Patents by Inventor Yusheng Wu

Yusheng Wu 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: 20180066007
    Abstract: The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds useful as therapeutic agents of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, N-oxide, or prodrug thereof, wherein T, R1, R2, R3, D, E, F, and G are as defined herein. More particularly, these compounds are useful as anti-infective, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jay J. Farmer, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Yi Chen, Joel A. Goldberg, Joseph A. Ippolito, Zoltan F. Kanyo, Rongliang Lou, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Edward C. Sherer, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Deping Wang, Yusheng Wu, Yanming Du
  • Patent number: 9560879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tobacco shred feeding treatment device and a method for improving the heat energy and feed liquid absorption efficiency of tobacco shred, comprising: a tobacco shred feeding machine, said tobacco shred feeding machine mainly comprises a roller, a process warm-air pipe, a power blower, a heater, a steam nozzle, a feed liquid nozzle and an air inlet pipe; the process warm-air is blown into said roller from said air inlet pipe via said steam nozzle and said heater under the action of said power blower, and mixed with the tobacco shred; said air inlet pipe is provided directly under the central axis of said roller; the opening of said air inlet pipe faces up obliquely, and the opening direction of which could be adjusted into any position within the roller according to the requirements; said steam nozzle is mounted between the power blower and the heater, to achieve heating the condensed water in the steam, and to avoid directly injecting the steam to burn the tobacco shred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Xiamen Tobacco Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusheng Wu, Yuefei Zhou, Rongxin Lin, Hong Huang, Daoquan Wang, Tuo Lin, Jichun Qian, Jindong Xie, Jing Luo
  • Patent number: 9550783
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents. More particularly, the invention relates to a family of compounds having both a biaryl moiety and at least one heterocylic moiety that are useful as such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiacheng Zhou, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Shili Chen, Yi Chen, Jay J. Farmer, Joel A. Goldberg, Roger Hanselmann, Rongliang Lou, Alia Orbin, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Joseph M. Salvino, Dane M. Springer, Jennifer Tran, Deping Wang, Yusheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9376400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of triazoles. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shili Chen, Rongliang Lou, Yusheng Wu, Jiacheng Zhou, Roger Hanselmann
  • Publication number: 20160031893
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of antimicrobial compounds and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for treating, preventing, and reducing the risk of microbial infections in humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Erin M. Duffy, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Hardwin O'Dowd, Marco DeVivo, Zoltan F. Kanyo, Jacek G. Martinow, Ik-Hyeon Paik, Matthew H. Scheideman, Sandra Sinishtaj, Brian T. Wimberly, Yusheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9193731
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of antimicrobial compounds and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for treating, preventing, and reducing the risk of microbial infections in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin M. Duffy, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Hardwin O'Dowd, Marco DeVivo, Zoltan F. Kanyo, Jacek G. Martinow, Ik-Hyeon Paik, Matthew H. Scheideman, Sandra Sinishtaj, Brian T. Wimberly, Yusheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9062007
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voight, Yusheng Wu, Ying Huang, Yan Xia, Samuel Chackalamannil, Tao Guo, Douglas W. Hobbs, Thuy X. H. Le, Jeffrey H. Lowrie, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu
  • Publication number: 20150158901
    Abstract: The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds useful as therapeutic agents of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, N-oxide, or prodrug thereof, wherein T, R1, R2, R3, D, E, F, and G are as defined herein. More particularly, these compounds are useful as anti-infective, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Jay J. Farmer, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Yi Chen, Joel A. Goldberg, Joseph A. Ippolito, Zoltan F. Kanyo, Rongliang Lou, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Edward C. Sherer, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Deping Wang, Yusheng Wu, Yanming Du
  • Publication number: 20150158827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of triazoles. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Shili Chen, Rongliang Lou, Yusheng Wu, Jiacheng Zhou, Roger Hanselmann
  • Publication number: 20150105354
    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 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., PHARMACOPEIA, LLC
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C. Ye, Johannes H. Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew W. Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert D. Mazzola, JR., John Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy X.H. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20150072970
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents. More particularly, the invention relates to a family of compounds having both a biaryl moiety and at least one heterocylic moiety that are useful as such agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiacheng Zhou, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Shili Chen, Yi Chen, Jay J. Farmer, Joel A. Goldberg, Roger Hanselmann, Rongliang Lou, Alia Orbin, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Joseph M. Salvino, Dane M. Springer, Jennifer Tran, Deping Wang, Yusheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20150047657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tobacco shred feeding treatment device and a method for improving the heat energy and feed liquid absorption efficiency of tobacco shred, comprising: a tobacco shred feeding machine, said tobacco shred feeding machine mainly comprises a roller, a process warm-air pipe, a power blower, a heater, a steam nozzle, a feed liquid nozzle and an air inlet pipe; the process warm-air is blown into said roller from said air inlet pipe via said steam nozzle and said heater under the action of said power blower, and mixed with the tobacco shred; said air inlet pipe is provided directly under the central axis of said roller; the opening of said air inlet pipe faces up obliquely, and the opening direction of which could be adjusted into any position within the roller according to the requirements; said steam nozzle is mounted between the power blower and the heater, to achieve heating the condensed water in the steam, and to avoid directly injecting the steam to burn the tobacco shred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Xiamen Tobacco Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yusheng Wu, Yuefei Zhou, Rongxin Lin, Hong Huang, Daoquan Wang, Tuo Lin, Jichun Qian, Jindong Xie, Jing Luo
  • Patent number: 8916572
    Abstract: Novel bis-quinazoline derivatives as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, synthesis of these compounds, and novel methods for treating tyrosine kinase mediated diseases or disorders using these compounds are disclosed. In particular, the present invention provides tethered quinazoline derivative dimers as inhibitors to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their therapeutic uses for treating EGFR kinase-mediated diseases or disorders, such as various cancers, as well as synthetic methods for preparing these novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tetranov International Inc.
    Inventors: Yusheng Wu, Chengshan Niu, Dapeng Zou, Jingya Li, Ruiyun Guo
  • Patent number: 8895741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of biaryl oxazolidinones. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusheng Wu, Shili Chen, Yi Chen, Roger Hanselmann, Rongliang Lou, Jiacheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 8841263
    Abstract: The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds useful as therapeutic agents of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, N-oxide, or prodrug thereof, wherein T, R1, R2, R3, D, E, F, and G are as defined herein. More particularly, these compounds are useful as anti-infective, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay J. Farmer, Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Yi Chen, Joel A. Goldberg, Joseph A. Ippolito, Zoltan F. Kanyo, Rongliang Lou, Adegboyega K. Oyelere, Edward C. Sherer, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Deping Wang, Yusheng Wu, Yanming Du
  • Patent number: 8829036
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein each variable in Formula 1 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases, and the methods of inhibiting of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, plasmepins, cathepsin D and protozoal enzymes. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases using the compounds of formula I in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor or a muscarinic m1 agonist or m2 antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pharmacopeia Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C. Ye, Johannes H. Voight, Corey O. Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew W. Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., John P. Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Xiaoiang Liu, Tao Guo, Thuy X. E. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter, Michelle L. Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse, Ying Huang, Guoqing Li, Jianping Pan, Jeffrey A. Misiaszek, Gaifa Lai, Jingqi Duo, Chuanxing Qu, Yuefei Shao
  • Patent number: 8796465
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of triazoles. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shili Chen, Rongliang Lou, Yusheng Wu, Jiacheng Zhou, Roger Hanselmann
  • Patent number: 8778980
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian A McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C Ye, Johannes H Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert Mazzola, John Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy X. H. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter, Michelle L. Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse
  • Publication number: 20140128361
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voight, Yusheng Wu, Ying Huang, Yan Xia, Samuel Chackalamannil, Tao Guo, Douglas W. Hobbs, Thuy X.H. Le, Jeffrey H. Lowrie, Kurt W. Salonz, Suresh D. Babu
  • Patent number: 8691831
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein each variable in Formula I are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases, and the methods of inhibiting of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, plasmepins, cathepsin D and protozoal enzymes. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases using the compounds of formula I in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor or a muscarinic m1 agonist or m2 antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C. Ye, Johannes H. Voight, Corey O. Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew W. Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., John P. Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Xiaoxiang Liu, Tao Guo, Thuy X. E. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter, Michelle L. Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse, Ying Huang, Guoqing Li, Jianping Pan, Jeffrey A. Misiaszek, Gaifa Lai, Jingqi Duo, Chuanxing Qu, Yuefei Shao