Patents by Inventor Olivier Michelin

Olivier Michelin 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: 20110112282
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which each compound is adapted to occupy the binding site of human IDO, which comprises a large hydrophobic pocket A and a second, proximal hydrophobic pocket B, the compound comprising at least one of the following elements: (i) a large hydrophobic fragment to substantially fill pocket A in the binding site of human IDO; (ii) an atom that can coordinate to the heme iron of human IDO, (iii) a positively charged group that can form a salt-bridge with the heme 7-propionate of the human IDO; (iv) a negatively charged group that can form a salt-bridge with Arg231 of the human IDO; (v) a hydrophobic group that can form van der Waals interactions with pocket B; and (vi) one or more substituents that can hydrogen bond to Ser167 and to Gly262, and as IDO inhibitors and their therapeutic use, eg in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Ute Roehrig, Loay Awad, Olivier Michelin, Benoit Van Den Eynde, Luc Pilotte, Vincent Stroobant, Pierre Larrieu