Patents by Inventor Luca Gobbi

Luca Gobbi 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).

  • Publication number: 20120040972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, X and n are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 8097637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and A are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. Compounds of general formula (I) have high affinity for the dopamine D3 and serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) 5-HT2A receptors and are effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20120010201
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein X, Y, A, R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20120004208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula as dual modulators of the 5-HT2a and D3 receptors useful against CNS disorders, wherein A, R1, R2, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Thomas Luebbers, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20110313151
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein X, Y, A, R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 8067598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein and hetaryl is a one or two ring-membered heteroaromatic ring system, connected to the carbon atoms of the piperidine group selected from the group consisting of or to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans
  • Patent number: 8039490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula as dual modulators of the 5-HT2a and D3 receptors useful against CNS disorders, wherein A, R1, R2, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Thomas Luebbers, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20110237564
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel imidazopyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R8 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Rubén Alvarez Sánchez, Konrad Bleicher, Alexander Flohr, Luca Gobbi, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 7939535
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the general formula (I), having affinity and selectivity for the dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of cognitive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 7858630
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, n and R1 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, methods for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, useful in the treatment and/or the prevention of cognitive disorders, drug addiction, depression, anxiety, drug dependence, dementias, memory impairment, psychotic disorders comprising schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disease, mania, psychotic depression, and psychoses comprising paranoia and delusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 7829563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, n, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans
  • Patent number: 7825123
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I, having affinity and selectivity for the dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of cognitive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20100152193
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyridazinones of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Daniela Alberati, Luca Gobbi, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Mark Rogers-Evans, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20100075979
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of provides formula I, having affinity and selectivity for the dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20100075981
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I, having affinity and selectivity for the dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20100075983
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, n and R1 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, methods for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, useful in the treatment and/or the prevention of cognitive disorders, drug addiction, depression, anxiety, drug dependence, dementias, memory impairment, psychotic disorders comprising schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disease, mania, psychotic depression, and psychoses comprising paranoia and delusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 7501541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, R, R1, R2, R3 and n are as defined herein or to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. Compounds of formula I are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved like sleep disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans
  • Publication number: 20090042943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and A are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. Compounds of general formula (I) have high affinity for the dopamine D3 and serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) 5-HT2A receptors and are effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20090029977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, X and n are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20080249125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein and hetaryl is a one or two ring-membered heteroaromatic ring system, connected to the carbon atoms of the piperidine group selected from the group consisting of or to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans