Patents Issued in April 14, 2009
  • Patent number: 7517871
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are analogs of clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, or prodrugs thereof; methods of synthesizing the analogs; and methods of using the analogs for treating neuorpsychiatric disorders. In some embodiments, the analogs are amino substituted diaryl[a,d]cycloheptenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Fredrik Ek, Roger Olsson, Jörgen Ohlsson
  • Patent number: 7517872
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of formula I as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Andrew Nickel, John F. Kadow
  • Patent number: 7517873
    Abstract: The present invention provides PLK1 inhibitor compounds of formula I: Useful in the treatment or control of cell proliferative disorders, particularly oncological disorders. These compounds and formulations containing such compounds may be useful in the treatment or control of solid tumors, such as, for example, breast, colon, lung and prostate tumors and other oncological diseases such as non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Shaoqing Chen
  • Patent number: 7517874
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted imidazoheterocyclic compounds having the structure of formula I Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, acid salts, hydrates, solvates and stereoisomers of the compounds of formula I. The compounds are useful as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and for the prophylaxis and treatment of cannabinoid receptor-associated diseases and conditions, such as pain, inflammation and pruritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Cara Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Paul Beckett, Richard Foster, Christelle Henault, Janet L. Ralbovsky, Carla M. Gauss, Gary G. Gustafson, Zhiyong Luo, Ann-Marie Campbell, Tatiana E. Shelekhin
  • Patent number: 7517875
    Abstract: The invention provides low molecular compounds having activity which inhibits binding of CCR3 ligands to CCR3 on target cells, i.e. CCR3 antagonists. The invention also provides compounds represented by formula (I) below, pharmaceutically acceptable acid adducts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable C1-C6 alkyl adducts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them as effective ingredients, which are useful for treatment or prevention of diseases associated with CCR3, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Minoru Imai, Yoshiyuki Sawai, Susumu Takeuchi, Akinobu Nakanishi, Kunio Minamizono, Tomonori Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7517876
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula are hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for inhibiting hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase, processes for making the compounds, and synthetic intermediates employed in the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Larry L. Klein, Peggy P. Huang, John T. Randolph, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Ming C. Yeung, Charles A. Flentge
  • Patent number: 7517877
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use for the control of parasites in animals, of a compound which is a 5-substituted-alkylaminopyrazole derivative of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein the various symbols are as defined in the description, to novel 5-substituted-alkylaminopyrazole derivatives and pesticidal compositions thereof, and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: David Teh-Wei Chou, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Anke Kuhlmann, Maria-Theresia Thönessen, Stefan Schnatterer, Uwe Döller, Jamin Huang, Karl Seeger, Andrew Scribner, Adalberto A. Perez De Leon
  • Patent number: 7517878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroarylaminopyrazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating diabetes and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Pharamceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Joachim Rudolph, Philip Wickens, Chih-Yuan Chuang, Libing Chen, Steven Magnuson, Alan Olague, Ning Qi
  • Patent number: 7517879
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in medicine, particularly use in the amelioration of a clinical condition for which a Factor Xa inhibitor is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Chuen Chan, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Henry Anderson Kelly, Nigel Paul King, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Vipulkumar Kantibhai Patel, Stefan Senger, Gita Punjabhai Shah, Nigel Stephen Watson, Helen Elisabeth Weston, Caroline Whitworth, Robert John Young
  • Patent number: 7517880
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a group of aryl ureas in treating cytokine mediated diseases and proteolytic enzyme mediated diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Miller, Martin Osterhout, Jacques Dumas, Uday Khire, Timothy B. Lowinger, William J. Scott, Roger A. Smith, Jill E. Wood, David E. Gunn, Holia Hatoum-Mokdad, Marell Rodriguez, Robert Sibley, Ming Wang, Tiffany Turner, Catherine Brennan
  • Patent number: 7517881
    Abstract: The invention relates to triazine derivatives of general formula (I): Wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for preparing these triazine derivatives and to the therapeutic application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Yannick Benedetti, Andrees Bohme, Arielle Genevois-Borella, Gaetan Touyer, Jidong Zhang
  • Patent number: 7517882
    Abstract: Pyrimidine- and triazine-based chemical compounds that are useful, for example, as protein kinase inhibitors for treating cancer, neurological disorders, autoimmune disorders, and other diseases, and methods of using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Polaris Group
    Inventors: Shaosong Chu, Zhe Nie, Carin L. Perretta, Philip Eugene Erickson
  • Patent number: 7517883
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein A, B, W, Y, Z, and R1 have any of the meanings defined in the specification and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I, and therapeutic methods for treating cancer using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Edmond J. LaVoie, Alexander L. Ruchelman, Leroy F. Liu
  • Patent number: 7517884
    Abstract: Compounds as modulators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating disease using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Kalypsys Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Malecha, Sergio G. Duron, Andrew K. Lindstrom
  • Patent number: 7517885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted [4-(4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-cyclohexyl]-urea compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof, as ?1a/?1d adrenoreceptor modulators for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy and lower urinary tract symptoms. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said new compounds, new processes to prepare these new compounds and new uses as a medicine as well as methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: George Chiu, Peter J. Connolly, Jessica J. Liu, Steven A. Middleton, Virginia L. Pulito, Shengjian Li
  • Patent number: 7517886
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Ankush Argade, Donald G. Payan, Jeffrey Clough, Holger Keim, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Catherine Sylvain, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 7517887
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for reversibly inhibiting S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) hydrolase. The compounds of the present invention can be used as an anti-hemorrhagic viral infection agent, an immunosuppressant, a homocysteine lowering agent, or an anti-neoplasm agent. The compositions and methods of the present invention can be used for the prevention and treatment of hemorrhagic virus infection, autoimmune diseases, autograft rejection, neoplasm, hyperhomocysteineuria, cardiovascular disease, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis or diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: General Atomics
    Inventor: Chong-Sheng Yuan
  • Patent number: 7517888
    Abstract: Disclosed are A1 adenosine receptor antagonists having the general formula The compounds are useful for treating various disease states, in particular disease states for which diuretic treatment is appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: CV Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gloria Cristalli
  • Patent number: 7517889
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) wherein Cy1, Cy2, L1, L2, and R1 are as defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more compounds according to Formula (I) in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating a patient suffering from a PGD2-mediated disorder including, but not limited to, allergic disease (such as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma and food allergy), systemic mastocytosis, disorders accompanied by systemic mast cell activation, anaphylaxis shock, bronchoconstriction, bronchitis, urticaria, eczema, diseases accompanied by itch (such as atopic dermatitis and urticaria), diseases (such as cataract, retinal detachment, inflammation, infection and sleeping disorders) which is generated secondarily as a result of behavior accompanied by itch (such as scratching and beating), inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ischem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith John Harris, Bin Cao
  • Patent number: 7517890
    Abstract: The preferred embodiments generally relate to methods and compositions that affect the GTP-binding activity of members of the Rho family GTPases, preferably Rac (Rac1, Rac2 and/or Rac3), such compositions include compounds that modulate the GTP/GDP exchange activity, along with uses for the compounds including screening for compounds which recognize Rac GTPase, and methods of treating pathological conditions associated or related to a Rho family GTPase, including Rac. The preferred embodiments also relate to methods of using such compounds, or derivatives thereof, e.g., in therapeutics, diagnostics, and as research tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignees: Children's Hospital Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Girindus America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Jie Zheng, Yuan Gao, John B. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 7517891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions. In some embodiments, the invention includes compounds and methods of resolving chiral compounds. In some embodiments, the invention includes chiral and crystalline compositions and hydrates. In some embodiments, the invention contemplates compositions comprising camptothecin derivatives and synthetic intermediates thereof. In some embodiments, the invention includes methods of protecting, inserting, modifying, separating isomers, and removing chemical groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Glyconix Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Keith Shull
  • Patent number: 7517892
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sepracor Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
  • Patent number: 7517893
    Abstract: Novel dicationic bichalcophene compounds are described. The presently disclosed novel dicationic bichalcophene compounds exhibit in vitro activity versus Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Plasmodium falciparum, or Leishmania donovani comparable to that of pentamidine and furamidine. Some of the novel dicationic bichalcophene compounds displayed good activity in vivo in a murine model of a Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Tidwell, David W. Boykin, Chad Stephens, Mohamed A. Ismail, W. David Wilson, Reto Brun, Karl Werbovetz
  • Patent number: 7517894
    Abstract: VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 inhibitory anthranilamide pyridinamides, their production and use as pharmaceutical agents for treating diseases that are triggered by persistent angiogenesis, as well as intermediate products for the production of the compounds are described. The compounds according to the invention can be used as or in the case of tumor or metastasis growth, psoriasis, Kaposi's sarcoma, restenosis, such as, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Andreas Huth, Ludwig Zorn, Martin Krueger, Stuart Ince, Karl Heinz Thierauch, Andreas Menrad, Martin Haberey, Holger Hess-Stumpp
  • Patent number: 7517895
    Abstract: The application discloses novel synthetic compounds, modeled after unique toxins extracted from the marine invertebrate Diazona angulata useful in the treatment abnormal cell mitosis. The application also discloses novel methods for synthesis of these compounds and methods of using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Patrick G. Harran, Jing Li, Susan Jeong
  • Patent number: 7517896
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formulae (II), (IV), and (VI) as shown below, wherein the several variable groups are as defined in the specification and claims. Processes for making these materials, and methods for using them in the synthesis of compounds for treatment of cardiovascular disorders and fibrotic disorders are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cristina Alonso-Alija, Markus Heil, Dietmar Flubacher, Paul Naab, Josef Pernerstorfer, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Frank Wunder, Klaus Dembowsky, Elizabeth Perzborn, Elke Stahl
  • Patent number: 7517897
    Abstract: Derivatives of 6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole-3-sulfonic acid which exhibit good inhibitory effect upon the interaction of CAMs and Leukointegrins and are thus useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Carl Arne Eriksson, Rene Marc Lemieux
  • Patent number: 7517898
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Z are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Ziping Liu, Daniel Pagé, Christopher Walpole, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 7517899
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phenylaminopropanol derivatives of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia, vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromylagia syndrome, nervous system disorders, and combinations thereof, particularly those conditions selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, vasomotor symptoms, stress and urge urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, pain, diabetic neuropathy, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Callain Younghee Kim, Paige Erin Mahaney, Eugene John Trybulski, Puwen Zhang, Eugene Anthony Terefenko, Casey McComas, Michael Anthony Marella, Richard Dale Coghlan, Gavin David Heffernan, Stephen Todd Cohn, An Thien Vu, Joseph Peter Sabatucci, Fei Ye
  • Patent number: 7517900
    Abstract: The present application describes compounds according to Formula I, wherein A, B, E, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y and Z are described herein. Additionally, the present application describes pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents. Finally, the present application describes methods of treatment using the compounds according to Formula I both alone and in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Annapurna Pendri, Samuel Gerritz, Dharmpal S. Dodd, Chongqing Sun
  • Patent number: 7517901
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia or Ib: wherein X and Y are nitrogen or CRe, and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the subject compounds and methods of using the compounds for treatment of p38-mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Soth
  • Patent number: 7517902
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel substituted indazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treatment comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Frank Halley, Michel Tabart, Hervé Bouchard, Catherine Souaille, Alain Le Brun, Fabrice Viviani, Laurence Gauzy-Lazo, Pascal Desmazeau, Odile Angouillant-Boniface, Bruno Filoche-Romme
  • Patent number: 7517903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides drug-cleavable substrate conjugates that are potent cytotoxins. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-cleavable substrate conjugates, and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Medarex, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Sanjeev Gangwar, Vincent Guerlavais, Zhi-Hong Li, Bilal Sufi
  • Patent number: 7517904
    Abstract: Fused cyclic compounds, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of nuclear hormone receptor-associated conditions such as cancer and immune disorders, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, James Aaron Balog, Dacia A. Pickering, Sören Giese, Aberra Fura, Wenying Li, Ramesh N. Patel, Ronald L. Hanson, Toomas Mitt, Jacques Y. Roberge, James R. Corte, Steven H. Spergel, Richard A. Rampulla, Raj N. Misra, Hai-Yun Xiao
  • Patent number: 7517905
    Abstract: This invention relates to the derivatives of substituted azabicyclo hexanes. The compounds of this invention can function as muscarinic receptor antagonists and can be used for the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal systems mediated through muscarinic receptors. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and the methods of treating the diseases mediated through muscarinic receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Anita Mehta, Bruhaspathy Miriyala, Sudershan Kumar Arora, Jang Bahadur Gupta
  • Patent number: 7517906
    Abstract: Molecular mimics of Smac are capable of modulating apoptosis through their interaction with cellular IAPs (inhibitor of apoptosis proteins). The mimetics are based on a monomer or dimer of the N-terminal tetrapeptide of IAP-binding proteins, such as Smac/DIABLO, Hid, Grim and Reaper, which interact with a specific surface groove of IAP. Also disclosed are methods of using these peptidomimetics for therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen M. Condon, Matthew G. LaPorte, Yijun Deng, Susan R. Rippin
  • Patent number: 7517907
    Abstract: Novel ligand compounds having the structural formula (I): and the salts and optical/geometrical isomers thereof are suited for formulation into pharmaceutical compositions useful in human or veterinary medicine, or, alternatively, into cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventor: Pascal Collette
  • Patent number: 7517908
    Abstract: A method of treating a subject for a serotonergic neurotransmission dysregulation disorder, comprises administering the subject a serotonin enhancer (e.g., a serotonin reuptake inhibitor) in an amount effective to treat the disorder; and concurrently administering the subject 5-hydroxytryptophan in an amount effective to enhance the activity of the serotonin enahancer, (e.g., serotonin reuptake inhibitor). In preferred embodiments the disorder is depression, anxiety, or substance abuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Ranga R. Krishnan, Marc G. Caron, Xiaodong Zhang, Martin Beaulieu, Raul R. Gainetdinova, Tatiana D. Sotnikova
  • Patent number: 7517909
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain ?-amino acids that bind to the alpha-2-delta (?2?) subunit of a calcium channel. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the treatment of a variety of psychiatric, pain and other disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Andrew John Thorpe, David Juergen Wustrow
  • Patent number: 7517910
    Abstract: The present invention aims at provision of a novel compound having a GPR40 receptor function modulating action, which is useful as an insulin secretagogue, an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like. The compound represented by the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, a salt thereof, and a prodrug thereof of the present invention unexpectedly have a superior GPR40 receptor agonistic activity and superior properties as pharmaceutical products such as stability and the like, and can be safe and useful pharmaceutical agents as agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of GPR40 receptor-related pathology or diseases in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Shuji Kitamura, Nozomu Sakai
  • Patent number: 7517911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ester compounds derived from 3,4,5-trimethoxy phenyl acetate, 3,4,5-trimethoxy cinnamate or 3,4,5-trimethoxy hydrocinnamate that are represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is CH2—, —CH?CH— or CH2—CH2, R2 is thymyl or carvacryl, to methods for preparing them, and to a whitening cosmetic composition containing the ester compounds. Because the ester compounds of the present invention inhibit the generation of melanin, the cosmetic composition can improve the skin pigmentation and can be used for whitening cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Ho-Sik Rho, Jae-Sung Hwang, Hyun-Jung Choi, Hyun-Jung Shin, Bae-Hwan Kim, Eun-Young Lee, Byeong-Gon Lee, Duck-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 7517912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and delivery of prostaglandin analogs to treat epithelial-related condition. In some embodiments, the compositions of the invention are used to stimulate hair growth. In some embodiments, the compositions of the invention are used to restore hair color to depigmented hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Meta Cosmetics, LLC
    Inventors: Pamela Lipkin, Beverly Lubit
  • Patent number: 7517913
    Abstract: Invented are novel polyamine conjugates which have been readily obtained using as key-step the condensation of linear, conformationally restricted, cyclic and branched polyamines or suitably protected derivatives with vitamin A derivatives. These compounds inhibit the ribozyme ribonuclease P (RNase P) and the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-? (INF-?) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventors: Dionysios Papaioannou, Dionysios Drainas, Dionysios Tsambaos
  • Patent number: 7517914
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, polymeric release regions are provided, which contain one or more partially biodegradable progenitor polymers and which control the release of one or more therapeutic agents disposed beneath or within the same. The progenitor polymers within the release regions are composed of a plurality of biostable polymer portions (which may be the same or different from one another) linked via one or more biodegradable linkages. Upon implantation or insertion into the body, the linkages degrade, cleaving the progenitor polymers into two or more biostable polymers of reduced molecular weight (relative to the molecular weight of the progenitor polymers). As a consequence of this reduction in molecular weight, the release characteristics of the release regions change over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Boston ScientificScimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Richard
  • Patent number: 7517915
    Abstract: A method for preparing a ceramic powder suspension is disclosed. A dispersant having a following structural formula is provided: wherein D is H or COOR1; R1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, a cyclic aliphatic group, an aryl group, having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cationic salt group; R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cyclic aliphatic having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Z is an oxygen atom or an NH group; A is —COO —SO3 or an acid form; a is an integer between 1 to 5000; and p and q are integers between 1 to 10. The dispersant is dissolved in a solvent. Ceramic powder is further added into the solvent with the dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Kung-Chung Hsu, Lung-Pin Chen, Dao-Shinn Hwung, Kuo-Liang Ying, Wen-Cheng Wei, Sea-Fue Wang
  • Patent number: 7517916
    Abstract: A process to make ethylene and/or propylene from methane comprises preparing a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen from methane, performing a Fischer Tropsch synthesis using the gaseous mixture to obtain a Fischer Tropsch product having a 50 wt % recovery point above 250° C., evaporating a part of the Fischer Tropsch product in the presence of a dilution gas comprising the unconverted carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the Fischer Tropsch synthesis step and carbon dioxide into a gas and a liquid fraction and separating the liquid fraction from the remaining gas fraction, further heating the gas fraction and subjecting the gas fraction to a thermal cracking step, isolating a mixture of methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the cracked gases, and recycling the mixture of methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen to the step of preparing a gaseous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Jan Lodewijk Maria Dierickx
  • Patent number: 7517917
    Abstract: A composition for preparing a nanoporous material. The composition comprises a thermostable matrix precursor, a calixarene derivative, and a solvent. The composition may enable formation of a low dielectric constant film in which nanopores with a size not larger than 50 ? are uniformly distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Heong Yim, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7517918
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a UV curable paint composition, a method for using the same and a coating composition made from the same. According to one embodiment, the paint composition includes a silicone modified aliphatic acrylated oligomer having fluorine substituted side chains in an amount by weight from 5% to 25%, an alkyl acrylate monomer in an amount by weight from 5% to 25%; a photoinitiator in an amount by weight from 0.1% to 5%; a plurality of pigment particles in an amount by weight from 0.1% to 5%; a nano-silver solution in a amount by weight from 0.1% to 5%; with remainder being solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Chuang Ho, Chuan-De Huang
  • Patent number: 7517919
    Abstract: A method of producing an improved polyethylene, especially an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene utilizes a sequential irradiation and annealing process to form a highly cross-linked polyethylene material. The use of sequential irradiation followed by sequential annealing after each irradiation allows each dose of irradiation in the series of doses to be relatively low while achieving a total dose which is sufficiently high to cross-link the material. The process may either be applied to a preformed material such as a rod or bar or sheet made from polyethylene resin or may be applied to a finished polyethylene part. If applied to a finished polyethylene part, the irradiation and annealing must be accomplished with the polyethylene material not in contact with oxygen at a concentration greater than 1% oxygen volume by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Aiguo Wang, John H. Dumbleton, Aaron Essner, Shi-Shen Yau
  • Patent number: 7517920
    Abstract: A denture fixative composition containing lower alkyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymers, water-insoluble and water-swelling polymers, and at least one additional adhesive material which can be used as a denture fixative paste, liquid, powder, aerosol, dissolving tablet, liner or adhesive-like strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sunstar Inc.
    Inventor: Akihiro Sudo