Patents by Inventor Wah Lai

Wah Lai 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).

  • Publication number: 20230159555
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), Formula (I-A), and Formula (I-B), solvates thereof, tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing, Further described herein are methods of inhibiting NLRP3 using said compounds, and methods of and compositions useful in treating NLRP3-dependent disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul GIBBONS, Kwong Wah LAI, Christian NILEWSKI, Richard M. PASTOR, Steven Thomas STABEN, Craig STIVALA, Bing-Yan ZHU, Huifen CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220127265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound formula (I): and to salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 X, and Y have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., CONSTELLATION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Cyr, Sarah Bronner, F. Anthony Romero, Steven Magnuson, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, Jeremy M. Murray, John Wai, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang, Kevin X. Chen
  • Publication number: 20220081423
    Abstract: The invention provides benzene sulfonamides and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that are useful as sodium channel blockers for the treatment of, for example, pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel SUTHERLIN, Steven MCKERRALL, Kwong Wah LAI, Zhiguo LIU, Wenfeng LIU, Ramsay BEVERIDGE, Jean-Philippe LECLERC, Alexandre LEMIRE, Liang ZHAO, Claudio STURINO
  • Publication number: 20220048888
    Abstract: Described herein are phenoxy-pyridazinyl-pyrimidine or phenoxy-pyrimidinyl-pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for use in the treatment of Ire1-mediated diseases and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Marie-Gabrielle Braun, Paul Gibbons, Wendy Lee, Cuong Q. Ly, Joachim Rudolph, Jacob Bradley Schwarz, Avi Ashkenazi, Ramsay Beveridge, Liang Zhao, Alexandre Lemire, Leo Fu, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang
  • Patent number: 11247989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound formula (I): and to salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 X, and Y have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., CONSTELLATION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Cyr, Sarah Bronner, F. Anthony Romero, Steven Magnuson, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, Jeremy M. Murray, John Wai, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang, Kevin X. Chen
  • Patent number: 11168070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and formula (II): and to salts thereof, wherein R1-R4 of formula (I) and R5-R6 of formula (II) have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., CONSTELLATION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Cyr, Sarah Bronner, F. Anthony Romero, Steven Magnuson, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, John Wai, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang
  • Publication number: 20210253597
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein, A, B, ring C, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Steven MCKERRALL, Brian Salvatore SAFINA, Aleksandr KOLESNIKOV, Birong ZHANG, Wenfeng LIU, Kwong Wah LAI
  • Publication number: 20210214336
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables Y1-Y6, X, Z, Z1, Z2, R2-R3, and R6 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Steven MCKERRALL, Ramsay BEVERIDGE, Kwong Wah LAI, Philippe BERGERON
  • Patent number: 11034698
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, and methods of use as Interleukin-1 Receptor Associated Kinase (IRAK4) inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marian C. Bryan, Steven Do, Joy Drobnick, Alberto Gobbi, Tamiko Katsumoto, James Richard Kiefer, Jr., Jun Liang, Naomi S. Rajapaksa, Yongsheng Chen, Liqiang Fu, Kwong Wah Lai, Zhiguo Liu, John Wai, Fei Wang
  • Publication number: 20210171516
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula: or a salt thereof, wherein the variables RAA, n, ring A, ring B, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Philippe BERGERON, Kristen BURFORD, Sultan CHOWDHURY, Christoph Martin DEHNHARDT, Thilo FOCKEN, Michael Edward GRIMWOOD, Abid HASAN, Kwong Wah LAI, Zhiguo LIU, Steven MCKERRALL, Teresa Phuongtram NGUYEN, Brian Salvatore SAFINA, Daniel SUTHERLIN, Tao WANG
  • Patent number: 11028075
    Abstract: The invention provides benzene sulfonamides and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that are useful as sodium channel blockers for the treatment of, for example, pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Sutherlin, Steven McKerrall, Kwong Wah Lai, Zhiguo Liu, Wenfeng Liu, Ramsay Beveridge, Jean-Philippe Leclerc, Alexandre Lemire, Liang Zhao, Claudio Sturino
  • Publication number: 20210107895
    Abstract: The invention provides a compounds and salts that are sodium channel modulators, as well as compositions containing such a compound or salt and therapeutic methods for using such a compound, salt, or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel SUTHERLIN, Steven MCKERRALL, Kwong Wah LAI
  • Patent number: 10947251
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein, A, B, ring C, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Steven McKerrall, Brian Salvatore Safina, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Birong Zhang, Wenfeng Liu, Kwong Wah Lai
  • Publication number: 20200399244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and formula (II): and to salts thereof, wherein R—R4 of formula (I) and R5-R6 of formula (II) have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., CONSTELLATION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Cyr, Sarah Bronner, F. Anthony Romero, Steven Magnuson, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, John Wai, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang
  • Patent number: 10862220
    Abstract: A system and method for an antenna including two or more radiation elements on a side of a substrate; a ground plane on an opposite side of the substrate; and a feeding network including a plurality of branch feeding elements. Each of the radiation elements has one or more feeding ports such that each of the plurality of branch feeding element is connected to a feeding port of a respective one of the radiation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: STAR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Chi Lun Mak, Hau Wah Lai, Ka Ming Mak, Kwok Kan So, Hang Wong
  • Patent number: 10793550
    Abstract: The invention provides 4-piperidin-chroman-7-sulfonamide derivatives and salts thereof that are sodium channel modulators, as well as compositions containing such a compound or salt and therapeutic methods for using such a compound, salt, or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Sutherlin, Steven McKerrall, Kwong Wah Lai
  • Patent number: 10787446
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula: or a salt thereof, wherein the variables RAA, n, ring A, ring B, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Bergeron, Kristen Burford, Sultan Chowdhury, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Thilo Focken, Michael Edward Grimwood, Abid Hasan, Kwong Wah Lai, Zhiguo Liu, Steven McKerrall, Teresa Phuongtram Nguyen, Brian Safina, Daniel Sutherlin, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 10696655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and formula (II): and to salts thereof, wherein R1-R4 of formula (I) and R5-R6 of formula (II) have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: GENENTECH, INC., CONSTELLATION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Cyr, Sarah Bronner, F. Anthony Romero, Steven Magnuson, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, John Wai, Kwong Wah Lai, Fei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200123166
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, Formula VIII, and methods of use as Interleukin-1 Receptor Associated Kinase (IRAK4) inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marian C. BRYAN, Steven DO, Joy DROBNICK, Alberto GOBBI, Tamiko KATSUMOTO, James Richard KIEFER, Jr., Jun LIANG, Naomi S. RAJAPAKSA, Yongsheng CHEN, Liqiang FU, Kwong Wah LAI, Zhiguo LIU, John WAI, Fei WANG
  • Publication number: 20200115354
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables X, Y1—Y5, R1, R2, R3, R4, and Het have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: GENENTECH, INC., XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Daniel SUTHERLIN, Steven MCKERRALL, Michael Scott WILSON, Kwong Wah LAI, Philippe BERGERON, Birong ZHANG, Ramsay BEVERIDGE, Jean-Philippe LECLERC, Alexandre LEMIRE, Liang ZHAO, Claudio STURINO