Patents by Inventor Nicholas Marcopulos

Nicholas Marcopulos 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: 8501732
    Abstract: The invention relates to JNK inhibitors and corresponding methods, formulations, and compositions for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders. The application discloses JNK inhibitors, as described below in Formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of JNK and treat diseases associated with JNK activity. Disclosed are methods and formulations for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders, and the like, with the compounds, and processes for making said compounds, and corresponding compositions, disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Bilotta, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Stuart Hayden, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Christine M. Lukacs-Lesburg, Nicholas Marcopulos, Eric Mertz, Lida Qi, Yimin Qian, Sung-Sau So, Jenny Tan, Kshitij C. Thakkar
  • Publication number: 20130018043
    Abstract: The invention relates to JNK inhibitors and corresponding methods, formulations, and compositions for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders. The application discloses JNK inhibitors, as described below in Formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of JNK and treat diseases associated with JNK activity. Disclosed are methods and formulations for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders, and the like, with the compounds, and processes for making said compounds, and corresponding compositions, disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph A. Bilotta, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Stuart Hayden, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Christine M. Lukacs-Lesburg, Nicholas Marcopulos, Eric Mertz, Lida Qi, Yimin Qian, Sung-Sau So, Jenny Tan, Kshitij C. Thakkar
  • Patent number: 8324385
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): were RI is phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl, X is carbon on nitrogen, and R3 is isoquinoline, -amino, or a -4- to 6-membered heterocycloalkyl ring and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are active as DGAT inhibitors and therefore find uses in treatment of diseases associated with abnormal metabolism of trigliceride. such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Matthew Michael Hamilton, Nicholas Marcopulos, Lee Apostle McDermott, Yimin Qian
  • Patent number: 8211914
    Abstract: Provided herein are amides containing at least a four ring structure, which are inhibitors of diacylglycerol acyltransferase and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Nicholas Marcopulos, Yimin Qian
  • Patent number: 7947692
    Abstract: There are presented compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are active adenosine A2B receptor antagonists and useful in the treatment of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, asthma and diarrhea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Brinkman, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Nicholas Marcopulos, Lida Qi, Jagdish Kumar Racha, Ramakanth Sarabu, Jenny Tan, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Publication number: 20100152445
    Abstract: Provided herein are amides containing at least a four ring structure, which are inhibitors of diacylglycerol acyltransferase and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Nicholas Marcopulos, Yimin Qian
  • Publication number: 20100113782
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): were R1 is phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl, X is carbon on nitrogen, and R3 is isoquinoline, -amino, or a 4- to 6-membered heterocycloalkyl ring and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are active as DGAT inhibitors and therefore find uses in treatment of diseases associated with abnormal metabolism of triglicerides such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Matthew Michael Hamilton, Nicholas Marcopulos, Lee Apostle McDermott, Yimin Qian
  • Publication number: 20070270433
    Abstract: There are presented compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are active adenosine A2B receptor antagonists and useful in the treatment of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, asthma and diarrhea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: John A. Brinkman, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Nicholas Marcopulos, Lida Qi, Jagdish Kumar Racha, Ramakanth Sarabu, Jenny Tan, Jefferson Wright Tilley