Patents Issued in January 31, 2017
  • Patent number: 9556100
    Abstract: Provided are catalyst composites useful for the production of vinyl acetate monomer, as well as methods of making using same. The catalyst composites may comprise a support comprising silica and about 1 to about 3 wt-% alumina, wherein the support has a surface area of about 175 to about 300 m2/g; and an eggshell layer on the support comprising Pd and Au.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph C. Dellamorte, Ronald T. Mentz
  • Patent number: 9556101
    Abstract: Anti-cancer compositions and methods are described herein. In particular, compositions including one or more of leelamine, a leelamine derivative, abietylamine, an abietylamine derivative, and an abietic acid derivative are described. Methods for treatment of pathological conditions particularly cancer, in a subject using one or more of leelamine, a leelamine derivative, abietylamine, an abietylamine derivative, and an abietic acid derivative are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gavin P. Robertson, Raghavendra Gowda Chandagalu D., Subbarao V. Madhunapantula, Gajanan S. Inamdar, Omer F. Kuzu
  • Patent number: 9556102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, NUSEED PTY LTD
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter
  • Patent number: 9556103
    Abstract: A biphenyl diester useful as a plasticizer having the formula (I): wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms and R2 is a methyl group or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad M. Dakka, Wei Tang, Stephen Zushma, Christine A. Costello, Diana Smirnova, Madhavi Vadlamudi, Victor DeFlorio
  • Patent number: 9556104
    Abstract: A process for the hydrogenation of substituted aromatic compounds, with particular reference to esters of aromatic carboxylic acids, for example of aromatic esters used commonly as plasticizers in polymers having wide commercial application (see, in particular, esters of phthalic acid and trimellitic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: POLYNT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Gian Luca Castiglioni, Carlotta Cortelli, Leonardo Poletti
  • Patent number: 9556105
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound having the structure wherein ?, ?, X, Y, and R1-R11 are defined herein. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above compounds, a method of inhibiting the activity and/or levels of a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), a method of inhibiting the production of a cytokine in a population of cells, a method of inhibiting the production of a growth factor in a population of cells, and a method of inhibiting NF?-B activation in a population of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, CHEM-MASTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Francis Johnson, Lorne Golub
  • Patent number: 9556106
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method for the purification of cadaverine from an aqueous cadaverine composition comprising one or more involatile impurities, the method comprising obtaining cadaverine from evaporation or distillation of the aqueous cadaverine composition wherein one or more solvents are added to the evaporation/distillation system before the evaporation/distillation starts, during the evaporation/distillation and/or after the evaporation/distillation substantially stops when no more evaporation/distillation is observed; wherein the one or more solvents comprise at least one or more high boiling point (HBP) solvents. In certain embodiments, cadaverine may be evaporated/distilled at an unexpectedly lower heating temperature for an unexpectedly shorter heating time to provide a desired yield. Because cadaverine may decompose at high temperature, the unexpectedly lower heating temperature and unexpectedly shorter heating time decrease the undesired cadaverine decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: CATHAY R&D CENTER CO., LTD., CATHAY INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH LTD.
    Inventors: Xiucai Liu, Charlie Liu, Duanfang Dai, Bingbing Qin, Naiqiang Li
  • Patent number: 9556107
    Abstract: The invention discloses a novel intermediate for preparing tapentadol and analogs thereof, wherein the structural formula is shown as formula I or II, and the groups are defined as the specification. The invention further discloses a method for preparing the novel intermediate and use of the intermediate for preparing tapentadol and analogs thereof. The invention can remarkably improve the product yield and quality of tapentadol, reduce the production cost, and simplify the production procedure. The preparation process is environment friendly, thus more suitable for the requirements of industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ANHUI NEW STAR PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziao Xu, Yuanhai Zhao, Degang Li, Xiaoxiang Li
  • Patent number: 9556108
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for preparing substituted phenylalkanes. In particular, the processes comprise reacting a phenyl boronic compound with an ?-? unsaturated carbonyl-containing compound via an asymmetric 1,4-addition reaction. The processes may be useful in the synthesis of tapentadol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt LLC
    Inventors: Subo Liao, Joseph McClurg, Bobby Trawick
  • Patent number: 9556109
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter relates to compounds of Formula I, compositions thereof, and processes for making such compounds as further described herein. The inventive compounds and compositions have antimicrobial properties and are useful as environmental disinfectants, topical cleansers such as topical personal care compositions, sanitizers, preservatives, in water treatment, as permanent or erodible coatings for medical devices and appliances, and in therapeutics. Additionally, the compounds of Formula I will serve as synthetic intermediates for making additional novel derivatives of triscationic amphiphile compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: JAMES MADISON INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Caran, Kyle Seifert
  • Patent number: 9556110
    Abstract: Aminoalcohol lipidoids are prepared by reacting an amine with an epoxide-terminated compound are described. Methods of preparing aminoalcohol lipidoids from commercially available starting materials are also provided. Aminoalcohol lipidoids may be prepared from racemic or stereochemically pure epoxides. Aminoalcohol lipidoids or salts forms thereof are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the amino moiety of these aminoalcohol lipidoid compounds, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Complexes, micelles, liposomes or particles containing the inventive lipidoids and polynucleotide have been prepared. The inventive lipidoids may also be used in preparing microparticles for drug delivery. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kerry Peter Mahon, Kevin Thomas Love, Christopher G. Levins, Kathryn Ann Whitehead, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson
  • Patent number: 9556111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tertiary amines of formula (I) for use in therapy, particularly for use in treating cardiovascular disorders. The compounds have been found to regulate phospholamban phosphorylation by interfering with the A-kinase anchor protein 18delta (AKAP185) binding to the PKA substrate phospholamban. The compounds share a tri(alkylaryl/alkylheteroaryl)amine structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
    Inventors: Kjetil Tasken, Birgitte Lygren, Ellen Ostensen, Jo Klaveness
  • Patent number: 9556112
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to compounds having structure I: wherein x represents alkyl, aryl or het-aryl, each of y independently represents hydrogen or halogen and z represents hydrogen or alkyl. Further, said compounds are inhibitors of MEK 1, 2 and 5. Furthermore, the invention includes methods of making said compounds, compositions including said compounds and uses for inhibiting MEK 1, 2 and 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
    Inventors: Suravi Chakrabarty, Darlene Monlish, Patrick Flaherty, Jane E. Cavanaugh, Sneha Potdar
  • Patent number: 9556113
    Abstract: The invention novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for preventing or treating cancer in animals and humans. Also, the invention provides novel prodrugs useful for reducing tumor size, and inhibiting the growth of cancers, inhibiting tumor cell growth and tumor cell proliferation, and promoting apoptosis of tumor cells. When used in combination with chemoradiation therapy, the novel compounds, compositions and prodrugs provided herein can improve the effectiveness of chemoradiation therapy. The novel compounds, compositions and prodrugs of the invention inhibit PDK and LDH in unique and effective ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: The South Dakota Board of Regents, Sanford Research
    Inventors: Xiangming Guan, Chandrahar Dwivedi, Yinghong Li, Yang Yang, John H. Lee, Wilson Keith Miskimins
  • Patent number: 9556114
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated compounds and their use as anti-epileptic, muscle-relaxing, fever-reducing and peripherally analgesically acting medications and as imaging agents. Novel fluorinated 2-amino-4-(benzylamino)phenyl carbamate derivatives of ezogabine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof and their use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SciFluor Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Duggan, Takeru Furuya, D. Scott Edwards, Ajay Purohit
  • Patent number: 9556115
    Abstract: The use of sulfonamides of formula (I) wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, for the preparation of medicaments for the prevention of diabetes, in particular of type-1 diabetes is herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DOMPÉ FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Piemonti, Luisa Daffonchio, Marcello Allegretti
  • Patent number: 9556116
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: OROCHEM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Patent number: 9556117
    Abstract: The invention relates to indole carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and n are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Kurt Hilpert, Francis Hubler, Dorte Renneberg, Simon Stamm
  • Patent number: 9556118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic derivatives which are allosteric modulators of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with endocannabinoid dysfunction and diseases in which the CB1 subtype of cannabinoid receptor is involved; to processes for their preparation; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them; and to methods of using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Ganeshsingh A. Thakur, Pushkar M. Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 9556119
    Abstract: A process for preparing a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, which comprises reacting lysine or a protective product thereof or a salt thereof with allysine or a protective product thereof in the presence of a specific trifluoromethane sulfonate to obtain a compound having pyridine ring or a salt thereof. (wherein, in the above-described general formula (I), one of R1 and R2 is —CH2CH2CH2CH(NH2)COOH group, and the other is hydrogen atom. And wherein, in the above-described general formula (I), one, or two or more of hydrogen atom, one, or two or more of carbon atom, or one, or two or more of nitrogen atom may be substituted with their isotope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SOPHIA SCHOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toyonobu Usuki
  • Patent number: 9556120
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxyl)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts. The invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxyl)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade using the compositions of the invention. The present invention also provides a novel polymorph of the mesylate salt of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxyl)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide (Form A), characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well as a unique crystalline structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Athenex, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Hangauer, Jr., Debasis Patra, Jeremy A. Cody, Grant J. Palmer, Paul K. Isbester, Jonathon Salsbury
  • Patent number: 9556121
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel pyridyloxyalkylcarboxamides of the formula (I) and to their use as endoparasiticides against endoparasites in animals or humans, and to their use as nematicides for controlling phytopathogenic nematodes, and furthermore to endoparasiticides and nematicides comprising pyridyloxyalkylcarboxamides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Joerg Nico Greul, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Bernd Alig, Angela Becker, Daniela Portz, Kerstin Ilg, Ulrich Goergens, Claudia Welz
  • Patent number: 9556122
    Abstract: The present invention provides luminescent complexes between a lanthanide ion and an organic ligand which contains 1,2-hydroxypyridinone units. The complexes of the invention are stable in aqueous solutions and are useful as molecular probes, for example in medical diagnostics and bioanalytical assay systems. The invention also provides methods of using the complexes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Raymond, Jide Xu, Evan G. Moore, Eric J. Werner
  • Patent number: 9556123
    Abstract: Methods and intermediates for synthesizing triethylenetetramine and salts thereof, as well as novel triethylenetetramine salts and their crystal structure, and triethylenetetramine salts of high purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Philera New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Marco Jonas, Irene Vaulont, Antonio Soi, Gunther Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9556124
    Abstract: Methods for removing 1,3,5-trimethylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine and N-methylenemethanamine from a N-methylimidazole and methods for making oligonucleotides using N-methylimidazole are provided. In one embodiment, a method for removing 1,3,5-trimethylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine and N-methylenemethanamine from a feedstock containing N-methylimidazole includes contacting the feedstock with small or medium pore molecular sieves. The small or medium pore molecular sieves adsorb 1,3,5-trimethylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine and N-methylenemethanamine from the feedstock. The method further includes separating the small or medium pore molecular sieves from the feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Venkatraman Mohan, Sandra M. Lorenz, Gregory Gajda
  • Patent number: 9556125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pyrimidine intermediate, namely the compound of formula I-2 or a salt thereof, which involves the use of a liquid-liquid extraction using methyl iso-butyl ketone. Said compound of formula I-2 or its salt can be used to prepare macitentan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Stefan Abele, Jacques-Alexis Funel, Ivan Schindelholz
  • Patent number: 9556126
    Abstract: Provided herein are diaminopyrimidyl Compounds having the following structures: wherein X, L, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Diaminopyrimidyl Compound, and methods for treating or preventing PKC-theta-mediated disorders, or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of a kinase, for example, PKC-theta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Papa, Brian Edwin Cathers, Andrew Antony Calabrese, Brandon Wade Whitefield, Brydon Bennett, Daniel Cashion, Deborah Mortensen, Dehua Huang, Eduardo Torres, Jason Parnes, John Sapienza, Joshua Hansen, Katerina Leftheris, Matthew Correa, Maria Mercedes Delgado, Raj K. Raheja, Sogole Bahmanyar, Sayee Hegde, Stephen Norris, Veronique Plantevin-Krenitsky
  • Patent number: 9556127
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for treating diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist, the methods comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, wherein D, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, David Scott Carter, Michael Patrick Dillon, Ronald Charles Hawley, Alam Jahangir, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Daniel Warren Parish
  • Patent number: 9556128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an acrylate compound. The acrylate compound has a structure as shown in formula (I). The method includes: subjecting a compound with a structure of formula (II) or a mixture of compounds with structures of formula (I) and formula (II), and a catalyst to a contact reaction in the absence of an anhydride, and removing the resulting methanol by pressure reduced distillation during the contact reaction process. In the formulas (I) and (II), R is selected from one of: an alkoxy with a carbon number of 1-5, a substituent-containing phenoxyl with a carbon number of 6-20, a substituent-containing heteroaryloxy with a carbon number of 4-20, a substituent-containing heteroaryloxymethyl with a carbon number of 4-20, a substituent-containing phenoxymethyl with a carbon number of 5-20, and a substituent-containing alkyl with a carbon number of 2-20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: NUTRICHEM COMPANY LIMITED, SHANGYU NUTRICHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xufang Deng, Wenjun Wang, Jianwei Chen, Yongchang Zhao, Jianhong Chi, Long Wang, Hua'nan You
  • Patent number: 9556129
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formulas I, II, and III, and their use as inhibitors of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PC-TP). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of disorders related to the inhibition of PC-TP using the compounds of Formulas I, II, and III. Such disorders include obesity and disorders associated with obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: David Cohen, Neil Wagle, Gregory D. Cuny, Jun Xian, Marcie Glicksman, Ross L. Stein, Ekaterina Y. Shishova
  • Patent number: 9556130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a disease, disorder or condition associated with GPR139 using compounds of formula 1: which are agonists of GPR139, certain compounds encompassed by formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, processes for making the compounds, and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Hitchcock, Betty Lam, Holger Monenschein, Holly Reichard
  • Patent number: 9556131
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to a beta-lactamase inhibitor, pharmaceutical compositions including a beta-lactamase inhibitor, methods of treatment of a condition (e.g., infection) or disease, methods of treatment using compositions or pharmaceutical compositions, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Derek Nichols, Adam R. Renslo, Priyadarshini Jaishankar, Erica M. W. Lauterwasser
  • Patent number: 9556132
    Abstract: A tetrazole derivative of general formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound and its use for treating, alleviating or preventing diseases or disorders relating to the activity of potassium channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Saniona A/S
    Inventors: Joachim Demnitz, Susanne Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 9556133
    Abstract: Described herein is the LPA1 antagonist 1-{4?-[3-methyl-4-((R)-1-phenyl-ethoxycarbonylamino)-isoxazol-5-yl]-biphenyl-4-yl}-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (Compound 1), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also described are methods of preparing the LPA1 antagonist, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a mammal that include the LPA1 antagonist, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such pharmaceutical compositions for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, AMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Edward Brittain, Thomas Jon Seiders, Christopher David King, Victor W. Rosso
  • Patent number: 9556134
    Abstract: Disclosed are antioxidative natural compounds, their salts, chelates and cleavage derivatives that exhibit a superior combination of properties. The compounds can be used for a variety of purposes, including the stabilization of polymers. The compounds can be prepared by substantially cleaving a humic acid of formula I followed by esterification to provide at least one antioxidant compounds of formula V, formula VI, formula VII, formula VIII, salts thereof, or chelates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Georgius Abidal Adam, Anita Needham
  • Patent number: 9556135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A4, A5, A6, A8, R1, R2, R3, R7 and n of Formula I, independently, are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to A-beta plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formula II and sub-formula embodiments thereof, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I-II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Lewis, Jennifer R. Allen, Yuan Cheng, Deborah Choquette, Oleg Epstein, Angel Guzman-Perez, Paul E. Harrington, Zihao Hua, Randall W. Hungate, Jason Brooks Human, Ted Judd, Qingyian Liu, Patricia Lopez, Ana Elena Minatti, Philip Olivieri, Karina Romero, Shannon Rumfelt, Robert M. Rzasa, Laurie Schenkel, John Stellwagen, Ryan White, Qiufen Xue, Xiao Mei Zheng, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 9556136
    Abstract: A process for the distillation of a mixture which consists to at least 90% by weight of a cyclic N-vinylamide and which comprises a stabilizer, wherein a polyether is added to the mixture before or during distillation and a product is obtained which consists to at least 99.5% by weight of the cyclic N-vinylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Rittinger, Regina Vogelsang, Pierre Fournier, Anirudh Acharya, Sonja Judat
  • Patent number: 9556137
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for preparing alkylfurans, such as 2,5-dialkylfurans and 2-alkylfurans. Furfural or 5-alkylfurfural can be reacted with aniline or diaminobenzene, or derivatives thereof, to form the corresponding imine, which can be reduced to form alkylfurans and to regenerate the aniline or diaminobenzene, or derivatives thereof. The alkylfuran may be, for example, 2,5-dimethylfuran or 2-methylfuran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Micromidas, inc., The Regents Of The University of California
    Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Saikat Dutta, Mark Mascal
  • Patent number: 9556138
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anti-acne formulation comprising at least one active ingredient selected from the group consisting of coumarin based compounds of Formula I and Formula II; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, polymorphs and derivatives thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The present disclosure also relates to its application for preventing/curing/treating various acne conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Somesh Sharma, Ashish Suthar, Kavita Salkar, Sandip Kedar
  • Patent number: 9556139
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula I: in which A1, A2, W, L, G, R7a, R7b, R8, R9 and R10 have the meanings given in the specification, which are DP2 receptor modulators useful in the treatment of immunologic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence E. Burgess, Christopher T. Clark, Adam Cook, Christopher P. Corrette, Robert Kirk DeLisle, George A. Doherty, Kevin W. Hunt, Todd T. Romoff, Ganghyeok Kim
  • Patent number: 9556140
    Abstract: A process for synthesis of enatiomerically pure or enatiomerically enriched or racemic mixture of (+ and/or ?) epicatechin and its intermediates, comprising the steps of: (i) obtaining penta-protected quercetin; (ii) reducing the penta-protected quercetin obtained from step (i); (iii) optionally deprotecting the compound of step (ii); (iv) reducing the compound obtained from step (ii) or step (iii) in the presence of a chiral/achiral reducing agent to obtain a chiral intermediate; (v) deprotecting and/or hydrogenation of the chiral intermediate obtained from step (iv) to obtain (?)-epicatechin; (vi) optionally simultaneously deprotecting and by drogenation of the compound obtained from step (ii) to obtain racemic epicatechin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sphaera Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sundeep Dugar, Dinesh Mahajan, Kumar Santosh Rai, Vinayak Tripathi, Ishwar Rakesh Patil
  • Patent number: 9556141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an N-substituted 1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate compound of the formula (I-A) comprising the steps of i) deprotonating a compound of the formula (II) in which the variables R1, R2 and r are each as defined in the description and the claims, with a magnesium-organic base having a carbon bound magnesium; and ii) subjecting the product obtained in step (i) to a carbonylation by reacting it with a reagent selected from the group consisting carbon dioxide or a carbon dioxide equivalent, to obtain a compound of formula (I-A); and it relates to further conversions to yield a N-substituted 1H-pyrazole-5-carbonyl chloride compound of the formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Karsten Koerber, Prashant Deshmukh, Florian Kaiser, Michael Rack, Timo Frassetto, Gemma Veitch
  • Patent number: 9556142
    Abstract: A method of preparing (R,S)-nicotine, comprising reacting a nicotinate ester with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone in the presence of a base and a solvent to form a first mixture, combining the first mixture with an acid to form a second mixture comprising an aqueous layer, separating the aqueous layer from second mixture, combining the separated aqueous layer with an acid to form a third mixture, combining the third mixture with a base to form a fourth mixture comprising myosamine, reducing myosamine to nornicotine using a reducing agent, and methylating the nornicotine to yield R,S-nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NEXT GENERATION LABS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Arnold
  • Patent number: 9556143
    Abstract: The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Stephen W. Rafferty, Christopher M. Yates, Robert J. Schotzinger, Michael R. Loso, Michael T. Sullenberger
  • Patent number: 9556144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the structure of Formula I as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathways, as well as a composition comprising the compound. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compound and the method of inhibiting the WNT signal transduction pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: CUREGENIX, INC.
    Inventor: Songzhu An
  • Patent number: 9556145
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2-pyridyloxy-4-ester compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2-pyridyloxy-4-ester compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • Patent number: 9556146
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and a chronic inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Adria Carbo Barrios, Richard Gandour, Julian D. Cooper, Raquel Hontecillas
  • Patent number: 9556147
    Abstract: This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula I: (I) wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit BTK. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of BTK and treat diseases associated with excessive BTK activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula I and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA INC.
    Inventors: Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Rama K. Kondru, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Yan Lou
  • Patent number: 9556148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (1) that are inhibitors of Janus Kinase (JAK), a family of tyrosine kinases that are involved in 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 of the invention inhibits JAK1 and/or JAK2 and/or JAK3 sub families.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Ranjit Desai, Jigar Desai, Pankaj Patel
  • Patent number: 9556149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing pyrazole derivatives of Formula (I) and salts and pharmaceutical compositions of the salts thereof, useful as modulators of 5-HT2A serotonin receptor activity. The present invention also relates to intermediates used in the processes, and their preparation. The present invention also relates to salts of compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwin M. Krishnan, Tawfik Gharbaoui