1,3-thiazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 548/146)
  • Publication number: 20080255123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A, E, L2, R1, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the herein, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael D. Meyer, Michael J. Dart, William A. Carroll, Meena V. Patel, Tedozyi Kolasa, Xueqing Wang
  • Patent number: 7431741
    Abstract: The present invention has for an object agents for the simultaneous brightening and dyeing of keratin fibers—particularly hair—characterized in that they contain a) at least one oxidant and (b) at least one indolylthiazoliumazo dye of formula (I) and that, (c) they have a basic pH
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Cecile Pasquier, Veronique Buclin, Nadia Duc-Reichlin, Caroline Kiener, Hans-Juergen Braun
  • Patent number: 7429274
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a ready-to-use agent for coloring keratin fibers containing (i) at least one heterocyclic hydrazone derivative of formula (I), (ii) at least one CH-active compound of formulas (II) to (IX) and (iii) at least one oxidant, a multicomponent kit and a method for coloring keratin fibers by use of said agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Cecile Pasquier, Veronique Buclin, Caroline Kiener, Nadja Duc-Reichlin, Hans-Juergen Braun
  • Patent number: 7429278
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a family of N-alkylheteroaryl secondary para-phenylenediamines, to their preparation, and to a cosmetic composition for dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a suitable dyeing medium, at least one N-alkylheteroaryl secondary para-phenylenediamine. Further disclosed herein is a process of dyeing keratin fibers, a ready-to-use composition, and a kit comprising at least two compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oréal
    Inventors: Stéphane Sabelle, Eric Metais
  • Patent number: 7427635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula which are useful in treating diseases characterized by the hyperactivity of MEK. Accordingly the compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as, cancer, cognative and CNS disorders and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Xin-Jie Chu, Nader Fotouhi, Nicholas J. S. Huby, Norman Kong, Lee Apostle McDermott, John Moliterni, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7425221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one particular direct dye. The invention further relates to a method for treating keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers, using the abovementioned composition, and a device comprising it. Finally, its subject is the use of the composition according to the invention as agent for lightening and/or as agent for dyeing said fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Alain Lagrange
  • Patent number: 7425555
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of p38 kinase and are useful in the treatment of conditions or disease states mediated by p38 kinase activity or mediated by cytokines produced by the activity of p38.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Paul Bamborough, Ian Robert Baldwin, Anne-Marie Li-Kwai-Cheung, Timothy Longstaff, Suzanne Joy Merrick, Kathryn Jane Smith, Stephen Swanson, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7419993
    Abstract: The invention relates to triazolo-thiazole analogues of epothilone A and epothilone B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Helmholtz Center of Infection Research GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hoefle, Nicole Glaser
  • Patent number: 7417030
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel indazole peptidomimetic compounds which are useful as thrombin receptor antagonists for the treatment of diseases associated with thrombosis, restenosis, hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmia, inflammation, angina, stroke, atherosclerosis, ischemic conditions, Angiogenesis related disorders, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the substituted indazole peptidomimetics of the present invention and methods of treating conditions mediated by the thrombin receptor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Cheng Zhang, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Anjali Pandey, Robert M. Scarborough
  • Patent number: 7414067
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of potent potassium channel blockers or a formulation thereof in the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions which leads to elevated intraoccular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds to provide a neuroprotective effect to the eye of mammalian species, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Merck & Co. Inc., Evotec OAI
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Boyd, Michael H. Fisher, Maria L. Garcia, Gregory J. Kaczorowski, Peter T. Meinke, William H. Parsons, Stephen Price, John Stibbard
  • Patent number: 7407977
    Abstract: There are presented compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful in the treatment of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, asthma and diarrhea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Cai, Adrian Wai-Hing, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Lida Qi
  • Patent number: 7408069
    Abstract: A method for preparing a compound of the structure I,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Bernd Schaefer, Frank Haunert, Norbert Goetz
  • Patent number: 7396943
    Abstract: A compound of the formula I: (I) wherein the variables are as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, enantiomer, racemate, diastereomer or mixture thereof, formulations and methods of use thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Dana Rae Benesh, Maria Jesus Blanco-Pillado, Charles Howard Mitch, Kumiko Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20080161368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): Pharmaceutical compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment or prevention of metabolic diseases or conditions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Yu Gui Gu, Richard F. Clark, Qun Li, Moshe Weitzberg, Hing Sham
  • Patent number: 7393366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agents for coloring keratin fibers which comprise at least one zwitterionic azo dye of the general formula (I) where R1 is an alkylsulfonate radical of the formula (II),
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Cécile Pasquier, Eric Tinguely, Otto Göttel, Hans-Jürgen Braun
  • Patent number: 7393865
    Abstract: Compounds having the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, L1, L2 and n are as defined herein. Such compounds generally function as H1 receptor ligands, and thus have utility as sleep inducing agents. Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of structure (I), as well as methods relating to the use thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Beaton, Wilna (Willy) J Moree, Florence Jovic, Timothy Coon, Jinghua Yu
  • Publication number: 20080153842
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed which are useful of the treatment and prevention of proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Francis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20080146624
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to amidino heterocyclic compounds which are modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Eddy Wai Tsun Yue
  • Publication number: 20080146627
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole and isoxazoline derivatives of general formula (I) wherein Het is thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole or isoxazoline, n is an integer from 0 to 6, A is notably selected from various optionally substituted aromatic radicals, B is notably hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, R1 and R2 are notably independently hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl and Q is —NR46R47 or —OR48, R46 and R47 are notably independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or —(CH2)k—COOR51, R51 is notably alkyl or haloalkyl and R48 is notably hydrogen or alkyl. These compounds have advantageous pharmacological properties which allow their use in therapeutics, notably for treating neurodegenerative disorders or pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Pierre-Etienne Chabrier De Lassauniere, Jeremiah Harnett, Dennis Bigg, Anne-Marie Liberatore, Jacques Pommier, Jacques Lannoy, Christophe Thurieau
  • Patent number: 7384968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders and diseases, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Publication number: 20080132551
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein A, B, and X are described herein. These compounds may be in the form of pharmaceutical salts or compositions, may be in pure enantiomeric form or racemic mixtures, and are useful in pharmaceuticals used to treat diseases or conditions in which ?7 nAChR is known to be involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce Nelsen Rogers, David Walter Piotrowski, Brandon J. Margolis, Jason K. Myers, Vincent Edward Groppi, Daniel G. Rudmann
  • Patent number: 7378421
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumours, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Herwig Buchholz, Wilfried Rautenberg, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7371767
    Abstract: Pyrrole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and panic, as well as in the treatment of pain, circadian rhythm disorders, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Dehua Huang, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Patent number: 7371777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent PPAR agonist action. More specifically, it provides a compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof, an ester thereof or a hydrate of them. Wherein a, b and c are the same as or different from one another and each represents 0 to 4; R1 to R6 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, etc.; A1 and A2 are the same as or different from each other and each represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, etc.; L, M and T each represent a single bond, an alkylene group having one to six carbon atoms, etc.; W represents a carboxyl group; the partial structure represented by the formula: represents a single bond or a double bond; X represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, —NRx1CQ1O—, etc.; Y represents Y1—Y2— (wherein Y1 represents a 5 to 14-membered aromatic ring having one to four substituents, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Clark, Fumiyoshi Matsuura, Eita Emori, Masanobu Shinoda, Shunji Kasai, Hideki Yoshitomi, Kazuto Yamazaki, Takashi Inoue, Sadakazu Miyashita, Taro Hihara
  • Patent number: 7361755
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a novel process for preparing sterically hindered N-substituted alkyloxyamines from alkenes by the transition-metal-catalyzed reaction of a intermediate alkylborane with a sterically hindered nitroxyl radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Daniel Pastor, Sai Ping Shum
  • Patent number: 7348346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), which inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) and are useful for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, especially type II diabetes, as well as hyperglycemia, syndrome X, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, atherosclerosis, and various immunomodulatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Daria Darczak, Jürgen Dinges, Stevan W. Djuric, Ethan D. Hoff, Hana A. Kopecka, Jyoti R. Patel, Zhonghua Pei, Qi Shuai, Kathy Sarris, Hing L. Sham, Paul E. Wiedeman
  • Patent number: 7345067
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein X is N and Y is S or O; or X is S or O and Y is N; R1 is hydrogen or C1-7-alkyl; R2 and R3 independently from each other are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-7-alkyl and C1-7-alkoxy; R4, R5, R6, and R7 independently from each other are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-7-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, halogen, C1-7-alkoxy, C1-7-alkyl-C1-7-alkoxy-C1-7-alkyl, C2-7-alkenyl, C2-7-alkinyl, fluoro-C1-7-alkyl and cyano; R8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-7-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl and fluoro-C1-7-alkyl; R9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-7-alkyl, C2-7-alkinyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl and fluoro-C1-7-alkyl; R10 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-7-alkyl, C2-7-alkinyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl and fluoro-C1-7-alkyl; R11 is aryl or heteroaryl; N is 0, 1 or 2; and all enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or esters thereof and their use as PPAR activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Uwe Grether, Georges Hirth, Bernd Kuhn, Hans-Peter Maerki, Markus Meyer, Peter Mohr, Matthew Blake Wright
  • Publication number: 20080064874
    Abstract: Novel 2-halofuryl/thienyl-3-carboxamides of the formula (I) in which A, Hal, R, M and Z are as defined in the description, a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and also novel intermediates and their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralf Dunkel, Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Jorg Nico Greul, Benoit Hartmann, Peter Dahmen, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 7342039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indole oximes and methods of using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Lisa Marie Havran, John Anthony Butera, Hassan Mahmoud Elokdah, Douglas John Jenkins, Eric Gould Gundersen
  • Patent number: 7335775
    Abstract: Conjugates of epothilones and epothilone derivatives (as effectors) with suitable biomolecules (as recognition units) are described. Their production is carried out by the effectors being reacted with suitable linkers, and the compounds that are produced are conjugated to the recognition units. The pharmaceutical use of the conjugates for treating proliferative or angiogenesis-associated processes is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Gerhard Siemeister, Ulrich Klar, Jorg Willuda, Andreas Menrad, Klaus Bosslet
  • Patent number: 7335776
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of depression comprising a compound having an antagonistic activity for EP1 receptor which a prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype. EP1 antagonist is useful for the treatment of depression, for example, endogenous depression, reactive depression, weatherability depression, neurological depressed state, the depressed state of brain organic mental disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nonaka, Takayuki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080044379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Carol Bachand, Makonen Belema, Daniel H. Deon, Andrew C. Good, Jason Goodrich, Clint A. James, Rico Lavoie, Omar D. Lopez, Alain Martel, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Van N. Nguyen, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Edward H. Ruediger, Lawrence B. Snyder, Denis R. St. Laurent, Fukang Yang, David R. Langley, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Patent number: 7329288
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel family of N-heteroaryl secondary para-phenylenediamines, to their preparation, to their use for dyeing the hair and to a dye composition for dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a suitable dyeing medium, at least one heteroaryl secondary para-phenylenediamine. The disclosure also relates to the process using this composition, to its use and to the multi-compartment device and dyeing “kit”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Sabelle, Eric Metais
  • Patent number: 7326254
    Abstract: The present patent application has for an object an agent for the simultaneous brightening and coloring of keratin fibers based on a coupler-developer combination that has a basic pH and contains as developer at least one heterocyclic hydrazone derivative of formula (I) or a physiologically compatible salt thereof, at least one common coupler and as oxidant at least one combination of persulfate salts and hydrogen peroxide or an addition compound thereof; a multicomponent kit and a method for coloring keratin fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Cécile Pasquier, Caroline Kiener, Hans-Juergen Braun
  • Patent number: 7326696
    Abstract: Aminomethyl substituted tetracycline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Nelson, Kwasi Ohemeng, Roger Frechette, Paul Abato, Victor Amoo, Haregewein Assefa, Joel Berniac, Beena Bhatia, Todd Bowser, Jackson Chen, Laura Honeyman, Mohamed Y. Ismail, Oak Kim, Rachid Mechiche, N. Laxma Reddy, Atul K. Verma, Peter Viski, Tadeusz Warchol, Ivan Yanachkov
  • Patent number: 7326259
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the present patent application is the use, as direct dye in dyeing compositions for keratinous fibres, in particular human keratinous fibres, such as the hair, or for the manufacture of such compositions, of a specific polycationic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Alain Lagrange
  • Patent number: 7317007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzothiazole derivitives and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts useful for the treatment of diseases related to the adenosine receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Alexander Flohr, Aubry Kern Miller, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 7316851
    Abstract: An electroluminescent element is disclosed, comprising an electroluminescent material and a fluorescent substance emitting light having an emission maximum at the wavelength different from that of light emitted from the electroluminescent material upon absorption of the light emitted from the electroluminescent material. A color conversion filter is also disclosed, comprising a fluorescent substance emitting light having an emission maximum at the wavelengths of 400 to 700 nm upon absorption of the light emitted from the electroluminescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kita, Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Taketoshi Yamada, Kazuaki Nakamura, Noriko Ueda, Yasushi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7309709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula: wherein R1 to R6, X, Z and A are as defined. These compounds have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the present Formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 7309715
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I wherein one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula wherein R4 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl, R5 is a hydrocarbyl group and L is an optional linker group, or R1 and R2 together form a ring substituted with the group wherein R3 is H or a substituent, and wherein X is selected from S, O, NR6 and C(R7)(R8), wherein R6 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups, wherein each of R7 and R8 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sterix Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Vicker, Su Xiangdong, Dharshini Ganeshapillai, Atul Purohit, Michael John Reed, Barry Victor Lloyd Potter
  • Patent number: 7304058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R, X and n are defined hereinabove, and to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound may be used for the treatment of diseases related to the A2A receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 7301028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dihydropyrazole compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity, and for inhibiting KSP kinesin. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Arrington, Mark E. Fraley
  • Patent number: 7300738
    Abstract: A recording material having, on a support, a recording layer containing an azolinyl acetic acid derivative and a diazo compound. The azolinyl acetic acid derivative is preferably is a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R11 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, —OR13 or —NR14R15; R12 represents a substituent; R13 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R14 and R15 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; n represents an integer from 0 to 4; and, when n is an integer of 2 or greater, two or more R12s may be linked with each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Saito, Tetsunori Matsushita, Akinori Fujita, Yohsuke Takeuchi, Satoshi Higuchi, Kimi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7297797
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel ?1-pyrrolines of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, A1, A2, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and Q are as defined in the disclosure, to a process for preparing these compounds and to their use for controlling pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Johannes Rudolf Jansen, Udo Kraatz, Hubertus Stakemeier, Thomas Seitz, Fritz Maurer, Martin Füsslein, Bernd Alig, Christian Funke, Werner Hallenbach, Jörg Konze, Udo Beckmann, Ulrich Görgens
  • Patent number: 7294151
    Abstract: The agent for coloring keratin fibers is based on oxidative dye precursors and contains: (a) at least one hydrazone derivative of formula (I) or a physiologically compatible salt thereof, (b) at least one coupler or a physiologically compatible salt thereof, and (c) a persulfate salt as oxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Cécile Pasquier, Caroline Kiener, Hans-Juergen Braun
  • Patent number: 7291183
    Abstract: The object of the present patent application is an agent for coloring keratin fibers based on oxidative dyes and which contains as developer at least one heterocyclic hydrazone derivative of formula (I) (with X?S or O) and as oxidant at least one persulfate salt, further objects being a multicomponent kit and a method for coloring keratin fibers by use of said agent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Cécile Pasquier, Vèronique Buclin, Caroline Kiener, Anita Roulin, Hans-Juergen Braun
  • Patent number: 7288567
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Methylgene Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Delorme, Soon Hyung Woo, Arkadii Vaisburg
  • Patent number: 7285567
    Abstract: A halogenated benzamide derivative characterized by greater specificity for viral pathogens and less disruptive to beneficial gut microflora, according to formula (III): in which R1 is a halogen atom, and R2-R6 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C4 alkyl, —C1-C4 alkoxy, acyloxy, nitro, halogen, —C(O)R7 where R7 is —C1-C4 alkyl, or, aromatic including salts and hydrates of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Romark Laboratories, L.C.
    Inventor: Jean Francois Rossignol
  • Patent number: 7279493
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein A, Ar, R3, R6, and m are disclosed herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound”), compositions comprising an effective amount of a Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing pain, urinary incontinence, an ulcer, inflammatory-bowel disease, irritable-bowel syndrome, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, stroke, a seizure, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Donald J. Kyle, Qun Sun, Laykea Tafesse, Chongwu Zhang, Xiaoming Zhou
  • Patent number: 7273885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Janos Pitlik, Kevin M. Cottrell, Luc J. Farmer, Robert B. Perni, Lawrence F. Courtney, John H. van Drie, Mark A. Murcko