Patents by Inventor Toru Nakao

Toru Nakao 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: 4849421
    Abstract: A benzothiepino 5,4-c]pyridazine compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, amino, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, or C.sub.2-5 alkanoylamino, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-8 alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-5 alkanoyloxy-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, aryl, aryl-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, heteroaryl, or substituted aryl, aryl-C.sub.1-4 alkyl or heteroaryl by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, amino, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy and C.sub.2-5 alkanoylamino on the armoatic ring, n is 0, 1 or 2, and the bond between the 4-position and the 4a-position is single bond or double bond.Said compounds exhibit anti-anxietic activity and are useful as anti-anxiety agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nakao, Minoru Kawakami, Minoru Obata, Kenji Morita
  • Patent number: 4843075
    Abstract: A benzothiopyrano[4,3-c]pyridazine compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, amino, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy or C.sub.2-5 alkanoylamido, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-8 alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-5 alkanoyloxy-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, pyridyl, aryl, aryl-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, or aryl or aryl-C.sub.1-4 alkyl substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, hydroxy, amino, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy and C.sub.2-5 alkanoylamido on the aromatic ring, n is 0, 1 or 2, and the bond between the 4-position and the 4a-position is a single bond or double bond, a method for production thereof and a use thereof.The compounds possess anti-anxietic activity and are useful as drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nakao, Minoru Kawakami, Yasuto Morimoto, Shuzo Takehara, Tetsuya Tahara
  • Patent number: 4543354
    Abstract: Benzo[f]quinoline derivatives which are useful as antihypertensive agents and are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower-alkyl or lower-alkoxy-lower-alkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen, lower alkoxy, benzyloxy or hydroxy, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, straight or branched alkyl, aralkyl or cycloalkyl, or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a heterocycle, and the dotted line in the ring is an optional bond between 1- and 2-positions, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nakao, Tsuguo Ikebe, Tetsuya Tahara, Yutaka Maruyama, Osamu Yaoka
  • Patent number: 4258185
    Abstract: Pyridazinone compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A, B, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are as defined hereinafter, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof are disclosed. They are useful as antithrombotic and antihypertensive drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nakao, Shinro Setoguchi, Osamu Yaoka