Patents by Inventor Klaus Rudolf

Klaus Rudolf 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: 7491717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the CGRP antagonists of general formula wherein A, X, D, E, G, M, Q and R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the isomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof and the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Georg Mueller, Klaus Rudolf, Philipp Lustenberger, Dirk Stenkamp, Alexander Dreyer, Kirsten Arndt, Gerhard Schaenzle, Henri Doods, Marco Santagostino, Fabio Paleari
  • Patent number: 7479488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the CGRP antagonists of general formula wherein A, X, D, E, G, M, Q and R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof and the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Georg Mueller, Klaus Rudolf, Philipp Lustenberger, Dirk Stenkamp, Alexander Dreyer, Kirsten Arndt, Henri Doods, Gerhard Schaenzle, Marco Santagostino, Fabio Paleari
  • Patent number: 7452911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alkyne compounds of general formula I wherein the groups and residues A, B, W, X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 have the meanings given in claim 1. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one alkyne according to the invention. In view of their MCH-receptor antagonistic activity the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity, bulimia, anorexia, hyperphagia and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Stenkamp, Stephan Georg Mueller, Gerald Juergen Roth, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz, Klaus Rudolf, Philip Lustenberger, Kirsten Arndt, Ralf R. H. Lotz, Martin Lenter
  • Publication number: 20080280887
    Abstract: The invention relates to CGRP-antagonists of general formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined in claim 1, to the tautomers, isomers, diastereomers, enantiomers, hydrates, mixtures salts and salt hydrates thereof, in particular to 10 salts thereof, which are physiologically compatible with acids or inorganic or organic bases and to compounds of general formula (I), wherein one or several hydrogen atoms are substituted by deuterium. Drugs containing said compounds, the use thereof and a method for the production thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Stephan Georg Mueller, Klaus Rudolf, Philipp Lustenberger, Gerhard Schaenzle, Dirk Stenkamp, Henri Doods, Kirsten Arndt
  • Patent number: 7439237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the CGRP antagonists of general formula wherein A, X and R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof and the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Rudolf, Stephan Georg Mueller, Philipp Lustenberger, Dirk Stenkamp, Gerhard Schaenzle, Kirsten Arndt, Henri Doods
  • Publication number: 20080255083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein the groups and radicals B, k, L, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, have the meanings given in claim 1. Moreover the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to the invention. By virtue of their MCH-receptor antagonistic activity the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity, bulimia, anorexia, hyperphagia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Dirk Stenkamp, Stephan Georg Mueller, Gerald Juergen Roth, Joerg Kley, Klaus Rudolf, Armin Heckel, Marcus Schindler, Ralf Lotz, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz
  • Patent number: 7423035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 wherein the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, n, m and X may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification, and the use thereof as pharmaceutical compositions, particularly for the treatment of inflammatory and obstructive respiratory complaints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Konetzki, Thierry Bouyssou, Philipp Lustenberger, Andreas Schnapp, Christoph Hoenke, Klaus Rudolf, Marco Santagostino
  • Publication number: 20080194550
    Abstract: A compound of formula 1? wherein: V is —CH2—, —NH—, or —O—; Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, or halogen-C1-4-alkyl, or Ra and Rb together are a C2-5-alkylene bridge wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced by halogen; R1 and R1? are each independently hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, halogen-C1-6-alkyl, halogen-C3-6-cycloalkyl, or C1-6-alkylene-C3-6-cycloalkyl, or R1 and R1? together are a C2-5-alkylene bridge wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced by halogen; R2, R2?, R2?, and R2?? are each independently hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, halogen-C1-6-alkylene, OH, HO—C1-6-alkylene, —O—C1-6-alkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-aryl-C1-4-alkylene, C6-10-aryl-C1-6-alkylene-O, COOH, COOC1-6-alkyl, O—C1-6-alkylene-COOH, O—C1-6-alkylene-COOC1-6-alkyl, NHSO2—C1-6-alkyl, CN, NH2, NH—C1-6-alkyl, N(C1-6-alkyl)2, NO2, S—C1-6-alkyl, SO2—C1-6-alkyl, SO—C1-6-alkyl, O(CO)C1-6-alkyl, COC1-6-alkyl, NHCOC1-6-alkyl, or halogen; and n is 0, 1, or 2, or an optical isomer thereof, o
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Thierry BOUYSSOU, Ingo KONETZKI, Philipp LUSTENBERGER, Juergen MACK, Andreas SCHNAPP, Dieter WIEDENMAYER, Christoph HOENKE, Klaus RUDOLF
  • Patent number: 7407963
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (I) wherein R and R1 are as defined herein, or a tautomer, diastereomer, enantiomer, or salt thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly CGRP-antagonistic properties, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound, their use, and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eberlein, Wolfhard Engel, Klaus Rudolf, Henri Doods, Gerhard Hallermayer, Eckhart Bauer
  • Publication number: 20080176836
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of selected CGRP antagonists, the physiologically acceptable salts thereof or the hydrates of the hydrates of the salts thereof for combating menopausal hot flushes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Rudolf, Henri Doods, Stephan Georg Mueller, Annette Zamponi, Philipp Lustenberger, Kirsten Arndt, Gerhard Schaenzle, Dirk Stenkamp, Rolf-Stefan Brickl
  • Publication number: 20080176811
    Abstract: Substituted and unsubstituted flavone or isoflavone glycoside derivatives of the formula [A1-C(?O)O]m—[X—O-Z]—[O—C(?O)-A2]n, wherein [X—O-Z] represents a flavone or isoflavone glycoside structure, particularly a naringin residue, X is a flavone or isoflavone corresponding to formula (IIa) or formula (IIb): wherein the flavone or isoflavone residue is substituted one or more times and/or reduced one or more times; Z represents a mono-, di- or polysaccharide, which is acetally-bound at the benzopyran group to X and ester-substituted by —O—C(?O)-A2; [A1-C(?O)] is an acyl group on the flavone or isoflavone; A1 and A2 independently, represent a polyunsaturated C15-26 alkenyl group containing at least four isolated and/or at least two conjugated double bonds, or an arylaliphatic radical with 1-to-4 methylene groups between the ester group and the aromatic ring; [C(?O)A2] is an acyl group; n is an integer other than 0; m is an integer, including 0; and R1, R2 and R are hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Bernadette Geers, Ralf Otto, Albrecht Weiss, Dirk Petersohn, Klaus Rudolf Schroeder, Kordula Schlotmann
  • Publication number: 20080167298
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula 1 wherein: n is 1 or 2; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, OH, or —O—C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, halogen, OH, or —O—C1-C4-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, OH, halogen, —O—C1-C4-alkyl, —O—C1-C4-alkylene-COOH, or —O—C1-C4-alkylene-CO—O—C1-C4-alkyl, or an acid addition salt thereof with a pharmacologically acceptable acid, or a solvate or hydrate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier, and methods for using the pharmaceutical formulation in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ingo Konetzki, Kurt Schromm, Hermann Schollenberger, Sabine Pestel, Andreas Schnapp, Thierry Bouyssou, Frank Buettner, Claudia Heine, Philipp Lustenberger, Christoph Hoenke, Klaus Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080146554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 wherein the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, n, m and X may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification, and the use thereof as pharmaceutical compositions, particularly for the treatment of inflammatory and obstructive respiratory complaints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Konetzki, Thierry Bouyssou, Philipp Lustenberger, Andreas Schnapp, Christoph Hoenke, Klaus Rudolf, Marco Santagostino
  • Publication number: 20080139591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing and treating visceral pain and gastrointestinal disorders such as functional bowel disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases through the use of effective amounts of a compound acting as CGRP antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Henri DOODS, Kirsten ARNDT, Thierry BOUYSSOU, Stephan Georg MUELLER, Klaus RUDOLF, Gerhard SCHAENZLE
  • Publication number: 20080139537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing and treating visceral pain and gastrointestinal disorders such as functional bowel disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases through the use of effective amounts of a compound acting as CGRP antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Henri DOODS, Kirsten ARNDT, Thierry BOUYSSOU, Stephan Georg MUELLER, Klaus RUDOLF, Gerhard SCHAENZLE
  • Publication number: 20080118458
    Abstract: Compositions, in particular, for the treatment of the hair or of the skin, comprising at least one compound which is selected from L-carnitine or L-carnitine derivatives and at least one further substance which is selected from the group formed from active ingredients obtainable from the plants of the genus Echinacea, and also taurine and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Melanie GIESEN, Klaus Rudolf SCHROEDER, Dirk PETERSOHN
  • Patent number: 7375104
    Abstract: A compound of formula 1? wherein: V is —CH2—, —NH—, or —O—; Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, or halogen-C1-4-alkyl, or Ra and Rb together are a C2-5-alkylene bridge wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced by halogen; R1 and R1? are each independently hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, halogen-C1-6-alkyl, halogen-C3-6-cycloalkyl, or C1-6-alkylene-C3-6-cycloalkyl, or R1 and R1? together are a C2-5-alkylene bridge wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced by halogen; R2, R2?, R2?, and R?? are each independently hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, halogen-C1-6-alkylene, OH, HO—C1-6-alkylene, —O—C1-6-alkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-aryl-C1-4-alkylene, C6-10-aryl-C1-6-alkylene-O, COOH, COOC1-6-alkyl, O—C1-6-alkylene-COOH, O—C1-6-alkylene-COOC1-6-alkyl, NHSO2—C1-6-alkyl, CN, NH2, NH—C1-6-alkyl, N(C1-6-alkyl)2, NO2, S—C1-6-alkyl, SO2—C1-6-alkyl, SO—C1-6-alkyl, O(CO)C1-6-alkyl, COC1-6-alkyl, NHCOC1-6-alkyl, or halogen; and n is 0, 1, or 2, or an optical isomer thereof, or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thierry Bouyssou, Ingo Konetzki, Philipp Lustenberger, Juergen Mack, Andreas Schnapp, Dieter Wiedenmayer, Christoph Hoenke, Klaus Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080103134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment or prevention of indications which are selected from among the group comprising headaches, migraine and cluster headaches, this process comprising the joint administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a selected CGRP antagonist (A), a physiologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate of the salt and a therapeutically effective amount of a second or third active anti-migraine medicament (B), particularly sumatriptan, zolmitriptan or dihydroergotamine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, and to the corresponding pharmaceutical compositions and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Rudolf, Henri Doods, Stephan Mueller, Annette Zamponi, Philipp Lustenberger, Kirsten Arndt, Gerhard Schaenzle, Dirk Stenkamp, Rolf-Stefan Brickl
  • Patent number: 7351719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amide compounds of general formula I wherein the groups and residues A, B, b, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in claim 1. Moreover the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one amide according to the invention. In view of the MCH receptor-antagonistic activity the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity, bulimia, anorexia, hyperphagia and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Stenkamp, Stephan Georg Mueller, Gerald Juergen Roth, Philipp Lustenberger, Klaus Rudolf, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz, Kirsten Arndt, Ralf Lotz, Martin Lenter, Heike-Andrea Wieland
  • Publication number: 20070275951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the CGRP antagonists of general formula wherein A and R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof and the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Stephan Mueller, Klaus Rudolf, Philipp Lustenberger, Dirk Stenkamp, Kirsten Arndt, Henri Doods, Gerhard Schaenzle