Patents by Inventor Wesley Peter Blackaby
Wesley Peter Blackaby 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).
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Publication number: 20240101589Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: W—X—Y—Z (I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: DAVID JAMES HARDICK, Wesley Peter Blackaby, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Jon Shepherd, Christian Bubert, Mark Peter Ridgill
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Publication number: 20230391770Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z (I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: David James Hardick, Wesley Peter Blackaby, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Jon Shepherd, Christian Bubert, Mark Peter Ridgill
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Patent number: 11725010Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z??(I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Storm Therapeutics LimitedInventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, David James Hardick, Jon Shepherd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christian Bubert, Mark Peter Ridgill
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Publication number: 20230085408Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z5 (I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity 10 is implicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Wesley Peter BLACKABY, David James HARDICK, Elizabeth Jane THOMAS, Frederick Arthur BROOKFIELD, Christian BUBERT, Jon SHEPHERD, Mark Peter RIDGILL
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Publication number: 20230002378Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z??(I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, David James Hardick, Jon Shepherd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Christian Bubert, Mark Peter Ridgill
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Publication number: 20220370453Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that function as inhibitors and/or degraders of BCDIN3D activity. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, as well as other diseases or conditions in which BCDIN3D activity is implicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, David James Hardick, Lisa Marie Frost, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Boris Aillard
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Patent number: 10155259Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Christian Bernard Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Verkaik
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Publication number: 20150329545Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Christian Bernard Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Verkaik
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Patent number: 9127007Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Christian Bernard Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Verkaik
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Patent number: 9044463Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Cristian Bernard Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Verkaik
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Patent number: 8993757Abstract: The invention relates to a N-piperidin-4-yl derivative having the general Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and to the use of said N-piperidin-4-yl derivatives for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, or for the treatment of uterine fibroids or other menstrual-related disorders.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.Inventors: Ines Huisman, Marcelis Van Der Stelt, Wouter Wiedenhof, Charles Anthony Graham Baker-Glenn, Wesley Peter Blackaby, Naimisha Trivedi
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Publication number: 20140350043Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Christian Bernard Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Verkaik
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Publication number: 20140329822Abstract: The invention relates to a N-piperidin-4-yl derivative having the general Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and to the use of said N-piperidin-4-yl derivatives for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, or for the treatment of uterine fibroids or other menstrual-related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Ines Huisman, Marcelis Van Der Stelt, Wouter Wiedenhof, Charles Anthony Graham Baker-Glenn, Wesley Peter Blackaby, Naimisha Trivedi
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Publication number: 20140256725Abstract: The invention relates to FSH receptor antagonist according to general formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The compounds can be used for the treatment and prevention of endometriosis, for the treatment and prevention of pre-menopausal and peri-menopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer, for contraception, and for the treatment of uterine fibroids and other menstrual-related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Martin De Kort, Mark Enthoven, Paul Stuart Hinchliffe, Christian Matthijs Poulie, Cornelis Marius Timmers, Saskia Vertaik
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Patent number: 8163956Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ar, A, n and m are defined herein, is disclosed as a GlyT1 inhibitor; pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound of the formula (I) are also disclosed as are their use in medicine, for example in the treatment of schizophrenia.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Ian Thomas Huscroft, Linda Elizabeth Keown, Richard Thomas Lewis, Piotr Antoni Raubo, Leslie Joseph Street, Christopher George Thomson, Joanne Thomson
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Publication number: 20110098325Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain pyridine benzamide and pyrazine benzamide compounds (referred to herein as PDBA and PZBA compounds) which, inter alia, inhibit protein kinase D (PKD) (e.g., PKD1, PKD2, PKD3). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit PKD, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by PKD, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of PKD, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Tony Michael Raynham, Timothy Robin Hammonds, Mark David Charles, Grégoire Alexandre Pave, Caroline Heather Foxton, Wesley Peter Blackaby, Adrian Philip Stevens, Chukuemeka Tennyson Ekwuru
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Patent number: 7851638Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1 is an alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, ester, amino or amide group; R2 is a phenyl, heterocyclyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl group; R3 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, amino or heterocyclyl group; R4 and R5 are hydrogen or alkyl or form a cycloalkyl ring; A is O or N; and m is zero or one; as inhibitors of GlyT1 and thus as useful for treating or preventing diseases such as schizophrenia; with the provision of pharmaceutical compositions, first and second medical uses and methods of treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LimitedInventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Leslie Joseph Street
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Publication number: 20100222317Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and individual enantiomers and diastereomers thereof, as GIyT1 inhibitors for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2006Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor
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Publication number: 20100029726Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1 is an alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, ester, amino or amide group; R2 is a phenyl, heterocyclyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl group; R3 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, amino or heterocyclyl group; R4 and R5 are hydrogen or alkyl or form a cycloalkyl ring; A is O or N; and m is zero or one; as inhibitors of GlyT1 and thus as useful for treating or preventing diseases such as schizophrenia; with the provision of pharmaceutical compositions, first and second medical uses and methods of treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Leslie Joseph Street
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Patent number: 7655644Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein both p's are one or two, R1 is generally heteroaryl or cycloalkyl, R2 is C3-6cycloalkyl or phenyl and R3 is heteroaryl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as GlyT1 inhibitors for treating schizophrenia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods for their preparation.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LimitedInventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Andrew Jennings, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Leslie Joseph Street, Joanne Thomson