Patents by Inventor Martin Birch

Martin Birch 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: 20180171653
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to reconfigurable modular processing facilities and methods for constructing and operating such. For example, a method for constructing a reconfigurable modular processing facility may comprise assembling a plurality of vertical walls, wherein the spaces between the walls define a plurality of stations; assembling a plurality of horizontal levels, wherein the spaces between the levels and the walls define the plurality of stations; constructing a lift within a center portion of the facility, wherein the lift is configured to access each of the plurality of stations; assembling one or more pods sized to fit within the stations, wherein the pods contain process equipment; configuring a process within the facility by moving one or more pods into one or more stations; and connecting the one or more pods to one another to complete the configuration of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Birch, Adrian La Porta, Raymond Laing, Neil Lewis
  • Publication number: 20120289520
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
  • Patent number: 8188092
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, r is 0 or 1 and X1 is linear (1-3C)alkyl; q is 0 or 1 and X2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; Y1 is selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-3C)alkyl and (1-2C)alkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2 and Y2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; p is 0, 1 or 2 and Y3 is (1-3C)alkyl or forms a (3-5C)cycloalkyl ring; Z is carboxy or —CONHSO2Me or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl or Rb and Rc are linked so as to form a morpholine ring or a (4-6C)heterocyclic ring and when Z is —CONRbRc the Rb and Rc groups may be optionally substituted by carboxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
  • Publication number: 20120108602
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (1), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?0; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Andreas BAUER, Jonas Gunnar BARLIND, Petra JOHANNESSON, Jan Magnus JOHANSSON, Alexander Tobias NOESKE, Annika Ulrika PETERSSON, Alan Martin BIRCH, Roger John BUTLIN, Clive GREEN, Andrew LEACH, Ragnar HOVLAND
  • Publication number: 20110251173
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, diabetes and obesity wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, X2, q, Y1, Y2, n, Q and Z are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Frederick Woolf GOLDBERG, Andrew LEACH
  • Patent number: 8017603
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
  • Patent number: 7994179
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?O; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Petra Johannesson, Jan Magnus Johansson, Annika Ulrika Petersson, Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin
  • Publication number: 20110092547
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and/or pro-drugs thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA(acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein n is 0 to 3; p is 0 or 1; q is 0 to 2; R1 and R2 are, for example, independently fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano or (1-4C)alkyl; X is —O—, —S— or —NRa— wherein Ra is hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; RA1 and RA2 are, for example, independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Ring A is a di-linked ring or ring system chosen from (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane and (8-12C)tricycloalkane each optionally substituted, for example, by one substituent selected from (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl; or Ring A is phenylene optionally substituted, for example, by up to four substituents selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Adrian Liam Gill, Samuel David Groombridge, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20110065706
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as GPR119 modulators, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, David Stephen Clarke, Andrew Leach, Philip Alexander MacFaul, Charles John O'Donnell, James Stewart Scott, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore, Dan Anders Broo, Öjvind Percy Davidsson, Kjell Erik Johansson, Hanna De La Motte
  • Publication number: 20100324068
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, r is 0 or 1 and X1 is linear (1-3C)alkyl; q is 0 or 1 and X2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; Y1 is selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-3C)alkyl and (1-2C)alkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2 and Y2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; p is 0, 1 or 2 and Y3 is (1-3C)alkyl or forms a (3-5C)cycloalkyl ring; Z is carboxy or —CONHSO2Me or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl or Rb and Rc are linked so as to form a morpholine ring or a (4-6C)heterocyclic ring and when Z is —CONRbRc the Rb and Rc groups may be optionally substituted by carboxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
  • Publication number: 20100317653
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William Mccoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
  • Publication number: 20100311737
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
  • Patent number: 7795283
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: Formula (I) wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William McCoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
  • Publication number: 20100184813
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R is independently selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy and trifluoromethoxy and Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof, hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl, which (1-4C)alkyl group may be optionally substituted by carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Gary Peter Tomkinson, Sharmistha Pal, Anna Pettersen
  • Patent number: 7749997
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
  • Publication number: 20100160397
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or salts thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein, for example, R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl group; T is N, CH or CMe; Y is a direct bond, or a defined linking group and R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Robert Davies, David Paul Whalley
  • Publication number: 20100137397
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt: possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity such as 2 diabetes. Processes for the manufacture of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Craig Johnstone, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Iain Simpson, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
  • Publication number: 20090298853
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?O; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Andreas Bauer, Jonas Gunnar Barlind, Petra Johannesson, Jan Magnus Johansson, Alexander Tobias Noeske, Annika Ulrika Petersson, Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Ragnar Hovland
  • Publication number: 20090197926
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or salts thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein: R1 is selected from optionally substituted phenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; L1 is a direct bond or a linker selected from, for example, —O—, —OCH2— and —CH2O—; R2 is selected from, for example, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (5-12C)bicycloalkyl, phenyl and a 4, 5- or 6-membered saturated, partially or fully unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; wherein R2 is substituted by defined substituents and R6 is selected from, for example, hydrogen, fluoro and chloro; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Alleyn Thomas Plowright
  • Publication number: 20090124682
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt: (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) (1) possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity. Processes for the manufacture of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Craig Johnstone, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Iain Simpson, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore