Patents by Inventor Lachlan MacLean

Lachlan MacLean 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).

  • Chemical process
    Patent number: 5079264
    Abstract: A process to prepare compounds of formula I ##STR1## in which n=0, 1 or 2 comprising the cyclization of compounds of formula II ##STR2## in which n=0, 1 or 2. The cyclization may be effected in the presence of an organic or inorganic base or thermally at a temperature in the range 40.degree.-160.degree. C.Compounds of formula II and certain analogues thereof are disclosed as cardiovascular agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: The Boots Co. PLC
    Inventors: Lachlan MaClean, David L. Roberts, Kenneth Barron, Kenneth J. Nichol, Albert E. Harrison
  • Process for the preparation of 1-methyl-3-methylthio-4-quinolone and the sulfinyl, and sulfonyl analogs thereof
    Patent number: 5011931
    Abstract: A process to prepare compounds of formula I ##STR1## in which n=0, 1 or 2 comprising the cyclisation of compounds of formula II ##STR2## in which n=0, 1 or 2. The cyclisation may be effected in the presence of an organic or inorganic base or thermally at a temperature in the range 40.degree.-160.degree. C.Compounds of formula II and certain analogues thereof are disclosed as cardiovascular agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: The Boots Company PLC
    Inventors: Lachlan MacLean, David L. Roberts, Kenneth Barron, Kenneth J. Nichol, Albert E. Harrison