Patents Issued in June 14, 2011
  • Patent number: 7960536
    Abstract: The invention concerns making and evaluating synthetic regulatory regions for controlling gene expression. The invention features a method for identifying transcription factor binding sites and a method for evaluating the regulatory functions of synthetic regulatory regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Genetronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Schwartz, Eric M. Eastman, Xuyang Li, Jeff Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 7960537
    Abstract: A family of minimally cross-hybridizing nucleotide sequences, methods of use, etc. A specific family of 210 24mers is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Luminex Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Pancoska, Vit Janota, Albert S. Benight, Richard S. Bullock, Peter V. Riccelli, Daniel Kobler, Daniel Fieldhouse
  • Patent number: 7960538
    Abstract: A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 3 and mutated sequences thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tomatsu, Toshifumi Fukui, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Atsushi Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 7960539
    Abstract: A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 2 and mutated sequences thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tomatsu, Toshifumi Fukui, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Atsushi Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 7960540
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating tumor proliferation in an individual are provided. The methods employ nucleolin-binding agents, such as aptamers. The aptamers of the present invention can be used to modulate the proliferation of malignant, dysplastic, hyperproliferative, and/or metastatic cells through interference with molecular interactions and functions of nucleolin in the tumor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventors: John O. Trent, Paula J. Bates, Donald M. Miller
  • Patent number: 7960541
    Abstract: An antisense molecule capable of binding to a selected target site to induce exon skipping in the dystrophin gene, as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 202.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The University of Western Australia
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Wilton, Sue Fletcher, Graham McClorey
  • Patent number: 7960542
    Abstract: A process for the purification of an oligonucleotide synthon is provided. The process comprises subjecting an organic solution comprising an oligonucleotide synthon and lower molecular weight impurities to nanofiltration whereby the ratio of an oligonucleotide synthon to lower molecular weight impurities in the solution is increased after the nanofiltration. Preferably, the oligonucleotide synthon is a nucleoside phosphoramidite or nucleoside H-phosphonate. The nanofiltration membrane is preferably a polyimide membrane having a molecular weight cut off of 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Avecia Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Timothy Boam, Andrew Guy Livingston, Dinesh Nair, Paul McCormac, Stephen Hargreaves
  • Patent number: 7960543
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a nucleoside or nucleotide having a 5-substituted-2-oxo(1H)pyridin-3-yl group as a base, as well as a method using the same. In one embodiment, the nucleoside or nucleotide of the present invention has a fluorescent dye selected from the group consisting of 5-FAM, 6-FAM, 5-TAMRA, 6-TAMRA, DANSYL, 5-HEX, 6-HEX, 5-TET, 6-TET, 5-ROX and 6-ROX or a quencher dye selected from the group consisting of DABCYL, BHQ1 and BHQ2, which is attached either directly or through a linker to the 5-position of the above base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Ichiro Hirao, Shigeyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7960544
    Abstract: Indoles that have activity as inhibitors of FAAH are described as are indoles and indole derivatives that have activity as inhibitors of DAO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilmin Bartolini, Brian M. Cali, Barbara Chen, Yueh-Tyng Chien, Mark G. Currie, G. Todd Milne, James Philip Pearson, John Jeffrey Talley, Jane Yang, Craig Zimmerman, Charles Kim, Kevin Sprott, Timothy Barden, Regina Lundigran, Ara Mermerian
  • Patent number: 7960545
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved and novel process for the preparation of erlotinib (N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine) of formula (1), which comprises: (i) demethylation of commercially available 6,7-dimethoxy-4(3H)-quinazolinone of formula (8); acetylation using acetic anhydride; (iii) introduction of a leaving group at C-4 position in quinazolinone; (iv) condensation with 3-ethynylaniline to get novel compound of formula (12); (v) deacetylation to get novel dihydroxy compound of formula (13); and (vi) O-alkylation with 2-iodoethylmethyl ether to get the erlotinib base of formula (1). Erlotinib base is purified by recrystallization from ethyl acetate to get a HPLC purity of >99.5%. Salt formation of this base with hydrogen chloride gave pharmaceutically acceptable erlotinib hydrochloride of formula (1a) with a HPLC purity of >99.8%. Erlotinib hydrochloride is useful for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancers, in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Natco Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Ramanadham Jyothi Prasad, Bollepalli Nageshwar Rao, Nannapaneni Venkaiah Chowdary
  • Patent number: 7960546
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for preparing aminocrotonylamino-substituted quinazoline derivatives of general formula (I) wherein the groups Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd have the meanings given in the claims, as well as sulphonyl derivatives of formula (XIII) and the use thereof as synthesis components for preparing quinazolines of formula (I). The quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) are inhibitors of signal transduction mediated by tyrosinekinases and by the Epidermal Growth Factor-Receptor (EGF-R) and are therefore particularly suitable for the treatment of tumoral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Schroeder, Georg Dziewas, Thomas Fachinger, Burkhard Jaeger, Carsten Reichel, Svenja Renner
  • Patent number: 7960547
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a transition metal complex having carbene ligands. The disclosed transition metal complex has a structure of a center transition metal surrounded by two identical carbene ligands and one double-chilating ligand which is a nitrogen-contain heteroaryl group compound with pyridyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Cheng, Cheng-Han Hsieh, Kun-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 7960548
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a keratinocyte growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (KGFR TK) inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment. Also provided are compounds and methods for the treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of metastasis in a subject with cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a KGFR TK inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: The Ohio State University Research Foundation, The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: J. Thomas Pento, Pui-Kai Li, Robert W. Brueggemeier, John C. Hackett
  • Patent number: 7960549
    Abstract: The citrate salt of (S)-4-(4-Chloro-phenyl)-1-{3-[7-(1-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl)-11H-10-oxa-1-aza-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene]-propyl}-3,3-dimethyl-piperidin-4-ol, which may be used in pharmaceutical applications, is disclosed. The crystalline Citrate Salt, including particular single crystal forms and combinations of the single crystalline forms, are also discussed. Mixtures for forming the crystalline salts are discussed. As well, methods of producing the Citrate Salt, and crystalline forms thereof, and using such Citrate Salt, and crystalline forms thereof, in treating diseases associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment, activation, or recruitment and activation are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventors: Carole Neves, Aurelia Chevalier, Pascal Billot
  • Patent number: 7960550
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of Methyl (+)-(S)-(2-chlorophenyl)-(6,7dihydro-4H-thieno[3,2-c]pyridin-5-yl)acetate [Clopidogrel base, (I)] and their various pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Parind Narendra Dholakia, Mayank Ghanshyambhai Dave, Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 7960551
    Abstract: A succinic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof, for use in treating pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Reshma Chudasama, Andrew Kennedy
  • Patent number: 7960552
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted isoxazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, therapeutic uses and processes for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan York Bass, III, Justin Caravella, David Norman Deaton, Robert Blount McFadyen, Frank Navas, III, Paul Kenneth Spearing
  • Patent number: 7960553
    Abstract: A newly synthesized compound designated lepidine ether 2-(4-Methoxybenzyloxy)-4-methylquinoline reacts with methyl triflate in the presence of alcohols to generate a neutral organic salt that transfers the para-methoxybenzyl (PMB) protecting group onto alcohols in high yield and under mild conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Founation, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory B. Dudley
  • Patent number: 7960554
    Abstract: Ambient-temperature molten salts of formula (I): wherein Y+ is a cation selected from the group consisting of an ammonium ion, a sulfonium ion, a pyridinium ion, a(n) (iso)thiazolium ion, and a(n) (iso)oxazolium ion that may be optionally substituted with C1-10 alkyl and/or C1-10 alkyl having ether linkage, provided that the above cation has at least one substituent of —CH2Rf1 or —OCH2Rf1 (wherein Rf1 is C1-10 perfluoroalkyl); Rf2 and Rf3 are independently C1-10 perfluoroalkyl or may together form C1-4 perfluoroalkylene; and X is —SO2— or —CO—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Teruo Umemoto
  • Patent number: 7960555
    Abstract: Versatile Group VIII metathesis catalysts, as can be used in a range of polymerization reactions and other chemical methodologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventor: Todd S. Emrick
  • Patent number: 7960556
    Abstract: The invention provides novel 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives useful for preventing or treating an ?-synucleopathy such as Parkinson's disease, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including them as biologically active ingredients, and methods for manufacturing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: NV reMYND
    Inventors: Gerard Griffioen, Stefaan Wera, Hein Roger Duhamel, Ellen Gommé, Nele Van Damme
  • Patent number: 7960557
    Abstract: Asymmetric light-emitting dendrimers having the formulae: (a) CORE-[DENDRITE1]n[DENDRITE2]m and (b) CORE-[DENDRITE]n are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Isis Innovation Limited, The University Court of the University of St. Andrews
    Inventors: Paul Leslie Burn, Ifor David William Samuel, Shih-Chun Lo
  • Patent number: 7960558
    Abstract: The compounds of the general Formula (I), wherein R1 is aryl or alkyl; R2 represents alkyl; R3 represents alkyl or aralkyl, are valuable pharmaceutical intermediates, which can be prepared by reacting a compound of the general Formula (IV) (wherein the definitions of R1 and R2 are as above), with at least 2 molar equivalents of the compound of the general Formula (VI) (wherein X represents halogen or tertiary butyloxycarbonyloxy group and R3 is as defined above). The known compounds of the general Formula (II) (wherein R1 and R2 are as defined above) are prepared by reacting the compounds of the general Formula (I) with thionyl chloride. The compounds of the general Formula (I) are new intermediates useful in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active ingredients, particularly in the preparation of ACE-inhibitors, e.g. enalapril, perindopril or ramipril.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Egis Gyogyszergyar Nyilvanosan Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag
    Inventors: Márta Porcs-Makkay, Gyula Simig, Tibor Mezei, Angéla Veressné Pandur, Gyula Lukács
  • Patent number: 7960559
    Abstract: The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The recent development of a modular synthesis of tetracycline analogs through a chiral enone intermediate has allowed for the efficient synthesis of novel tetracycline analogs never prepared before. The present invention provides a more efficient route for preparing the enone intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Andrew G. Myers, Jason D. Brubaker
  • Patent number: 7960560
    Abstract: The invention relates to A 1-(biphenyl-4-ylmethyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione derivative having the general Formula I wherein R1 is H, (C1-6)alkyl (optionally substituted with oxo, OR4, COOR5, halogen or CN), (C2-6)alkenyl, (C2-6)alkynyl, (C3-6)cycloalkyl or (C3-6)cycloalkyl(C1-3)alkyl; R2 and R2? are independently H or (C1-3)alkyl; or R2 and R2? form together with the carbon atom to which they are bound a (C3-5)cycloalkyl group; R3 represents H or 1 to 4 F substituents; Y represents or NR8R9; X represents CHR6, CF2, O, S, SO or SO2; R4 and R5 are (C1-6)alkyl; R6 is H, OR7 or CN; R7 is (C1-3)alkyl; R8 is (C5-7)cycloalkyl comprising a heteroatom selected from O, S, SO and SO2; R9 is H or (C1-4)alkyl; o and m represent the ortho or meta position of the substituent Y—CH2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; as well as to the use of said 1-(biphenyl-4-ylmethyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione derivatives in the treatment of pain such as for example peri-operative pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, cance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Marcelis van der Stelt, Joseph Maria Gerardus Barbara Cals
  • Patent number: 7960561
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 2-(phenylamino)benzimidazole derivatives useful as modulators of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (SK channels). In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Ulrik Svane Sørensen, Lene Teuber, Dan Peters, Dorte Strøbæk, Tina Holm Johansen, Karin Sandager Nielsen, Palle Christophersen
  • Patent number: 7960562
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a compound useful as a GnRH receptor antagonist. The inventors further investigated propane-1,3-dione derivatives. As a result, they confirmed that a compound having a benzene ring or a thiophene ring substituted with a group represented by —SO2—R3 in a propane-1,3-dione derivative having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene) has an excellent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect and accomplished the present invention. Because the compound of the present invention has a potent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect, it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone-dependent diseases, particularly GnRH-related diseases. Further, because the compound of the present invention has an excellent metabolic stability in human and few drug interactions, therefore it has preferable characteristics as a pharmaceutical used for the above-mentioned diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Eiji Kawaminami, Kei Ohnuki, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Osoda, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takashi Shin, Takanori Koike, Itsuro Shimada, Hiroyuki Hisamichi, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Patent number: 7960563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel indazole derivatives having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and uses of these compounds in the treatment of estrogen receptor beta mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Norbert Johnson, David G Jones, Xi Liang, David Timothy MacPherson, Aaron B Miller, Antoinette Naylor, Steven James Stanway, Andrew Kenneth Takle, Giancarlo Trani
  • Patent number: 7960564
    Abstract: N-[4-(3-Amino-1H-indazol-4-yl)phenyl]-N?-(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)urea Crystalline Form 1, ways to make it, formulations comprising it and made with it and methods of treating patients having disease using it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Thomas B. Borchardt, Michael J. Rozema
  • Patent number: 7960565
    Abstract: This invention relates to organometallic compounds represented by the formula LML? wherein M is a metal or metalloid, L is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl group or cyclopentadienyl-like group, a substituted or unsubstituted pentadienyl group or pentadienyl-like group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, and L? is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, a process for producing the organometallic compounds, and a method for producing a film or coating from the organometallic compounds. The organometallic compounds are useful in semiconductor applications as chemical vapor or atomic layer deposition precursors for film depositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Houston Meiere
  • Patent number: 7960566
    Abstract: An anthracene derivative is disclosed, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device using the anthracene derivatives are demonstrated. The structure of the anthracene derivative is described in detail in the specification. The use of the anthracene derivative enables the production of a blue emissive light-emitting element having high emission efficiency, excellent purity of emission color, and a long lifetime, which contributes to the production of a high-performance light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Ogita, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 7960567
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment of inflammatory and immune-related diseases and conditions are provided herein. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate the function and/or expression of proteins involved in atopic diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. The subject compounds are carboxylic acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Michael G. Johnson, An-Rong Li, Jiwen Liu, Sarah E. Lively, Julio C. Medina, Wang Shen, Xuemei Wang, Yingcai Wang
  • Patent number: 7960568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclyl-substituted sulfonamides with 5-HT6 receptor affinity, and compositions thereof, and the use of said compounds for the treatment or prophylaxis of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventor: José-Luis Diaz-Fernández
  • Patent number: 7960569
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole compounds of Formula (I) or (II): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables ring A, X1, X2, X3, X4, R6, and R15 are as defined herein. These compounds are selective inhibitors of the human P2Y1 receptor which can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Patrick Y. S. Lam, Charles G. Clark
  • Patent number: 7960570
    Abstract: This invention relates to neurotrophic compounds having an affinity for FKBP-type immunophilins, their preparation and use as inhibitors of the enzyme activity associated with immunophilin proteins, and particularly inhibitors of peptidyl-prolyl isomerase or rotamase enzyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: GliaMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hamilton, Joseph Steiner
  • Patent number: 7960571
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a silicon-based cross-coupling reagent is disclosed which is a highly stable tetraorganosilicon compound allowing for a cross-coupling reaction under mild reaction conditions without using fluoride ions, transition metal promoter, or strong bases, and the residue of the silicon reagent can be recovered and reused. The silicon-based cross-coupling reagent is a silicon compound in which an o-hydroxymethylphenyl group is connected to a silicon atom for intramolecular activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakao, Tamejiro Hiyama
  • Patent number: 7960572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Nebivolol and, more particularly, to an improved method of synthesizing 6-fluoro chroman epoxides of formula (I) key intermediates in preparing nebivolol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Zach System S.p.A.
    Inventors: Raffaella Volpicelli, Paolo Maragni, Livius Cotarca, Johnny Foletto
  • Patent number: 7960573
    Abstract: A method for preparing an enantiomeric chromane, by asymmetrically hydrogenating a chromene compound in the presence of an Ir catalyst having a chiral ligand. The method includes the enantioselective preparation of enantiomeric equol. A preferred Ir catalyst has a chiral phosphineoxazoline ligand. Enantiomeric chromanes of high stereoselective purity can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Girindus America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth David Reginald Setchell, Victor Dmitrievich Sorokin
  • Patent number: 7960574
    Abstract: Methods of separating oil from oil-containing seeds, involving aerating an aqueous dispersion of germ particles of oil-containing seeds (e.g., corn) to produce bubbles therein, whereby the oil in the aqueous dispersion adheres preferentially to the surfaces of the bubbles and are carried by the bubbles to the upper surface of the aqueous dispersion where a foam of the bubbles is formed; separating the foam from the aqueous dispersion; and recovering the oil from the foam. The aqueous dispersion of germ particles of oil-containing seeds may be produced by mixing corn germ separated from corn kernels with an aqueous acetate buffer followed by heating, grinding, cooling, and optionally agitation; generally cellulase is added after the grinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Leland C. Dickey, Michael F. Dallmer
  • Patent number: 7960575
    Abstract: A process for forming an ester from 1,3-propanediol comprising providing 1,3-propanediol with at least 90% biobased carbon, contacting the 1,3-propanediol with an acid, thereby forming the ester, and recovering the ester is provided. The acid can be an organic acid. Additionally, a process for producing an ester, either or both a monoester and a diester, from biologically-produced 1,3-propanediol is provided. This process includes providing 1,3-propanediol produced biologically through fermentation and catalytic conversion of atmospheric carbon, contacting the 1,3-propanediol with an organic acid, wherein said ester is produced; and recovering the ester. In this process the 1,3-propanediol can have has at least 95% biobased carbon, or can have 100% biobased carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gyorgyi Fenyvesi, Raja Hari Prasad R. Poladi
  • Patent number: 7960576
    Abstract: Described are diol-derived organofunctional silanes in which the silanes contain cyclic and bridged alkoxy groups derived from hydrocarbon-based diols and methods for the preparation of the silanes. Also described are rubber compositions containing the diol-derived organofunctional silanes, methods for the preparation of the rubber compositions and articles of manufacture containing the rubber compositions, in particular, automotive tires and components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Chaves, Richard W. Cruse, Eric R. Pohl
  • Patent number: 7960577
    Abstract: Organosilicon compounds having organyloxy groups are prepared by reacting an organosilicon compound (A) having at least one silanol group with a compound (B) containing at least two organyloxy groups in the presence of a component (C) comprising a zinc chelate (C1) and at least one additive (C2) selected from the group consisting of compounds containing basic nitrogen (C21) and alcohols (C22). The products are useful in compositions which crosslink at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventor: Marko Prasse
  • Patent number: 7960578
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the synthesis of a compound of the formula (I) in which: n is an integer higher than or equal to 1; Rb and each Rn are independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 arylalkyl group or a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted or not by an aryl group, —COOH, C1-C6, —COO-(alkyl), —CONH2, —SH, heteroaryl, —NH2, —NHC(NH)(NH2), C1-C6-s-(alkyl), —OH or phenol; Ra is a N-protective group; Rc is a ORd group in which Rd is a C1-C6 alkyl group or a NReRf group in which Re and Rf Re independently an N-protective group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Montpellier I
    Inventors: Jean Martinez, Frédéric Lamaty, Valérie Declerck
  • Patent number: 7960579
    Abstract: A drug effective for the treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, anxiety and related ailments thereof, depression, bipolar disorder and epilepsy. The drug antagonizes the action of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors and shows high activity in oral administration A 2-amino-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic ester derivative represented by formula [I] [wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10alkyl group or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; Y represents —OCHR3R4 or the like (wherein R3 and R4 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10alkyl group or the like; and n represents integer 1 or 2)], a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akito Yasuhara, Kazunari Sakagami, Hiroshi Ohta, Atsuro Nakazato
  • Patent number: 7960580
    Abstract: A process for making menthyl glutarate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting excess glutaric acid and menthol to produce a mixture comprising monomenthyl glutarate (MMG) and dimenthyl glutarate (DMG), wherein the weight ratio of glutaric acid to menthol is from 1.0 to 1.6 and the resulting mixture comprises from 60 to 70 wt. % of MMG and from 30 to 40 wt. % of DMG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Renessenz, LLC
    Inventors: Mark B. Erman, Joe W. Snow
  • Patent number: 7960581
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Grupo Petrotemex, S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Marcel de Vreede, Alan George Wonders, Robert Lin
  • Patent number: 7960582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the resolution of mandelic acid derivatives from racemic mandelic acid derivative mixtures by salt formation with chiral base cyclic amides; to the resolved mandelic acid cyclic amide salts (see, for example, formula IIa), as well as certain other metal and amine salts of the mandelic acid derivatives, and to the use of the resolved mandelic acid derivatives as intermediates suitable for large-scale manufacturing of, for example, pharmaceutical compounds; Formula IIa, wherein R is selected from CHF2, H, C1-6 Alkyl, CH2F, CHCl2 and CClF2; and wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is H or C1-6 Alkyl and X is H, halo or C1-6 Alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Hans Jorgen Blixt, Bo Lars Gustaf Bosson, Roberto Guiseppe Paolo Gatti, Simone Zaramella, Michael William Senior, Kurt Vogtli, Andrea Zistler
  • Patent number: 7960583
    Abstract: The invention encompasses processes for the synthesis of (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl) -5-methylhexanoic acid, (S)-Pregabalin, and intermediates of (S)-Pregabalin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Kansal, Brijnath P. Chaurasia, V. Govardhan Rao, Anand Prakash Tiwari
  • Patent number: 7960584
    Abstract: This present invention relates to novel compounds, isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor (Vanilloid Receptor 1; VR1; TRPV1) antagonist; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease such as pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, skin disorder, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, fecal urgency, a respiratory disorder, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory diseases, ear disease, and heart disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Ger Suh, Hee-Doo Kim, Hyeung-Geun Park, Uh Taek Oh, Yong-Sil Lee, Seol Rin Park, Chong Hyon Ryu, Young-Ho Park, Song Seok Shin, Sun-Young Kim, Jin Kwan Kim, Yeon Su Jeong, Ki-Wha Lee, Jin Kyu Choi, Kyung Min Lim, Hyun Ju Koh, Joo Hyun Moh, Sung-II Kim, Joon Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 7960585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing secondary amides with good selectivity by carbonylating a corresponding tertiary amine with carbon monoxide in a reaction mixture in the presence of a metal catalyst and in the presence of a halogen containing promoter. The metal catalyst comprises palladium. A same or even a much better catalytic activity can be obtained with palladium than with the much more expensive rhodium, especially when the palladium is used in a low concentration. Moreover, also a good selectivity can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Taminco
    Inventors: Mondher Srasra, Pierre Jacobs, Bert Sels, Maria Christina Jacoba Tielen, Kristof Moonen, Peter Roose, Ivan Vanden Eynde