Patents Issued in April 1, 2014
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Patent number: 8686004Abstract: The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to the use thereof for controlling animal pests, which include arthropods and especially insects, and to processes for preparing the novel compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer, Martin Füβlein, Peter Jeschke, Adeline Köhler, Joachim Kluth, Friedrich August Mühlthau, Yoshitaka Sato, Arnd Voerste, Eiichi Shimojo
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Patent number: 8686005Abstract: Provided are compounds of the formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, salt, hydrate or prodrug thereof that modulate tyrosine kinase activity, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of their use.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Chembridge CorporationInventor: Nelson Levy
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Patent number: 8686006Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition that improves intestinal absorption of a compound having a structure represented by the general formula [1]. The composition containing a compound represented by the general formula [1] or a salt thereof and (b) a lipophilic substance improves intestinal absorption of the compound. In the formula, A represents —(NR4)—, —(CR5R6)— or the like; B represents an alkylene group or an alkenylene group; R1 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or the like; R2 represents an adamantylalkyl group or the like; R3 represents an unsaturated heterocyclic ring; R4, R5 and R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and X represents an oxygen atom or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Umeda, Akio Kimura, Kenji Ueda, Koji Sakanaka
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Patent number: 8686007Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Chihyuan Chuang, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Bradley Morgan, Alex Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
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Patent number: 8686008Abstract: Compounds having the general formula II, III, or IV wherein R1 can be a radical of an optionally substituted C-4 to C-7 N-containing heterocycle or a radical of an optionally substituted cyclic or acyclic tertiary amine or isoindoline-1,3-dione: R2,3,4,5,6 can each independently be any one or combinations of the following moieties, cyano, nitro, acyl, alkyl, amido, azido, isothiocyanate, isocyanate, optionally substituted anilino, halogens, ethers, sulfonamides, thioacyl, nitro, aromatic, heterocyclic, olefinic, acetylene, deuterium, or tritium; Y can be either CH, CH2, O, S, OCH2, N—R, N—Ar, C—R, C—Ar; Z can be either H, O, S, S—R or NR.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: The University of Mississippi, L'Universite Catholique de LouvainInventors: Christopher R. McCurdy, Christophe Mesangeau, Rae Reiko Matsumoto, Jacques Henri Poupaert, Bonnie Ann Avery, Ahmed Hassan Amin Abdelazeem
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Patent number: 8686009Abstract: The invention provides a method of sustained delivery of a lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug by administering to a patient an effective amount of a prodrug compound of the invention wherein upon administration to the patient, release of the parent drug from the prodrug is sustained release. Prodrug compounds suitable for use in the methods of the invention are labile conjugates of parent drugs that are derivatized through carbonyl linked prodrug moieties. The prodrug compounds of the invention can be used to treat any condition for which the lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug is useful as a treatment.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland LimitedInventors: Laura Cook Blumberg, Julius F. Remenar, Örn Almarsson, Tarek A. Zeidan
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Patent number: 8686010Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory action, an antiulcer activity and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Atsushi Hasuoka, Terufumi Takagi, Haruyuki Nishida
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Patent number: 8686011Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with the formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X and Z are as defined herein, and also to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as methods of use of the compounds for treatment of disorders associated with human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme and for the preparation of a medicament which acts on the human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Amgen Inc., Biovitrum ABInventors: Martin Henriksson, Evert Homan, Lars Johansson, Jerk Vallgarda, Meredith Williams, Eric A. Bercot, Christopher H. Fotsch, Aiwen Li, Guolin Cai, Randall W. Hungate, Chester Chenguang Yuan, Christopher Tegley, David J. St. Jean, Jr., Nianhe Han, Qi Huang, Qingyian Liu, Michael D. Bartberger, George A. Moniz, Matthew J. Frizzle
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Patent number: 8686012Abstract: The present invention relates to screens for compounds that can induce stem cell differentiation. In addition, isoxazoles and sulfonyl hydrazones are identified as general classes of compounds that can induce differentiation of stem cells into cells of neuronal and cardiac fate, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas SystemInventors: Eric N. Olson, Douglas Frantz, Jenny Hsieh, Steven L. McKnight, Jay Schneider
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Patent number: 8686013Abstract: Cosmetic compositions comprising substituted amino heterocyclic carbamoyl analogs and methods of using such compositions to impart anti-aging benefits to the skin are disclosed. The substituted amino heterocyclic carbamoyl analogs are believed to have modulatory activity against one or more biochemical pathways implicated in skin aging.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.Inventor: John W. Lyga
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Patent number: 8686014Abstract: A compound of Formula (I): where A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, G1, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y1, Y2 and Y3 are as defined in claim 1; or a sail or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using compounds of formula (I) to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi, Thomas Pitterna
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Patent number: 8686015Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: N30 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Jan Wasley, Gary J. Rosenthal, Xicheng Sun, Sarah Strong, Jian Qiu
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Patent number: 8686016Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing or treating an undesirable condition in a subject carrying cells homozygous null for the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene or subjects that are haploinsufficient for the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a schweinfurthin or schweinfurthin analog or derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, hydrate, or solvate thereof. Also disclosed is a new schweinfurthin compound of the formula.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Karlyne Reilly, Thomas Turbyville, John A. Beutler, David Wiemer
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Patent number: 8686017Abstract: Methods and therapeutic strategies utilizing proteinacious channels in lipid membranes of mammalian cells. The methods entail administering a pharmaceutical to a lipid membrane of a mammalian cell, and then determining the effect of the pharmaceutical on the electrophysiology of at least one proteinacious channel of the lipid membrane, wherein the proteinacious channel is a Kv7 potassium channel and/or a L-type calcium channel of an airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC). The method can be used to identify pharmaceuticals that may be used to treat asthmatic and other bronchospastic conditions that can lead to airway obstruction, or to perform drug screening to assess potential risk of pharmaceuticals.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Loyola University ChicagoInventor: Kenneth L. Byron
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Patent number: 8686018Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: along with pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof in subjects in need of treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mark Spyvee, Takashi Satoh, Jonathan Eric Carlson
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Patent number: 8686019Abstract: Amisulpride is used in the therapy of nausea, vomiting or retches. The therapy may utilize a novel injectable formulation, in unit dosage form, comprising less than 50 mg amisulpride.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Acacia Pharma LimitedInventors: Julian Clive Gilbert, Robert William Gristwood, Nicola Cooper, Gabriel Fox
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Patent number: 8686020Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of substituted spirocyclic compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Christopher Hamblett, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Paul Tempest, Anna A. Zabierek
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Patent number: 8686021Abstract: Use of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole to produce a drug for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected form the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis. Method for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected from the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis in which a therapeutically effective quantity of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole according to the invention is administered to an individual.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.Inventors: Lorenzo Polenzani, Giorgina Mangano, Isabella Coletta, Maria Alessandra Alisi, Nicola Cazzolla, Guido Furlotti, Caterina Maugeri
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Patent number: 8686022Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to general formula (I) which are proposed for the treatment of respiratory complaints, particularly asthma and COPD.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHInventors: Holger Wagner, Birgit Jung, Frank Himmelsbach, Rolf Goeggel, Georg Dahmann
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Patent number: 8686023Abstract: Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of sunitinib, processes of making sunitinib salts, as well as related pharmaceuticals and methods of treating are described.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Lek Pharmaceuticals D.D.Inventor: Lovro Selic
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Patent number: 8686024Abstract: The present invention provides a novel indoline derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the derivative or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1) that has an excellent butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. In the formula, R1 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an arylalkyl group, a heteroarylalkyl group, a cycloalkylalkyl group, a heterocycloalkylalkyl group, a dihydrofurylalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a tetrahydronaphthyl group, or an indanyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an arylalkyl group, a cycloalkylalkyl group, a heteroarylalkyl group, a heterocycloalkylalkyl group, an aryl group, or an acyl group; R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Hachiro Sugimoto, Jun Takahashi, Takashi Takahashi, Ichiro Hijikuro
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Patent number: 8686025Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk
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Patent number: 8686026Abstract: The present invention features solid compositions comprising amorphous Compound I. For instance, Compound I may be formulated in an amorphous solid dispersion which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and preferably a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Bernd Liepold, Tina Jung, Peter Hölig, Rudolf Schroeder, Nancy E. Sever, Justin S. Lafountaine, Brent D. Sinclair, Yi Gao, Jianwei Wu
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Patent number: 8686027Abstract: Administration of a loop diuretic in nebulized dry powder form directly to a patient's lungs for treating bronchial disease.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Microdose Therapeutx, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Abrams
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Patent number: 8686028Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted benzfurochromenes and related compounds having the general formula (I), salts and chiral, achiral derivatives thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 are independently selected from the groups consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkoxyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted alkylthio, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted acylamino, optionally substituted arylamino, optionally substituted acylthio, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted aroyl, optionally substituted acyloxy, optionally substituted thioamido, halogens, nitriles, esters, hydroxy, mercapto, carbontrifluoride, nitro but not limited to this; wherein R1R2 or R2R3 or R6R7 may be connected and form either a five membered ring or a six membered ring such as optionally substituted furan, optionally substituted dihydrofuran, optionally substitutedType: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial ResearchInventors: Atul Goel, Amit Kumar, Sumit Chaurasia, Divya Singh, Abnish Kumar Gautam, Rashmi Pandey, Ritu Trivedi, Man Mohan Singh, Naibedya Chattopadhyay, Lakshmi Manickavasagam, Girish Kumar Jain, Anil Kumar Dwivedi
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Patent number: 8686029Abstract: Antioxidant compositions for the stabilization of fat sources against oxidation, stabilized fat source compositions, and methods of stabilizing fat sources against oxidation are described. In particular, an antioxidant emulsion that includes quercetin in addition to at least one other ingredient and a lipid carrier is described.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Novus International, Inc.Inventors: Gary Reznik, David Michael T. Macaraeg
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Patent number: 8686030Abstract: The preset invention relates to a new approach for treating a cancer or fibrosis, such as Hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver fibrosis using an extract from a plant of Graptopetalum sp., Rhodiola sp. or Echeveria sp., and prepared by extracting the plant with Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), its fraction or the compound isolated from the extract.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: National Yang-Ming UniversityInventor: Chi-Ying Huang
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Patent number: 8686031Abstract: The present invention provides novel flavonoids extracted from an alcohol extract of dehulled adlay seeds. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the flavonoid and a method for treating inflammation in a subject, which method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of the flavonoid and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Joben Bio-Medical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenchang Chiang, Yun-Lian Lin, Cheng-Pei Chung, Hong-Jhang Chen
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Patent number: 8686032Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of histone deacetylase activity, and are useful in the treatment of, for example, cancers:Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Chroma Therapeutics Ltd.Inventors: Alan Hornsby Davidson, Sanjay Ratilal Patel, Francesca Ann Mazzei, Stephen John Davies, Alan Hastings Drummond, David Festus Moffat, Kenneth William John Baker, Alistair David Graham Donald
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Patent number: 8686033Abstract: Phosphoric esters comprise A) one or more structural units derived from substances of component a), the substances of component a) being selected from orthophosphoric acid and one or more of its derivatives, B) one or more structural units derived from substances of component b), the substances of component b) being selected from one or more compounds of formula (I) R2—O—(CH2CH2O)u(C3H6O)v(DO)w—H??(I) and C) one or more structural units derived from substances of component c), the substances of component c) being selected from one or more diols of formula (II) HO—(CH2CH2O)a(C3H6O)b(DO)c—H??(II) where the sum total a+b+c is ?1, and the phosphoric ester contains 2 or more phosphorus atoms per molecule which are bridged via a structural unit derived from the compounds of formula (II). The phosphoric esters of the invention are very useful in the manufacture of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Peter Klug, Franz-Xaver Scherl, Waltraud Simsch, Adelgunde Oberhauser
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Patent number: 8686034Abstract: A crystalline form of a ?-aminobutyric acid analog, and methods of preparing same, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: XenoPort, Inc.Inventors: Tono Estrada, Stephen P. Raillard, Christine Frauenfelder, Uwe Zacher
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Patent number: 8686035Abstract: The present invention provides a method and composition for promoting hair growth in a mammal which comprises a prostaglandin compound having two hetero atoms at the 15 position as an active ingredient thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: R-Tech Ueno, Ltd.Inventors: Ryuji Ueno, Tsuyoshi Habe, Takashi Sekida
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Patent number: 8686036Abstract: A method of treating tachycardia while minimizing and/or controlling hypotension associated with such treatment includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the S-isomer of esmolol to a subject in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SAInventors: Barrett Rabinow, Jeff McKee
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Patent number: 8686037Abstract: The invention is related to the new application of selected derivatives of 2-pyrrolidone to inhibition of protein glycation and to prevention and treatment of diabetes complications, such as atherosclerosis, nephropathy, retinopathy, cataract or neuropathy.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Uniwersytet JagiellonskiInventors: Rafal Olszanecki, Beata Bujak-Giżycka, Ryszard Korbut, Mariusz Gajda
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Patent number: 8686038Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating the side effects of a toxic medical therapy using nitrated lipids. In particular, the methods comprise the use of nitrated fatty acids or esters thereof to treat side effects, including organ system damage, caused by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and the administration of other toxic agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: The Univsersity of Utah Research FoundationInventor: Tianxin Yang
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Patent number: 8686039Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous nanoemulsion composition comprising conjugated linoleic acid. More particularly, the present invention relates to an aqueous nanoemulsion composition comprising 5 to 50 wt % of conjugated linoleic acid, 0.01 to 5 wt % of lecithin, 0.01 to 5 wt % of ethanol as a dissolution aid, 1 to 15 wt % of coemulsifier, 10 to 40 wt % of glycerine and the balance of water.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Hwail Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yu, Hyo GyoungInventors: Hyo Gyoung Yu, Hong Geun Ji, Hye Kyeong Woo, Soo Dong Kim
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Patent number: 8686040Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of pruritis ani and other perianal disorders. There are currently few treatments for these conditions, many of which have significant side effects. The methods of the invention involve the administration, in a cream or lotion of pregabalin, an anti-epileptic agent that has pain relieving properties. This topical form of pregabalin may also include the addition of other agents such as immunomodulators, antibiotics or agents that enhance wound healing. This method may be useful as a new and safe treatment for pruritis ani, skin conditions and other anorectal disorders. Previous positive clinical experience suggests that this new treatment is promising for these disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: RDD Pharma Ltd.Inventor: Eli D Ehrenpreis
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Patent number: 8686041Abstract: The invention relates to inhibition of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) for suppression of tumor cells proliferation. More particularly, the invention relates to methods of treatment of proliferative disorders by the selective inhibition of OAT, and further provides the use of OAT inhibitors, specifically, 5-amino-1,3-hexadienyl-carboxylic acid (Gabaculine), and Gabaculine analogue 8, for compositions and methods for the treatment of proliferative disorders such as hepatocellular carcinoma. The invention further provides methods and kits for the diagnosis of a pathologic proliferative disorder in a mammalian subject, based on determining the level of OAT expressed in a biological sample obtained from a subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development, Ltd., Northwestern UniversityInventors: Yaron Ilan, Ehud Zigmond, Richard B. Silverman, Hejun Lu
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Patent number: 8686042Abstract: The invention relates to urea derivatives of formula (I) as inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase 3?, GSK-3, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which GSK-3 is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Neuropharma, S.A.Inventors: Ana Martinez Gil, Miguel Medina Padilla, Mercedes Alonso Cascon, Ana Fuertes Huerta, Maria Luisa Navarro Rico, Maria Jose Perez Puerto, Ana Castro Morera, Ester Martin Aparicio
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Patent number: 8686043Abstract: The invention is directed to a class of compounds, including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, having the structure of formula I: as defined in the specification. The invention is also directed to compositions containing and uses of the compounds of formula I.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Anton Franz Joseph Fliri, Randall James Gallaschun, Christopher John O'Donnell, Jacob Bradley Schwarz, Barbara Eileen Segelstein
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Patent number: 8686044Abstract: An amide derivative represented by the following Formula (1) is provided as an amide derivative showing a significantly excellent effect for a pest control action. In the following Formula (1), A represents a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or the like, and K represents a non-metal atomic group necessary for forming a cyclic linking group derived from benzene or a heterocyclie. X represents a halogen atom or the like; n represents an integer of from 0 to 4. R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, or the like. T represents —C(=G1)-Q1 or —C(=G1)-G2Q2, and G1 to G3 each represent oxygen atoms or the like. Q1 and Q2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or the like. Y1 and Y5 each represent a halogen atom or the like, Y2 and Y4 each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, and Y3 represents a C2-C5 haloalkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.Inventors: Yumi Kobayashi, Hidenori Daido, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Michikazu Nomura, Hidetaka Tsukada, Atsushi Hirabayashi, Yusuke Takahashi, Yoji Aoki, Atsuko Kawahara, Yasuaki Fukazawa, Mai Hirose
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Patent number: 8686045Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurological and other disorders are provided. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding and/or modulation specificity for a TrkB receptor molecule.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Regents of the University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans AffairsInventors: Frank M. Longo, Stephen M. Massa
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Patent number: 8686046Abstract: Amidine analogs that can inhibit the activity of sphingosine kinase 1 and sphingosine kinase 2 (SphK1 & SphK2) are provided. The compounds can prevent angiogenesis in tumor cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventors: Kevin R. Lynch, Timothy L. Macdonald, Yugesh Kharel, Thomas P. Mathews, Brian R. Wamhoff
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Patent number: 8686047Abstract: Compositions of modafinil and methods of treating neurologically related conditions with the administration of modafinil. Also compositions that include modafinil and one or more excipients such as diluents, disintegrants, binders and lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.Inventors: Craig S. Heacock, Alpa B. Parikh, Piyush R. Patel
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Patent number: 8686048Abstract: The present invention provides dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of diseases or disorders wherein the inhibition of Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase is known to show beneficial effect.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SAInventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Prashant K. Bhavar, Srikant Viswanadha, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka, Gayatri S. Merikapudi
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Patent number: 8686049Abstract: Provided is a substance which is a safer and more commonly-consumed food ingredient that increase the testosterone level. The testosterone enhancer of the invention comprises vitamin K as an active ingredient. The vitamin is preferably menaquinone-4 and/or menaquinone-7. This enhancer is useful as pharmaceutical agents, supplements, health foods or functional foods for the prevention, amelioration and/or treatment of a condition or disease induced by the decreased testosterone level.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Tohoku UniversityInventors: Michio Komai, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Yusuke Ohsaki, Tadashi Takumi, Asagi Ito, Toshiro Sato, Rumi Ozaki
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Patent number: 8686050Abstract: This invention provides compound having a structure of Formula I or Formula II Uses of such compounds for treatment of various indications, including prostate cancer as well as methods of treatment involving such compounds are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: The University of British Columbia, British Columbia Cancer Agency BranchInventors: Marianne D. Sadar, Nasrin R. Mawji, Jun Wang, Raymond J. Andersen, David E. Williams, Mike Leblanc
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Patent number: 8686051Abstract: A method for treating diabetic complications by administration of a beta-blocker is disclosed. Diabetic complications arise from diabetes and have few or no existing treatment options. The present invention describes the use of a beta-blocker in the treatment of a diabetic. The present invention also describes the inhibition of aldose reductase, one of the chief causative factors of diabetic complications. Also provided are methods of diabetic wound healing. Compositions for treating diabetic complications, such as diabetic wounds, are disclosed. The present invention includes employing a topical formulation of a beta-blocker, having substantially no antibacterial activity, to improve the process of diabetic wound healing. The present invention also involves increasing the rate of collagen accumulation of the healing epithelialized tissue in the wound of a diabetic individual.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: VLife Sciences Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Inventors: Supreet K. Deshpande, Sudhir A. Kulkarni, Reena R. Gollapudy
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Patent number: 8686052Abstract: Disclosed are a novel therapeutic agent and a novel treatment method for cancer. Specifically disclosed are: a targeting agent for a cell selected from the group consisting of a cancer cell and a cancer-associated fibroblast, which comprises a retinoid; a substance delivery carrier for the cell, which comprises the targeting agent; an anti-cancer composition utilizing the targeting agent or the carrier; an anti cancer-associated fibroblast composition; and a method for treatment of cancer.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Yoshiro Niitsu, Rishu Takimoto
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Patent number: 8686053Abstract: The present invention discloses an alginic acid and/or its salts with low molecular weight, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the alginic acid is from about 700 to about 4500 Daltons, and the molar ratio of guluronic acid to mannuronic acid in the alginic acid is from about 0.6 to about 19. The present invention also discloses the preparative method of making the alginic acid and/or its salts thereof, and the use of them for treating hypertension, chronic renal failure and postprandial hyperglycemia induced by glycosidase. The present invention further discloses pharmaceutical compositions and foods containing the alginic acid with low molecular weight and/or salts thereof as active component.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Inventors: Chuanxing Yu, Deshan Li