Patents Issued in September 13, 2016
  • Patent number: 9440925
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a reactive ester agent for conjugating a click-reactive group to a carrier molecule or solid support. The reactive ester agent has the general formula IA, wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, Ra and L are described throughout the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Gee, Aimei Chen, Hee Chol Kang
  • Patent number: 9440926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and compositions having antiviral activity. The invention also relates to methods for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of viral infections in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Biotron Limited
    Inventors: Gary Dinneen Ewart, Wayne Morris Best
  • Patent number: 9440927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of substituted 3?-hydrazino-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid compounds. The present invention further provides a process for the preparation of 3?-{N?-[1-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-methyl-5-oxo -1,5-dihydro-pyrazol-4-ylidene]hydrazino}-2?-hydroxybiphenyl-3-carboxylic acid, its intermediate compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Bhargav Krishnaji Upadhye, Shivaji Eknath Jagadale, Mukesh Soni
  • Patent number: 9440928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the synthesis of N-substituted cyclic alkylene ureas by reacting a multifunctional aliphatic amine A having at least two amino groups which may be primary or secondary, at least one of which is a primary amino group, —NH2, and at least one of which is a secondary amino group, >NH, the other hydrogen group whereof having been substituted by a hydrocarbyl group which in turn may be substituted by a hydroxyl group, or an amino group, or a carboxyl group, or a ketone carbonyl group, or a hydrazide or hydrazone group, or a mercaptan group, and at least one further functional group selected from the group consisting of primary or secondary amino groups and hydroxyl groups, and an aliphatic organic carbonate component C selected from the group consisting of dialkyl carbonates CD and of alkylene carbonates CA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Allnex IP S.ar.L.
    Inventors: Ram Gupta, Irina Kobylanska, Urvee Treasurer, Lawrence Flood
  • Patent number: 9440929
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein Cy, R1, L1, R3, R4, R5, La, and Ra are as defined herein. Novel benzimidazoles according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK are disclosed, these compounds may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, allergic diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or hypersecretion of interferons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Oscar Mammoliti, Javier Blanc, Mislav Orsulic, Maja Roscic
  • Patent number: 9440930
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic dihydropyrimidinones of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of neutrophil elastase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Ralf Anderskewitz, Christian Gnamm, Gerd Morschhaeuser, Stefan Peters, Uwe Joerg Ries
  • Patent number: 9440931
    Abstract: Form-III crystal of 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide and a method of producing the crystal are provided. The Form-III crystal exhibits diffraction peaks in its X-ray powder diffraction spectrum at least at the following angles of diffraction 2? when the spectrum is obtained by using Cu K? radiation: 9.3 degrees, 9.7 degrees, 16.8 degrees, 20.6 degrees, and 23.5 degrees. The Form-III crystal can be produced by crystallizing the subject compound from an ester solvent or an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent. The crystal may be administered as an active ingredient to a subject for the purpose of treating or preventing certain diseases, disorders, and symptoms, or for promoting angiogenesis or gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakamichi, Takashi Tosaka
  • Patent number: 9440932
    Abstract: A new process for making agrochemically important N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoro methyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl] phenyl]methanesulfonamide by reacting 1-(5-amino-2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-4-difluoromethyl-3-methyl-1,2,4-triazol-5(1H)-one and methanesulfonyl chloride in water using an inorganic base to dynamically control the reaction pH and in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst suspended in an 1:1 aromatic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Bomi P Framroze
  • Patent number: 9440933
    Abstract: Provided is an azole derivative superior in disease-controlling activity contained as an active ingredient in agricultural or horticultural chemical agents. The azole derivative according to the present invention is represented by the following General Formula (I): (in Formula (I), R1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1-C6-alkyl group; R2 represents a carbonyl group-containing functional group, wherein the carbon atom in the carbonyl group is bound to the carbon atom in the cyclopentane ring substituted with R1 and to a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, R3, OR3, or NR3R4; R3 and R4 each represent a C1-C6-alkyl group, a C2-C6-alkenyl group, or a C2-C6-alkynyl group; Y represents a halogen atom, a C1-C4-alkyl group, a C1-C4-haloalkyl group, a C1-C4-alkoxy group, a C1-C4-haloalkoxy group, a phenyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group; m is 0 to 5; and A represents a nitrogen atom or a methine group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Araki, Taiji Miyake, Eiyu Imai, Emiko Obata
  • Patent number: 9440934
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of the primary explosive material copper(I) 5-nitrotetazolate (DBX-1) by a synthesis starting with 5-aminotetrazolate (5-AT); wherein, the synthesis provides intermediates acid copper salt of 5-NT and sodium 5-nitrotetrazolate (NaNT) sodium 5-nitrotetrazolate (NaNT)—that are both, free of any 5-aminotetrazolate (5-AT) starting material—such that the subsequent production of the DBX-1 is not inhibited. Further, this method utilizes an internal filter within the reactor—to minimize handling of explosively dangerous intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Neha Mehta, Karl Oyler, Gartung Cheng, Jerry Salan, Shannon Lenahan
  • Patent number: 9440935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for producing 2-phenyl-1,3-benzoxazoles of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Kun Peng, Zheng-Chuan Feng
  • Patent number: 9440936
    Abstract: A novel method for preparing 3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazole by reacting 4-amino-3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole with H2O2 and a tungsten based catalyst and use of the prepared 3-chlorocarbohydroxymoyl-4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadiazole for synthesizing 3,4-Bis(4-nitro-1,2,5-oxadizaol-3-yl)-1,2,5-oxadiazole-N-oxide (DNTF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Reddy S. Damavarapu, Raja G. Duddu, John H. Hoare
  • Patent number: 9440937
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying isocyanates using catalysts having a water content not exceeding 1,000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Frank Richter, Martin Brahm
  • Patent number: 9440938
    Abstract: The present invention provides an sulfonamide derivative having DP receptor antagonistic activity and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the said compound as an active ingredient, and further a therapeutic agent for treating allergic diseases. A compound of the general formula (II): wherein the ring A is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; the ring B is a nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic ring etc.; the ring C is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; R1 is carboxy etc.; R2 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R3 is optionally substituted alkyloxy etc.; R4 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R5 is independently optionally substituted alkyl etc.; M is sulfonyl etc.; Y is a single bond etc.; L1 is a single bond etc.; L2 is a single bond etc.; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0, 1, 2 or 3; provided that a) k is not 0 when the ring B is a 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atom(s) and the ring C is a benzene ring, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kugimiya, Masahiko Fujioka, Yuki Tachibana, Takami Murashi, Naohiro Onodera
  • Patent number: 9440939
    Abstract: A novel compound useful as a raw material for a resist material is described. A norbornene derivative having epoxy and a methylene-mediated reactive group in a norbornane skeleton is represented by the following formula. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, acryloyl, methacryloyl or hydroxymethylacryloyl, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotsuna Yamada, Sakae Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9440940
    Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of psoralen derivatives are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Macopharma, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Refouvelet
  • Patent number: 9440941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted chroman-6-yloxy-cycloalkanes of the formula (I) in which Ar, R1 to R4, p and q are as defined in the claims. The compounds of the formula (I) are inhibitors of the sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX), especially of the sodium-calcium exchanger of subtype 1 (NCX1), and are suitable for the treatment of diverse disorders in which intracellular calcium homeostasis is disturbed, such as arrhythmias, heart failure and stroke. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula (I), their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Werngard Czechtizky, John Weston, Nils Rackelmann, Volker Kraft, Petra Arndt, Klaus Wirth, Heinz Goegelein, Olaf Ritzeler
  • Patent number: 9440942
    Abstract: Methods for the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders treatable by administering a chroman-derived anti-androgen compound are provided by the present invention. The invention further provides pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions containing chroman-derived anti-androgen compounds useful in the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders, particularly prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Todd A. Thompson, George Wilding
  • Patent number: 9440943
    Abstract: The invention provides tricyclic sulfone compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Pallin, Hazel J. Dyke, Susan M. Cramp, Robert Zahler
  • Patent number: 9440944
    Abstract: A process for making a cyclic compounds such as cyclic acetal or cyclic ketones by feeding aldehyde or ketone compounds and polyhydroxyl compounds to a reaction zone at a molar ratio of polyhydroxyl compounds to aldehyde or ketone compounds of at least 3:1, reacting these compounds in the presence of a solid acid such as an acidic ion exchange resin, to generate a liquid reaction mixture without separating water from the reaction mixture as it is being formed in the reaction mixture, withdrawing the liquid reaction mixture from the reaction zone as a liquid product stream, and feeding the liquid reaction product stream to a distillation column to separate cyclic acetal compounds from unreacted polyhydroxyl compounds, and optionally recycling back the unreacted polyhydroxyl compounds to the reaction zone. The process produces cyclic acetal compounds in yields of at least 90% with long catalyst life. The process is also suitable to make cyclic ketals from ketone compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daniel Latham Terrill, Brian David McMurray, Damon Ray Billodeaux, James Lon Little, Adam Scott Howard
  • Patent number: 9440945
    Abstract: Present invention relates to methods for preparing (1?, 2?, 4?, 5?, 7?)-7-[(hydroxidi-2-thienllacetyl)oxy]-9,9-dimethyl-3-oxa-9-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.02,4]nonane-bromide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Mahmut Bilgic
  • Patent number: 9440946
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (I): A process for preparing this compound. A fungicidal composition comprising a compound of general formula (I). A method for treating plants by applying a compound of general formula (I) or a composition comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Darren Mansfield, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Heiko Rieck, Philippe Desbordes, Alain Villier, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Pierre Genix
  • Patent number: 9440947
    Abstract: Recovering a polar hydrocarbon (HC) selective solvent substantially free of hydrocarbons (HCs) and other impurities from a lean solvent stream containing the selective solvent, measurable amounts of heavy aromatic HCs, and polymeric materials that are generated in an extractive distillation (ED) or liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) process. At least a portion of the lean solvent stream is contact in a solvent clean-up zone with a slip stream from the HC feed stream of the ED or LLE process or an external stream. The HC feed stream, such as pyrolysis gasoline or reformate, contains significant amounts of benzene and at least 50% polar (aromatic) HCs and serves as a displacement agent to remove the heavy HCs and polymeric material from the lean solvent stream. A magnetic filter can be used to remove the paramagnetic contaminants from the lean solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: AMT International, Inc., CPC Corporation, Taiwan
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Lee, Tzong-Bin Lin, Kuang-Yeu Wu, Jyh-Haur Hwang, Jeffrey Tsung-Min Chiu, Jeng-Cheng Lee, Yu-Ming Wu, Han-Tjen Jan
  • Patent number: 9440948
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for compounds such as those shown in FIG. 1.1 (compounds A, B, C, and D), 2?substituted nicotine compounds, azetidine compounds, ether linked nicotine compounds (FIG. 1.2, compounds E, F, G, and H), methods of synthesis of the compounds, methods of treatment of a condition using compounds A, B, C, D, 2?substituted nicotine compounds, azetidine compounds, or ether linked nicotine compounds, methods of selectively stimulating alpha7 nAChR and/or alpha4beta2 receptors, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: William Reade Kem, Ferenc Soti, Anne Rouchaud, Hong Xing, Jon Lindstrom, Kristin Marie Andrud
  • Patent number: 9440949
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I that inhibit the activity of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked thereto in animals are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Cabral, Kentaro Futatsugi, David Hepworth, Kim Huard, Daniel Wei-Shung Kung, Suvi Tuula Marjukka Orr, Kun Song
  • Patent number: 9440950
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorna Helen Mitchell, Gideon Shapiro, Richard Chesworth, Oscar Miguel Moradei
  • Patent number: 9440951
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; R is a hydrogen atom or alkyl; R1 is (1) cyclopropyl optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms or (2) phenyl optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, a halogen atom, cyano, etc.; and R3 is 7-oxo-7,8-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridinyl, 3-pyridyl, etc., or a salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has excellent antimicrobial activity against Clostridium difficile and is useful for the prevention or treatment of intestinal infection such as Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mamuti Abudusaimi, Fangguo Ye, Jiangqin Sun, Hisashi Miyamoto, Jay-Fei Cheng, Daisuke Oka
  • Patent number: 9440952
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to indazole compounds which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Kallol Basu, Duane DeMong, Jack Scott, Hong Liu, Xing Dai, Joel M. Harris, Bernard Neustadt, Andrew Stamford, Marc Poirier, John A. McCauley, Thomas Greshock, Heather Stevenson, John Sanders, Jonathan Kern
  • Patent number: 9440953
    Abstract: Disclosed are amino triazole compounds substituted by a carboxylate functional group or an bioisosteric polar functional group. Compounds having the carboxylate moiety or carboxylate bioisostere inhibit acidic mammalian chitinase. Also provided are methods of using the compounds to treat asthma reactions caused by allergens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: OncoArendi Therapeutics Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Adam Golebiowski, Robert Koralewski, Wojciech J. Czestkowski, Krzysztof Matyszewski, Sylwia Olejniczak, Jacek Olczak, Paul Beckett
  • Patent number: 9440954
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols according to formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta Armani, Carmelida Capaldi, Laura Carzaniga, Oriana Esposito
  • Patent number: 9440955
    Abstract: A novel crystalline form of a compound is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: Mei-yin Lee
  • Patent number: 9440956
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Nancy Elisabeth Krauss
  • Patent number: 9440957
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for modulating EGFR activity, as well as methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with abnormal or deregulated EGFR activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Gerald Lelais, Robert Epple, Thomas H. Marsilje, III, Pierre-Yves Michellys, Matthew McNeill, Yun Long, Wenshuo Lu, Bei Chen, Badry Bursulaya, Songchun Jiang
  • Patent number: 9440958
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula I: its enantiomers, diastereomers, racemic mixtures thereof, prodrugs, crystalline forms, non-crystalline forms, amorphous forms thereof, solvates thereof, metabolites thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the ring A substituent groups are fully defined in the following disclosure. The compounds of formula I are inhibitors of metalloproteases such as matrix metalloproteases and sheddases, and are useful in treating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, neoplastic diseases, allergies and all those diseases wherein inhibition of MMPs is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: Incyte Corporation, Incyte Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Jincong Zhuo, David M. Burns, Wenqing Yao, Ravi Kumar Jalluri
  • Patent number: 9440959
    Abstract: The present invention relates a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which process comprises converting a compound of formula (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, into the compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Natco Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Amala Kompella, Adibhatla Kali Satya Bhujanga Rao, Sreenivas Rachakonda, Venugopala Krishna Gampa, Venkaiah Chowdary Nannapaneni
  • Patent number: 9440960
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of formula I and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Grauert, Ralf Anderskewitz, Achim Bixenmann, Marc Grundl, Peter Wilhelm Haebel, Alexander Pautsch
  • Patent number: 9440961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of ROCK1 and ROCK2 and methods of modulating the pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic properties of such compounds. Also provided are methods of inhibiting ROCK1 and or ROCK2 that are useful for the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SURFACE LOGIX, INC.
    Inventors: Alessandra Bartolozzi, Stewart Campbell, Hope Foudoulakis, Brian Kirk, Siya Ram, Paul Sweetnam, Hemalatha Seshadri
  • Patent number: 9440962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula wherein Ar1/Ar2 are phenyl or a 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl; R1/R2 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, CF3 or lower alkoxy; n,m are 1 or 2; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomers thereof, with the exception of the compound 2,1-benzisoxazole, 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5 -yl)-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Ravi Jagasia, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 9440963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds effective for activation of Tie-2 and inhibition of HPTP-beta. The compounds can provide effective therapy for conditions associated with angiogenesis, for example, ocular conditions. Formulations for increased solubility are disclosed. Combination therapy with antibodies and PK/PD data are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: AERPIO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Peters, Robert Shalwitz, John Janusz, Alexander Smith
  • Patent number: 9440964
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”) The molecules disclosed in this document are related to the field of processes to produce molecules that are useful as pesticides (e.g., acaricides, insecticides, molluscicides, and nematicides), such molecules, and processes of using such molecules to control pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Gary D. Crouse, David A. Demeter, Thomas C. Sparks, Nick X. Wang, William H. Dent, III, Carl DeAmicis, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Erich W. Baum, Lindsey G. Fischer, Natalie C. Giampietro
  • Patent number: 9440965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a significantly improved process for the preparation of benzothiadxazole compounds which can be used in the production of Luminescent Solar Concentrators, (LSC). In particular, the synthesis process of the present invention is oriented towards the preparation of 4,-di-2-thienyl-2,1,3-benzo-thiadiazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Samuele Santarelli, Marco Ricci, Roberto Fusco
  • Patent number: 9440966
    Abstract: Present invention refers to new compounds of formula I or II, its synthesis and its use in the treatment of metabolic syndrome, particularly for the treatment of type I or type II diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome or metabolic disease or metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SJT MOLECULAR RESEARCH, S.L.
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Agreda Navajas, Roberto Mikio Kassuya
  • Patent number: 9440967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides biologically active compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Sidney Hecht, Xiaoqing Cai, Omar Khdour, Jose I. Armendariz Guajardo
  • Patent number: 9440968
    Abstract: Novel azaquinazoline carboxamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein W1, W2, W3, W4, R1, R2, R3 and m which are defined above, are p70S6K inhibitor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Ruoxi Lan, Justin Potnick, Lizbeth Celeste Deselm, Mark W. Cronin, Jr., Constantin Neagu, Xiaoling Chen, Roch Boivin, Theresa L. Johnson, Andreas Goutopoulos
  • Patent number: 9440969
    Abstract: Compounds and salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, forms thereof and uses thereof are described. In certain aspects and embodiments, the described compounds or salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, forms thereof are active on each of B-Raf, B-Raf V600E and c-Raf-1 protein kinase. In certain aspects and embodiments, the described compounds are active in inhibiting proliferation of a Ras mutant cell line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Guoxian Wu, Jack Lin, Wayne Spevak, Hanna Cho, Todd Ewing, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9440970
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a pharmaceutical composition, which is used in agents for preventing and/or treating various diseases related to PDE10 (e.g. mental disorder and neurodegenerative disorder). The present invention provides: compounds having PDE10 inhibitory effect, in particular, compounds having a 4-heteroarylpyrazole-5-carboxylic acid amide structure represented by the following formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; pharmaceutical compositions comprising, as active ingredients, the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; and medical use of the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Okano, Muneyoshi Makabe
  • Patent number: 9440971
    Abstract: Provided herein are solid state forms of Vemurafenib hydrochloride, processes for preparing the solid state forms, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising said solid state forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ratiopharm GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Albrecht, Richard Guserle, Frank Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9440972
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione derivatives of Formula (I): and their use as TRPC5 modulators, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for the treatment of TRPC5 receptor mediated disorders or conditions. R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand L. Chenard, Randall J. Gallaschun
  • Patent number: 9440973
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel Pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione derivatives of Formula (I): and their use as TRPC5 modulators, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for the treatment of TRPC5 receptor mediated disorders or conditions. R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand L. Chenard, Randall J. Gallaschun
  • Patent number: 9440974
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) described herein are p38 MAPK inhibitors and are useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of, inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lilian Alcaraz, Christopher Hurley, Andrew Peter Cridland, Andrew Stephen Robert Jennings