Patents by Inventor Steven Y. Tam

Steven Y. Tam 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).

  • Methods for treating asthmatic conditions
    Patent number: 7713964
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for treating in mammals asthma and asthmatic conditions using substituted indole compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods for using the compounds as inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes, and for the medical treatment, prevention and inhibition of pain and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steven Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark
  • Process for making an aldehyde
    Patent number: 6984735
    Abstract: A process for making an aromatic aldehyde in which a sulfoxide is reacted with a dihalogenated aromatic compound in the absence of an effective amount of an activating reagent. The aldehyde may then be used to make other compounds, such as a compound that acts as a cPLA inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steven Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark, Wei Li
  • Inhibitors of cytosolic phospholipase A2
    Patent number: 6797708
    Abstract: This invention provides substituted indole compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods for using the compounds as inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes, and for the medical treatment, prevention and inhibition of pain and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steven Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark
  • Process for making an aldehyde
    Publication number: 20040082785
    Abstract: A process for making an aromatic aldehyde in which a sulfoxide is reacted with a dihalogenated aromatic compound in the absence of an effective amount of an activating reagent. The aldehyde may then be used to make other compounds, such as a compound that acts as a cPLA inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steven Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark, Wei Li
  • N-benzhydryl indole compounds
    Patent number: 6635771
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula in which R, R′, R7-R11, X, n1 and n3 are as defined herein. These compounds are useful as intermediates for preparing pharmaceutical compounds having pharmacological activity as chemical inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steven Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark