Patents Issued in March 15, 2016
  • Patent number: 9284283
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to macrocyclic compounds of formula I and their therapeutic use. More particularly, the invention relates to macrocyclic compounds that modulate the activity of IL-17 and/or are useful in the treatment of medical conditions, such as inflammatory diseases and other IL-17-associated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Taylor, Nicholas K. Terrett, William H. Connors, Cheri Snedeker, Kelley C. Shortsleeves, Benjamin A. Seigal, Stephen P. Hale, Timothy F. Briggs, Frank G. Favaloro, Jr., Tyler J. Cipriani, Dingxue Yan, Sethu L. Alexander, Atli Thorarensen, Li Xing
  • Patent number: 9284284
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxazine derivatives of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or diabetes via inhibition of BACE-1 or BACE-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Konstanze Hurth, Sebastien Jacquier, Rainer Machauer, Heinrich Rueeger, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley, Siem Jacob Veenstra, Markus Voegtle
  • Patent number: 9284285
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AERPIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lyle Gray, Kande K. D. Amarasinghe, Cynthia Monesa Clark, Ryan Matthew Nichols, Matthew B. Maier
  • Patent number: 9284286
    Abstract: The invention relates to specific carboxamides, to processes for their preparation, to medicaments comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Lucas, Sven Kühnert, Gregor Bahrenberg, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Patent number: 9284287
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of formula I or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, and methods for treating or preventing or modulating carbonic anhydrase activity in a disease may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of glaucoma, epileptic seizures, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), altitude sickness, cystinuria, periodic paralysis and dural ectasia, congestive heart failure, drug induced edema, diuretic, intermittent claudication resulting from obstructed arteries in the limbs, and vascular dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CELLIX BIO PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Mahesh Kandula
  • Patent number: 9284288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-(p-tolyl)cyclopropyl substituted bridged spiro[2.4]heptane derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1 is as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Olivier Corminboeuf, Sylvaine Cren
  • Patent number: 9284289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing tetrahydrofuran, comprising feeding 1,4-butanediol to a reactor and performing a cyclodehydration reaction in the presence of an acid catalyst to obtain tetrahydrofuran, in which a water concentration in a in-reactor liquid phase is within a range of 1.4 to 10 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yamashita, Seijiro Nishimura, Hisashi Nagahama
  • Patent number: 9284290
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for production of a mixture including 2,4-furandicarboxylic acid (2,4-FDCA) and 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid (2,5-FDCA) through the disproportionation route, using as base compounds oxidation products of furfural. This invention also relates to a process for production of 2,4-FDCA as a result of a disproportionation route and the use of 2,4-FDCA as a monomer or comonomer to synthesize esters or any compounds which can generate macromolecules, such as polyesters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Jacco van Haveren, Shanmugam Thiyagarajan, Augusto Teruo Morita
  • Patent number: 9284291
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula I, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by administration of the compound, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety and addiction, the method comprising administering to a mammal, including a human, in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MediSynergies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Godek, Harry Ralph Howard
  • Patent number: 9284292
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new class of compounds that exhibit an inhibitory effect on influenza virus type A and B, which may or may not be resistant to other drugs, as well as on other types of viruses, such as flavivirus but also on protozoa and other micro-organisms, their preparation methods, pharmaceutical formulations containing them and their use as medicinal products for the treatment of various conditions caused by particular microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa, which affect animal and human health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: THERAPICON S.R.L.
    Inventors: Paolo Alberto Veronesi, Pablo E. A. Rodriguez, Anna Maria Veronesi, Emanuela Peschechera
  • Patent number: 9284293
    Abstract: A method of producing a carbonate product including mixing a DMC and methanol mixture with an alcohol, reacting the DMC with the alcohol to form carbonate product, and removing a substantial portion of unreacted DMC and methanol. In one embodiment, the method may be repeated to reach a desired alcohol conversion by adding more DMC and methanol mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL LLC
    Inventors: Haibo Zhao, Mark Posey
  • Patent number: 9284294
    Abstract: The invention relates to functionalized polymers including homopolymers and copolymers and their uses in industrial applications and in agricultural applications. In particular, the homopolymers and copolymers may be, for example, used in polymer blends, used as nutritives and in feed compositions, and used in combination with a pharmaceutical or nutritive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Novus International, Inc.
    Inventors: Graciela B. Arhancet, Matthew Mahoney, Xiaojun Wang, Rangarani Karnati
  • Patent number: 9284295
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a compound which has an intestinal phosphate transporter (NPT-IIb) inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia. A tetrahydrobenzothiophene compound of the following formula (I) has NPT-IIb inhibitory action and can be used as an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia: wherein, R1 represents —O-lower alkyl, -lower alkylene-phenyl, or the like; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from each other and represent H, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or the like, or, R2 and R3 may be combined with a nitrogen atom to which they bind to form 5- to 7-membered saturated cyclic amino; R4's are the same as or different from each other and represent halogen, lower alkyl; and n represents 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Hachiya, Masanori Miura, Yoshimasa Imamura, Daisuke Kaga, Ippei Sato, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Koji Kato, Kazuhiro Terai, Yoh Terada
  • Patent number: 9284296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bipyridine sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) and their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a neurodegenerative disease or condition, particularly Alzheimers disease (AD), a cardiovascular disease or a pathology involving ischemia. Additionally, processes for preparing such derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AUBERGINE PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Palomo Nicolau, Jorge Sánchez-Quesada, Javier López Ogalla, Félix Hernández Juan, Javier Villasante Prieto, Miguel Medina Padilla, Ana Fuertes Huerta, Juan Manuel Dominguez Correa, Susana Herrero Santos, Mercedes Alonso Cascón
  • Patent number: 9284297
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel analogs and derivatives of halofuginone. The invention also provides pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions thereof and methods for using halofuginone analogs in treating chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, dry eye syndrome, fibrosis, scar formation, angiogenesis, viral infections, ischemic damage, transplant and implant rejection, neurodegenerative diseases, and cosmetic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Keller, Ralph Mazitschek, Malcolm Whitman, Jinbo Lee, Mark S. Sundrud, Anjana Rao
  • Patent number: 9284298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolyl-pyrimidine derivatives which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by dysregulated protein kinase activity. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing such compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Francesco Casuscelli, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Marina Caldarelli, Giovanni Cervi, Teresa Disingrini, Francesca Quartieri
  • Patent number: 9284299
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-ol analgoues, derivatives thereof, and related compound; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders, e.g. various tumors and cancers, associated with ?-catenin/Tcf protein-protein interaction dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Haitao Ji, Binxun Yu, Min Zhang, Wenxing Guo
  • Patent number: 9284300
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their uses as inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and their employment in methods for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Frank Stieber, Oliver Schadt, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 9284301
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having the structure of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are soluble guanylate cyclase activators. The compounds are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (“cGMP”) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The compounds are useful for treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris, thromboses, restenosis, myocardial infarction, strokes, cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertonia, erectile dysfunction, asthma bronchiale, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetes, or cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Darby Schmidt, Subharekha Raghavan, John Stelmach, Jian Guo, Jonathan Groeper, Linda Brockunier, Keith Rosauer, Hong Shen, Rui Liang, Fa-Xiang Ding
  • Patent number: 9284302
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted cyclobutyl benzimidazole compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Casey C. McComas, Thomas S. Reger
  • Patent number: 9284303
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel benzimidazole compounds of formula (I) having cannabinoid receptor agonistic properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, chemical processes for preparing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals, in particular humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Michel Surkyn, Bie Maria Pieter Verbist
  • Patent number: 9284304
    Abstract: This invention relates to alkylpyrimidine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
    Inventors: David Craig McGowan, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson
  • Patent number: 9284305
    Abstract: Dithiol compounds and derivatives thereof are disclosed. The agents are useful for treating an ocular disease, especially presbyopia and cataract. Also provided are methods of treating an ocular disease, the methods comprising administering to a subject an active agent and an adjunctive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Encore Health, LLC
    Inventors: William Garner, Margaret Garner, George Minno, David Gooden
  • Patent number: 9284306
    Abstract: (R)-Nifuratel is disclosed together with its use as bactericide and bacteriostatic agent as well as the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same; (R)-nifuratel has been surprisingly found to possess a better antimicrobial profile than either nifuratel racemate or (S)-nifuratel. A new procedure for the synthesis of both (R)-Nifuratel and (S)-Nifuratel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: POLICHEM SA
    Inventors: Stefania Gagliardi, Alessandra Consonni, Federico Mailland, Anna Bulgheroni
  • Patent number: 9284307
    Abstract: Provided herein are macrocyclic serine protease inhibitor compounds, for example, of Formula Ia or Ib, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for the treatment of an HCV infection in a host in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Christophe Claude Parsy, Francois-Rene Alexandre, Frederic Leroy, Thierry Convard, Dominique Surleraux
  • Patent number: 9284308
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula I. wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. The invention also comprises a method of modulating ROR?t activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kristi A. Leonard, Kent Barbay, James P. Edwards, Kevin D. Kreutter, David A. Kummer, Umar Maharoof, Rachel Nishimura, Maud Urbanski, Hariharan Venkatesan, Aihua Wang, Ronald L. Wolin, Craig R. Woods, Anne Fourie, Xiaohua Xue, Maxwell D. Cummings, William Moore Jones, Steven Goldberg
  • Patent number: 9284309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain di- and tri-heteroaryl derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for preventing, reversing, slowing, or inhibiting protein aggregation, and methods of treating diseases that are associated with protein aggregation, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, and multiple system atrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NEUROPORE THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wrasidlo
  • Patent number: 9284310
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein n, R1, R1A, R2, R3, Y and Z are defined herein, are useful for the treatment of cytomegalovirus disease and/or infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Lee Fader, Francois Bilodeau, Mathieu Parisien, Maude Poirier, Cyrille Kuhn, Carl Thibeault, Thao Trinh
  • Patent number: 9284311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound according to Formula I, and to its use in medicine, in particular in the treatment of inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, allergy, transplant rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or interferons. In particular, the compound inhibits JAK a family of tyrosine kinases, and more particularly JAK1. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound, methods for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases involving inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, allergy, transplant rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or interferons by administering the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Gerben Albert Eleutherius van 't Klooster, Florence Sylvie Namour, Réginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Luc Juliaan Corina van Rompaey
  • Patent number: 9284312
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to N-methyl tetrahydroquinoline compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Christina Ng DiMarco, Thomas J. Greshock
  • Patent number: 9284314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and processes for preparing compounds of Formula (I), including compounds such as trans-7-oxo-6-(sulphooxy)-1,6-diazabicyclo[3,2,1]octane-2-carboxamide and salts thereof (e.g., NXL-104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Forest Laboratories Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Melanie Simone Ronsheim, Saibaba Racha, Graham Richard Lawton, Shao Hong Zhou, Yuriy B. Kalyan, Michael Golden, David Milne, Alexander Telford, Janette Cherryman, Alistair Boyd, Andrew Phillips, Mahendra G. Dedhiya
  • Patent number: 9284315
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound as represented by general formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, solvate or stereoisomer thereof, preparation method of the compounds, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compounds, uses thereof in the preparation of drugs for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases, and a method using the compounds to treat and/or prevent proliferative diseases. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, A and B in the formula are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ZUANZHU PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Wu, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9284316
    Abstract: The present invention discloses substituted fused pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), their tautomers, polymorphs, stereoisomers, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treating conditions and diseases that are mediated by adenosine receptor (AR) activity; the compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment, prevention or suppression of diseases and disorders that may be susceptible to improvement by antagonism of the adenosine receptor, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, angiogenesis, pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, allergic diseases, inflammation, reperfusion injury, myocardial ischemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, congestive heart failure, retinopathy, diabetes mellitus, obesity, inflammatory gastrointestinal tract disorders, and/or autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Advinus Therapeutics Private Limited
    Inventors: Venkata Palle, Vidya Ramdas, Dinesh Barawkar, Sujay Basu, Summon Koul, Yogesh Waman, Meena Patel, Anil Panmand
  • Patent number: 9284317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyrazine compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims, to methods of and intermediates for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Koppitz, Ulrich Klar, Rolf Jautelat, Dirk Kosemund, Rolf Bohlmann, Benjamin Bader, Philip Lienau, Gerhard Siemeister
  • Patent number: 9284318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel kinase inhibitors. Compounds of this class have been found to be effective inhibitors of protein kinases, including members of PDGFR and VEGFR families.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Pharmascience, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Laurent, Yannick Rose, Stephen Morris, James Jaquith
  • Patent number: 9284319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclyl aminoimidazopyridazine compounds of general formula (I): in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the claims, to methods of preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Knut Eis, Florian Pühler, Ludwig Zorn, Arne Scholz, Philip Lienau, Mark Jean Gnoth, Ulf Bömer, Judith Günther, Jörg Fanghänel, Daniel Korr
  • Patent number: 9284320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amorphous adducts of ticagrelor with divalent metal salts useful in the treatment or prevention of arterial thrombotic complications in patients with coronary artery, cerebrovascular or peripheral vascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d.
    Inventor: Borut Zupancic
  • Patent number: 9284321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, R and n are as defined herein. The compounds may be used for the treatment of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, major depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, normal aging, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of neuro-active drugs, such as alcohol, opiates, methamphetamine, phencyclidine and cocaine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Ravi Jagasia, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 9284322
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and methods of preparation of compounds that are capable of functioning as agonists or antagonists of a nicotinic receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds, which may further comprise one or more additional therapeutic agents. Further provided are methods of treatment of various conditions that may be responsive to such activity at the nicotinic receptors, such as nicotine dependence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Frank Ivy Carroll, Pauline Wanjiku Ondachi
  • Patent number: 9284323
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts thereof as d herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein, processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, intermediates useful for preparing compounds disclosed herein and therapeutic methods for treating an HIV infection, treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS or ARC symptoms in a mammal using compounds disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Kerim Babaoglu, Gediminas Brizgys, Hongyan Guo, Paul Hrvatin, Eric Lansdon, John O. Link, Hongtao Liu, Ryan McFadden, Michael L. Mitchell, Yingmei Qi, Paul A. Roethle, Randall W. Vivian, Lianhong Xu, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 9284324
    Abstract: Provided are novel compounds that are useful in the prevention or treatment of such diseases as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy, central convulsion, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, parasomnia, sleep related movement disorder, insomnia, and depression, or allergic rhinitis, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshio Nakamura, Seiji Masuda
  • Patent number: 9284325
    Abstract: Novel 3?-deoxy-3?-acylaminospectinomycin compounds are described. Also described are methods of using the 3?-deoxy-3-acylaminospectinomycin compounds and other spectinomycin analogs in treating tuberculosis and in treating microbial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard E. Lee, Jianjun Qi, Julian G. Hurdle, Bernd Meibohm, VNR Pavan Kumar Vaddady, Rakesh, Jiuyu Liu
  • Patent number: 9284326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an epoxy compound by expoxidation of an olefin compound with good productivity wherein a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond is reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the coexistence of (a) a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond, (b) a hydrogen peroxide solution, (c) a powdered solid catalyst support and (d) a powdered catalyst and optionally (e) an organic solvent, the total mass of (c) and (d) being 100 percent by mass or less on the basis of the total mass of (a), (b) and (e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junko Ichihara, Shunro Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kameyama, Takashi Suzuki, Takashi Morikita
  • Patent number: 9284327
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of orally available pentacyclic taxane compounds, as well as intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GFV, LLC
    Inventors: John K. Thottathil, Raymond P. Warrell
  • Patent number: 9284328
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic compound to be used in an electrochromic device. The organic compound has excellent oxidation-reduction repeating characteristics and shows high transparency in the bleached state without showing light absorption in the visible light region. The organic compound has a structure represented by Formula [1] according to Claim 1. In Formula [1], A1 and A2 represent substituents, and at least one of A1 and A2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an optionally substituted aryl group. R1 represents a substituent, X represents an electrochromic portion, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Shinjiro Okada
  • Patent number: 9284329
    Abstract: Activators of AMPK and therapeutic uses thereof The invention relates to compounds that are direct activators of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and their use in the treatment of disorders regulated by activation of AMPK. For instance, compounds according to the invention are useful for the treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, liver disease, hepatic steatosis, non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), liver fibrosis, dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, inflammation, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, retinopathies or neuropathies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: POXEL
    Inventors: Daniel Cravo, Sophie Hallakou-Bozec, Sébastien Bolze, Franck Lepifre, Laurent Faveriel, Jean-Denis Durand, Christine Charon
  • Patent number: 9284330
    Abstract: Disclosed are 1,4-dihydro-naphthyridine derivatives and pharmaceutical composition and uses thereof. The 1,4-dihydro-naphthyridine derivatives are a compound capable of inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity and preventing extracellular calcium from flowing into a cell via a calcium channel, i.e., having a dual-activity, which are of potential importance as a pharmaceutical and can be used to prepare the drugs for treating cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases and dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Jiangsu Simovay Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Chen, Lin Feng, Zhengping Zhang, Fang Fang, Qingli Dong, Fulong Li, Lei Wang, Yao Hua, Shibao Yang, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 9284331
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Dirk Behnke, David Carcache, Peter Ertl, Manuel Koller, David Orain
  • Patent number: 9284332
    Abstract: Provided herein are process for the preparation of N-(5-ferf-butyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-N?-{4-[7-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)imidazo[2,1-fe][1,3]benzothiazol-2-yl]phenyl}urea, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or polymorph thereof. N-(5-tert-Butyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-N?-{4-[7-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)imidazo[2,1-&][1,3]benzo-thiazol-2-yl]phenyl}urea is useful for treating, preventing, and/or managing diseases or conditions, including but not limited to, proliferative diseases, FLT-3 mediated diseases, and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ambit Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy David Gross, Rathan Prasad Achampeta, Janakiram Rao Citineni
  • Patent number: 9284333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fused pyrroledicarboxamides of the formula (I), in which R1 to R9, X, m and n are as defined in the claims. The compounds of the formula (I) are inhibitors of the acid-sensitive potassium channel TASK-1 and suitable for the treatment of TASK-1 channel-mediated diseases such as arrhythmias, in particular atrial arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, and respiratory disorders, in particular sleep-related respiratory disorders like sleep apnea, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Laurent Bialy, Katrin Lorenz, Klaus Wirth, Klaus Steinmeyer, Gerhard Hessler