Patents by Inventor Megumi Maruyama

Megumi Maruyama 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: 20170119773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas FRIEDL, Michael BRAUN, Kenji EGUSA, Hikaru FUJITA, Megumi MARUYAMA, Takaaki NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20160310435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas FRIEDL, Michael BRAUN, Kenji EGUSA, Hikaru FUJITA, Megumi MARUYAMA, Takaaki NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9415016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Friedl, Michael Braun, Kenji Egusa, Hikaru Fujita, Megumi Maruyama, Takaaki Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20150366812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas FRIEDL, Michael BRAUN, Kenji EGUSA, Hikaru FUJITA, Megumi MARUYAMA, Takaaki NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9155705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Friedl, Michael Braun, Kenji Egusa, Hikaru Fujita, Megumi Maruyama, Takaaki Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8541585
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which show high effectiveness against positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and reduce conventional side-effect risks as well as have remarkable effects for central neurological diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction other than schizophrenia. N-Acyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; V is nitrogen, or CR3; W1 is a single bond, —C(O)—, etc.; W2 is C1-alkylene; W3 is a single bond, methylene, —NH—, —CR4?CR5—, etc.; Ring Q is a group of formula (a) in which n is 0 or 1; m is 0 to 2; k is 1 to 3; Z is a single bond, methylene, oxygen, etc.; R1a, R1b and R1c are each, same or different, hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Megumi Maruyama, Naoya Kinomura, Satoshi Nojima, Masahiro Takamura, Keisuke Kakiguchi, Hiroto Tatamidani
  • Publication number: 20120214790
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which show high effectiveness against positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and reduce conventional side-effect risks as well as have remarkable effects for central neurological diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction other than schizophrenia. N-Acyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; V is nitrogen, or CR3; W1 is a single bond, —C(O)—, etc.; W2 is C1-alkylene; W3 is a single bond, methylene, —NH—, —CR4?CR5—, etc.; Ring Q is a group of formula (a) in which n is 0 or 1; m is 0 to 2; k is 1 to 3; Z is a single bond, methylene, oxygen, etc.; R1a, R1b and R1c are each, same or different, hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Megumi Maruyama, Naoya Kinomura, Satoshi Nojima, Masahiro Takamura, Keisuke Kakiguchi, Hiroto Tatamidani
  • Publication number: 20110206766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and a partner drug, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Friedl, Michael Braun, Kenji Egusa, Hikaru Fujita, Megumi Maruyama, Takaaki Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20110003994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cycloalkane derivative which exhibits an excellent psychotropic action and has less side effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Megumi MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20070102285
    Abstract: The concentration of a leveler in a plating liquid that is used by a plating apparatus for filling metal such as copper in interconnection trenches and holes defined in the surface of a semiconductor substrate or the like is determined based on a peak area (Ar value) in a peel-off region of the plating liquid measured according to a CV or CVS process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Yasushi Isayama, Hiroyuki Ueyama, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Junitsu Yamakawa, Akihisa Hongo, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7172683
    Abstract: The concentration of a leveler in a plating liquid that is used by a plating apparatus for filling metal such as copper in interconnection trenches and holes defined in the surface of a semiconductor substrate or the like is determined based on a peak area (Ar value) in a peel-off region of the plating liquid measured according to a CV or CVS process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Isayama, Hiroyuki Ueyama, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Junitsu Yamakawa, Akihisa Hongo, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20060144714
    Abstract: A method and apparatus plate a substrate to form wiring by efficiently filling a fine recess formed in a semiconductor substrate with plating metal without a void or contamination. The plating of the substrate to fill a wiring recess formed in the semiconductor substrate with plating metal includes performing an electroless plating process of forming an initial layer on the substrate, and performing an electrolytic plating process of filling the wiring recess with the plating metal, while the initial layer serves as a feeding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Akihisa Hongo, Naoaki Ogure, Hiroaki Inous, Satoshi Sendai, Tetsuma Ikegami, Koji Mishima, Shuichi Okuyama, Mizuki Nagai, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7033463
    Abstract: A method and apparatus plate a substrate to form wiring by efficiently filling a fine recess formed in a semiconductor substrate with plating metal without a void or contamination. The plating of the substrate to fill a wiring recess formed in the semiconductor substrate with plating metal includes performing an electroless plating process of forming an initial layer on the substrate, and performing an electrolytic plating process of filling the wiring recess with the plating metal, while the initial layer serves as a feeding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Hongo, Naoaki Ogure, Hiroaki Inoue, Satoshi Sendai, Tetsuma Ikegami, Koji Mishima, Shuichi Okuyama, Mizuki Nagai, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6908534
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for plating a substrate is provided, wherein fine pits formed in the substrate, such as fine channels for wiring, are filled with a copper, copper alloy, or other material with low electrical resistance. The method is performed on a wafer W having fine pits (10) to fill the fine pits with a metal (13) and includes performing a first plating process (11) by immersing the wafer in a first plating solution having a composition superior in throwing power; and performing a second plating process (12) by immersing the substrate in a second plating solution having a composition superior in leveling ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Hongo, Mizuki Nagai, Kanji Ohno, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20050098439
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for plating a substrate is provided, wherein fine pits formed in the substrate, such as fine channels for wiring, are filled with a copper, copper alloy, or other material with low electrical resistance. The method is performed on a wafer W having fine pits (10) to fill the fine pits with a metal (13) and includes performing a first plating process (11) by immersing the wafer in a first plating solution having a composition superior in throwing power; and performing a second plating process (12) by immersing the substrate in a second plating solution having a composition superior in leveling ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Akihisa Hongo, Mizuki Nagai, Kanji Ohno, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6800188
    Abstract: A copper plating bath comprising a reaction condensate of an amine compound and glycidyl ether and/or a quaternary ammonium derivative of this reaction condensate, and a plating method using this copper plating bath are disclosed. A copper plating bath capable of providing highly reliable copper plating on a substrate such as a silicone wafer semiconductor substrate or printed board having minute circuit patterns and small holes such as blind via-holes, through-holes, and the like, and a method of copper plating using the copper plating bath can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignees: Ebara-Udylite Co., Ltd., Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Hagiwara, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Yoshitaka Terashima, Megumi Maruyama, Takashi Miyake, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Tsuyoshi Sahoda, Seiji Iimura
  • Publication number: 20040016644
    Abstract: The concentration of a leveler in a plating liquid that is used by a plating apparatus for filling metal such as copper in interconnection trenches and holes defined in the surface of a semiconductor substrate or the like is determined based on a peak area (Ar value) in a peel-off region of the plating liquid measured according to a CV or CVS process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Yasushi Isayama, Hiroyuki Ueyama, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Junitsu Yamakawa, Akihisa Hongo, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 6627066
    Abstract: The concentration of a leveler in a plating liquid that is used by a plating apparatus for filling metal such as copper in interconnection trenches and holes defined in the surface of a semiconductor substrate or the like is determined based on a peak area (Ar value) in a peel-off region of the plating liquid measured according to a CV or CVS process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Isayama, Hiroyuki Ueyama, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Junitsu Yamakawa, Akihisa Hongo, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20030106802
    Abstract: A copper plating bath comprising a reaction condensate of an amine compound and glycidyl ether and/or a quaternary ammonium derivative of this reaction, condensate, and a plating method using this copper plating bath are disclosed. A copper plating bath capable of providing highly reliable copper plating on a substrate such as a silicone wafer semiconductor substrate or printed board having minute circuit patterns and small holes such as blind via-holes, through-holes, and the like, and a method of copper plating using the copper plating bath can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Hideki Hagiwara, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Yoshitaka Terashima, Megumi Maruyama, Takashi Miyake, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Tsuyoshi Sahoda, Seiji Iimura
  • Patent number: 6517894
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for plating a substrate is provided, wherein fine pits formed in the substrate, such as fine channels for wiring, are filled with a copper, copper alloy, or other material with low electrical resistance. The method is performed on a wafer W having fine pits (10) to fill the fine pits with a metal (13) and includes performing a first plating process (11) by immersing the wafer in a first plating solution having a composition superior in throwing power; and performing a second plating process (12) by immersing the substrate in a second plating solution having a composition superior in leveling ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Hongo, Mizuki Nagai, Kanji Ohno, Ryoichi Kimizuka, Megumi Maruyama