Patents by Inventor Steven M. Condon

Steven M. Condon 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: 6057369
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula I: ##STR1## wherein the variables are as described herein. Compounds within the scope of the present invention possess useful properties, more particularly pharmaceutical properties. They are especially useful for inhibiting the production or physiological effects of TNF in the treatment of a patient suffering from a disease state associated with a physiologically detrimental excess of tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Compounds within the scope of the present invention also inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, and are useful in treating a disease state associated with pathological conditions that are modulated by inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, such disease states including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, in particular type IV cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Groneberg, Kent W. Neuenschwander, Stevan W. Djuric, Gerald M. McGeehan, Christopher J. Burns, Steven M. Condon, Matthew M. Morrissette, Joseph M. Salvino, Anthony C. Scotese, John W. Ullrich