Patents by Inventor Lida R. Tehrani

Lida R. Tehrani 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: 7910561
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted naphthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention. These substituted naphthyridines have unexpected advantageous properties when compared to other naphthyridines reported in PCT publication WO2003/086394, such unexpected advantageous properties may include increased cellular potency/solubility, greater selectivity, enhanced pharmacokinetic properties, lack of off target activity and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Brian T. Campbell, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Jacob M. Hoffman, Essa H. Hu, Mark E. Layton, Yiwei Li, Jun Liang, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Tony Siu, Brian A. Stearns, Lida R. Tehrani, Mark T. Bilodeau, Peter J. Manley
  • Patent number: 7750151
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted napthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Chixu Chen, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Brian W. Eastman, John C. Hartnett, Essa H. Hu, Peter J. Manley, Lou Anne Neilson, Lida R. Tehrani, Zhicai Wu
  • Patent number: 7462619
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted or unsubstituted six membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least two nitrogen atoms. The ring additionally includes four carbon atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon triple bond. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system. Invention compounds may also act as insecticides, and as fungicides. Pharmaceutical compositions containing invention compounds also have wide utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Nicholas D. Smith, Brian Stearns, Dehua Huang, Bowei Wang, Thomas J. Seiders
  • Publication number: 20080287457
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted naphthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention. These substituted naphthyridines have unexpected advantageous properties when compared to other naphthyridines reported in PCT publication WO2003/086394, such unexpected advantageous properties may include increased cellular potency/solubility, greater selectivity, enhanced pharmacokinetic properties, lack of off target activity and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Brian T. Campbell, Nicholas D.P. Cosford, Jacob M. Hoffman, Essa H. Hu, Mark E. Layton, Yiwei Li, Jun Liang, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Tony Siu, Brian A. Stearns, Lida R. Tehrani, Mark T. Bilodeau, Peter J. Manley
  • Publication number: 20080280899
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain substituted napthyridines which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Chixu Chen, Nicholas D.P. Cosford, Brian W. Eastman, John C. Hartnett, Essa H. Hu, Peter J. Manley, Lou Anne Neilson, Lida R. Tehrani, Zhicai Wu
  • Patent number: 7393959
    Abstract: Pyrrole compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (where A, B, R11, R12, R13, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein), which are substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal, obesity and other diseases
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Dehua Huang, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith, Lida R. Tehrani
  • Patent number: 7365074
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of heterocyclic compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted, unsaturated five, six or seven membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom. The ring additionally includes three, four or five atoms independently selected from carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms. The heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent located at a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. This mandatory substituent of the ring includes a moiety (B), linked to the heterocyclic ring via a carbon-carbon double bond, a carbon-carbon triple bond or an azo group. The mandatory substituent is positioned adjacent to the ring nitrogen atom. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example heterocyclic compounds can act to modulate physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Nicholas D. Smith, Brian Stearns, Dehua Huang, Bowei Wang
  • Patent number: 7268151
    Abstract: Novel triazole compounds represented by Formula (1): (where A, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B, R11, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein) in which the triazole is substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal, obesity and other diseases
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Bowei Wang
  • Patent number: 7105548
    Abstract: Triazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl which are metabotropic glutamate receptor—subtype 5 (“mGluR5”) modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Petpiboon Prasit, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith, Lida R. Tehrani