Patents Issued in January 26, 2016
  • Patent number: 9242942
    Abstract: Impure aryltriazoles such as benzotriazole and tolyltriazole that are contaminated with dark colored imputities can be purified by conversion to an aryltriazole acid salt by treatment with aqueous acid. The aryltriazole acid salt is water soluble whereas the dark colored impurities are not. The aryltriazole acid salt solution is separated from the dark colored impurities and the aryltriazole is recovered by neutralization with base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Randolph K Belter
  • Patent number: 9242943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4 Oxazines of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: SIENA BIOTECH S.P.A., HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Matteo Andreini, Emanuele Gabellieri, Wolfgang Guba, Hans Hilpert, Alexander V. Mayweg, Robert Narquizian, Eoin Power, Massimiliano Travagli, Thomas Woltering, Wolfgang Wostl, Harald Mauser
  • Patent number: 9242944
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds and compositions for interfering with the association of Myc and Max. These compounds and compositions are useful in methods for inhibiting growth or proliferation of a cell. Methods of inhibiting growth or proliferation of a cell comprise contacting the cell with an amount of a compound that interferes with Myc and Max association effective to inhibit growth or proliferation of the cell. The compounds exhibit increased inhibitory activity against c-Myc relative to the known c-Myc inhibitor small-molecule benzofurazan N-([1,1?-biphenyl]-2-yl)-7-nitrobenzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazol-4-amine (10074-G5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventor: Steven Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9242945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I: and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ar, and n are as defined herein. Methods for preparing compounds of Formula I are also provided. The present invention further includes methods of treating cellular proliferative disorders, such as cancer, with the compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: E. Premkumar Reddy, M. V. Ramana Reddy
  • Patent number: 9242946
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to the field of chemical synthesis and purification, and more specifically to methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7 diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiaziniumcompounds”) including Methylhioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: nitrosylation (NOS); nitrosyl reduction (NR); thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); oxidative coupling (OC); Cr(VI) reduction (CR); isolation and purification of zwitterionic intermediate (IAPOZI); ring closure (RC); chloride salt-formation (CSF); one of: sulphide treatment (ST); dimethyldithiocarbamate treatment (DT); carbonate treatment (CT); ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid treatment (EDTAT); organic extraction (OE); and recrystallisation (RX). The present invention also pertains to the resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising them (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WisTa Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: John Mervyn David Storey, James Peter Sinclair, Colin Marshall, Han Wan Tan, Claude Michel Wischik
  • Patent number: 9242947
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a sulfur-containing epoxy compound producing no scum-like insoluble matter. According to the present invention, a sulfur-containing halohydrin compound is dripped into and reacted with a mixed solvent containing an organic solvent and a basic compound to provide the method for producing the sulfur-containing epoxy compound. According to aspects of the present invention, the organic solvent is at least one type of compound selected from toluene and benzene, the basic compound is at least one type of compound selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide, and the reaction temperature is between ?5° C. and 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 9242948
    Abstract: A diepoxy compound represented by the formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taku Asaumi, Makoto Itagaki
  • Patent number: 9242949
    Abstract: Provided is a production method which is capable of efficiently producing an alkanediol glycidyl ether (meth)acrylate with high purity and high yield without requiring a troublesome purification process. A method for producing an alkanediol glycidyl ether (meth)acrylate, which comprises: a step wherein a vinyloxyalkyl glycidyl ether is subjected to a devinylation reaction in the presence of an acid catalyst and water; and a subsequent step wherein an esterification reaction is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi Kamei
  • Patent number: 9242950
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fatty acid derivative represented by formula (I) is provided: wherein Z1 is wherein R3 is a protecting group for a hydroxy group; which includes the step of reacting a compound of formula (II): wherein Z2 is the same as Z1 except for when Z1 is Z2 is with a co-oxidizer under the presence of an azaadamantane-N-oxyl derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: R-TECH UENO, LTD., SUCAMPO AG
    Inventors: Tatsuya Matsukawa, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Ryuji Ueno, Hiroyuki Kotajima, Shunsuke Fukuya, Michiharu Handa, Katsuya Sakata
  • Patent number: 9242951
    Abstract: Inhibitors of bacterial communication, such as quorum sensing, and method of use and manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE NEGEV LTD.
    Inventors: Michael M. Meijler, Josep Rayo, Neri Amara
  • Patent number: 9242952
    Abstract: A method to produce 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is described in which a reactant including cellulose, lignocellulose, or a combination thereof, in a reaction mixture of a polar, aprotic solvent and an acid is reacted for a time, at a temperature, and at a hydrogen ion concentration wherein at least a portion of the cellulose or lignocellulose present in the reactant is converted to HMF. The reaction mixture is initially substantially devoid of water. As the reaction proceeds, dehydration of intermediates causes the water concentration in the reaction mixture to rise to no more than about 0.2 wt % water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: James A. Dumesic, George W. Huber, Ronen Weingarten
  • Patent number: 9242953
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing dronedarone or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Chan, Justin Vitale
  • Patent number: 9242954
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): (I) wherein Y is, Z is OR10, NR11R11 SR11, S(O)R11 SO2R11, R10 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, CO—R11, or a protecting group, and R11 is optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl, or alkoxyl; a process for making a compound of formula (I); and a process for making a prostaglandin or a prostaglandin analog using a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: University of Bristol
    Inventors: Varinder Kumar Aggarwal, Mark Graeme Coulthard, William Erb
  • Patent number: 9242955
    Abstract: A process for the production of cyclic carbonates comprising contacting an epoxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of a dimeric aluminum(salen) catalyst, and a co-catalyst capable of supplying Y?, where Y is selected from Cl, Br and I, where the dimeric aluminum(salen) catalyst is of formula I:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: University of York
    Inventor: Michael North
  • Patent number: 9242956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a compound of fonnula (I), comprising the reaction, in the presence of a catalytic system comprising a single rare earth oxide or a mixture of rare earth oxides, of an alkyl carbonate or an alkylene carbonate with a polyol of fonnula (II), wherein p is a whole number between 2 and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Rhodia Operations, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-(CNRS), Fonds De Developpement Des Filieres Des Oleagineux Et Proteagineux Fidop
    Inventors: Gerard Mignani, Julien Debray, Eric Da Silva, Marc Lemaire, Yann Raoul
  • Patent number: 9242957
    Abstract: Selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor compounds designed with one or more thiophene-2-carboximidamide substituents for improved bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, He Huang, Qing Jing
  • Patent number: 9242958
    Abstract: The new pyridazine derivatives have unexpected drug properties as inhibitors of protein kinases especially against c-Met and are useful in treating disorders related to abnormal protein kinase activities such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Xcovery Holding Company LLC
    Inventor: Congxin Liang
  • Patent number: 9242959
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel (aza)benzhydryl ether derivatives which exhibit H4-receptor binding activity. The present invention also concerns their process of preparation and their therapeutical uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BIOPROJET
    Inventors: Isabelle Berrebi-Bertrand, Xavier Billot, Thierry Calmels, Marc Capet, Stéphane Krief, Olivier Labeeuw, Jeanne-Marie Lecomte, Nicolas Levoin, Xavier Ligneau, Philippe Robert, Jean-Charles Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9242960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, including all stereoisomers and tautomers, which is an inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes (referred to herein as p38 MAP kinase inhibitors), particularly the alpha and gamma kinase sub-types thereof, and its use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, such as COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Respivert, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart Onions, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Patent number: 9242961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds having a general formula I wherein A1, A2, C1, C2, D, L1, L2, Z and R3, R4, R6, R7 and R8 are defined herein, which are capable of modulating Aurora kinase protein activity, thereby influencing various disease states and conditions related to the activities of Aurora kinase proteins. For example, the compounds are capable of influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, processes of preparing compounds of the invention, synthetic intermediates and methods of treatment of conditions related to the activity of Aurora kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Victor J. Cee, Karina Romero
  • Patent number: 9242962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating T cell mediated inflammatory immune diseases or T cell mediated hypersensitivity diseases, which comprises administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound which inhibits EZH2 and/or EZH1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No. 2) Limited
    Inventors: Anna K. Bassil, Soren Beinke, Rabinder Kumar Prinjha
  • Patent number: 9242963
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel organic compounds of Formula (I): methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Adams, Qi-Ying Hu, Leslie Wighton McQuire, Julien Papillon
  • Patent number: 9242964
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods useful for modulation of signaling through the Toll-like receptors TLR7 and/or TLR8. The compositions and methods have use in treating or preventing disease, including cancer, autoimmune disease, infectious disease, inflammatory disorder, graft rejection, and graft-verses-host disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: VENTIRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ARRAY BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: James Jeffry Howbert, Gregory Dietsch, Robert M. Hershberg, Laurence E. Burgess, George A. Doherty, C. Todd Eary, Robert D. Groneberg, Zachary Jones
  • Patent number: 9242965
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an efficient process for the manufacture of (E)-4-N,N-dialkylamino crotonic acid in HX salt form of formula I wherein R1 and R2 independently denote C1-3-alkyl groups and X? denotes an acid anion, such as the chloride, bromide, tosylate, mesylate or trifluoroacetate anion, with high quality, and a process for synthesis of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors with heterocyclic quinazoline, quinoline or pyrimidopyrimidine core structure, using the acid addition salt I and activated derivatives thereof as intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Juncheng Zheng, Da Deng, Guanghua Lv, Jun Yan, Joerg Brandenburg, Jutta Kroeber, Ulrich Scholz
  • Patent number: 9242966
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R3, and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ashok Kumar Adisechan, Prashantha Gunaga, John Lloyd, Pothukanuri Srinivasu
  • Patent number: 9242967
    Abstract: Disclosed are azaindazole compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is O and Y is N; or X is S and Y is CH; Z is CR2 or N; Q is a heteroaryl; and R1 is defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one CYP17 assoC1ated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Upender Velaparthi, Peiying Liu
  • Patent number: 9242968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyridine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTICEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Amogh Boloor, Young K. Chen, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 9242969
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, and salts thereof, and therapeutic uses of these compounds for treatment of disorders associated with Raf kinase activity. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds and a therapeutic co-agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Matthew Burger, Yan Lou, Gisele Nishiguchi, Valery Polyakov, Savithri Ramurthy, Alice Rico, Lina Setti, Aaron Smith, Benjamin Taft, Huw Tanner, Alan DiPesa, Naeem Yusuff
  • Patent number: 9242970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lactam derivatives of formula (I) wherein Y, R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the description, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Christine Brotschi, Bibia Heidmann, Thierry Sifferlen, Jodi T. Williams
  • Patent number: 9242971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of salts of 2-((1R,4R)-4-(4-(5-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-ylamino)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)cyclohexyl)acetic acid and their use in the treatment or prevention of a condition or a disorder associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Christina Capacci-Daniel, Marilyn Delacruz, Baoqing Gong, Akash Jain, Yansong Lu, Lijun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9242972
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR?) modulators, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these modulators, and their use in the treatment of inflammatory, metabolic and autoimmune diseases mediated by ROR?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Veronique Birault, Amanda Jennifer Campbell, Stephen Harrison, Joelle Le, Lena Shukla
  • Patent number: 9242973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrate of N-[(4S)-2-amino-2?,2?-dimethyldispiro[1,3-oxazole-4,4?-chromene-3?,3?-oxetan]-6?-yl]-5-chloropyridine-2-carboxamide which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with and/or mediated by ?-secretase activity, hydrolysis of a ?-secretase site of a ?-amyloid precursor protein, and/or ?-amyloid protein accumulation, including a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases including, but not limited to, Glaucoma, MCI (Mild cognitive impairment) or Alzheimer's disease, especially, Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: COMENTIS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Munakata, Makoto Inoue, Hiroaki Tominaga, Shingo Yamasaki, Yasuhiro Shiina, Kiyohiro Samizu, Hisao Hamaguchi, Lin Hong
  • Patent number: 9242974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of 2-fluoro 6-11 bicyclic erythromycin derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Guoyou Xu, Datong Tang, In Jong Kim, Ly Tam Phan, Yat Sun Or, Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 9242975
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula: wherein A is, or; and X is N or C—R7, or an enantiomer, diastereomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Venkatram Reddy Paidi, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Abhisek Banerjee, Ramesh Sistla, Satheesh Kesavan Nair, William J. Pitts, John Hynes
  • Patent number: 9242976
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula (I) or an enantiomer, diastereomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is N or C—R7, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Venkatram Reddy Paidi, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Abhisek Banerjee, Ramesh Sistla, Satheesh Kesavan Nair, William J. Pitts, John Hynes
  • Patent number: 9242977
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug containing a compound having Trk-inhibiting activity as an active ingredient in prophylaxis and/or therapy of diseases such as pain, pruritus, lower urinary tract dysfunction, asthma, allergic rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease or Chagas disease. A compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein all symbols represent the same meanings as described in the specification), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof is useful as a drug component having Trk-inhibiting activity in prophylaxis and/or therapy of diseases such as pain, pruritus, lower urinary tract dysfunction, asthma, allergic rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease or Chagas disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takeuchi, Masahiro Ikura, Masato Higashino, Maki Iwahashi, Kazuya Hashimura
  • Patent number: 9242978
    Abstract: The present invention is to create a compound that selectively activates glucokinase in the liver, and in particular, to provide an agent for treating and preventing diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, wherein the agent has a low hypoglycemia risk. A compound represented by the formula (1) as shown below, or a salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt: wherein, in the following formula (1), ring A represents a thiazolyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrazyl group, or a pyrazolyl group; L represents —(CO)—, —(CS)—, or —SO2—; and R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, an amino group, a C1-6 alkylamino group, a hydroxyamino group, an N—C1-6 alkylcarbamoyl group, or a group represented by the formula (2) as shown below, wherein R3 represents a C1-6 alkyl group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, or a carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Ogamino, Shin Tanikawa, Yoshiharu Miyake, Shinsuke Itoh, Yoshikazu Sawada
  • Patent number: 9242979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for synthesizing tiotropium bromide following the scheme: Using the above scheme, tiotropium bromide (compound 6C) is obtained under mild conditions and with high yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Mahmut Bilgic
  • Patent number: 9242980
    Abstract: The compound N-(4-{[4-amino-2-butyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]oxy}butyl)octadecanamide is a useful drug compound for enhancing immune response and can be used, for example, as a vaccine adjuvant and a cancer treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Paul D. Wightman
  • Patent number: 9242981
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of Formula (I): (Formula (I)) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. All substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Yongqi Deng, Alan B. Cooper, Xiaolei Gao, Binyuam Sun, James Wang, Liang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9242982
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula 1 as potential phosphodiesterase3 (PDE3) inhibitory agents and a process for the preparation thereof. The derivatives of formula 1 can be employed as therapeutics in human and veterinary medicine, where they can be used, for the treatment and prophylaxis of the following diseases: heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy, platelet inhibitors, cancer and obstructive pulmonary diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Budde Mahendar, Saidulu Mattapally, Mettu Ravinder, Sanjay Kumar Banerjee, Vaidya Jayathirtha Rao
  • Patent number: 9242983
    Abstract: Pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine or pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine compounds having the general formula (A), wherein the dashed lines, X, Y and R1 through R5 are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: K.U. Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Steven S. Bondy, David A. Oare, Gerhard Puerstinger
  • Patent number: 9242984
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazole derivatives of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle R. Machacek, Michael D. Altman, Eric T. Romeo, Dilrukshi Vitharana, Brandon Cash, Tony Siu, Hua Zhou, Matthew Christopher, Solomon D. Kattar, Andrew M. Haidle, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Matthew L. Maddess, Michael H. Reutershan, Yves Ducharme, David J. Guerin, Kerrie Spencer, Christian Beaulieu, Vouy Linh Truong, Daniel Guay, Alan B. Northrup, Brandon M. Taoka, Jongwon Lim, Christian Fischer, John W. Butcher, Ryan D. Otte, Binyuan Sun, John Michael Ellis
  • Patent number: 9242985
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that can be used, in particular, as structural mimetics of proline-rich peptides and are correspondingly able to bond with proline-rich-motif binding domains (PRM domains) of proteins. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds as pharmaceutically active agents, as well as the use of the pharmaceutically active agents for the treatment of bacterial, neurodegenerative and tumor diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V., UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN
    Inventors: Ronald Kühne, Hartmut Oschkinat, Robert Opitz, Matthias Müller, Hans-Günther Schmalz, Cedric Reuter, Peter Huy
  • Patent number: 9242986
    Abstract: A synthesis approach providing an early ring attachment via a bromination to compound 1-1 yielding compound II-II, whereby a final product such as AA can be synthesized. In particular, the 2,4-difluorophenyl-containing sidechain is attached before creation of the additional ring Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD., ViiV Healthcare Company
    Inventors: Takashi Kawasuji, Daiki Nagamatsu
  • Patent number: 9242987
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X1 to X5, Y, Z1 to Z3, and R have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as JAK inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of immunological, inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic disorders, and immunologically-mediated diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said compounds, the preparation of such compounds as well as the use as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Ramsden, Richard John Harrison, Sally Oxenford, Kathryn Bell, Nelly Piton, Claudio Dagostin, Cyrille Broussard, Andrew Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 9242988
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R18 are defined herein. The compounds encompassed by Formula (I) include compounds which are HCV NS5B inhibitors and other compounds which can be metabolized in vivo to HCV NS5B inhibitors. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HCV and the prophylaxis, treatment, or delay in the onset of disease caused by HCV. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Vinay Girijavallabhan, Stephane Bogen, Weidong Pan, Qun Dang, Ian Davies
  • Patent number: 9242989
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are defined herein which are suitable for the modulation of ROR? and the treatment of diseases related to the modulation of ROR?. The present invention also encompasses processes of making compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Johanna Bakonyi, Steven Richard Brunette, Delphine Collin, Robert Owen Hughes, Xiang Li, Shuang Liang, Robert Sibley, Michael Robert Turner, Lifen Wu, Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9242990
    Abstract: A compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein in Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myoung-Youp Shin, Won-Jung Kim, Kyung-Soo Moon, Chae-Won Pak, Eui-Soo Jeong, Ki-Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9242991
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain novel fused quinazoline derivatives (Formula I) as c-Met inhibitors which is shown as formula I, their synthesis and their use for treating a c-Met mediated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BETTA PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shaojing Hu, Fei Wang, Wei Long, Xiaoyan Shen, Fenlai Tan, Yinxiang Wang