Tricyclo Ring System Having The Five-membered Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 548/427)
  • Patent number: 10086085
    Abstract: Cytotoxic dimers comprising CBI-based and/or CPI-based sub-units, antibody drug conjugates comprising such dimers, and to methods for using the same to treat cancer and other conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Maderna, Matthew David Doroski, Zecheng Chen, Hud Lawrence Risley, Jeffrey Michael Casavant, Christopher John O'Donnell, Alexander M. Porte, Chakrapani Subramanyam
  • Patent number: 9630954
    Abstract: The T cells specific to human collagen type II, one of the possible autoantigens, have a crucial role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis in the context of HLA-DR4. The protein-protein interactions between the T cell receptor (TCR) and the type II collagen linked to the allele MHC of class II HLA-DR4 may thus represent the target for the development of new drugs against rheumatoid arthritis. Using computational virtual screening techniques, families of pharmacologically active molecules have been identified that interfere with the TCR/collagen ll-MHCII interaction. The compounds identified here open up new possibilities in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    Inventors: Maria Cristina De Rosa, Francesco Ria, Bruno Giardina, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Davide Pirolli, Chiara Nicolo′
  • Patent number: 9376568
    Abstract: Cyanine dyes with improved fluorescence intensity and photostability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Illumina Cambridge Limited
    Inventors: Nikolai Romanov, Carole Anastasi, Xiaohai Liu
  • Patent number: 9096520
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are tricyclic indeno-pyrrole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ABT Holding Company
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Bayard Huck, Michael J. Robarge
  • Patent number: 9040719
    Abstract: A carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; ? and ? independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which form a ring; R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; and R11 to R17 and R21 to R28 independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Nomura, Harue Osaka, Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20150126749
    Abstract: A method for producing a contrast agent includes the reaction step of allowing a cyanine dye containing a naphthyl group and a carboxyl or carboxylate group to react with a polyethylene glycol containing an amino group in an organic solvent to form a conjugate, and the purification step of purifying the conjugate using an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Daisuke Sasaguri, Fumiko Tomatsu
  • Patent number: 9018396
    Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wai-Yee Leung, Ching-Ying Cheung, Stephen Yue
  • Publication number: 20150110715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having a chemical structure comprising: (A) at least one motif specifically binding to cell membranes of neoplastic cells; (B) at least one chelator moiety of radiometals; and (C) at least one dye moiety; wherein said compound has a molecular weight of not more than 5 kDa. Further, the invention refers to a method for producing such compound and to the in vivo and in vitro uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG, DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schaefer, Ulrike Bauder-Wuest, Uwe Haberkorn
  • Publication number: 20150105560
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations comprising ionic organic compounds for use in electron transport layers or electron collecting layers of organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, to electron transport layers comprising or being made through the use of such formulations, and to OE and OPV devices comprising such formulations or electron transport layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Stephane Berny, Amy Phillips, Priti Tiwana, Toby Cull, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Nicolas Blouin
  • Patent number: 9000171
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) material and an organic EL device, the organic EL material being represented by Formula 1, below:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Itoi
  • Publication number: 20150072894
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of cyanine dyes that are functionalized with sulfonic acid groups and a linker moiety that facilitates their conjugation to other species and substituent groups which increase the water-solubility, and optimize the optical properties of the dyes. Also provided are conjugates of the dyes, methods of using the dyes and their conjugates and kits including the dyes and their conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen YUE, Gene SHEN, Wei-Chuan (David) SUN
  • Publication number: 20150073154
    Abstract: Disclosed are discrete PEGylated dyes, that is, dyes, generally ones that are fluorescent, but could also include chemi-luminescent or electrochemiluminescent and related dye or dye precursors, that have discrete PEG constructs chemically attached in various configurations on the dye, and in the entire range of constructs, discrete PEG compounds (polyethylene glycol oligomers that are made synthetically according to methods disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,888,536 and US Pub. No. 2013/0052130). The dyes are modified in a range of ways to control or optimize the properties of water solubility, non-specific binding (in vitro), biodistribution (in vivo), cell internalization (non-cell or cell based assays in vitro, and in vivo diagnostics and therapy), as well as aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: EQUIP, LLC
    Inventor: Paul D. Davis
  • Publication number: 20150048250
    Abstract: A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in a manufactured product (C), preferably a cigarette (C), the process comprising adding a fluorescent taggant to oils or lubricants contained in processing machinery for said product (C), conveying (131) said product (C) past an infrared detection apparatus (140), irradiating said product (C) with infrared radiation from said detection apparatus (140) as it passes the detection apparatus (140), and detecting infrared radiation emitted from said irradiated product (C). The taggant can be in the form of a composition containing a Stokes-shifting taggant, which absorbs radiation at a first wavelength and emits radiation at a second wavelength, different from said first wavelength, dissolved or dispersed in an oil or lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Jr., William James Faenza
  • Publication number: 20150044143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a family of dyes which fluoresce in the UV-VIS, far red and near infrared wavelengths of the spectrum and possess asymmetric lipophilic alkyl chains. The dyes of the invention are soluble in commercially available membrane staining dyes, are useful as probes for rapidly staining lipophilic structures such as membranes in cells or isolated from cells, and are well-retained therein. Methods of utilizing the dyes to detect stained cells both in vivo and in vitro are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: PHANOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Brian D. Gray
  • Publication number: 20150038672
    Abstract: Targeting agents are derived from coupling together formed imaging amino acids or formed multi-modal, multi-chelating metal, multi-dye imaging agents, or combinations of these, that may be conjugated directly, or activated, or attached to linkers to which targeting groups, such as peptides, proteins, antibodies, aptamers, or small molecule inhibitors, may be conjugated in the final steps of the synthesis to form a wide variety of TMIAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hans F. Schmitthenner, Stephanie Beach, Chelsea Weidman, Taylor Barrett
  • Patent number: 8946280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strigolactam derivatives of formula (I) to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker, Hanno Christian Wolf, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung
  • Patent number: 8940784
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel analogs of the DNA-binding alkylating agent CC-1065 and to their conjugates. Furthermore this invention concerns intermediates for the preparation of said agents and their conjugates. The conjugates are designed to release their (multiple) payload after one or more activation steps and/or at a rate and time span controlled by the conjugate in order to selectively deliver and/or controllably release one or more of said DNA alkylating agents. The agents, conjugates, and intermediates can be used to treat an illness that is characterized by undesired (cell) proliferation. As an example, the agents and the conjugates of this invention may be used to treat a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Syntarga B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Henry Beusker, Franciscus Marinus Hendrikus de Groot, Lutz F. Tietze, Felix Major, Johannes Albertus Frederikus Joosten, Henri Johannes Spijker
  • Publication number: 20150021574
    Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescence device and an organic electroluminescence device using the same, the material being represented by the following Formula 1:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroaki ITOI
  • Patent number: 8927672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel benzindocyanine compound for labeling biomolecules and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: DKC Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Woo Park, Jong Joo Na, Doo-Young Chung
  • Publication number: 20150004626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for labeling or targeting cells whose plasma membrane has lost integrity, such as dead cells, such as for discriminating between live cells and cells whose plasma membrane has lost integrity; to an embodiment of the method for determining one or more values of one or more parameters of cells of a biological sample; to use of the method in an assay for screening drugs for therapy such as cancer therapy; to use of the method to monitor and/or determine the effectiveness of a therapy; to an assay kit; to a complex; to the complex for use as a medicament; to the complex for use in treatment of cancer(s) and/or plaque(s) and/or regeneration and/or supporting the immune system; and, to a dead cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Markwin Hendrik Maring, Clemens Waltherus Gerardus Löwik, Ermond Reijer Van Beek
  • Publication number: 20150005494
    Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of an indole in provided. Methods comprise oxidizing a N-aryl imine in the presence of a palladium-based catalyst, an oxidant, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Naohiko Yoshikai, Ye Wei
  • Patent number: 8911885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to heteroarylamine compounds and organic luminescence devices including the heteroarylamine compounds. The organic luminescence devices using the heteroarylamine compounds have high-efficiency, low driving voltages, high luminance and long lifetimes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Kook Kim, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Hye-Jin Jung, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jin-O Lim, Chang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20140361259
    Abstract: An arylamine-based compound is represented by Formula 1 below. The arylamine-based compound is included in an organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Hye-Jin Jung, Jun-Ha Park, Eun-Young Lee, Jin-O Lim, Sang-Hyun Han, Eun-Jae Jeong, Soo-Yon Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8906953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula 1, a stereoisomer or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, for the treatment of an inflammatory disorder. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula 1 and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in the treatment of an inflammatory disorder. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of an inflammatory disorder by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula 1 to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Piramal Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Kalpana Sanjay Joshi, Sapna Hasit Parikh
  • Publication number: 20140348746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a family of compounds that comprise fluorescent cyanine dyes. The compounds are near infrared absorbing heptamethine cyanine dyes with a 4,4-disubstituted cyclohexyl ring as part of the polymethine chromophore. The compounds are generally hydrophilic and can be chemically linked to biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and therapeutic small molecules. The compounds can be used for imaging in a variety of medical, biological and diagnostic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: VisEn Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Narasimhachari Narayanan
  • Patent number: 8884029
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a work electrode, an opposed electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound that has a methine chain, an indolenine skeleton bonded with both ends of the methine chain, and anchor groups introduced to a nitrogen atom included in the indolenine skeleton. Electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved, and the dye is hardly exfoliated from the metal oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
  • Publication number: 20140323741
    Abstract: Cyanine dyes with improved fluorescence intensity and photostability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LTD.
    Inventors: Nikolai Romanov, Carole Anastasi, Xiaohai Liu
  • Patent number: 8871798
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y have the meanings denoted in the disclosure. The compounds of formula I have antithrombotic activity and in particular inhibit the protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). The disclosure further relates to a method for producing the compound of formula I and to the use thereof as a pharmaceutical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Karl Schoenafinger, Henning Steinhagen, Bodo Scheiper, Uwe Heinelt, Volkmar Herrmann, Matthias Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20140296707
    Abstract: Luminescent composition injectable into a bird's egg characterized in that it comprises a luminescent compound forming a biomarker for a product having a vaccinal, therapeutic or diagnostic activity
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Marc Massonneau, Laurent Mogenet
  • Publication number: 20140296524
    Abstract: Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Nanoquantum Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Jones, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Leonid D. Patsenker
  • Publication number: 20140288300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drug-fluorophore complex for specific detection of tumor cells. Specifically, the drug-fluorophore complex includes a tumor cell-targeting drug penetrating tumor cells and non-tumor cells at different rates or levels, and a fluorescent substance chemically bonded to the tumor cell-targeting drug. The drug-fluorophore complex enables specific imaging of tumor cells only with high accuracy in a very simple manner without causing cytotoxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kwang Meyung KIM, Ick Chan KWON, Sang Yoon KIM, Ju Hee RYU, Eun Sung JUN, In San KIM
  • Publication number: 20140275526
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds containing a fluorophore covalently bonded to at least one protected sulfonate group of formula (I): in which X and R2-R5 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to use of these compounds as dyes in an imaging methods, as well as intermediates that can be used to prepare these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Stephen C. Miller, Steven M. Pauff, Adam Choi
  • Patent number: 8835651
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer, a compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): is used as the dye. wherein R1 to R4 are each independently a linear alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be the same or different; A1 and A2 are each any one selected from the following aromatic ring group A (a pyrrole ring in the formula (1) is represented by an arc a to show a condensation position with the pyrrole ring), may be the same or different, and may have a substituent in an aromatic ring; Anp- is a p-valent anion; p is 1 or 2; and q is a coefficient for keeping a charge of the entire dye neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Toru Yano
  • Patent number: 8835484
    Abstract: Cyanine dyes having optional sulfonic acid substituents on the aromatic nucleus have been developed for use as contrast agents for assisting in surgery and diagnosis, especially for simplifying the surgical removal of basal membranes of the eye, such as the internal limiting membrane (ILM), and for dyeing the lens capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Alamedics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Langhals, Peter Laubichler, Christos Haritoglou, Ana Varja
  • Publication number: 20140243534
    Abstract: Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NANOQUANTUM SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary W. Jones, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Leonid D. Patsenker
  • Publication number: 20140213473
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds and methods for hydrocyanines derived from near-infrared cyanine dyes, as reactive oxygen species probes in imaging. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides reduced dyes as substrates for ELISA and Western blots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Kousik Kundu, Nisha Padhye, William Volcheck
  • Publication number: 20140213790
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for more easily and economically producing a selenophene-fused aromatic compound derivative containing various substituents and the selenophene-fused aromatic compound produced according to the method, and the selenophene-fused aromatic compound can be used for various purposes such as an intermediate of an anti-bacterial or anticancer substance, an indicator of which color is changed depending on a solvent, or a fluorescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, Industry-Academia Cooperation Group of Sejong University
    Inventors: Dongyeol Lim, Do-Hyun Nam, Rashmi Dubey, Hangeun Lee
  • Patent number: 8759534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trimethine cyanine represented by the formula (1): wherein all symbols are defined as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Orgchem Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Kang Sha, Cheng-Fen Yang, Hsin-Jen Lee, Ching-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 8748446
    Abstract: Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, which have the formulas Ring A is an aromatic ring bound to at least two halogen atoms, at least one of which is iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nanoquantum Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Jones, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Leonid D. Patsenker
  • Patent number: 8729274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tricyclic heterocyclic derivative according to Formula (I), wherein the variables are defined as in the specification, or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said tricyclic heterocyclic derivatives and to their use in therapy, for instance in the treatment or prevention of serotonin mediated disorders, such as obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Keneth Davies, Takao Kiyoi, Ashvinkumar Dhirubhai Mistry, Peter Christopher Ray, Mark Reid, Grant Wishart
  • Patent number: 8722904
    Abstract: A novel anthracene derivative with a large energy gap is provided. An anthracene derivative represented by General Formula (G1) below is provided. In the formula, Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent an aryl group with 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring, R1 and R2 independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring, and each of Ar1, Ar2, R1, and R2 may have a substituent and the two substituents may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8716324
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are tricyclic indeno-pyrrole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Athersys, Inc.
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Bayard Huck, Michael J. Robarge
  • Patent number: 8716493
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel multicyclic molecules that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of PARP, VEGFR2, and MLK3 enzymes, including, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, ischemia, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Chatterjee, Reddeppa reddy Dandu, James L. Diebold, Derek D. Dunn, Robert L. Hudkins, Gregory J. Wells, Allison L. Zulli
  • Publication number: 20140094608
    Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wai-Yee LEUNG, Ching-Ying Cheung, Stephen Yue
  • Patent number: 8680293
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel agents that are analogs of the DNA-alkylating agent CC-1065 and to their conjugates. Furthermore this invention concerns intermediates for the preparation of said agents and their conjugates. The conjugates are designed to release their (multiple) payload after one or more activation steps and/or at a rate and time span controlled by the conjugate in order to selectively deliver and/or controllably release one or more of said DNA alkylating agents. The agents, conjugates, and intermediates can be used to treat an illness that is characterized by undesired (cell) proliferation. As an example, the agents and the conjugates of this invention may be used to treat a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Syntarga B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Henry Beusker, Henri Johannes Spijker, Johannes Albertus Frederikus Joosten, Tijl Huijbregts, Franciscus Marinus Hendrikus de Groot
  • Patent number: 8664407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides drug-ligand conjugates that are potent cytotoxins and include a linker between the drug and ligand where the linker has a single amino acid. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-ligand conjugates, and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Medarex, LLC
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Sanjeev Gangwar, Vincent Guerlavais, Nils Lonberg, Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 8632950
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor includes a cyanine dye, characterized in that the cyanine dye includes two different chromophoric groups, a chromophoric group that has its main absorption in the infrared region and another chromophoric group that has its main absorption in the visible light region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventor: Paul Callant
  • Patent number: 8633316
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound containing the step of: reacting a compound represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b) with a compound represented by Formula (2) under existence of cupper or a cupper ion, and a ligand to produce a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (3a) or Formula (3b):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Rie Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20130315841
    Abstract: Methods for the synthesis and use of functionalized, substituted naphthalenes are described. The functionalized, substituted naphthalenes display useful properties including liquid crystals and fluorescence properties, such as solvatochromatic fluorescence, with high quantum yields, Stoke's shift, and show emission maxima that are significantly red-shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Kay M. Brummond
  • Publication number: 20130280172
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are disclosed that are useful for noninvasive imaging in the near-infrared spectral range. The cyanine compounds of Formula I are presented: wherein Q is a portion of a polymethine bridge: Also included are bioconjugates of the compounds of Formula I, methods of labeling biomolecules with the compounds, and methods of imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: LI-COR, INC.