Patents by Inventor Tom Nixey

Tom Nixey 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).

  • PHOSPHODIESTERASE 10 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20090062277
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain compounds useful as phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitors that have the formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Essa Hu, Roxanne Kunz, Ning Chen, Tom Nixey, Stephen Hitchcock
  • PHOSPHODIESTERASE 10 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20090062291
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, useful as PDE10 inhibitors, having the formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Essa Hu, Roxanne Kunz, Tom Nixey, Stephen Hitchcock