Patents by Inventor Sarah Christine Hobbs

Sarah Christine Hobbs 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: 6355638
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, William Robert Carling, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod
  • Patent number: 6262103
    Abstract: A pharamceutical composition comprises a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6-alkynyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, arylC1-6alkyl, aryl, S(O)pR1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Howard Barff Broughton, Mark Stewart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Angus Murray MacLeod, Austin John Reeve
  • Patent number: 6156761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein A, B, R2, R3 and q are as defined in the disclosure, pharmaceutical compositions containing them; methods for their production; their use in therapy and methods of treatment of disease states where cognition enhancement is required, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Sharpe & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs
  • Patent number: 5998415
    Abstract: A class of piperazinones, homopiperazinones and thione analogues thereof, substituted at the 1-position by an optionally substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl-alkyl or heteroaryl-alkyl moiety, and linked at the 4-position via an alkylene spacer to a fused bicyclic heteroaromatic moiety, typically indolyl, are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype while possessing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D.beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.1D receptors is indicated, while eliciting fewer side-effects, notably adverse cardiovascular events, than those associated with non-subtype-selective 5-HT.sub.1D receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 5981529
    Abstract: A class of 1-[3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propyl]-4-(2-phenylethyl)piperazine derivatives, substituted at the 5-position of the indole nucleus by a five-membered heteroaromatic moiety, on one or other of the ethylene carbon atoms of the phenethyl moiety by halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, and optionally on the phenyl ring of the phenethyl moiety by halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkoxy or an oxazolidinone group and optionally by one or two further substituents, are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D .alpha. receptor subtype whilst possessing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D .alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D .beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Angus Murray MacLeod, Austin John Reeve, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 5973156
    Abstract: A class of substituted piperidine and tetrahydropyridine derivatives, linked through the 4-position thereof via an alkylene chain to a fused bicyclic heteroaromatic moiety such as indolyl, and further substituted at the 1-position by an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, aryl-alkyl or heteroaryl-alkyl moiety, are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D.spsb..alpha. receptor subtype whilst processing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D.spsb..alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D.spsb..beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.1D receptors is indicated, whilst eliciting fewer side-effects, notably adverse cardiovascular events, than those associated with non-subtype-selective 5-HT.sub.1D receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dome Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Tamara Ladduwahetty, Angus Murray MacLeod, Kevin John Merchant
  • Patent number: 5925638
    Abstract: A class of 1-?3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propyl!-4-benzylpiperazine derivatives of formula I, substituted at the 5-position of the indole nucleus by a 1,2,4-triazol-4-yl moiety, and on the methylene linkage of the benzyl moiety by a range of substituted alkyl groups, are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype whilst possessing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D.beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.1D receptors is indicated, whilst eliciting fewer side-effects, notably adverse cardiovascular events, than those associated with non-subtype-selective 5-HT.sub.1D receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 5854268
    Abstract: A class of substituted azetidine, pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype whilst possessing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D.alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D.beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.1D receptors is indicated, whilst eliciting fewer side-effects, notably adverse cardiovascular events, than those associated with non-subtype-selective 5-HT.sub.1D receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Ltd.
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Sylvie Bourrain, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Mark Stuart Chambers, Alexander Richard Guiblin, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Richard Alexander Jelley, Andrew Madin, Victor Giulio Matassa, Austin John Reeve, Michael Geoffrey Russell, Graham Andrew Showell, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street, Monique Bodil Van Niel
  • Patent number: 5807857
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a salt or prodrug thereof, wherein Z represents an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from furan, thiophene, pyrrole, oxazole, thiazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, triazole and tetrazole; E represents a chemical bond or a straight or branched alkylene chain containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Q represents a straight or branched alkylene chain containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, optionally substituted in any position by a hydroxy group; T represents nitrogen or CH; U represents nitrogen or C--R.sup.2 ; V represents oxygen, sulphur or N--R.sup.3 ; --F--G-- represents --CH2--N--, --CH2--CH-- or --CH.dbd.C--; R.sup.1 represents C.sub.3-6 alkenyl, C.sub.3-6 alkynyl, aryl(C.sub.1-6)alkyl or heteroaryl(C.sub.1-6)alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Austin John Reeve, Graham Andrew Showell, Leslie Joseph Street, Victor Giulio Matassa
  • Patent number: 5681833
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), and salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein said formula, R.sup.1 represents certain optionally substituted alkyl or C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl; R.sup.2 represents (II) or (III), where m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R.sup.9 is H or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; R.sup.10 is imidazolyl, triazolyl or tetrazolyl, and R.sup.11 is H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or halo; R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halo or NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 ; R.sup.4 is C.sub.1-7 alkyl, C.sub.3-10 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-10 cycloalkylC.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.6-10 bicycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or NR.sub.12 R.sub.13 ; R.sup.5 is H or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; which are CCK and/or gastrin antagonists useful in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Victor Giulio Matassa