Plural Ring Hetero Atoms In The Tricyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/80)
  • Publication number: 20090325951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted thienyl- and furanyl-isoquinolinones that act, for example, as modulators of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of substituted thienyl and furanyl-isoquinolinones and to their use in treating various diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Roberto Pellicciari, Flavio Moroni, Eric Christian Hansen, Adam Matthew Gilbert, Peter John Larkin
  • Publication number: 20090312362
    Abstract: Compounds that are inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and endonuclease IRE1 are provided, together with compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for their use in the treatment of various disorders, such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and diabetes. Also provided are packaged pharmaceuticals comprising these compositions. The compositions may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Albert C. Koong, Douglas E. Feldman
  • Patent number: 7632948
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing enantiomers of indole-2,3-dione-3-oxime derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Alex H. Gouliaev, William Dalby Brown, Frank Wätjen
  • Patent number: 7626025
    Abstract: A novel ?-carboline guanidine derivative tiruchenduramine (1) and its derivatives are disclosed. These compounds have been isolated from the Indian ascidian Synoicum macroglossum. These compounds are useful in the treatment of diabetic disorder by providing inhibition of ? (alpha)glucosidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignees: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Ocean Development
    Inventors: Yenamandra Venkateswarlu, Kodela Ravinder, Jhillu S. Yadav, Yandrapu Sarathkumar, Sistla Ramakrishna, Prakash V. Diwan, Janapala V. Rao, Ratnam Ramesh, Hartmut Laatsch
  • Patent number: 7618979
    Abstract: Pyridopyrrolizine and pyridoindolizine derivatives are prostaglandin receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of prostaglandin-mediated diseases such as allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Yves Leblanc, Claude Dufresne, Patrick Roy
  • Patent number: 7598263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a quinoline derivative having the general formula (A): in which R1, R2, X, Y and Z are indicated in the description and the claims, the use of the compounds of the general formula (A) for the treatment of various disorders, and the preparation of compounds of the general formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Olaf Prien, Knut Eis, Wolfgang Schwede, Judith Guenther, Dieter Zopf
  • Publication number: 20090247565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives, that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with MET activity, and for inhibiting the receptor tyrosine kinase MET. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Jongwon Lim, Ana Esther Gabarda Ortega
  • Publication number: 20090239895
    Abstract: The compounds of formula I in which A, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Nycomed GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Ulrich Kautz, Armin Hatzelmann, Christof Zitt, Andrea Wohlsen, Degenhard Marx, Hans-Peter Kley, Jens Christoffers, Anna Rosiak
  • Patent number: 7592453
    Abstract: The present invention aims at provision of a quinoline derivative having a neurokinin 2 (NK2) receptor antagonistic action and relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom and the like; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s) and the like; R3 is unsubstituted (i.e., absence), a hydrogen atom and the like; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), and the like; R6 is (cyclic group optionally having substituent(s))-carbonyl, and the like; R7, R8, R9 and R10 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, halogen and the like; or R7 and R8, R8 and R9, and R9 and R10 may form a ring together with the adjacent carbon atoms; n is an integer of 1 to 5; ?represents unsubstituted (i.e., absence) or a single bond; and ?represents a single bond or a double bond, or a salt thereof, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Kajino, Yasuhiko Kawano
  • Patent number: 7589205
    Abstract: The compounds of formula I in which A, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: NYCOMED GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Ulrich Kautz, Armin Hatzelmann, Christof Zitt, Andrea Wohlsen, Degenhard Marx, Hans-Peter Kley, Jens Christoffers, Anna Rosiak
  • Publication number: 20090227571
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that bind to androgen receptors and modulate the activity and/or the amount of androgen receptors and to methods for making and using such compounds. Also provided are compositions including such compounds and methods for making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jon C. Loren, Todd Miller, Bijan Pedram, Charlene V. Rowley, Yixing Shen, Cornelis Arjan Van Oeveren, Lin Zhi
  • Publication number: 20090227561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior Smo inhibitory activity and lower toxicity, which is sufficiently satisfactory as a pharmaceutical product. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein ring A is 5- to 7-membered ring optionally having substituent(s), where substituents are optionally bonded to each other to form a ring; X is O, S or NR1 (R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s)); R2 is carbamoyl optionally having substituent(s); and R3 is hydroxy optionally having substituent(s), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUJII, Yuya OGURO, Satoshi SASAKI, Shigeru KONDO
  • Patent number: 7557212
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are provided as well as processes for the manufacture of such compounds. The compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory and allergic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Laboratorios Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos Puig Duran, Daniel Perez Crespo, Jordi Bach Tana, Hamish Ryder
  • Patent number: 7550594
    Abstract: A novel phenanthroline compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is selected from a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; and Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each is selected from an unsubstituted or substituted fluorenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted fluoranthenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted perylenyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted carbazolyl group). An organic light emitting device using the phenanthroline compound is also provided that has a light output with a high efficiency and a high luminance and has a high long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maki Okajima, Tatsundo Kawai, Takao Takiguchi, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Toshinori Hasegawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20090153034
    Abstract: Carbazole-containing compounds are provided. In particular, the compounds are oligocarbazole-containing compounds having an unsymmetrical structure. The compounds may be useful in organic light emitting devices, in particular as hosts in the emissive layer of such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Lin, Alexey Dyatkin, Zeinab Elshenawy
  • Patent number: 7541365
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds and a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation. The method comprises administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a compound represented by: or physiologically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jay R. Luly, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Etsuo Ohshima, Geraldine C. B. Harriman, Kenneth G. Carson, Shomir Ghosh, Amy M. Elder, Karen M. Mattia
  • Publication number: 20090105293
    Abstract: Use of thienopyridone derivatives of formula (I), in which B, R, R6, Y and Z are as defined in the description, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, related disorders and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Sophie Hallakou-Bozec, Christine Charon, Bjoern Hock, Oliver Poeschke
  • Publication number: 20090105233
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to molecules having certain biological activities that include, but are not limited to, inhibiting cell proliferation, modulating protein kinase activity and modulating polymerase activity. Molecules of the invention can modulate casein kinase (CK) activity and/or poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) activity. The invention also relates in part to methods for using such molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Peter C. CHUA, Fabrice Pierre, Jeffrey P. Whitten
  • Patent number: 7504507
    Abstract: This invention relates to polycyclic carboxamide compounds of the formula (I) with cytotoxicity, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly I the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cellular proliferative disorders such a cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Charles Baguley, Leslie William Deady, William Alexander Denny, Thomas Rodemann, Michael Leslie Rogers
  • Publication number: 20090069564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of anti-inflammatory substances, and more particularly to novel compounds that act as antagonists of the mammalian adhesion proteins known as selectins. In some embodiments, methods for treating selectin mediated disorders are provided which include administration of compound of Formula I: wherein the constituent variables are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Neelu Kaila, Silvano L. Debernardo, Kristin M. Janz, Raymond T. Camphausen, Patricia W. Bedard, Adrian Huang
  • Patent number: 7495111
    Abstract: 3-Amino chroman and 2-amino tetralin derivatives and compositions containing such compounds are disclosed. Such compounds are useful for modulating activity of a 5-HT1A receptor (agonizing or antagonizing) in a patient. These compounds are further useful for inhibiting binding to a serotonin receptor. Methods of using the 3-amino chroman and 2-amino tetralin compounds and compositions containing such compounds in the treatment of serotonin disorders, such as depression and anxiety, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: P. Sivaramakrishnan Ramamoorthy, Zhongqi Shen, Boyd L. Harrison
  • Publication number: 20090029983
    Abstract: This application relates to novel fused tricyclic thienopyridines of Formulas I and II, which useful for treating Hepatitis B infection and other diseases. This application also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising thienopyridines and to the use of such compositions to treat Hepatitis B and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Valeant Research & Development
    Inventors: Huanming Chen, Robert Tam, Anneke K. Raney
  • Patent number: 7465742
    Abstract: This application relates to novel fused tricyclic thienopyridines of Formulas I and II, which useful for treating Hepatitis B infection and other diseases. This application also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising thienopyridines and to the use of such compositions to treat Hepatitis B and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventors: Huanming Chen, Robert Tam, Anneke K. Raney
  • Patent number: 7456193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridoindolone derivatives substituted in the 3-position by a heterocyclic group of general formula (I): in which: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl group; R3 represents a thienyl mono- or polysubstituted by a methyl group; or a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic radical chosen from: a pyridyl, an N-oxidopyridinio, a pyrazolyl, an (N-phenyl)pyrazolyl, an (N-halophenyl)pyrazolyl, a furyl, an indolyl, an (N-benzyl)indolyl, an (N-halobenzyl)indolyl, a benzothienyl or a benzofuryl, the said radicals being unsubstituted or substituted one or more times by a halogen atom or a methyl or methoxy group; R4 and R5 are identical or different and each independently represent a hydrogen or halogen atom or a hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, (C1-C4)alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkoxycarbonyl or cyano group. Preparation process and application in therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Bernard Bourrie, Pierre Casellas, Jean-Marie Derocq, Samir Jegham, Yvette Muneaux
  • Patent number: 7427460
    Abstract: Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the formula where Ar is an aryl group; X comprises a bond or a linking group; R1, R2, and R3 each comprise H, a carboxyl, an amino group, a halogen, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylsulfanyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group, or a part of a ring group; R4 comprises H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; and R5, R6, R7, and R8 each comprise an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a part of a ring group; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses and imaging methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruta Budreckiene, Gintaras Buika, Vygintas Jankauskas, Juozas V. Grazulevicius, Jonas Sidaravicius, Nusrallah Jubran, Zbigniew Tokarski
  • Publication number: 20080220286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dinaphthyl ethylene derivative of formula (I), a process for preparing it, a film prepared from it useful in the manufacure of an organic light emitting device (OLED), an OLED including the film, and the use of the dinaphthyl ethylene derivative in the manufacture of an OLED. Wherein R1 to R16 are defined as in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicants: Tsinghua University, Beijing Visionox Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Yong Qiu, Han Chen, Yinkui Li
  • Patent number: 7417051
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a salt of formula 1 wherein: X? is an anion with a single negative charge; and (b) a betamimetic 2, or a solvate or hydrate thereof, optionally in the form of the enantiomers, mixtures of the enantiomers, or in the form of the racemates thereof, processes for preparing them and their use in the treatment of respiratory complaints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Banholzer, Helmut Meissner, Gerd Morschhaeuser, Michael P. Pieper, Gerald Pohl, Richard Reichl, Georg Speck, Christopher John Montague Meade, Michel Pairet, Ingo Konetzki
  • Patent number: 7408063
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein r, s, A, X, Y1, Y2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 have defined meanings, having farnesyl transferase inhibiting activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick René Angibaud, Marc Gaston Venet
  • Publication number: 20080146602
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, and X is CH2, O or S, or a salt thereof. The present invention provides a novel thienopyridine derivative having an anti-inflammatory effect, a bone resorption suppressing effect, an immune cytokine production suppressing effect and the like, and useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and the like, and the like, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsuo Baba, Tsuneo Yasuma, Hiroyuki Tawada, Makoto Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7375226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula IA wherein R1, R2, R3, and n are as defined in the specification, and to pharmaceutically active acid addition salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Synese Jolidon, Robert Narquizian, Roger David Norcross, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Publication number: 20080108627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a quinoline derivative having the general formula (A): in which R1, R2, X, Y and Z are indicated in the description and the claims, the use of the compounds of the general formula (A) for the treatment of various disorders, and the preparation of compounds of the general formula (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Olaf Prien, Knut Eis, Wolfgang Schwede, Judith Guenther, Dieter Zopf
  • Publication number: 20080050761
    Abstract: Peptidyl sensors comprise a metal-binding peptide and one or two kinase recognition sequences with a hydroxyamino acid that can be phosphorylated in the presence of a kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Barbara Imperiali, Elvedin Lukovic, Dora Carrico-Moniz
  • Patent number: 7309789
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that, by way of their selective neurotransmitter binding useful for the treatment of various neurological and psychological disorders, e.g., ADHD. Such compounds are 4-phenyl substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines having the Formula IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA or IIIC as set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: AMR Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Beck, Anthony D. Pechulis, Arthur E. Harms
  • Patent number: 7271176
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds and a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignees: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jay R. Luly, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Etsuo Ohshima, Geraldine C. B. Harriman, Kenneth G. Carson, Shomir Ghosh, Amy M. Elder, Karen M. Mattia
  • Patent number: 7253292
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentadiene derivatives comprising the steps of: a) coupling a five membered heterocycle ring with a five or six membered heterocycle ring; b) reacting the obtained compound with a carbonilating system: c) reducing the obtained compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Ilya E. Nifant'ev, Igor A Kashulin, Pavel V. Ivchenko, Peter A. A. Klusener, Frans M. Kornorffer, Kees P. De Kloe, Jos J. H. Rijsemus
  • Patent number: 7253282
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel hexafluoroisopropanol substituted cyclohexane derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4, X, m and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds bind to LXR alpha and LXR beta and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Henrietta Dehmlow, Bernd Kuhn, Raffaello Masciadri, Narendra Panday, Hasane Ratni, Matthew Blake Wright
  • Patent number: 7250423
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for synthesizing novel tetrahydroquinoline derivatives that are useful for cancer chemotherapy and anti-viral applications. The present invention provides compounds useful for cancer chemotherapy and methods for the preparation of these compounds. The present invention also includes cancer chemotherapy methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Inventors: Chao-Jun Li, Jianheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 7244742
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) an anticholinergic of formula 1 wherein X? is an anion with a single negative charge; (b) a corticosteroid; and (c) a betamimetic, wherein each component (a), (b), and (c) are optionally in the form of the solvates or hydrates thereof, processes for preparing them, and their use in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Paul Pieper, Christopher John Montague Meade, Michel Pairet
  • Patent number: 7227023
    Abstract: Quinoline 3-amino chroman derivatives and compositions containing such compounds are disclosed. Methods for using the quinoline 3-amino chroman derivatives and compositions containing such compounds in the treatment of serotonin disorders are disclosed. Also disclosed are processes for preparing quinoline 3-amino chroman derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Nicole Theriault Hatzenbuhler, Dahui Zhou, Gary Paul Stack, Jonathan Laird Gross
  • Patent number: 7186729
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds and a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jay R. Luly, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Etsuo Ohshima, Geraldine C. B. Harriman, Kenneth G. Carson, Shomir Ghosh, Amy M. Elder, Karen M. Mattia
  • Patent number: 7169922
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel dyes, including coumarins, rhodamines, and rhodols that incorporate additional fused aromatic rings. The dyes of the invention absorb at a longer wavelength than structurally similar dyes that do not possess the fused aromatic rings. Many of the dyes of the invention are useful fluorescent dyes. The invention includes chemically reactive dyes, dye-conjugates, and the use of such dyes in staining samples and detecting ligands or other analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Invitrogen Corporation
    Inventors: Zhenjun Diwu, Jixiang Liu, Kyle Gee
  • Patent number: 7166721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the synthesis of 1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinoline 4-cyano and 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline 4-carboxamide intermediates useful in preparing 1H-imidazo[4,5-C] quinoline 4-amines, a process for preparing 1H-imidazo[4,5-C] quinoline 4-amines using such intermediates; and, to the 1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinoline 4-cyano and 1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinoline 4-carboxamide intermediates. More particularly, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-C] quinoline 4-amine (Imiquimod) using two intermediates, 1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinoline 4-cyano and 1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinoline 4-carboxamide, and to the said intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: TEVA Gyógyszergyár Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság
    Inventors: Valeriano Merli, Silvia Mantovani, Stefano Bianchi
  • Patent number: 7160894
    Abstract: A novel compound represented by the formula (1): [R1 represents hydrogen atom, chlorine atom, or hydroxyl group; X1 . . . X2 represents—CH(R2)—CH(R3)—, —CH(R2)—CH(R3)—CH(R4)—, etc.; R2 to R4represent hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group; A1, A11, A2, and A21 represent hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group; Y represents —CH(A3)—, —CH(A3)—C(A4)(A41)—, —CH(A3)—C(A4)(A41)—C(A5)(A51)—, or a single bond; A3, A4, A41, A5, and A51 represent hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group; Z represents hydroxyl group, or —N(A6)(A61); A6 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, A61 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, etc.; and groups in each of one or more combinations selected from the group consisting of combinations of A6 and A3, A6 and A4, A6 and A1, A6 and A2, A2 and A3, A2 and A4, A6 and A5, A3 and A1, and A5 and A1 may bind to each other to form a 5- or 6-membered ring], or a salt thereof, which potently inhibits the phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Rintaro Yamada, Minoru Seto
  • Patent number: 7148232
    Abstract: Thiazolo-, oxazolo- and selenazolo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines and analogs thereof are described including methods of manufacture and the use of novel intermediates. The compounds are immunomodulators and induce cytokine biosynthesis, including interferon and/or tumor biosynthesis, necrosis factor, and inhibit the T-helper-type 2 immune response. The compounds are further useful in the treatment of viral and neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John F. Gerster, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Gregory J. Marszalek
  • Patent number: 7067527
    Abstract: The present invention provides thienopyridine derivatives, which are useful as anti-inflammatory drugs, particularly as remedies for arthritis; processes for producing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The thienopyridine derivatives are represented by the formula (I): wherein G is a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted amino group, etc.; alk is an optionally substituted lower alkylene group; X is O, S, —(CH2)q—, etc.; R is an optionally substituted amino group, etc.; ring B is an optionally substituted Y-containing 5- to 8-membered ring whose ring constituent atoms contain no nitrogen atom; Y is O, S, a group of (wherein Ra, Rb and Rc are the same or different and, each is H, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, etc.), etc.; and ring A may be substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Atsuo Baba, Haruhiko Makino, Isao Aoki, Toshiaki Nagata
  • Patent number: 7060830
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the compounds of the formula: and the prodrug and salts thereof, wherein R may be a hydroxyl or other pendent group and Ar is an aryl. The compositions may be adapted for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Further, the compositions may be adapted as a pharmaceutical such as an antipsychotic pharmaceutical, an antibiotic pharmaceutical, an antiviral pharmaceutical or an antitumor pharmaceutical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Wynne, Wayne M. Stalick
  • Patent number: 7038051
    Abstract: Imidazonaphthyridine and tetrahydroimidazonaphthyridine compounds induce the biosynthesis of cytokines such as interferon and tumor necrosis factor. The compounds exhibit antiviral and antitumor properties. Methods of preparing the compounds and intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John F. Gerster, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Stephen L. Crooks, Philip D. Heppner, Gregory J. Marszalek, Peter V. Maye, Bryon A. Merrill, John W. Mickelson, Michael J. Rice
  • Patent number: 7038052
    Abstract: Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Anita W. Chan, Timothy T. Curran, Silvio Iera, Warren Chew, John H. Sellstedt, Galina Vid, Gregg Feigelson, Zhixian Ding
  • Patent number: 7037920
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: n1 and n2 are independently 0-2; Het is an optionally substituted mono-, bi- or tricyclic heteroaromatic group; B is alkyl or optionally substituted alkenyl; R22 is —COR23 or a carboxy, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, sulfonamide or amino acid derivative; R23 is haloalkyl; alkenyl; haloalkenyl; alkynyl; optionally substituted cycloalkyl; cycloalkyl-alkyl; aryl; arylalkyl; heteroaryl; heterocycloalkyl; or —COOH and/or —SO3H substituted alkyl; R1, R2, R3, R9, R10 and R11 are as defined in the specification; are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administering said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Mariappan V. Chelliah, Martin C. Clasby, Yan Xia
  • Patent number: 7037919
    Abstract: Tetrahydroquinoline derivatives of general formula (I) or salts thereof, having a specific and strong binding affinity for AR and exhibiting AR agonism or antagonism; and pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives or the salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanada, Kazuyuki Furuya, Kiyoshi Inoguchi, Motonori Miyakawa, Naoya Nagata