Patents by Inventor WaFrank

WaFrank 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).

  • Tricyclic heterocyclic compounds as psychopharmaceuticals
    Patent number: 4873244
    Abstract: New heterocyclic compounds having the general formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## CO.sub.2 R' or CONR'R", whereinR' and R" independently are C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, C.sub.3-7 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.1-6 -alkoxymethyl;--A-- is --C(.dbd.O)--NR'"--, --NR'"--C(.dbd.O)--, or ##STR3## wherein R'" is C.sub.1-6 -alkyl;X is C or N; andR.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, C.sub.1-6 -alkynyl, trimethylsilyl-C.sub.1-6 -alkynyl, aryloxy which may be substituted with halogen, aralkoxy, C.sub.3-7 -cycloalkoxy which may be substituted with one or more C.sub.1-6 -alkyl groups, or NR""R'"", wherein R"" and R'"" independently are C.sub.1-6 -alkoxy or together with the nitrogen atom form a 3-7 membered heterocyclic ring.The compounds are useful in psychopharmaceutical preparations as anticonvulsants, anxiolytics, hypnotics, and nootropics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: A/S Ferrosan
    Inventors: WaFrank, Holger C. Hansen