Patents by Inventor Stanley H. B. Wright

Stanley H. B. Wright 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).

  • Benzoxazepinone process
    Patent number: 4977258
    Abstract: Compounds of formula III: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group; and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each idependently signify hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, amino or lower alkyl; are useful intermediates in a novel process for the preparation of a class of pharmacologically active compounds of formula I: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are as defined above; and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter G. Houghton, Stanley H. B. Wright
  • 6-substituted 5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans as inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis
    Patent number: 4966907
    Abstract: Novel position-4 and/or position-6 substituted 5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran and analogs of the following general structural formula (I) are disclosed: ##STR1## These compounds are found to be potent inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G. Caldwell, Milton L. Hammond, Ihor E. Kopka, Stanley H. B. Wright, Robert A. Zambias
  • Resolution of .alpha.-pivaloyloxyethyl-(S)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalantinate into its .alpha. and .beta. isomers
    Patent number: 4404392
    Abstract: Resolution of the .alpha. and .beta. isomers of .alpha.-pivaloyloxyethyl-(S)-3-(3,6-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalaninate is accomplished by; (a) forming the (+) hydrogen tartrate salt of the mixture; (b) fractionally crystallizing the .beta.-isomer salt; and (c) recovering the .alpha.-isomer from the mother liquor by treatment with first a base and second a mineral acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon J. Alabaster, Stanley H. B. Wright