Patents by Inventor Sander G. Mills

Sander G. Mills 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: 6812234
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n and the dashed line are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Jiao, Gregori Morriello, Lihu Yang, Stephen D. Goble, Sander G. Mills, Alexander Pasternak, Changyou Zhou, Gabor Butora, Shankaran Kothandaraman, Deodialsingh Guiadeen, Christopher Moyes, Cheng Tang
  • Publication number: 20040167156
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Jiao, Gregori Morriello, Lihu Yang, Stephen D. Goble, Sander G. Mills, Alexander Pasternak, Changyou Zhou, Gabor Butora, Shankaran Kothandaraman, Deodialsingh Guiadeen, Christopher Moyes, Cheng Tang
  • Publication number: 20040087552
    Abstract: Pyrrolidine compounds of Formula (I), (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7 and R8 are defined herein) are described. The compounds are modulators of CCR5 chemokine receptor activity. The compounds are useful, for example, in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, as compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey J Hale, Charles G. Caldwell, Dooseop Kim, Dong-Ming Shen, Sander G. Mills, Kevin T. Chapman, Liya Chen, Malcolm MacCoss, Amy Gentry, Christopher L. Lynch, Christopher A. Willoughby, Yuan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20040058894
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method of treating an immunoregulatory abnormality in a mammalian patient in need of such treatment comprising administering to said patient a compound which is an agonist of the S1P1/Edg1 receptor in an amount effective for treating said immunoregulatory abnormality, wherein said compound possesses a selectivity for the S1P1/Edg1 receptor over the S1PR3/Edg3 receptor, said compound administered in an amount effective for treating said immunoregulatory abnormality. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: George A. Doherty, Michael J. Forrest, Richard Hajdu, Jeffrey J. Hale, Li Zhen, Suzanne M. Mandala, Sander G. Mills, Hugh Rosen
  • Patent number: 6645939
    Abstract: &bgr;-Alanine derivatives of Formula I are antagonists of VLA-4 and/or &agr;4&bgr;7, and as such are useful in the inhibition or prevention of cell adhesion and cell-adhesion mediated pathologies. These compounds may be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions and are suitable for use in the treatment of asthma, allergies, inflammation, multiple sclerosis, and other inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe L. Durette, William K. Hagmann, Ihor E. Kopka, Malcolm MacCoss, Sander G. Mills, Richard A. Mumford, Plato A. Magriotis
  • Patent number: 6638930
    Abstract: Substituted heterocycles of the general structural formula: are tachykinin receptor antagonists useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, pain or migraine, asthma and emesis, and calcium channel blockers useful in the treatment of cardiovascular conditions such as angina, hypertension or ischemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad P. Dorn, Paul E. Finke, Jeffrey J. Hale, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Shrenik K. Shah, Mark Stuart Chambers, Timothy Harrison, Tamara Ladduwahetty, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 6593346
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, n, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Kerry A. Hilfiker, Malcolm MacCoss, Kevin T. Chapman, Jennifer L. Loebach, Sander G. Mills, Ravi N. Guthikonda, Shrenik K. Shah, Dooseop Kim, Dong-Ming Shen, Bryan Oates
  • Publication number: 20030114495
    Abstract: The use of compounds of the present invention as antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor particularly in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. The invention is concerned with the use of these novel compounds to selectively antagonize the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor. As such, compounds of the present invention are useful as psychotropic drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, particularly to opiates, alcohol, and nicotine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Sander G. Mills, Christopher W. Plummer, Shrenik K. Shah, Quang T. Truong
  • Patent number: 6538002
    Abstract: The present in to s directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R7, R8, X, Y, Z, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Bryan Oates
  • Patent number: 6531484
    Abstract: Pyrrolidine compounds of Formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8a, R8b, j, k, 1, m, and n are defined herein) are described. The compounds are modulators of CCR5 chemokine receptor activity. The compounds are useful, for example, in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, as compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & co., Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Willoughby, Keith Rosauer, Kevin T. Chapman, Sander G. Mills, Dong-Ming Shen, Min Shu
  • Patent number: 6511994
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Q, and X are defined herein) are described. The compounds are modulators of CCR5 chemokine receptor activity. The compounds are useful, for example, in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, as compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Kim, Jiang Chang, Kevin T. Chapman, Sander G. Mills
  • Patent number: 6506777
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7, R8, X, n, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Jennifer L. Loebach, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills
  • Patent number: 6500844
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R7, R8, X, Y, Z, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Kevin T. Chapman, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Bryan Oates
  • Publication number: 20020198178
    Abstract: Pyrrolidine compounds of Formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher A. Willoughby, Keith Rosauer, Kevin T. Chapman, Sander G. Mills, Dong-Ming Shen, Min Shu
  • Patent number: 6498161
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolidine compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Caldwell, Kevin T. Chapman, Jeffrey Hale, Dooseop Kim, Christopher Lynch, Malcolm MacCoss, Sander G. Mills, Christopher Willoughby, Scott Berk, Ronald M. Kim
  • Patent number: 6498165
    Abstract: Pyrimidine compounds (Formula I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, crystal forms and individual diastereomers, and pharmaceutical compositions including the same, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinase enzymes, and as such are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of protein tyrosine kinase-associated disorders, such as immune diseases, hyperproliferative disorders and other diseases in which inappropriate protein kinase action is believed to play a role, such as cancer, angiogensis, atheroscelerosis, graft rejection, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Helen M. Armstrong, Richard Beresis, Joung L. Goulet, Mark A. Holmes, Xingfang Hong, Sander G. Mills, William H. Parsons, Peter J. Sinclair, Mark G. Steiner, Frederick Wong, Dennis M. Zaller
  • Publication number: 20020193407
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald M. Kim, Jiang Chang, Kevin T. Chapman, Sander G. Mills
  • Patent number: 6479518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3, R5, R6, R7, R8, R11, R12, R13, Q, W, X, Y and Z are defined herein. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel compounds as active ingredients and the use of the novel compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders. The compounds of this invention are tachykinin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment of psychiatric disorders including depression and anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Laura C. Meurer, Sander G. Mills, Malcolm MacCoss, Hongbo Qi
  • Patent number: 6476054
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclic amines of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, m and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-1, CCR-2, CCR-2A, CCR-2B, CCR-3, CCR-4, CCR-5, CXCR-3, and/or CXCR-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Caldwell, Paul E. Finke, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Bryan Oates, Dooseop Kim, Shankaran Kothandaraman, Liping Wang
  • Patent number: 6472410
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, n, x and y are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Finke, Kevin T. Chapman, Malcolm Maccoss, Sander G. Mills, Jennifer L. Loebach, Bryan Oates