Patents by Inventor Matthias Koerner

Matthias Koerner 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: 9890124
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzazepine sulfonamide compounds of the formula wherein R4 or R5 is —SO2—NR7R8 and R1 to R8 and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are TLR agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, sepsis, allergy, asthma, graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, immunodeficiencies, and infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Hoves, Matthias Koerner, Lisha Wang, Hongying Yun, Wei Zhu, Weixing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9801961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula wherein R1 is (a) phenyl, optionally substituted by one or two substituents selected from 3H, halogen, lower alkyl, di-methyl-amino, NHC(O)-lower alkyl, C(O)O-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, OC(3H)3, O11CH3, OCH2CH218F, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, S-lower alkyl, (b) heterocyclyl group, (c) benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl, (d) 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl, (e) indolin-2-one, or (f) heteroaryl, selected from the group consisting of thiophenyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, pyrazinyl, and benzothiazolyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R3 is lower alkyl, C(3H)3, 11CH3, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, —(CH2)2—O-lower alkyl substituted by halogen or cycloalkyl; or R2 and R3 form together with the N-atom to which they are attach a ring containing —CH2CH2CHRCH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CHRCH2—, —CH2CHRCH2—, —CH2CH2—NR—CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2—O—CH2CH2—, or, R is hydrogen, halog
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Matthias Koerner, Dieter Muri
  • Publication number: 20170305473
    Abstract: An axle carrier for a motor vehicle is disclosed having at least two attachment points, a metallic upper shell and a lower shell of fiber composite material coupled to the metallic upper shell. A first load path extending through the metallic upper shell between the at least two attachment points in an edge region, and a second load path shorter that the first load path extending through the lower shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Alex MIRAU, Oliver SEIBT, Guenter FORTMEIER, Matthias KOERNER, Frank HOECKER, Kim-Henning SAUERLAND
  • Publication number: 20170275253
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzazepine sulfonamide compounds of the formula wherein R4 or R5 is —SO2—NR7R8 and R1 to R8 and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are TLR agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, sepsis, allergy, asthma, graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, immunodeficiencies, and infectious diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Hoves, Matthias Koerner, Lisha Wang, Hongying Yun, Wei Zhu, Weixing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9650083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Graefe, Andreas Franzke, Matthias Koerner, Alex Mirau, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Troester, Elmar Moritzer, Christopher Budde, Simon Poehler
  • Publication number: 20170128598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula wherein R1 is (a) phenyl, optionally substituted by one or two substituents selected from 3H, halogen, lower alkyl, di-methyl-amino, NHC(O)-lower alkyl, C(O)O-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, OC(3H)3, O11CH3, OCH2CH218F, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, S-lower alkyl, (b) heterocyclyl group, (c) benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl, (d) 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl, (e) indolin-2-one, or (f) heteroaryl, selected from the group consisting of thiophenyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, pyrazinyl, and benzothiazolyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R3 is lower alkyl, C(3H)3, 11CH3, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, —(CH2)2—O-lower alkyl substituted by halogen or cycloalkyl; or R2 and R3 form together with the N-atom to which they are attach a ring containing —CH2CH2CHRCH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CHRCH2—, —CH2CHRCH2—, —CH2CH2—NR—CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2—O—CH2CH2—, or, R is hydrogen, haloge
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Matthias Koerner, Dieter Muri
  • Patent number: 9540384
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, B, 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 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner, Christian Lerner
  • Publication number: 20160244441
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formulas I and II wherein R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, S-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen, di-lower alkyl amino, C(O)O-lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy or hydroxy; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen, lower alkoxy, S-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen, O(CH2)2-lower alkoxy substituted by halogen, di-lower alkyl amino, alkyl amino, NH-lower alkyl substituted by halogen, N(lower alkyl)-benzyl, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, heterocycloalkyl optionally substituted by halogen, CH2-lower alkoxy, CH2-lower alkoxy substituted by halogen or hydroxy; or R1 and R2 form together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached a ring containing —OCH2CH2O—, OCH2O—, OCH2CH2CH2O— or —NHC(O)CH2O—; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkoxy; R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R5 is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy or lower alkyl substituted by halogen; or R4 and R5 form together with the nitrogen at
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Edilio Borroni, Luca Gobbi, Michael Honer, Henner Knust, Matthias Koerner, Dieter Muri
  • Publication number: 20160220712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that may be used for binding and imaging tau aggregates and related beta-sheet aggregates including, besides others, beta-amyloid aggregates or alpha-synuclein aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca GOBBI, Henner KNUST, Matthias KOERNER, Dieter MURI
  • Publication number: 20160207919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that may be used for binding and imaging tau aggregates and related beta-sheet aggregates including, for example, beta-amyloid aggregates or alpha-synuclein aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca GOBBI, Henner KNUST, Matthias KOERNER, Dieter MURI
  • Patent number: 9346763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of a pyrazole carboxylic acid derivative of the formula wherein R1 is C1-7-alkyl and R3 is C1-7-alkyl which is optionally substituted with halogen or C1-4-alkoxy. The pyrazole carboxylic acid derivative of the formula I can be used as building block in the preparation of pharmaceutically active principles e.g. for compounds acting as phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, particularly PDE10 inhibitors. PDE10 inhibitors have the potential to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bjoern Bartels, Fritz Bliss, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Publication number: 20160052564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim Graefe, Andreas Franzke, Matthias Koerner, Alex Mirau, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Troester, Elmar Moritzer, Christopher Budde, Simon Poehler
  • Patent number: 9227970
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with triazolopyridine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 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: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Patent number: 9187455
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyridazinone derivatives 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 as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Daniela Alberati, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Mark Rogers-Evans, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20150158818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of a pyrazole carboxylic acid derivative of the formula wherein R1 is C1-7-alkyl and R3 is C1-7-alkyl which is optionally substituted with halogen or C1-4-alkoxy. The pyrazole carboxylic acid derivative of the formula I can be used as building block in the preparation of pharmaceutically active principles e.g. for compounds acting as phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, particularly PDE10 inhibitors. PDE10 inhibitors have the potential to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bjoern Bartels, Fritz Bliss, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Publication number: 20150099735
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with triazolopyridine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Publication number: 20150087644
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, B, 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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner, Christian Lerner
  • Patent number: 8946427
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with triazolopyridine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 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: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Publication number: 20140303141
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with triazolopyridine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner
  • Patent number: 8772510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, W, X, X1, Y, Y1, Z and Z1 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 in the treatment of CNS disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Bachmann, Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Markus Rudolph