Patents by Inventor Richard C. Thomas

Richard C. Thomas 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: 7645781
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formulae I, II, and III described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Toni-Jo Poel, Michael R. Barbachyn, Mikhail F. Gordeev, Gary W. Luehr, Adam Renslo, Upinder Singh, Vara Prasad Venkata Negandra Josyula
  • Patent number: 6358942
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof wherein X is NR1; R1 is H, C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more OH, CN, or halo, or R1 is —(CH2)h-aryl, —COR1-1, —COOR1-2, —CO—(CH2)h—COR1-1, C1-6 alkyl sulfonyl, —SO2—(CH2)h-aryl, or —(CO)i-Het; R2 is H, C1-6 alkyl, —(CH2)h-aryl, or halo; R3 and R4 are independently H or halo; R5 is H, C1-12 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halo, C3-12 cycloalkyl, C1-6 alkoxy; m and n taken together are 1 or 2. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Toni-Jo Poel
  • Patent number: 6166056
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I): ##STR1## or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof wherein X is NR.sub.1 ; R.sub.1 is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more OH, CN, or halo, or R.sub.1 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.h -aryl, --COR.sub.1-1, --COOR.sub.1-2, --CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.h --COR.sub.1-1, C.sub.1-6 alkyl sulfonyl, --SO.sub.2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.h -aryl, or --(CO).sub.i --Het; R.sub.2 is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.h -aryl, or halo; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently H or halo; R.sub.5 is H, C.sub.1-12 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halo, C.sub.3-12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy; m and n taken together are 1 or 2. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignees: Pharmacia, Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Toni-Jo Poel, Michael D. Ennis, David J. Anderson, Robert L. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6043248
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to pyrimidine-thioalkyl and alkylether compounds of Formula (I) and pyrimidine-thioalkyl and alkylethers of Formula (IA), namely the compounds of Formula (I) where R.sub.4 is selected from the group consisitng of --H or --NR.sub.15 R.sub.16 where R.sub.15 is --H and R.sub.16 is --H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, NH.sub.2 or R.sub.15 and R.sub.16 taken together with the --N form 1-pyrrolidino, 1-morpholino or 1-piperidino; and R.sub.6 is selected from the group consisting of --H, or halo (preferably --Cl); with the overall proviso that R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are not both --H. The compounds of Formula (IA) are useful in the treatment of individuals who are HIV positive being inhibitors of viral reverse transcriptase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Nugent, Stephen T. Schlachter, Michael J. Murphy, Joel Morris, Richard C. Thomas, Donn G. Wishka, Gary J. Cleek, David R. Graber
  • Patent number: 5981537
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to pyrimidine-thioalkyl and alkylether compounds of Formula (I) and pyrimidine-thioalkyl and alkylethers of Formula (IA), namely the compounds of Formula (I) where R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of --H or --NR.sub.15 R.sub.16 where R.sub.15 is --H and R.sub.16 is --H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, --NH.sub.2 or R.sub.15 and R.sub.16 taken together with the --N form 1-pyrrolidino, 1-morpholino or 1-piperidino; and R.sub.6 is selected from the group consisting of --H, or halo (preferably --Cl); with the overall proviso that R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are not both --H. The compounds of Formula (IA) are useful in the treatment of individuals who are HIV positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Nugent, Stephen T. Schlachter, Michael J. Murphy, Joel Morris, Richard C. Thomas, Donn G. Wishka, Fritz Reusser, Gary J. Cleek, Irene W. Althaus
  • Patent number: 5968962
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof wherein X is NR.sub.1, S(O).sub.g, or O; R.sub.1 is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more OH, CN, or halo, or R.sub.1 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.h -- aryl, --COR.sub.1--1, --COOR.sub.1-2, --CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.h --COR.sub.1--1, C.sub.1-6 alkyl sulfonyl, --SO.sub.2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.h --aryl, or --(CO).sub.i --Het; R.sub.2 is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.h --aryl, or halo; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are H or halo; R.sub.5 is H, C.sub.1-12 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halo, C.sub.3-12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Toni-Jo Poel, Michael R. Barbachyn
  • Patent number: 5952324
    Abstract: Phenyloxazolidinone compound of formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof characterized by a bicyclic thiazine or oxazine substituent. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents, effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens, including gram-positive aerobic bacteria such as multiply-resistant staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci as well as anaerobic organisms such as Bacteroides spp. and Clostridia spp. species, and acid-fast organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium spp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Barbachyn, Richard C. Thomas, Gary L. Cleek, Lisa M. Thomasco, Robert C. Gadwood
  • Patent number: 5922707
    Abstract: This invention provides novel oxazolidinone derivatives represented by chemical Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein X is NR.sub.1, CR.sub.2 R.sub.3, O, S, SO, or SO.sub.2 ; and Z is NR.sub.4, S, SO, SO.sub.2 or O. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents, effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens, including gram-positive aerobic bacteria such as multiply-resistant staphylococci and streptococci, as well as anaerobic organisms such as bacteroides and clostridia species, and acid-fast organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Gary J. Cleek, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Hiroyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 5866589
    Abstract: Anti-AIDS compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 are as defined in the specification and R.sub.8 is alkyl of substituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Donna L. Romero, Richard C. Thomas, Paul D. May, Toni-Jo Poel
  • Patent number: 5686486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I which are 4-hydroxy-benzopyran-2-ones and 4-hydroxy-cycloalkyl?b!pyran-2-ones useful for inhibiting a retrovirus in a mammalian cell infected with said retrovirus. ##STR1## Wherein R.sub.10 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Paul Kosta Tomich, Michael John Bohanon, Steven Ronald Turner, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Suvit Thaisrivongs, Richard C. Thomas, Karen Rene Romines, Chih-Ping Yang, Paul Adrian Aristoff, Harvey Irving Skulnick, Paul D. Johnson, Ronald B. Gammill, Qingwei Zhang, Gordon L. Bundy, David John Anderson, Lee S. Banitt
  • Patent number: 5599930
    Abstract: Substituted indoles of formula (I) ##STR1## are useful anti-AIDS pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Donna L. Romero, Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 5563142
    Abstract: The present invention includes diaromatic substituted heterocyclic compounds (III) ##STR1## which are useful in treating individuals infected with the HIV virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: John R. Palmer, Donna L. Romero, Paul A. Aristoff, Richard C. Thomas, Herman W. Smith
  • Patent number: 4975538
    Abstract: This invention presents novel 2-azetidinone compounds which are useful as antibacterial agents to eradicate or control susceptible microbes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.401 and R.sub.402 are the same or different and are (a) hydrogen, (b) (C.sub.1 -C.sub.12) alkyl (c) (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8) alkenyl, (d) (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8) alkynyl, (e) (C.sub.3 -C.sub.10) cycloalkyl, (f) phenyl optionally substituted with from one to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, amino, nitro, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkoxy, (g) benzyl optionally substituted with from one to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, amino, nitro, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkoxy, (h) --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--CH.sub.2 --NHR.sub.420, (i) --CH.sub.2 --O--CO.sub.2 --R.sub.430, (j) --CH.sub.2 F, or (k) --CHF.sub.2 ; wherein R.sub.420 is (a) hydrogen, (b) --COH, or (c) --CO--O--C(CH.sub.3).sub.3 ; wherein R.sub.430 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8) alkyl, --(CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Barbachyn, Steven J. Brickner, Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 4895870
    Abstract: Spectinomycin analogs of formula I, wherein R is alkyl, are used in the treatment of gonococcal, non-gonococcal and post-gonococcal urethritis and chlamydia infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Zurenko, James J. Vavra, David R. White, Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 4523022
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the novel, sugar-ring expansion for synthesis of novel analogs of spectinomycin or C-6' analogs of spectinomycin from known aminomethyldihydrospectinomycin and analogs thereof. Additionally, the invention concerns the novel synthesis of novel 7 membered sugar-ring analogs of dihydrospectinomycin and C-6' analogs thereof from novel 7 membered sugar-ring spectinomycin and C-6' analogs thereof by treatment with NaBH.sub.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 4465848
    Abstract: The present specification provides novel antimicrobial analogs of spectinomycin and intermediates and processes for their preparation. Particularly described are novel 3'-diazo-secospectinomycin derivatives useful in the preparation of a variety of 3'-substituted spectinomycin analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, Edward L. Fritzen
  • Patent number: 4459417
    Abstract: This invention is a novel chemical particularly concerned with N-dealkylation of secondary amines as found in amino-cylitols of which spectinomycin is an example. Separation and further alkylation also comprise the present invention process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventor: Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 4420624
    Abstract: Anomers and asteric mixtures of novel analogs of spectinomycin. Additionally provides novel intermediates and process for preparing spectinomycin and analogs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: David R. White, Richard C. Thomas
  • Patent number: D282246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: British Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, David J. Daniels
  • Patent number: D282350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: British Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Thomas, David J. Daniels