Patents by Inventor Michael Thormann

Michael Thormann 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: 20240067655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that are capable of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or activating, one or more kinases, especially LRRK2 and/or NUAK1 and/or TYK2 or mutants thereof. The compounds are useful for treating diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jean Tassel, Michael Thormann, Roland Koestler, Andreas Treml, Zhonghua Pei, Ming Yu
  • Publication number: 20230373985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that modulate the activity of one or more kinases, such as TYK2 or mutants thereof. The compounds, which may be kinase inhibitors or activators, are useful for treating autoimmune diseases, such as, such as psoriasis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Roland KOESTLER, Nasser Yehia, Jean Tassel, Marcus Wegmann, Federico Medda, Patricia Perez-Gallan, Christiane Gilch, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter, Zhonghua Pei, Scott Savage
  • Publication number: 20220380374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are capable of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or activating, one or more kinases, especially LRRK2 and/or NUAK1 and/or TYK2 or mutants thereof. The compounds are useful for treating diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases. The present description discloses the synthesis and characterisation of exemplary compounds as well as pharmacological data thereof (e.g. pages 40 to 146; examples 1 to 63; compounds 1 to 248; tables 1 to 3). Preferred compounds are e.g. 1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f] [1,3]diazepine derivatives and related compounds. An exemplary compound is e.g. 5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-8-methoxy-1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f] [1,3]diazepine (example 49). (Formula (II)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Roland Koestler, Michael Thormann, Jean Tassel, Nasser Yehia, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter
  • Publication number: 20220380373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are capable of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or activating, one or more kinases, especially LRRK2 and/or NUAK1 and/or TYK2 or mutants thereof. The compounds are useful for treating diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases. The present description discloses the synthesis and characterisation of exemplary compounds as well as pharmacological data thereof (e.g. pages 40 to 146; examples 1 to 63; compounds 1 to 248; tables 1 to 3). Preferred compounds are e.g. 1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f][1,3]diazepine derivatives and related compounds. An exemplary compound is e.g. 5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-8-methoxy-1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f][1,3]diazepine (example 49).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Roland Koestler, Jean Tassel, Michael Thormann, Nasser Yehia, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter
  • Patent number: 10752624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Publication number: 20180305356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Patent number: 10000482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Patent number: 9802937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter, Nadine Traube
  • Patent number: 9637491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Nadine Traube
  • Patent number: 9499535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ORIGENIS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Patent number: 9155792
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of RecA inhibitors as antibiotic agents, and provides RecA inhibitors useful in treating infections. Also provided are various compositions and methods associated with RecA inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Guillaume Cottarel, Jamey Wierzbowski, Kollol Pal, Michael Kohanski, Daniel Dwyer, James Collins, Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml
  • Publication number: 20150266882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Nadine Traube
  • Publication number: 20150259340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Patent number: 8962860
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are as defined herein are inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase and are therefore useful in treating conditions that can be treated by modulation of glutaminyl cyclase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiser, Robert Sommer, Ulf-Torsten Gaertner, Antje Hamann, Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Torsten Hoffman
  • Patent number: 8889709
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to an inhibitor of a glutaminyl peptide cyclotransferase-like protein (QPCTL), and the use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of an inflammatory disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of (a) chronic and acute inflammations, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, pancreatitis; (b) other inflammatory diseases, e.g. neuropathic pain, graft rejection/graft failure/graft vasculopathy, HIV infections/AIDS, gestosis, tuberous sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinizing polyradiculoneuropathy and multiple sclerosis; (c) neuroinflammation; and (d) neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration in Down Syndrome, Familial British Dementia, and Familial Danish Dementia, which may result from neuroinflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Stephan Schilling, Michael Wermann, Holger Cynis, Astrid Kehlen, Daniel Friedrich, Torsten Hoffmann, Kathrin Gans, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Ulrich Heiser, Michael Almstetter, Robert Sommer, Ulf-Torsten Gaertner, Antje Hamann, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml
  • Patent number: 8420684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein R1 represents heteroaryl; -carbocyclyl-heteroaryl; -alkenylheteroaryl or -alkylheteroaryl; R2 represents alkyl which may optionally be substituted by hydroxy; carbocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl and hydroxy; aryl; -aryl-heteroaryl; -heteroaryl-aryl; -aryl-heterocyclyl; H; heteroaryl; or heterocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl oxo and hydroxy; R3 represents alkyl which may optionally be substituted by one of more groups selected from alkoxy, amine, hydroxy and —C(O)Oalkyl; carbocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl haloalkyl, alkoxy, amine, hydroxy and —C(O)Oalkyl; -alkyl-aryl; -alkyl(aryl)2; -alkyl-heteroaryl; -alkyl(he
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Michael Altmstetter, Andreas Treml, Ulrich Heiser, Mirko Buchholz, Andre J. Niestroj
  • Publication number: 20120329785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Origenis Gmbh
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter, Roland Koestler, Nasser Yehia
  • Publication number: 20120329780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Origenis GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter, Nadine Traube
  • Patent number: 8278345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, R1 represents heteroaryl, -carbocyclyl-heteroaryl, -alkenylheteroaryl or -alkylheteroaryl; R2 represents hydrogen; halogen; alkenyl; alkynyl; -alkenylaryl; -alkenylheteroaryl; alkyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy-, -thioalkyl, —C(O)OH and —C(O)O-alkyl; carbocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy-, -thioalkyl, —C(O)OH and —C(O)O-alkyl; -alkylcarbocyclyl; -alkylheterocyclyl; aryl; heteroaryl; heterocyclyl; -alkylaryl; -alkyl(aryl)2, -alkylheteroaryl; -aryl-heteroaryl; -heterocyclyl-aryl; -aryl-aryl; -heteroaryl-aryl; -heteroaryl-heteroaryl, and —C(O)R4; R3 represents halogen; alkyl optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, thioalkyl, —C(O)OH and —C(O)O-alkyl; aryl; heteroaryl; —C(O)R5; R4 and R5 independently repre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Michael Altmstetter, Andreas Treml, Ulrich Heiser, Mirko Buchholz, Andre J. Niestroj
  • Publication number: 20110183955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates or pharmaceutically acceptable formulations thereof. These compounds may be used to modulate cellular proliferation and to prevent and/or treat proliferative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Robert ECKL, Roswitha TAUBE, Michael ALMSTETTER, Michael THORMANN, Andreas TREML, Christopher STRAUB, Zhuoliang CHEN