Patents by Inventor Nobert Höfgen

Nobert Höfgen 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).

  • 7-azaindoles and the use thereof as therapeutic agents
    Patent number: 7211583
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 7-azaindoles, process for their preparation, pharmaceutical preparations which comprise these compounds, and the pharmaceutical use of these compounds, which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4, as active ingredients for the treatment of disorders which can be influenced by inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4 activity in particular in immunocompetent cells (e.g. macrophages and lymphocytes) by the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Elbion AG
    Inventors: Nobert Höfgen, Hildegard Kuss, Matthias Olbrich, Ute Egerland, Chris Rundfeldt, Karin Steinike, Rudolf Schindler