Patents by Inventor Stephen Robert Fletcher

Stephen Robert Fletcher 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).

  • Publication number: 20220227751
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert LABÉGUÈRE, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice SANIÈRE, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 11220499
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguère, Gregory John Robert Newsome, Luke Jonathan Alvey, Laurent Raymond Maurice Sanière, Stephen Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10206907
    Abstract: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Javier Blanc, Nolwenn Jouannigot, Alastair James Hodges, Koen Kurt Smits
  • Publication number: 20190002458
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert LABÉGUÈRE, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice SANIÈRE, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 10047083
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguère, Gregory John Robert Newsome, Luke Jonathan Alvey, Laurent Raymond Maurice Sanière, Stephen Robert Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20180016275
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein Cy, L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis), lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert LABÉGUÈRE, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice SANIÈRE, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 9708312
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula (Ia), wherein Cy, L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula (I) that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis), lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguère, Gregory John Robert Newsome, Luke Jonathan Alvey, Laurent Raymond Maurice Sanière, Stephen Robert Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20170035738
    Abstract: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie MENET, Luc Juliaan Corina VAN ROMPAEY, Stephen Robert FLETCHER, Javier BLANC, Nolwenn JOUANNIGOT, Alastair James HODGES, Koen Kurt SMITS
  • Publication number: 20160244442
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert LABÉGUÈRE, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice SANIÈRE, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 9415037
    Abstract: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Javier Blanc, Nolwenn Jouannigot, Alastair James Hodges, Koen Kurt Smits
  • Publication number: 20160039807
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula (Ia), wherein Cy, L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula (I) that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis), lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert LABÉGUÈRE, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice SANIÈRE, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 9255095
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguère, Gregory John Robert Newsome, Luke Jonathan Alvey, Laurent Raymond Maurice Sanière, Stephen Robert Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20150150856
    Abstract: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie MENET, Luc Juliaan Corina VAN ROMPAEY, Stephen Robert FLETCHER, Javier BLANC, Nolwenn JOUANNIGOT, Alastair James HODGES, Koen Kurt SMITS
  • Patent number: 8927543
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguére, Gregory John Robert Newsome, Luke Jonathan Alvey, Laurent Raymond Maurice Saniére, Stephen Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 8853240
    Abstract: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Nolwenn Jouannigot, Javier Blanc, Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Alastair James Hodges, Koen Kurt Smits
  • Publication number: 20140121204
    Abstract: A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Frédéric Gilbert Labéguère, Gregory John Robert NEWSOME, Luke Jonathan ALVEY, Laurent Raymond Maurice Sanière, Stephen Robert FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 8203004
    Abstract: Tetrahydroindole derivatives of formula (I): are disclosed. These compounds modulate the activity of gamma-secretase and hence find use in treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Frank Burkamp, Graham David Checksfield, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Stephen John Lewis, Edward Giles Mciver, Paul Joseph Oakley, Martin Richard Teall
  • Publication number: 20110190260
    Abstract: [1,2,4]Triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the formula (I). The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diseases involving cartilage degradation, bone and/or joint degradation, for example osteoarthritis; and/or conditions involving inflammation or immune responses, such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, allergic airways disease (e.g. asthma, rhinitis), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, endotoxin-driven disease states (e.g. complications after bypass surgery or chronic endotoxin states contributing to e.g. chronic cardiac failure), diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover (e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Nolwenn Jouannigot, Javier Blanc, Luc Juliaan Corina Van Rompaey, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Alastair James Hodges, Koen Kurt Smits
  • Patent number: 7655644
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein both p's are one or two, R1 is generally heteroaryl or cycloalkyl, R2 is C3-6cycloalkyl or phenyl and R3 is heteroaryl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as GlyT1 inhibitors for treating schizophrenia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Andrew Jennings, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Leslie Joseph Street, Joanne Thomson
  • Publication number: 20100016308
    Abstract: Tetrahydroindole derivatives of formula (I): are disclosed. These compounds modulate the activity of gamma-secretase and hence find use in treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Burkamp, Graham David Checksfield, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Stephen John Lewis, Edward Giles Meiver, Paul Joseph Oakley, Martin Richard Teall