Patents by Inventor Martin Leuwer

Martin Leuwer 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: 10449198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating pain in a patient in need of such treatment, said method comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate: wherein Q is as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Patent number: 10442814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul M. O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Publication number: 20190084993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: The University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul M. O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Publication number: 20180140608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating pain in a patient in need of such treatment, said method comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate: wherein Q is as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Patent number: 9944653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Publication number: 20170298076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Patent number: 9676786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Publication number: 20160318947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: The University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Chandrakala Pidathala
  • Publication number: 20160095823
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds derived from the anaesthetic propofol that are useful as analgesics and methods of using the same. The compounds act as co-activators of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors and may have greater activity at those glycine receptors than at GABAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicants: The University of Liverpool, The University of Dundee, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Gertrud Haeseler, Jeremy Lambert, Delia Belelli
  • Patent number: 8507724
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds derived from the anaethetic propofol. The compounds may be useful in the treatment of pain, particularly, but not exclusively, chronic pain and central pain sensitisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Dundee
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Gertrud Haeseler
  • Publication number: 20120029235
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds derived from the anaethetic propofol. The compounds may be useful in the treatment of pain, particularly, but not exclusively, chronic pain and central pain sensitisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Paul O'Neill, Neil Berry, Gertrud Haeseler
  • Patent number: 7485669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one phenol derivative represented by formula (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydrocarbon group containing up to 12 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C7 alkyl group; wherein R1 and R2 may optionally form a carbocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C7alkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C7 alkyl group or a halogen atom; R5 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-C7 alkyl group; and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C7 alkyl group or a C2 or C3 alkenyl group, under the proviso that R2 and R4 can only both represent a hydrogen atom if both R1 and R5 represent a C1-C7 alkyl group and R3 represents a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Gertrud Haeseler, Martin Leuwer
  • Publication number: 20070142477
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds derived from the anaesthetic propofol that are useful as analgesics and methods of using the same. The compounds act as co-activators of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors and may have greater activity at those glycine receptors than at GABAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, MEDIZINISCHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER
    Inventors: Martin Leuwer, Gertrud Haeseler, Jeremy Lambert, Delia Belelli
  • Patent number: 7053176
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of infant respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury (including adult respiratory distress syndrome) which contains C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) and lung surfactant which comprises a lung surfactant protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Altana Pharma AG
    Inventors: Dietrich Häfner, Paul-Georg Germann, Nils Ott, Burkhard Vangerow, Horst Rückoldt, Gernot Marx, Michael Cobas Meyer, Martin Leuwer
  • Publication number: 20040044084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one phenol derivative represented by formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Gertrud Haeseler, Martin Leuwer