Patents by Inventor Nicholas D. P. Cosford

Nicholas D. P. Cosford 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: 7371767
    Abstract: Pyrrole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, circadian rhythm disorders, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Patent number: 7268151
    Abstract: Novel triazole compounds represented by Formula (1): (where A, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B, R11, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein) in which the triazole is substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal, obesity and other diseases
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Lida R. Tehrani, Bowei Wang
  • Patent number: 7253190
    Abstract: Tetrazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Chixu Chen, Thomas S. Reger, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Patent number: 7105548
    Abstract: Triazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl which are metabotropic glutamate receptor—subtype 5 (“mGluR5”) modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Petpiboon Prasit, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith, Lida R. Tehrani
  • Patent number: 6956049
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods of modulating the activity of excitatory amino acid receptors using a specifically defined class of heterocyclic compounds. In one embodiment, there are provided methods of modulating metabotropic glutamate receptors. The present invention also discloses methods of treating disease using heterocyclic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Ian A. McDonald, Stephen D. Hess, Mark A. Varney
  • Publication number: 20040259917
    Abstract: Imidazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, circadian rhythm disorders, and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas D.P. Cosford, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20040186295
    Abstract: Tetrazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas D P Cosford, Chixu Chen, Thomas S Reger, Jeffrey R Roppe, Nicholas D Smith
  • Patent number: 6632823
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a novel class of substituted pyridine compounds (optionally containing ether, ester, amide, ketone or thioether substitutions) that promote the release of ligands involved in neurotransmission have been discovered. In a particular aspect compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the present invention are capable of modulating acetylcholine receptors. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Ian A. McDonald