Patents by Inventor Tara Whitney

Tara Whitney 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).

  • Ion channel modulators and methods of use
    Patent number: 8883766
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to compounds useful as ion channel modulators. It has now been found that compounds of this invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Tim Neubert, Tara Whitney, Danielle Lehsten, Tara Hampton, Nicole Zimmermann, Andreas P. Termin
  • Pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamide derivatives as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8841282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamides of the following formula: useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, such as pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Ann Martinborough, Nicole Hilgraf, Timothy Donald Neubert, Mehdi Numa, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar
  • Pyrrolidinone Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives as Modulators of Ion Channels
    Publication number: 20130338119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Ann Martinborough, Nicole Hilgraf, Timothy Donald Neubert, Mehdi Numa, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar
  • Piperidine and piperazine phenyl sulfonamides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8586589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and piperazine phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Lev T. D. Fanning, Urvi Sheth, Dean Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • Piperidine and Piperazine Phenyl Sulfonamides as Modulators of Ion Channels
    Publication number: 20130035310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and piperazine phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Esther Ann Martinborough, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dean Mitchell Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy Donald Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • Bicyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8362032
    Abstract: Bicyclic derivatives having formula (I) and a composition thereof are useful as ion channel antagonists:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Tara Whitney, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Andreas P. Termin, Esther Martinborough
  • Heterocyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8343763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicole Hilgraf, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mehdi Numa, Dean Stamos, Corey Anderson, Tara Whitney
  • Piperidine and piperazine phenyl sulphonamides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8309587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and piperazine phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Ann Martinborough, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dean Mitchell Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy Donald Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • ION CHANNEL MODULATORS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120208790
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to compounds useful as ion channel modulators. It has now been found that compounds of this invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Tim Neubert, Tara Whitney, Danielle Lehsten, Tara Hampton, Nicole Zimmermann, Andreas P. Termin
  • PHENYL SULPHONAMIDES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20120178713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Lev T.D. Fanning, Urvi Sheth, Dean Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20120149742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nicole Hilgraf, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mehdi Numa, Dean Stamos, Corey Anderson, Tara Whitney
  • Ion channel modulators and methods of use
    Patent number: 8193194
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to compounds useful as ion channel modulators. It has now been found that compounds of this invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Tim Neubert, Tara Whitney, Danielle Lehsten, Tara Hampton, Nicole Zimmermann, Andreas P. Termin
  • Pyrrolidinyl phenyl sulphonamides as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8163720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Lev T. D. Fanning, Urvi Sheth, Dean Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • Heterocyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8143297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicole Hilgraf, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mehdi Numa, Dean Stamos, Corey Anderson, Tara Whitney
  • Heterocyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels
    Patent number: 8097636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmermann, Timothy Neubert, Mehdi Michel Djamel Numa, Tara Whitney, Tara Leanne Hampton
  • PYRROLIDINONE BENZENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN
    Publication number: 20120010416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmermann, Timothy Neubert, Mehdi Michel Djamel Numa, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar
  • Pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamide derivatives as modulators of ion channels for the treatment of pain
    Patent number: 7994166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamide derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmermann, Timothy Neubert, Mehdi Michel Djamel Numa, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar
  • HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20110098328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nicole Hilgraf, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mehdi Numa, Dean Stamos, Corey Anderson, Tara Whitney
  • PHENYL SULFONAMIDES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20110082117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Lev T.D. Fanning, Urvi Sheth, Dean Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • BICYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF ION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20110059965
    Abstract: Bicyclic derivatives having formula (I) and a composition thereof are useful as ion channel antagonists:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Tara Whitney, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Andreas P. Termin, Esther Martinborough