Patents by Inventor Karl Schönafinger

Karl Schönafinger 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).

  • Sulfur substituted sulfonylaminocarboxylic acid N-arylamides, their preparation, their use and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them
    Patent number: 6335334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, X and n are as defined in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases, for example of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, angina pectoris, cardiac insufficiency, thromboses or atherosclerosis. The compounds of the formula I are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of the formula I, to their use for the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise compounds of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Schindler, Karl Schönafinger, Hartmut Strobel
  • Substituted 3-phenyl-5-alkoxy-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ones, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals
    Publication number: 20010031772
    Abstract: Substituted 3-phenyl-5-alkoxy-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ones of the formula 1 are described, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Karl Schoenafinger, Stefan Petry, Guenter Mueller, Karl-Heinz Baringhaus