Patents by Inventor Markus Rudolph

Markus Rudolph 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: 20180256606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer dosage form comprised of: a) a neutral core; b) an inner coating consisting of a methacrylate copolymer; c) an outer coating consisting of a copolymer of which 40 to 95% by weight is composed of radically polymerized C1 to C4 alkyl esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid and of which 5 to 60% by weight is composed of (meth)acrylate monomers having an anionic group in the alkyl radical. The invention is characterized in that the inner coating is essentially comprised of a methacrylate copolymer, of which at least up to 90% by weight consists of (meth)acrylate monomers with neutral radicals, which, in accordance with DIN 53 787, has a minimum film formation temperature of no higher than 30° C., and which contains the pharmaceutical active substance in bound form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich PETEREIT, Markus RUDOLPH, Jennifer DRESSMAN, Thomas BECKERT
  • Publication number: 20180215765
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, Y, W, m, n, p and q are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph, Petra Schmitz, Christoph Ullmer
  • Publication number: 20180208602
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R9, Y, W, m, n, p and q are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph, Petra Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20180208601
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R9, Y, W, m, n, p and q are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph, Petra Schmitz, Christoph Ullmer
  • Publication number: 20180201588
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein RA, RB, RC, RC1 and W are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Holger Kuehne, Thomas Luebbers, Rainer E. Martin, Patrizio Mattei, Werner Neidhart, Hans Richter, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20180148450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein L and R1 to R5 are as described herein, as well as processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann La-Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd BUETTELMANN, Buelent KOCER, Bernd KUHN, Marco PRUNOTTO, Hans RICHTER, Martin RITTER, Markus RUDOLPH, Alexander Lee SATZ
  • Publication number: 20180111941
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A, W, m, n, p and q are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as autotaxin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Holger Kuehne, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9809599
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The present compounds are useful as fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) 4 and/or 5 inhibitors and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of lipodystrophy, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, liver diseases involving inflammation, steatosis and/or fibrosis, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, in particular non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic syndrome, obesity, chronic inflammatory and autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Aurelia Conte, Holger Kuehne, Bernd Kuhn, Werner Neidhart, Ulrike Obst Sander, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9802944
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A, W, m, n, p and q are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as autotaxin inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Holger Kuehne, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9763929
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain nicotine chewing gums that provide for a high rate of buccal absorption and high plasma concentrations, in particular over the first 10 minutes after administration, in a subject willing to quit smoking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis, A.G.
    Inventors: Markus Rudolph, Giovanna Marzano, Isabelle Rault
  • Patent number: 9656971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein the substituents are described in claim 1 and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). The compounds may be used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, depression, cognitive impairment and motor symptoms, resistant depression, cognitive impairment, mood and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, René Bonnafous, Bernd Buettelmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20170042879
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain nicotine chewing gums that provide for a high rate of buccal absorption and high plasma concentrations, in particular over the first 10 minutes after administration, in a subject willing to quit smoking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Markus RUDOLPH, Giovanna MARZANO, Isabelle RAULT
  • Publication number: 20170008913
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A1 and A2 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as autotaxin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Hunziker, Jerome Hert, Holger Kuehne, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20170008900
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A, W, m, n, p and q are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as autotaxin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Daniel Hunziker, Holger Kuehne, Patrizio Mattei, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9511021
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain nicotine chewing gums that provide for a high rate of buccal absorption and high plasma concentrations, in particular over the first 10 minutes after administration, in a subject willing to quit smoking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis, A.G.
    Inventors: Markus Rudolph, Giovanna Marzano, Isabelle Rault
  • Publication number: 20160264586
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, Y and R2 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Patrizio Mattei, Daniel Hunziker, Patrick Di Giorgio, Jerome Hert, Markus Rudolph, Lisha Wang
  • Patent number: 9394311
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (Ia) and (Ib) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Bernd Kuhn, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph, Herve Schaffhauser
  • Publication number: 20160060270
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The present compounds are useful as fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) 4 and/or 5 inhibitors and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of lipodystrophy, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, liver diseases involving inflammation, steatosis and/or fibrosis, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, in particular non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic syndrome, obesity, chronic inflammatory and autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Aurelia Conte, Holger Kuehne, Bernd Kuhn, Werner Neidhart, Ulrike Obst Sander, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20160002177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein the substituents are described in claim 1 and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). The compounds may be used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, depression, cognitive impairment and motor symptoms, resistant depression, cognitive impairment, mood and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina BISSANTZ, René Bonnafous, Bernd Buettelmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Christian Lerner, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9199938
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The present compounds are useful as fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) 4 and/or 5 inhibitors and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of lipodystrophy, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, liver diseases involving inflammation, steatosis and/or fibrosis, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, in particular non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic syndrome, obesity, chronic inflammatory and autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Aurelia Conte, Holger Kuehne, Bernd Kuhn, Werner Neidhart, Ulrike Obst Sander, Markus Rudolph