Patents by Inventor Michael T. Rudd

Michael T. Rudd 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).

  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 9328138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: MSD Italia S.R.L., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael T. Rudd, John McCauley, Nigel Liverton, Christiane Grisé-Bard, Marie-Christine Brochu, Sylvie Charron, Virender Aulakh, Benoit Bachand, Patrick Beaulieu, Helmi Zaghdane, Yongxin Han, Marco Ferrara, Steven Harper, Vincenzo Summa, Samuel Chackalamannil, Srikanth Venkatraman, Unmesh Shah, Francisco Velazquez
  • Quinoline carboxamide and quinoline carbonitrile derivatives as mGluR2-negative allosteric modulators, compositions, and their use
    Patent number: 9278960
    Abstract: The present invention provides quinoline carboxamide and quinoline carbonitrile compounds of formula (I) wherein ring A, RQ, -L-, R1, n, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful as non-competitive mGluR2 antagonists, or mGluR2 negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), and in methods of treating a patient (preferably a human) for diseases or disorders in which the mGluR2-NAM receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other mood disorders, pain disorders and sleep disorders, by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher James Bungard, Antonella Converso, Barbara Hanney, Timothy John Hartingh, Peter J. Manley, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 Protease Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20150266897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicants: MSD ITALIA S.R.L., MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, Vincenzo Summa, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Marco Ferrara, Kevin F. Gilbert, Steven Harper, John A. McCauley, Charles J. McIntyre, Alessia Petrocchi, Marco Pompei, Joseph J. Romano, Michael T. Rudd, John W. Butcher, M. Katharine Holloway
  • Substituted pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridines as TrkA kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 9102673
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I and Ia: which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Barbara Hanney, Peter Manley, Michael T. Rudd, John M. Sanders, Shawn J. Stachel, Darrell Henze
  • Macrocyclic compounds as antiviral agents
    Patent number: 8927569
    Abstract: A class of macrocyclic compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, A, Z, Y, X, M, W, n and m are defined herein, that are useful as inhibitors of viral proteases, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, are provided. Also provided are processes 5 for the synthesis and use of such macrocyclic compounds for treating or preventing HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Steven Harper, Vincenzo Summa, Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, John W. Butcher, Marcello Di Filippo, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Marco Ferrara, Joseph J. Romano, Michael T. Rudd
  • QUINOLINE CARBOXAMIDE AND QUINOLINE CARBONITRILE DERIVATIVES AS mGluR2-NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20140309227
    Abstract: The present invention provides quinoline carboxamide and quinoline carbonitrile compounds of formula (I) wherein ring A, RQ, -L-, R1, n, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful as non-competitive mGluR2 antagonists, or mGluR2 negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), and in methods of treating a patient (preferably a human) for diseases or disorders in which the mGluR2-NAM receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other mood disorders, pain disorders and sleep disorders, by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher James Bungard, Antonella Converso, Pablo De Leon, Barbara Hanney, Timothy John Hartingh, Jesse Josef Manikowski, Peter J. Manley, Robert Meissner, Zhaoyang Meng, James J. Perkins, Michael T. Rudd, Youheng Shu
  • HCV NS3 PROTEASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140296136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael T. Rudd, John McCauley, Nigel Liverton, Christiane Grisé-Bard, Marie-Christine Brochu, Sylvie Charron, Virender Aulakh, Benoit Bachand, Patrick Beaulieu, Helmi Zaghdane, Yongxin Han, Marco Ferrara, Steven Harper, Vincenzo Summa, Samuel Chackalamannil, Srikanth Venkatraman, Unmesh Shah, Francisco Velazquez
  • Hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8828930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, Michael T. Rudd
  • TrkA KINASE INHIBITORS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140155413
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I and 1a: which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Barbara Hanney, Peter Manley, Michael T. Rudd, John M. Sanders, Shawn J. Stachel, Darrell Henze
  • Therapeutic compounds
    Patent number: 8591878
    Abstract: A class of macrocyclic compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, A, B, Z, M, W and n are defined herein, that are useful as inhibitors of viral proteases, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of such macrocyclic compounds for treating or preventing HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti Spa
    Inventors: John A. McCauley, Nigel J. Liverton, Steven Harper, Charles J. McIntyre, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 PROTEASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130178413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula I that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: John A. McCauley, Nigel J. Liverton, Michael T. Rudd, Kevin F. Gilbert, Marco Ferrara, Vincenzo Summa, Benedetta Crescenzi
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8461107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, John W. Butcher, Kevin F. Gilbert, Charles J. McIntyre, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8377874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, Joseph P. Vacca, John A. McCauley, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8309540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, Joseph P. Vacca, John A. McCauley, Joseph J. Romano, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8278322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: M. Katharine Holloway, Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, Michael T. Rudd, Joseph P. Vacca, Steven W. Ludmerer, David B. Olsen
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 8216999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: M. Katharine Holloway, Nigel J. Liverton, Steven W. Ludmerer, John A. McCauley, David B. Olsen, Michael T. Rudd, Joseph P. Vacca, Charles J. McIntyre
  • HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS3 PROTEASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20120121624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 PROTEASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20110046161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, John W. Butcher, Kevin F. Gilbert, Charles J. McIntyre, Michael T. Rudd
  • HCV NS3 Protease Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20110028494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: M. Katharine Holloway, Nigel J. Liverton, John A. McCauley, Michael T. Rudd, Joseph P. Vacca, Steven W. Ludmerer, David B. Olsen
  • HCV NS3 protease inhibitors
    Patent number: 7879797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: M. Katharine Holloway, Nigel J. Liverton, Steven W. Ludmerer, John A. McCauley, David Olsen, Michael T. Rudd, Joseph P. Vacca