Patents by Inventor Joseph Pontillo

Joseph Pontillo 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).

  • Substituted tetrahydrofurans as modulators of sodium channels
    Patent number: 11919887
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia M. Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • Substituted tetrahydrofurans as modulators of sodium channels
    Patent number: 11834441
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • N-(hydroxyalkyl (hetero)aryl) tetrahydrofuran carboxamides as modulators of sodium channels
    Patent number: 11827627
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Beck, Steven John Durrant, Sarah Skerratt, Robert Pullin, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, David Matthew Shaw, Nadia M. Ahmad, Christopher Wray, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Kiri North, James Dodd, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Bhairavi Galan, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Joanne Louise Pinder, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Dean Stamos, Yvonne Schmidt, Joseph Pontillo, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Timothy Donald Neubert, Dennis James Hurley, Jinglan Zhou
  • SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROFURANS AS MODULATORS OF SODIUM CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20230286961
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia M. Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230159532
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are parathyroid hormone (PTH) receptor modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of PTH receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph PONTILLO, Shimiao WANG, Yunfei ZHU
  • Nonpeptide somatostatin type 5 receptor agonists and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11479540
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Yunfei Zhu, Shimiao Wang, Mi Chen, Joseph Pontillo
  • NONPEPTIDE SOMATOSTATIN TYPE 5 RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220144802
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jian ZHAO, Yunfei ZHU, Shimiao WANG, Mi CHEN, Joseph PONTILLO
  • NONPEPTIDE SOMATOSTATIN TYPE 5 RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210047287
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jian ZHAO, Yunfei ZHU, Shimiao WANG, Mi CHEN, Joseph PONTILLO
  • Benzoxazines as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 9365588
    Abstract: The invention relates to benzoxazines useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mark Thomas Miller, Corey Anderson, Joseph Pontillo, Edward Adam Kallel, Mehdi Michael Djamel Numa, Bryan A. Frieman, Jason McCartney, Jennings Franklin Worley, III, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Johnny Uy, Nicole Hilgraf, Brian Richard Bear
  • Morpholine-spirocyclic piperidine amides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 9181273
    Abstract: The invention relates to morpholine spirocyclic piperidine amide compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Hayley Marie Binch, Michael Paul DeNinno, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Nicole Hilgraf, Pramod Joshi, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Alina Silina, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dennis James Hurley, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • MORPHOLINE-SPIROCYCLIC PIPERIDINE AMIDES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20150025073
    Abstract: The invention relates to morpholine spirocyclic piperidine amide compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Hayley Marie Binch, Michael Paul DeNinno, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Nicole Hilgraf, Pramod Joshi, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Alina Silina, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dennis James Hurley, Vijayalaksmi ARUMUGAM
  • BENZOXAZINES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20140309220
    Abstract: The invention relates to benzoxazines useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mark Thomas Miller, Corey Anderson, Joseph Pontillo, Edward Adam Kallel, Mehdi Michael Djamel Numa, Bryan A. Frieman, Jason McCartney, Jennings Franklin Worley, III, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Johnny Uy, Nicole Hilgraf, Brian Richard Bear
  • Morpholine-spirocyclic piperidine amides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8828996
    Abstract: The invention relates to morpholine spirocyclic piperidine amide compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Hayley Marie Binch, Michael Paul DeNinno, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Nicole Hilgraf, Pramod Joshi, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Alina Silina, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dennis James Hurley, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • Heterocyclic chromene-spirocyclic piperidine amides as modulators of ion channels
    Publication number: 20140171427
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic chromene-spirocyclic piperidine amides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara Sabina HADIDA-RUAH, Edward Adam KALLEL, Mark Thomas MILLER, Joseph PONTILLO, Vijayalaksmi ARUMUGAM, Nicole HILGRAF, Jason McCARTNEY, Peter Diederik Jan GROOTENHUIS, Corey ANDERSON, Mehdi NUMA, Bryan A. Frieman, Brian Richard BEAR, Jason Philip JOHNSON, JR.
  • Heterocyclic chromene-spirocyclic piperidine amides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8598164
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic chromene-spirocyclic piperidine amides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Nicole Hilgraf, Jason McCartney, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Corey Anderson, Mehdi Numa, Bryan A. Frieman, Brian Richard Bear, James Philip Johnson, Jr.
  • MORPHOLINE-SPIROCYCLIC PIPERIDINE AMIDES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20120264749
    Abstract: The invention relates to morpholine spirocyclic piperidine amide compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Hayley Marie Binch, Michael Paul DeNinno, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Nicole Hilgraf, Pramod Joshi, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Alina Silina, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dennis James Hurley, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • HETEROCYCLIC CHROMENE-SPIROCYCLIC PIPERIDINE AMIDES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20110306607
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic chromene-spirocyclic piperidine amides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Nicole Hilgraf, Jason McCartney, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Corey Anderson, Mehdi Numa, Bryan A. Frieman, Brian Richard Bear, James Philip Johnson, JR.
  • Monoamine re-uptake inhibitors and methods relating thereto
    Patent number: 7378552
    Abstract: Monoamine re-uptake inhibitors and more specifically serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of disorders of the central or peripheral nervous system in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting monoamine re-uptake in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Pontillo, Yinghong Gao, Warren S. Wade, Dongpei Wu, Wendy K. Eccles
  • MONOAMINE RE-UPTAKE INHIBITORS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20060276454
    Abstract: Monoamine re-uptake inhibitors and more specifically serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of disorders of the central or peripheral nervous system in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting monoamine re-uptake in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Pontillo, Yinghong Gao, Warren Wade, Dongpei Wu, Wendy Eccles
  • Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonists and compositions and methods related thereto
    Patent number: 7067509
    Abstract: Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor antagonists are disclosed having utility for the treatment of MCH receptor-based disorders such as obesity. The compounds of this invention have the following structure: including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Val Goodfellow, Martin Rowbottom, Brian P Dyck, Junko Tamiya, Mingzhu Zhang, Jonathan Grey, Troy D Vickers, Mehrak Kiankarimi, Warren Wade, Sarah Clough, Joseph Pontillo, Dongpei Wu