Patents by Inventor Maurice Petitou

Maurice Petitou 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: 20040068108
    Abstract: Synthetic polysaccharides are disclosed containing 8-24 monosaccharide units made up of a concatenation of disaccharides consisting of a uronic acid and a hexose, wherein the hydroxyl groups of the polysaccharides are etherified with a C1-6 alkyl group or esterified in the form of a sulpho group, each disaccharide being at least monoetherified; and salts thereof, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Philippe Duchaussoy, Jean Marc Herbert, Guy Jaurand, Maurice Petitou, Constant Van Boeckel
  • Publication number: 20040024197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel synthetic polysaccharides with antithrombotic activity exhibiting at least one covalent bond with biotin or a biotin derivative and to a process employing avidin or streptavidin which makes it possible to neutralize these polysaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Phillppe Duchaussoy, Jean-Marc Herbert, Maurice Petitou, Pierre Savi
  • Patent number: 6670338
    Abstract: Pentasaccharides in acidic form and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, the anionic form thereof having the formula: wherein: R represents hydrogen or an —SO3−, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C2-C3)acyl group; T represents hydrogen or an ethyl group; and n represents 1 or 2 for use in the treatment of pathologies associated with a clotting dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Sanofi-Synthelabo
    Inventor: Maurice Petitou
  • Patent number: 6541488
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of direct or indirect selective inhibitors of factor Xa acting via antithrombin III, alone or in combination with one or more compounds with anti-platelet aggregation activity, for the preparation of medicines intended to prevent and to treat thromboembolic arterial diseases. The subject of the invention is also pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more direct or indirect selective inhibitors of factor Xa which act via antithrombin III in combination with one or more compounds with anti-platelet aggregation activity, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignees: Sanofi-Synthelabo, Akzo Nobel
    Inventors: André Bernat, Jean Marc Herbert, Maurice Petitou, Ronald Van Amsterdam
  • Patent number: 6534481
    Abstract: A synthetic polysaccharide including an antithrombin III binding domain consisting of a concatenation of five monosaccharides supporting a total of two carboxylic acid functions and at least four sulpho groups, said domain being directly bound at the non-reducing end by a thrombin binding domain including a concatenation of 10-25 monosaccharide units selected from hexoses, pentoses or deoxy sugars of which all the hydroxyl groups are etherified by a C1-6 alkyl group or esterified in the form of sulpho groups, as well as salts and particularly pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignees: Sanofi-Synthelabo, Akzo Nobel
    Inventors: Pierre Alexandre Driguez, Philippe Duchaussoy, Jean Marc Herbert, Maurice Petitou, Constant Van Boeckel, Peter Grootenhuis, Johannes Basten, Cornelia Dreef-Tromp
  • Patent number: 6528497
    Abstract: Novel synthetic polysaccharides for use in the treatment of pathologies associated with a coagulation dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignees: Sanofi-Synthelabo, Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Basten, Cornelia Dreef-Tromp, Pierre Alexandre Driguez, Philippe Duchaussoy, Jean Marc Herbert, Maurice Petitou, Constant Van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 6174863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carbohydrate derivative having formula I wherein R1 is (1-4C)alkoxy; R2, R3 and R4 are independently (1-4C)alkoxy or OSO3−, the total number of sulfate groups is 4, 5, or 6; and the twisted lines represent bonds either above or below the plane of the six-membered ring to which they are attached; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of the invention have antithrombotic activity and may be used for treating or preventing thrombosis and for inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Constant Adriaan Anton van Boeckel, Maurice Petitou, Philippe Duchaussoy, Cornelia Maria Dreef-Tromp, Johannes Egbertus Maria Basten
  • Patent number: 5773605
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the heparin and heparan sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant Adriaan Anton van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5705489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tuneable bisconjugate comprising two saccharides and a spacer, each saccharide being the same or different and comprising two to six monosaccharide units, at least one unit being uronic acid, characterized in that at least one of the saccharides per se has anti-thrombotic activity, and that the spacer connects at least one saccharide to the other through its non-reducing end, the chain length of the spacer being 20-120 atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignees: Akzo Nobel N.V., Elf Sanofi
    Inventors: Constant A. A. Van Boeckel, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Maurice Petitou, Pieter Westerduin
  • Patent number: 5668274
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant Adriaan Anton van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5543403
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the heparin and heparan sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignees: AKZO Nobel NV, Sanofi S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant A. A. Van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5529985
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignees: Akzo Nobel NV, Sanofi S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant A. A. van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5514659
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-deoxy oligosaccharides of formula I: ##STR1## in which X represents an --OSO.sub.3.sup.- radical, a radical of formula R--O, a radical of formula: ##STR2## or a radical of formula: ##STR3## Y represents a radical of formula: ##STR4## R represents an alkyl radical, R.sub.1, R.sub.3, R.sub.5, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 represent a hydroxyl radical, an alkoxy radical or an --OSO.sub.3.sup.- radical,R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.6, R.sub.9 and R.sub.11 represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl radical, an alkoxy radical or an --OSO.sub.3.sup.- radical, with the proviso that at least R.sub.2 or R.sub.4 or R.sub.6 or R.sub.9 or R.sub.11 represents a hydrogen atom,and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts with a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignees: Elf Sanofi, Akzo Nobel NV
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Guy F. B. Jaurand, Constant A. A. Van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5382570
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignees: Akzo, N.V., Snofi, S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant A. A. van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5378829
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfated glycosaminoglycanoid derivatives of the heparin and heparin sulfate type, of which N-sulfate, N-acetate, and hydroxy groups, are replaced by alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, or O-sulfate groups. The compounds have antithrombotic and smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibiting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignees: Akzo N.V., Sanofi S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Constant A. A. van Boeckel
  • Patent number: 5034520
    Abstract: The oligosaccharides of the invention are composed essentially of chains:possessing a specific affinity for the anionic and cationic cell growth factor which recognize herparin,comprising at least one sequence of 5 residues matching those present in naturally occurring heparin and possessing a strongly anionic character such as that indicated in the NMR spectrum shown in FIG. 1, as well as their pharmacologically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Lormeau, Maurice Petitou, Jean Choay
  • Patent number: 5019649
    Abstract: Method for obtaining biologically active mucopolysaccharides by controlled depolymerization of heparin, wherein the quantity of products generating nitrous acid is selected so that those products are totally consumed when the desired depolymerization degree is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Choay S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Lormeau, Maurice Petitou, Jean Choay
  • Patent number: 5013724
    Abstract: According to the process of the invention, a glycosaminoglycan is used in the form of a salt soluble in an organic medium and is subjected to the action of a given sulfation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Sanofi Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Maurice Petitou, Jean Choay
  • Patent number: 4990502
    Abstract: The compositions of the invention are composed of fragments of heparin consisting essentially of repeated disaccharide sequences corresponding to the regular regions of heparin and possessing a MW between 4,800 and 9,000. These compositions can be used for the regulation of physiological systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Sanofi, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Lormeau, Maurice Petitou, Jean Choay
  • Patent number: RE35770
    Abstract: Oligosaccharides obtainable from heparin including heparinic constituents of molecular weights ranging from 2000 to 50,000. Said fractions have a Yin-Wessler titer and a USP titer in a ratio of at least 30. They consist of chains constituted by no more than 8 saccharidic moities. They possess a strong antithrombotic activity and are then useful as antithrombotic drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Choay, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Claude Lormeau, Maurice Petitou, Jean Choay, deceased