z is O or S; and X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, thioaryl, thioalkyl, allylamino, cyano and nitro; tautomers thereof; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided along with methods for their fabrication. Various of these compounds can be used as anticancer agents, or antiviral agents or to inhibit DNA replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: John A. Secrist, III, Kamal N. Tiwari, John A. Montgomery, William L. Hinds, Jr., legal representative