Patents by Inventor John H. Musser

John H. Musser 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: 5120725
    Abstract: A bicyclic derivative of rapamycin of general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## n=2 to 10, m=2 to 10 andn=m or n.noteq.mor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is by virtue of its immunosuppressive activity is useful in treating transplantation rejection host vs. graft disease, autoimmune diseases, and diseases of inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Wenling Kao, Robert L. Vogel, John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 5118678
    Abstract: A compound of the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently, hydrogen or --CONH(CR.sup.3 R.sup.4).sub.n --X;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen, or trifluoromethyl;X ix hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, alkoxy, carboalkoxy, aralkyl, halo, dialkylamino, thioalkyl, or Y;Y is a phenyl group which may be optionally mono-, di-, or tri- substituted with a group selected from alkyl, aralkyl, alkoxy, cyano, halo, nitro, carbalkoxy, trifluoromethyl, dialkylamino, or alkylthio;n=0-5;with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not both hydrogen and when n=0, X is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or Y;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof when X is dialkylamino, which by virtue of its immunosuppressive activity is useful in treating transplantation rejection, host vs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Wenling Kao, Robert L. Vogel, John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 5103014
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## Y is ##STR3## Z is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n O--, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n S--, ##STR4## R.sup.1 is ##STR5## n is 0-5; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or halo;R.sup.3 is ##STR6## W represents a bond or --O--, --S-- or ##STR7## m is 1-15; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluroloweralkyl, polyfluroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR8## R.sup.6 is hydrogen lower alkyl, --COOR.sup.4 or ##STR9## R.sup.7 is OR.sup.4 or N(R.sup.4).sub.2 ; R.sup.8 is OR.sup.4 or N(R.sup.4).sub.2 ;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstruction airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Reinhold H. W. Bender, Anthony F. Kreft, III, James A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 5084575
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein a is alkyl 3-19 carbon atoms, diloweralkyl allyl, diahaloallyl, diphenylallyl, lower alkynyl, ##STR2## W is --CR.sub.2 O--, --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.CHCH.sub.2 O-- X is N or CR;Z is ##STR3## R is hydrogen or lower alkyl; Y is ##STR4## R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together form a benzene ring, optionally substituted by halo;R.sup.3 is --OR, ##STR5## -- NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.4 ; R.sup.4 is phenyl or loweralkyl substituted phenyl;R.sup.5 is halo;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as alelrgic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, in psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis as well as in other immediate hypersensitivity reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony F. Kreft, III., John H. Musser, James J. Bicksler, John W. Giberson, Dennis M. Kubrak, Annette L. Banker
  • Patent number: 5071988
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formulaA(CH.sub.2).sub.n O--BwhereinA is ##STR1## n is 1-2; B is ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each, independently, hydrogen or lower alkyl;R.sup.6 is hydrogen, halo or nitro; ##STR3## R.sup.8 is lower alkyl; m is 0-3;and the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis and other immediate hypersensitivity reactions; in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated nasobronchial obstructive air-passageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like; and as gastric cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Amedeo A. Failli, Anthony F. Kreft, III, John H. Musser, Annette L. Banker, James A. Nelson, Uresh S. Shah
  • Patent number: 5023262
    Abstract: A derivative of rapamycin where one, two, or three of the double bonds at the 1-,3-, or 5-positions of rapamycin have been reduced to the corresponding alkane, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which by virtue of its antifungal activity is useful in treating fungal infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Craig E. Caufield, John H. Musser, James M. Rinker
  • Patent number: 5021576
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydroxy, lower alkoxy or lower alkoxyamino;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or A(CH.sub.2).sub.n O--;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or A(CH.sub.2).sub.n O--, with the proviso that one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is A(CH.sub.2).sub.n O-- and the other is hydrogen;n is 1-2;A is phenoxyethyl, phenoxyphenyl or a group having the formula ##STR2## X is --N-- or ##STR3## Z is ##STR4## R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 taken together form a benzene ring;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Amedeo A. Failli, Anthony F. Kreft, III, John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 4960892
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is alkyl of 3-19 carbon atoms, diloweralkyl allyl, dihaloallyl, diphenylallyl, lower alkynyl, ##STR2## X is N or CR; Z is ##STR3## R is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together form a benzene ring;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, in psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis as well as in other immediate hypersensitivity reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony F. Kreft, III, John H. Musser, James J. Bicksler, John W. Giberson, Dennis M. Kubrak
  • Patent number: 4942236
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## n is 0-5; R.sup.2 is, independently, hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, trifluoromethyl or halo; ##STR2## W represents a bond or ##STR3## m is 1-15; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluoroloweralkyl, polyfluoroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR4## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, and as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Reinhold H. W. Bender, Anthony F. Kreft, III
  • Patent number: 4904786
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is ##STR2## n is 0-5; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or halo;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.4 hydrogen, lower alkyl, --COOR.sup.3 or ##STR3## R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluoroloweralkyl, polyfluoroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR4## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, and as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Dennis M. Kubrak, Anthony F. Kreft, III, Reinhold H. W. Bender
  • Patent number: 4895953
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## n is 0-5; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or halo;R.sup.3 ##STR3## W represents a bond or --O--, --S-- or ##STR4## m is 1-15; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluoroloweralkyl, polyfluoroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR5## R.sup.6 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, --COOR.sup.4 or ##STR6## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, and as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Reinhold H. W. Bender, Anthony F. Kreft, III
  • Patent number: 4889935
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or benzyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, amino, mono- or di-lower alkylamino, nitro, hydroxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkoxy or halo;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis as well as in other inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventor: John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 4876346
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is N or CR.sup.1Y is O, S, NR.sup.1, CHR.sup.1 or C(R.sup.1).sub.2 when n=O, or N or CR.sup.1 when n=1;p is 0-3;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;R.sup.2 is H, ##STR2## --SO.sub.2 R.sup.3 or --SO.sub.2 N(R.sup.3).sub.2, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or lower alkyl carbonyl prolinate;R.sup.3 is H, lower alkyl or perfluoro lower alkyl;R.sup.4 is lower alkyl, phenyl, pyridyl or thienyl;R.sup.5 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or pyridyl;A is O or NR.sup.1 ;B is OR.sup.1 or N(R.sup.5).sub.2 ;m is 0-2;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Anthony F. Kreft, III, Reinhold H. W. Bender
  • Patent number: 4870210
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or benzyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, amino, mono- or di- lower alkylamino, nitro, hydroxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkoxy or halo;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis as well as in other inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventor: John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 4845292
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## R is --CH.sub.2 OH or --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 ; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or hydroxybenzyl;R.sup.2 is hydroxyloweralkyl or diloweralkoxyalkyl;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;R.sup.4 is alkyl of 10-20 carbons atoms, phenylalkyl of 11-18 carbon atoms or phenoxyalkyl of 11-18 carbon atoms; orn is 1-3;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and their use in the prevention and/or treatment of conditions such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and other naso-bronchial obstructive air-passageway conditions, other immediate hypersensitivity reactions such as allergic conjunctivitis and various inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: William H. McGregor, Lisa A. Marshall, John H. Musser
  • Patent number: 4826990
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## Y is ##STR3## Z is ##STR4## R.sup.1 is ##STR5## n is 0-5; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or halo;R.sup.3 is ##STR6## W represents a bond or ##STR7## m is 1-15; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluoroloweralkyl, polyfluoroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR8## R.sup.6 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, ##STR9## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, and as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Reinhold H. W. Bender, Anthony F. Kreft, III
  • Patent number: 4794188
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula:Ar.sub.1 -X-Ar-Z-(R).sub.n'and salts thereof, whereinAr.sub.1 is a nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen heterocyclic ring;Ar is a phenyl ring or a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur heterocyclic ring;Ar and Ar.sub.1 may be fully substituted or less than fully substituted with H, CH.sub.3, lower alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, halo, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, CF.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: USV Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Utpal R. Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 4778931
    Abstract: The invention relates to several aryloxy-alkane alcohols, for example 1-(3-(1-hydroxy-1-methylhexyl) phenoxy methyl)-2-methoxy-naphthalene, 2-(1-(3-(1-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylhexyl)phenoxy)ethyl naphthalene, 1-(3-6-phenoxy-1-hydroxyhexyl)phenoxy methyl)-4-methoxy naphthalene, 2-(3-(1-hydroxyhexyl) phenoxymethyl) naphthalene and 2-(3-(1-hydroxyhexyl)phenoxymethyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro naphthalene, methods for their preparation and their use for treating inflammatory and allergic conditions in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: USV Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Utpal R. Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 4772703
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## R.sup.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano or halo;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sup.4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, --COOR.sup.3 or ##STR3## R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, monofluoroloweralkyl, difluoroloweralkyl, polyfluoroloweralkyl, perfluoroloweralkyl or ##STR4## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, and as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Dennis M. Kubrak, Anthony F. Kreft, III, Reinhold H. W. Bender
  • Patent number: 4769461
    Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein W represents a covalent bond or ##STR2## X is N or CR.sup.2 ; Y is O, S, NR.sup.2 or C(R.sup.2).sub.2 when n=0, or N or CR.sup.2 when n=1Z is ##STR3## R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, mercapto, loweralkylthio or halo;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;n is 0-1;m is 1-6 with the proviso that m is 0-5 when W represents a covalent bond;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated naso-bronchial obstructive airpassageway conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchial asthma and the like, in psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis as well as in other immediate hypersensitivity reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Musser, Dennis M. Kubrak