Patents by Inventor William Greenlee

William Greenlee 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: 9789116
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Case Western Reserve University, Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Sanford Markowitz, James K. V. Willson, Bruce Posner, Joseph Ready, Monika Antczak, Yongyou Zhang, Amar Desai, Stanton Gerson, William Greenlee
  • Publication number: 20170173028
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sanford Markowitz, James K.V. Willson, Bruce Posner, Joseph Ready, Monika Antczak, Youngyou Zhang, Amar Desai, Stanton Gerson, William Greenlee
  • Patent number: 9161924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig Boyle, William Greenlee, Samuel Chackalamannil, Claire Lankin
  • Patent number: 9096582
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and use of the compounds in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: William Greenlee, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Zhiqiang Zhao, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140296311
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and use of the compounds in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: William Greenlee, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Zhiqiang Zhao, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140219989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Craig Boyle, William Greenlee, Samuel Chackalamannil, Claire Lankin
  • Publication number: 20140206715
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6?R7?); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7? are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Stamford, Guoqing Li, William Greenlee, Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Robert Mazzola, Ying Huang, Tao Guo, Thuy X.E. Le, Gang Qian, Yuefei Shao
  • Patent number: 8722708
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6?R7?); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7? are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Inc., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Stamford, Guoqing Li, William Greenlee, Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Robert Mazzola, Ying Huang, Tao Guo, Thuy X. H. Le, Gang Qian, Yuefei Shao
  • Patent number: 8450343
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula (I) wherein R2 is a fused bicyclic ring of the formula (II). Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's disease using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Jun Qin, Robert G. Aslanian, Zhaoning Zhu, William Greenlee, Hubert Josien, Wei Zhou, Xiaohong Zhu, Chad E. Bennett, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Mihirbaran Mandal, Pawan Dhondi, Troy McCracken, Thomas Bara, Zhiqiang Zhao, Duane Burnett, John Clader
  • Publication number: 20110015190
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula (I) wherein R2 is a fused bicyclic ring of the formula (II). Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's disease using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Jun Qin, Robert Aslanian, Zhaoning Zhu, William Greenlee, Hubert Josien, Wei Zhou, Xiaohong Zhou, Chad E. Bennett, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Mihirbaran Mandal, Pawan Dhondi, Troy McCracken, Thomas Bara, Zhiqiang Zhao, Duane Burnett, John Clader
  • Publication number: 20100298359
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula (I) wherein R2 is a fused bicyclic ring of the formula (II). Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's disease using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Jun Qin, Robert Aslanian, Zhaoning Zhu, William Greenlee
  • Publication number: 20080200445
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein W is a bond, —C(?S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —C(R6)(R7)—, —N(R5)— or —C(?N(R5))—; X is —O—, —N(R5)— or —C(R6)(R7)—; provided that when X is —O—, U is not —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NR5)—; U is a bond, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —P(O)(OR15)—, —C(?NR5)—, —(C(R6)(R7))b— or —N(R5)—; wherein b is 1 or 2; provided that when W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, U is not —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—; provided that when X is —N(R5)— and W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, then U is not a bond; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan Ye, Johannes Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth Smith, Andrew Stamford, William Greenlee, Robert Mazzola, John Caldwell, Jared Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Xiaoxiang Liu, Tao Guo, Thuy Le, Kurt Saionz, Suresh Babu, Rachael Hunter, Michelle Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse, Ying Huang, Guoqing Li, Jianping Pan, Jeffrey Misiaszek, Gaifa Lai, Jingqi Duo, Chuanxing Qu, Yuefei Shao
  • Publication number: 20080176868
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6?R7?); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocylcyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7? are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Stamford, Guoqing Li, William Greenlee, Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Robert Mazzola, Ying Huang, Tao Guo, Thuy X.H. Le, Gang Qian, Yuefei Shao
  • Publication number: 20070270439
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: the dotted line represents an optional single bond; represents an optional double bond; n is 0-2; Q is cycloalkyl, optionally substituted by R13 and R14; R13 and R14 are independently selected from (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C8)cycloalkyl, —OH, (C1-C6)alkoxy, R27-aryl(C1-C6)alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, halogen and haloalkyl; or R13 and R14 together form a spirocyclic or a heterospirocyclic ring of 3-6 atoms; Het is a mono- or bi-cyclic optionally substituted heteroaryl group; and B is a bond, alkylene, or optionally substituted alkenylene or alkynylene, wherein the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administeri
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Martin Clasby, William Greenlee, Yuguang Wang, Yan Xia, Enrico Veltri, Mariappan Chelliah
  • Publication number: 20070238674
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical combinations comprising at least one thrombin receptor antagonist and at least one cardiovascular agent. Examples of such a thrombin receptor antagonist include: Examples of cardiovascular agents suitable for co-formulation or co-administration with the thrombin receptor antagonist include an endothelin antagonist selected from the group consisting of tezosentan, bosentan, and sitaxsentan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Enrico Veltri, William Greenlee
  • Publication number: 20070203183
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or ester thereof, are useful in treating diseases, disorders, or conditions such as metabolic syndrome (e.g., obesity, waist circumference, lipid profile, and insulin sensitivity), neuroinflammatory disorders, cognitive disorders, psychosis, addictive behavior, gastrointestinal disorders, and cardiovascular conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Jack Scott, Jay Weinstein, Michael Miller, Andrew Stamford, Eric Gilbert, Yan Xia, William Greenlee, Sarah Li
  • Publication number: 20070203193
    Abstract: A crystalline polymorph of a bislulfate salt of a thrombin receptor antagonist compound, which exhibits a powder x-ray diffraction profile substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 1, or which exhibits a differential scanning calorimtery profile substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 3, and is represented by the formula for Compound 2: and processes for preparing Compound 2 are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polymorph of the bisulfate salt and at least one excipient or carrier, and methods of using the polymorph of Compound 2 to treat a variety of physiological disorders, such as thrombosis, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Tiruvettipuram Thiruvengadam, Wenxue Wu, Tao Wang, John Chiu, Susan Bogdanowich-Knipp, Anastasia Palovsky, William Greenlee, Michael Graziano, Teddy Kosoglou, Madhu Chintala, Samuel Chackalamannil
  • Publication number: 20070197628
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or ester thereof, is useful in treating diseases, disorders, or conditions such as obesity, metabolic disorders, addiction, diseases of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disorders, respiratory disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Mariappan Chelliah, Martin Clasby, Keith Eagen, Jack Scott, Yuguang Wang, Yan Xia, William Greenlee
  • Publication number: 20070179187
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: the dotted line represents an optional single bond; represents an optional double bond, n is 0-2; Q is cycloalkyl, optionally substituted by R13 and R14; R13 and R14 are independently selected from (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C8)cycloalkyl, —OH, (C1-C6)alkoxy, R27-aryl(C1-C6)alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, halogen and haloalkyl; or R13 and R14 together form a spirocyclic or a heterospirocyclic ring of 3-6 atoms, Het is a mono- or bi-cyclic optionally substituted heteroaryl group; and B is a bond, alkylene, or optionally substituted alkenylene or alkynylene, wherein the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administeri
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Martin Clasby, William Greenlee, Yuguang Wang, Yan Xia, Enrico Veltri, Mariappan Chelliah
  • Publication number: 20070072852
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein W is a bond, —C(?S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —C(R6)(R7)—, —N(R5)— or —C(?N(R5))—; X is —O—, —N(R5)— or —C(R6)(R7)—; provided that when X is —O—, U is not —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NR5)—; U is a bond, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —P(O)(OR15)—, —C(?NR5)—, —(C(R6)(R7))b— or —N(R5)—; wherein b is 1 or 2; provided that when W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, U is not —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—; provided that when X is —N(R5)— and W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, then U is not a bond; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan Ye, Johannes Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth Smith, Andrew Stamford, William Greenlee, Robert Mazzola, John Caldwell, Jared Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy Le, Kurt Saionz, Suresh Babu, Rachael Hunter