Patents by Inventor Sean C. Turner

Sean C. Turner 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: 7994160
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyridazine compounds of the formula I which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds: In formula I indicates a single bond or a double bond; X is O, S or N—R5; R1, R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, NH2, NH—C1-C6-alkyl, OH, ?O, (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sean C. Turner, Margaretha Bakker, Roland Grandel, Michael Vierling
  • Publication number: 20110160176
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; G is CH2 or CHR3; R1 is H, C,-C6-alkyl, C,-C6-alkyl substituted by C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, fluorinated C,-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6 alkenyl, fluorinated C3-C6-alkenyl, formyl, acetyl or propionyl; R2, R3 and R4 are, independently of each other, H, methyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, or trifluoromethyl; A is phenylene, pyridylene, pyrimidylene, pyrazinylene, pyridazinylene or thiophenylene, which can be substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, methyl, methoxy and CF3; E is NR5 or CH2, wherein R5 is H or C1-C3-alkyl; Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel, Christophe Henry, Gisela Backfisch, Armin Beyerbach, Wilfried Lubisch
  • Publication number: 20110144146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aminomethyl substituted bicyclic aromatic compound of the formula I wherein Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered C-bound heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring member 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms which are, independently of each other, selected from O, S and N, and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, 0 and S and/or 1, 2 or 3 heteroatom-containing groups each independently selected from NR8, where R8 is H, C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkylcarbonyl or fluorinated C1-C4-alkylcarbonyl, and where the cyclic radical Ar may carry 1, 2 or 3 substituents Ra, wherein the variable Ra has the meanings given in the claims and in the description; X is a covalent bond or N—R2, CHR2, CHR2CH2, N or C—R2; Y is N—R2a, CHR2a, CHR2aCH2 or CHR2aCH2CH2; is a single bond o
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel
  • Publication number: 20110118231
    Abstract: The present application relates to aryl- and heteroaryl-fused decahydropyrroloazepine, octahydrooxepinopyrrole, octahydropyrrolothiazepine dioxide, decahydrocyclohepta[c]pyrrole, and octahydrocyclohepta[c]pyrrole derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, processes for making such compounds, and methods of treating disease conditions using such compounds and compositions, and methods for identifying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: ABBOTT LABORATORIES, ABBOTT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Wilfried Braje, Stevan W. Djuric, Noel S. Wilson, Sean C. Turner, Albert W. Kruger, Ana-Lucia Relo, Shashank Shekhar, Dennie S. Welch, Hongyu Zhao, Jorge Gandarilla, Alan F. Gasiecki, Huanqiu Li, Christina M. Thompson, Min Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110082170
    Abstract: The present invention discloses fused thienopyridyl compounds of general formula (I) wherein X1-X6, R5-R7, Z1 and L are as defined in the description. The resent invention also discloses a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain, urinary incontinence, bladder overactivity, and inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 7875627
    Abstract: The present invention discloses fused thienopyridyl compounds of general formula (I) wherein X1-X6, R5-R7, Z1 and L are as defined in the description. The resent invention also discloses a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain, urinary incontinence, bladder overactivity, and inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 7851463
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I). The invention also relates to the use of a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to treatment with a dopamine D3 receptor ligand. The invention also relates to the use of a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to treatment with a dopamine D3 receptor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel, Christophe Henry, Gisela Backfisch, Armin Beyerbach, Wilfried Lubisch
  • Publication number: 20100298292
    Abstract: The present application relates to aryl- and heteroaryl-fused decahydropyrroloazepine, octahydrooxepinopyrrole, octahydropyrrolothiazepine dioxide, decahydrocyclohepta[c]pyrrole, and octahydrocyclohepta[c]pyrrole derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, processes for making such compounds, and methods of treating disease conditions using such compounds and compositions, and methods for identifying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicants: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Wilfried Braje, Stevan W. Djuric, Noel S. Wilson, Sean C. Turner, Albert W. Kruger, Ana-Lucia Relo, Shashank Shekhar, Dennie S. Welch, Hongyu Zhao, Jorge Gandarilla, Alan F. Gasiecki, Huanqiu Li, Christina M. Thompson, Min Zhang
  • Patent number: 7834048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is H, C1-C6-alkyl which may be substituted by C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, fluorinated C3-C6-alkenyl, formyl, acetyl or propionyl; A is phenylene, pyridylene, pyrimidylene, pyrazinylene, pyridazinylene or thiophenylene, which can be substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, methyl, methoxy and CF3; E is NR5 or CH2, wherein R5 is H or C1-C3-alkyl; Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and/or 1, 2 or 3 heteroatom-containing groups each independently selected from NR8, where R8 is H, C1-C4-alk
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel
  • Patent number: 7759397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-amino(aza)indane compound of the formula (I) Wherein Ar is phenyl or an aromatic 5- or 6-membered C-bound heteroaromatic radical, wherein Ar may carry 1 radical Ra and wherein Ar may also carry I or 2 radicals Rb; X is N or CH; E is CR6R7 or NR3; R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, fluorinated C3-C4-alkenyl, formyl or C1-C3-alkylcarbonyl; R1a is H or R1a and R2 or R1a and R2a together are (CH2)n with n being 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 and R2a each independently are H, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3; R3 is H or C,-C4-alkyl; and the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel
  • Publication number: 20090325937
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyridazine compounds of the formula I which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds: In formula I indicates a single bond or a double bond; X is O, S or N—R5; R1, R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, NH2, NH—C1-C6-alkyl, OH, ?O, (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sean C. Turner, Margaretha Bakker, Roland Grandel, Michael Vierling
  • Publication number: 20090203690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts, wherein A, R1, R2, R3 and m, are defined in the description. The present invention relates also to methods of making said compounds, and compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as Glycogen Synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), Rho kinase (ROCK), Janus Kinases (JAK), Cdc7, AKT, PAK4, PLK, CK2, KDR, MK2, JNK1, aurora, pim 1 and nek 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Brian D. Wakefield, Helmut Mack, Sean C. Turner, Alan F. Gasiecki, Vijaya J. Gracias, Kathy A. Sarris, Douglas M. Kalvin, Melissa J. Michmerhuizen, Qi Shuai, Jyoti R. Patel, Margaretha H.M. Bakker, Nicole Teusch, Eric F. Johnson, Peter J. Kovar, Stevan W. Djuric, Andrew J. Long, Anil Vasudevan, Dawn George, Lu Wang, Biqin Li, N. St. John Moore, Adrian D. Hobson, Keith W. Woods, Julie M. Miyashiro, Steven L. Swann, JR., Thomas D. Penning
  • Publication number: 20090048326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is H, C1-C6-alkyl which may be substituted by C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, fluorinated C3-C6-alkenyl, formyl, acetyl or propionyl; A is phenylene, pyridylene, pyrimidylene, pyrazinylene, pyridazinylene or thiophenylene, which can be substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, methyl, methoxy and CF3; E is NR5 or CH2, wherein R5 is H or C1-C3-alkyl; Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and/or 1, 2 or 3 heteroatom-containing groups each independently selected from NR8, where R8 is H, C1-C4-al
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel
  • Publication number: 20090012074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic compounds of the formula I wherein Ar is phenyl or an aromatic 5- or 6-membered C-bound heteroaromatic radical, wherein Ar may carry 1 radical Ra and wherein Ar may also carry 1 or 2 radicals Rb; X is N or CH; Y is O, S, —CH?N—, —CH?CH— or —N?CH—; A is CH2, O or S; E is CR6R7 or NR3; R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, fluorinated C3-C4-alkenyl, formyl or C1-C3-alkylcarbonyl; R1a is H, C2-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, or R1a and R2 together are (CH2)n with n being 2 or 3, or R1a and R2a together are (CH2)n with n being 2 or 3; R2 and R2a are independently of each other H, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3; R3 is H or C1-C4-alkyl; R6, R7 independently of each other are selected from H, C1-C2-alkyl and fluorinated C1-C2-alkyl; and the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel, Christophe Henry
  • Publication number: 20080318996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-amino(aza)indane compound of the formula (I) Wherein Ar is phenyl or an aromatic 5- or 6-membered C-bound heteroaromatic radical, wherein Ar may carry 1 radical R6 and wherein Ar may also carry I or 2 radicals Rb; X is N or CH; E is CR6R7 or NR3; R1 is C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkylmethyl, fluorinated C3-C4-alkenyl, formyl or C1-C3-alkylcarbonyl; R1a is H or R1a and R2 or R1a and R2a together are (CH2)n with n being 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 and R2a each independently are H, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3; R3 is H or C,-C4-alkyl; and the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel
  • Publication number: 20080214524
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are novel VR1 antagonists that are useful in treating pain, inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia, urinary incontinence and bladder overactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: CHIH-HUNG LEE, EROL K. BAYBURT, STANLEY DIDOMENICO, IRENE DRIZIN, ARTHUR R. GOMTSYAN, JOHN R. KOENIG, RICHARD J. PERNER, ROBERT G. SCHMIDT, SEAN C. TURNER, TAMMIE K. WHITE, GUO ZHU ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20080171751
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: wherein n is 1 or 2, Ar is a C-bound 1,2,4-triazol radical which carries a radical R1 on the remaining carbon atom and a radical R1a on one of the nitrogen atoms; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxymethyl, fluorinated C1-C6 alkyl, fluorinated C3-C6 cycloalkyl, fluorinated C1-C4 alkoxymethyl, or optionally substituted phenyl or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; R1a is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; and R2 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, fluorinated C1-C6 alkyl or fluorinated C3-C6 cycloalkyl; and to the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Liliane Unger, Andreas Haupt, Armin Beyerbach, Karla Drescher, Wilfried Braje, John Darbyshire, Sean C. Turner, Gisela Backfisch
  • Publication number: 20080153809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I-VII) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, in which A, L, R6, R7 and R8 are defined herein. The present invention also relates to methods of treating pain using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: CHIH-HUNG LEE, Erol K. Bayburt, Stanley DiDomenico, Irene Drizin, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, John R. Koenig, Richard J. Perner, Robert G. Schmidt, Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. White, Guo Zhu Zheng
  • Patent number: 7348343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I-VII) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, in which A, L, R6, R7 and R8 are defined herein. The present invention also relates to methods of treating pain using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Guo Zhu Zheng, Brian S. Brown, Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. White, Robert G. Schmidt, John R. Koenig, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 7335678
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are novel VR1 antagonists that are useful in treating pain, inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia, urinary incontinence and bladder overactivity, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R5, R6, R7, R8a, R8b, R9, Z1, Z2, and L are defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Lee, Erol K. Bayburt, Stanley DiDomenico, Jr., Irene Drizin, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, John R. Koenig, Richard J. Perner, Robert G. Schmidt, Jr., Sean C. Turner, Tammie K. White, Guo Zhu Zheng