Patents by Inventor Wenying Chai

Wenying Chai 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).

  • Fused heterocyclic compounds
    Publication number: 20050119295
    Abstract: Certain fused pyrrole- and pyrazole-containing heterocyclic compounds are serotonin modulators useful in the treatment of serotonin-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Nicholas Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Xiaohu Deng, Curt Dvorak, Annette Kwok, Jimmy Liang, Neelakandha Mani, Dale Rudolph, Victoria Wong
  • Heterocyclic compounds
    Publication number: 20050085487
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds and methods of making them and using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Nicholas Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt Dvorak, James Edwards, Cheryl Grice, Jill Jablonowski, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Jennifer Kreisberg, Annette Kwok, Timothy Lovenberg, Kiev Ly, Barbara Pio, Chandravadan Shah, Siquan Sun, Robin Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Wei Xiao
  • Non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors
    Publication number: 20050070534
    Abstract: The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Nicholas Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Scott Dax, Jill Jablonowski, Xiaobing Li, Timothy Lovenberg, William Murray, Dale Rudolph, Mark Seierstad, Mark Youngman
  • Phenyl-substituted indoles and indazoles
    Patent number: 6872834
    Abstract: The invention features pharmaceutically-active indoles and indazoles that are substituted with phenyl, methods of making them, and methods of using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, Wenying Chai
  • Heterocyclic compounds
    Patent number: 6803362
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds and methods of making them and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, James P. Edwards, Cheryl A. Grice, Jill A. Jablonowski, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Jennifer D. Kreisberg, Annette K. Kwok, Timothy W. Lovenberg, Kiev S. Ly, Barbara Pio, Chandravadan R. Shah, Siguan Sun, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Wei Xiao
  • Octahydro-indolizine and quinolizine and hexahydro-pyrrolizine
    Publication number: 20040167336
    Abstract: The invention features substituted fused bicyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat or prevent histamine-mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Apodaca, Nicholas I. Carruthers, John R. Carson, Wenying Chai, Annette K. Kwok, Xiaobing Li, Timothy W. Lovenberg, Dale A. Rudolph, Chandravadan R. Shah
  • Methods for the synthesis of highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine libraries
    Patent number: 6686503
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of synthesizing libraries of diverse and complex highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine compounds of the general formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as herein described, novel intermediates useful for synthesizing such 2,4-dioxopiperidine compounds and methods for identifying and isolating the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, William V. Murray
  • Heterocyclic compounds
    Publication number: 20030207893
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds and methods of making them and using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, James P. Edwards, Cheryl A. Grice, Jill A. Jablonowski, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Jennifer D. Kreisberg, Annette K. Kwok, Timothy W. Lovenberg, Kiev S. Ly, Barbara Pio, Chandravadan R. Shah, Siquan Sun, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Wei Xiao
  • Thiophene of furan pyrrolidine compounds
    Patent number: 6638967
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I Wherein Z2 is an Oxygen or a Sulfur, Z1 is —CH═CH— and Y is a bond, W1 and W2 are hydrogens and X1 and X2 are various heterocyclic rings are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Phamraceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bogenstaetter, Wenying Chai, Annette K. Kwok
  • Octahydro-indolizine and quinolizine and hexahydro-pyrrolizine
    Publication number: 20030013733
    Abstract: The invention features substituted fused bicyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat or prevent histamine-mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Apodaca, Nicholas I. Carruthers, John R. Carson, Wenying Chai, Annette K. Kwok, Xiaobing Li, Timothy W. Lovenberg, Dale A. Rudolph, Chandravadan R. Shah
  • Bicyclic compounds
    Publication number: 20020037896
    Abstract: Substituted N-substituted alkoxyphenyl compounds, compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Bogenstaetter, Wenying Chai, Annette K. Kwok
  • Phenyl-substituted indoles and indazoles
    Publication number: 20020006928
    Abstract: The invention features pharmaceutically-active indoles and indazoles that are substituted with phenyl, methods of making them, and methods of using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, Wenying Chai
  • Phenyl-substituted indolizines and tetrahydroindolizines
    Publication number: 20010051632
    Abstract: The invention features pharmaceutically-active indolizines and tetrahydroindolizines that are each substituted with phenyl, methods of making them, and methods of using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, Annette K. Kwok, Xiaobing Li, Dale A. Rudolph
  • Methods for the synthesis of highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine libraries
    Publication number: 20010041345
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of synthesizing libraries of diverse and complex highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine compounds of the general formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, William V. Murray
  • Methods for the synthesis of highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine libraries
    Patent number: 6288235
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of synthesizing libraries of diverse and complex highly substituted 2,4-dioxopiperidine compounds of the general formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as herein described, novel intermediates useful for synthesizing such 2,4-dioxopiperidine compounds and methods for identifying and isolating the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, William V. Murray