The Atom Is Carbon Or The Chain Consists Of Carbons Patents (Class 548/524)
  • Publication number: 20110041263
    Abstract: The invention relates to the dyeing of keratin fibres using azomethine direct dyes or precursors of azomethine dyes obtained from 2-alkylresorcinols. The invention relates to a dye composition comprising at least one azomethine direct dye or pre-cursor of an azomethine direct dye, to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, using the said composition, and to their uses in the dyeing of keratin fibres. This composition allows a particularly stable and fast coloration to be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Madeleine Leduc, Eric Metais, Stéphane Sabelle, Christophe Rondot
  • Publication number: 20110017908
    Abstract: Dicationic liquid salts and methods of using such dicationic liquid salts in techniques such as ESI-MS are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SIGMA-ALDRICH CO.
    Inventor: Armstrong W. Daniel
  • Patent number: 7820070
    Abstract: A photosensitive monomer of formula. “L1”, “L2”, “L3”, “L4”, “L5”, “L6” are selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, cyano, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and alkylcarbonyloxy having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, in which one or more hydrogen atoms may be substituted by fluorine or chlorine. “R1”, “R2”, “R3” and “R4” are selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, cyano, thiocyanato, pentafluoro sulfanyl, nitrite, straight-chained alkyl/branched alkyl, and a “Z-Sp-P” group. At least one of “R1”, “R2”, “R3” and “R4” is “Z-Sp-P” group. “Z” is selected from oxygen, sulfur, methyoxy, carbonyl, caroboxyl, carbamoyl, methylthio, ethenylcarbonyl, carbonylethenyl, and a single bond. “Sp” is selected from straight-chained alkyl or branched alkyl and a single bond. “P” comprises a polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Ching Hsieh, Shih-Feng Hsu, Te-Sheng Chen, Chao-Cheng Lin, Chia-Hsuan Pai
  • Publication number: 20100267689
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I): wherein: X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20100252433
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the labeling and identification of changes in protein levels, changes in enzyme activity, and changes in protein modification. The invention provides for highly soluble optical labeling molecules which are optionally cleavable after separation of mixtures of labeled proteins into components. These optical labeling molecules find utility in a variety of applications, including use in the field of proteomics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Edward DRATZ, Paul Grieco
  • Publication number: 20100256382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of tri-aryl compounds, compositions comprising the same and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITKY
    Inventors: Esther Priel, Aviv Gazit, Shimon Slavin, Sara Yitzchak
  • Publication number: 20100173908
    Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims a series of substituted N-phenyl-bipyrrolidine ureas of formula (I). Wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein. More specifically, the compounds of this invention are modulators of H3 receptors and are, therefore, useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases modulated by H3 receptors including diseases associated with the central nervous system. Additionally, this invention also discloses methods of preparation of substituted N-phenyl-bipyrrolidine ureas and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Werngard CZECHTIZKY, Zhongli GAO, William J. HURST, Lothar SCHWINK, Siegfried STENGELIN
  • Publication number: 20100173163
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a curing agent having an acidic substituent and an unsaturated maleimido group, including reacting, in an organic solvent, a maleimide compound (a) having at least two N-substituted maleimido groups in a molecule thereof with an amine compound (b) having an acidic substituent (represented by formula (I)); a thermosetting resin composition containing the curing agent (A) produced through the method and a compound (B) which is cured with the curing agent, wherein a cured product of the composition has a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or higher; and a prepreg and a laminated sheet produced therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Tsuchikawa, Masanori Akiyama, Hikari Murai
  • Publication number: 20100173969
    Abstract: Provided are agents and methods for use in depleting serum amyloid P component (SAP) from a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Mark B. Pepys
  • Publication number: 20100117066
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted dibenzo[d,d?]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b?]dithiophenes (DBBDT), to methods of their synthesis, to organic semiconducting materials, formulations and layers comprising them, and to electronic devices, like organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Weinmin Zhang, Iain McCullooch
  • Patent number: 7714131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compounds the formula (IV): and methods for producing an ?-(phenoxy)phenylacetic acid compound of the formula: wherein R1 is a member selected from the group consisting of: each R2 is a member independently selected from the group consisting of (C1-C4)alkyl, halo, (C1-C4)haloalkyl, amino, (C1-C4)aminoalkyl, amido, (C1-C4)amidoalkyl, (C1-C4)sulfonylalkyl, (C1-C4)sulfamylalkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)heteroalkyl, carboxy and nitro; the subscript n is 1 when R1 has the formula (a) or (b) and 2 when R1 has the formula (c) or (d); the subscript m is an integer of from 0 to 3; * indicates a carbon which is enriched in one stereoisomeric configuration; and the wavy line indicates the point of attachment of R1; and compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Metabolex, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhu, Peng Cheng, Xin Chen, Jingyuan Ma, Zuchun Zhao
  • Patent number: 7696357
    Abstract: A stable solid hydrate of a muscarinic receptor antagonist is useful in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, oesophageal achalasia, chronic obstructive airways disease, over active bladder (including symptoms of incontinence, urge and frequency), urinary incontinence, neurogenic urinary urgency or pollakiuria, treatment of bladder functional disorder, urinary leakage, painful or difficult urination caused by neurogenic bladder, spastic or hypertonic bladder, dysfunctional bladder syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders including gastrointestinal hyperactivity, and relaxing effect on intestinal smooth muscle cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis International Pharmaceutical Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter J Dunn, John G Matthews, Trevor J Newbury, Garry O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20100048580
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have histamine-H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Lisa Selsam Beavers, Don Richard Finley, Terry Patrick Finn, Robert Alan Gadski, Philip Arthur Hipskind, Wiliam Joseph Hornback, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Richard Todd Pickard, Takako Takakuwa, Grant Mathews Vaught
  • Publication number: 20090288707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds for electronic material, and organic electroluminescent devices or organic solar cells comprising the same. Specifically, the compounds for electronic material according to the invention are characterized in that they are represented by Chemical Formula (1): Since the compounds for electronic material, when being applied to an organic electroluminescent device, show good luminous efficiency and excellent life property of material, OLED's having very good operation life can be manufactured therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Gracel Display Inc.
    Inventors: Mi Ae Lee, Young Jun Cho, Hyuck Joo Kwon, Bong Ok Kim, Sung Min Kim, Seung Soo Yoon
  • Publication number: 20090247769
    Abstract: A colorant contains a crystal of a compound represented by the following formula (1): the crystal having a crystal form showing main peaks at interplanar spacings d of 3.45±0.5 ?, 3.63±0.5 ?, 4.23±0.5 ?, 6.65±0.5 ?, and 7.84±0.5 ? in powder X-ray diffraction pattern with CuK? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka ITO, Shinji Hasegawa, Minquan Tian, Miho Watanabe, Kazuhiko Hirokawa, Kazunori Anazawa, Tomoko Miyahara, Takashi Matsubara, Makoto Furuki
  • Publication number: 20090227569
    Abstract: Pyrrolidine compounds described herein and methods for using them to inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase IV and treat Type II diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Weir-Torn Jiaang, Yu-Sheng Chao, Ting-Yueh Tsai, Tsu Hsu
  • Patent number: 7585882
    Abstract: Selective PDE4 inhibition is achieved by novel compounds, e.g., 4-(substituted-phenyl)-2-pyrrolidinone compounds. The compounds of the present invention are of formula I: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Hopper, Robert Francis Dunn, Erik Mikal Kuester, Richard Dennis Conticello, Ruiping Liu, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7566709
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and salts and solvates thereof, in which X, R1, R2, R5 and Q have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are suitable as ligands of 5 HT receptors; as well as intermediate compounds of the formula (IA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Oliver Schadt, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Patent number: 7553861
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to pyrrolidine and thiazolidine DPP-IV inhibitor compounds. The present invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of such compounds, methods of inhibiting DPP-IV using such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing them for treatment of DPP-IV mediated diseases, in particular, Type-2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Alantos Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Tim Feuerstein, Arthur Taveras
  • Publication number: 20090118254
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have histamine-H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods of using these compositions to treat obesity, cognitive deficiencies, narcolepsy, and other histamine H3 receptor-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Lisa Selsam Beavers, Robert Alan Gadski, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Richard Todd Pickard, Freddie Craig Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090118471
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof [R1 represents hydrogen atom, or a C1-12 alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-12 alkyl group having one or more maleimide groups, an aryl group having two or more maleimide groups, a group represented by the formula (A): —(CH2)n—CO—N(R11)(R12) (R11 and R12 represent hydrogen atom, a C1-12 alkyl group, a C1-12 alkyl group having one or more maleimide groups, or an aryl group having one or more maleimide groups, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6), or a group represented by the formula (B): —(CH2)m—NH—CO—R13 (R13 represents a C1-12 alkyl group having one or more maleimide groups, or an aryl group having one or more maleimide groups, and m represents an integer of 1 to 6); R3 and R5 represent hydrogen atom, or a halogen atom; R4 represents hydroxyl group, a C1-12 acyloxy group, a C1-12 acyloxymethyloxy group, or an amino group], which is useful as a novel fluorescent labeling agent having a property of emitting intense fluorescence only
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Tetsuo NAGANO, Yasuteru Urano, Takuji Shoda
  • Publication number: 20090069558
    Abstract: A method of making chlorins comprises the steps of reacting (e.g. condensing) a dipyrrin western half intermediate with an eastern half intermediate to form a tetrahydrobilene, and then cyclizing the tetrahydrobilene to form a chlorin. Intermediates including tetrahydrobilenes useful in such reactions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Lindsey, Masahiko Taniguchi, Doyoung Ra, Guoning Mo, Thiagarajan Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 7482364
    Abstract: Substituted phenylalkynes of formula (I), compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Apodaca, Xiaohu Deng, Jill A. Jablonowski, Neelakandha Mani, Chennagiri R. Pandit, Wei Xiao
  • Publication number: 20090023708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) comprising a lactam or a lactam derivative moiety, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and their uses as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Celanire, Luc Quere, Frederic Denonne, Laurent Provins
  • Patent number: 7479502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of Factors VIIa, IXa, Xa, XIa, in particular Factor VIIa, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these inhibitors, and methods for using these inhibitors for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders, cancer or rheumatoid arthritis. Processes for preparing these inhibitors are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Roopa Rai, William Dvorak Shrader, Steven M. Torkelson, Kieron E. Wesson, Wendy B. Young
  • Publication number: 20090012148
    Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein may be used in disclosed methods for reducing the amount of cholesterol in a cell, for treating a patient suffering from a disorder characterized by cellular accumulation of cholesterol (such as Niemann-Pick Disease Type C or atherosclerosis), and/or for treating or preventing phospholipidosis. In some embodiments, the compounds may include a pyrrolone or triazine moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Frederick R. Maxfield, Anthony Sauve
  • Publication number: 20080280896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Dipyrrole Compounds, compositions comprising a Dipyrrole Compound, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer or a neoplastic disorder comprising administering a Dipyrrole Compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for inhibiting the growth of a cancer cell or neoplastic cell, treating or preventing a viral infection, or inhibiting the replication and/or infectivity of a virus. The invention also provides screening assays for compounds that can be used in combination with Dipyrrole Compounds for the treatment of cancer or neoplastic disease, inhibition of cancer cell growth, or treatment of viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: GEMIN X BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Giorgio Attardo, Sasmita Triparthy, Elise Rioux, Gerson Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20080210858
    Abstract: Polyionic liquid salts are provided comprising polycationic or polyanionic molecules. Further provided are solvents comprising one or more polyionic liquid salts, and the use of such polyionic liquid salts as stationary phases in gas chromatography, and as a reagent in electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel W. Armstrong, Junmin Huang
  • Publication number: 20080179565
    Abstract: A photosensitive monomer of formula. “L1”, “L2”, “L3”, “L4”, “L5”, “L6” are selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, cyano, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and alkylcarbonyloxy having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, in which one or more hydrogen atoms may be substituted by fluorine or chlorine. “R1”, “R2”, “R3” and “R4” are selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, cyano, thiocyanato, pentafluoro sulfanyl, nitrite, straight-chained alkyl/branched alkyl, and a “Z-Sp-P” group. At least one of “R1”, “R2”, “R3” and “R4” is “Z-Sp-P” group. “Z” is selected from oxygen, sulfur, methyoxy, carbonyl, caroboxyl, carbamoyl, methylthio, ethenylcarbonyl, carbonylethenyl, and a single bond. “Sp” is selected from straight-chained alkyl or branched alkyl and a single bond. “P” comprises a polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chung-Ching Hsieh, Shih-Feng Hsu, Te-Sheng Chen, Chao-Cheng Lin, Chia-Hsuan Pai
  • Patent number: 7399748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an administration schedule comprising the intravenous administration of a ?-halogen-acryloyl distamycin derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The above administration allows the treatment of a variety of tumors in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
    Inventors: Camilla Fowst, Franzanne Vreeland, Maria Cristina Rosa Geroni
  • Patent number: 7256211
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of the invention having 8-azaprostaglandin skeleton represented by formula (I) (wherein, all the symbols have the same meanings as that of the specification) a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a cyclodextrin clathrate thereof, or a prodrug thereof and them as active ingredient have EP4 agonistic action and thus are considered useful for the prevention and/or treatment of immunological diseases, asthma, neuronal cell death, arthritis, lung failure, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver damage, acute hepatitis, nephritis, renal insufficiency, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, hemophagous syndrome, macrophage activation syndrome, Still's disease, Kawasaki disease, burn, systemic granulomatosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hypercytokinemia at dialysis, multiple organ failure, shock and glaucoma, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Kambe, Toru Maruyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kousuke Tani, Yoshihiko Nakai, Toshihiko Nagase, Takayuki Maruyama, Kiyoto Sakata, Hideyuki Yoshida, Shinsei Fujimura, Akio Nishiura, Nobutaka Abe
  • Patent number: 7244851
    Abstract: The invention provides novel inhibitors of IAP that are useful as therapeutic agents for treating malignancies where the compounds have the general formula I: wherein X, Y, A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R4?, R5, R5?, R6 and R6? are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Cohen, Kurt Deshayes, Wayne J. Fairbrother, Bainian Feng, John A. Flygare, Lewis J. Gazzard, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui
  • Patent number: 7235580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dihydropyrrole compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity, and for inhibiting KSP kinesin. The invention is also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Paul J. Coleman, Christopher D. Cox, George D. Hartman, Brenda J. Mariano
  • Patent number: 7186843
    Abstract: This invention provides a quinolone derivative having potent antibacterial activity against various bacteria including drug-resistant strains which is a compound of the following formula wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aromatic group, a salt of the same or a hydrate of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Takemura, Hisashi Takahashi, Katsuhiro Kawakami, Toshiyuki Takeda, Rie Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 7183302
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of formula I are described wherein R, R?, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The compounds can inhibit hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication, and in particular the function of the HCV NS5A protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Romine, Scott W. Martin, Lawrence B. Snyder, Michael Serrano-Wu, Milind Deshpande, Darren Whitehouse, Julie Lemm, Donald O'Boyle, Min Gao, Richard Colonno
  • Patent number: 7173024
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein the symbol aa means a residue of an ?-amino acid. The invention is also directed to a method for the preparation of the compounds of formula (I), as well as their use as prolyl oligopeptide inhibitors, for example for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Jukka Gynther, Pekka Männistö, Erik Wallen, Johannes Christiaans, Markus Forsberg, Antti Poso, Jarkko Venäläinen, Elina Jarho
  • Patent number: 7109343
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula: are disclosed. M1 and M2 are the same or different and are transition metal atoms or ions; Z2 and Z3, independently, are the atoms necessary to complete a 3–12 membered heterocyclic ring; Z1 is an alkylene or arylene group; Q1 and Q2 are the same or different and are electron withdrawing groups; L1 and L3, taken together, represent —O—CR13—O—; L2 and L4, taken together, represent —O—CR14—O—; and R13 and R14 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and aryl groups or R13 and R14 represent alkylene or arylene groups that are directly or indirectly bonded to one another. Methods for making such compounds are also disclosed, as are intermediates which can be used in their preparation. Also disclosed are methods for carrying out C—H insertion reactions using bis-transition metal catalysts, such as the above compounds. Procedures for preparing d-threo methylphenidate, tolterodine, CDP-840, nominfensine, and sertraline, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Huw M. L. Davies
  • Patent number: 7067509
    Abstract: Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor antagonists are disclosed having utility for the treatment of MCH receptor-based disorders such as obesity. The compounds of this invention have the following structure: including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Val Goodfellow, Martin Rowbottom, Brian P Dyck, Junko Tamiya, Mingzhu Zhang, Jonathan Grey, Troy D Vickers, Mehrak Kiankarimi, Warren Wade, Sarah Clough, Joseph Pontillo, Dongpei Wu
  • Patent number: 6930136
    Abstract: Benzotriazole adducts contain a benzotriazole segment and a segment with a curable and polymerizable functionality, or an adhesion promoting functionality, particularly suitable for use on metal substrates or in adhesive, sealant or coating compositions for use in proximity to metal substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Harry Richard Kuder
  • Patent number: 6903129
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formulas wherein R1 and R2 are independently from each other lower alkoxy, lower alkenyloxy, benzyloxy, hydroxy, —OCH(CH3)OC(O)-lower alkyl or —OCH2C(O)N(R3)(R4), with the proviso that only one of R1 or R2 may be hydroxy; R3 and R4 are independently from each other and signify hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or cycloalkyl; or R1 and R2 form together with the carbon atom, to which they are attached the linking group X, wherein X is —O(CH2)nCH?CH(CH2)nO— or —O(CH2)mO—; n is 1, 2 or 3; and m is 4-8, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound. Compounds of the present invention can be used for the treatment of diseases where Serum Amyloid P Component depletion has a beneficial effect, in particular in the treatment or prevention of central and systemic amyloidosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Huwyler, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Sonia Maria Poli
  • Publication number: 20040235905
    Abstract: Therapeutically active compounds of formula (I): wherein X is —O—, —CH2— or —C(O)—; Z is —CHR9— or valence bond; Y is —CH2—, —C(O)—, CH(OR10)—, —CH(NR11R12)—, —O—, —S—, —S(O)— or —S(O2)—, provided that in case Z is a valence bond, Y is not C(O); the dashed line represents an optional double bond in which case Z is —CR9— and Y is —CH—, C(OR10)— or —C(NR11R12)—; R1 is —(CH2)nNR4R7 or one of the following groups: n is 1-4; R2 and R3 are independently H, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, —NO2, halogen, —CF3, —OH, —NHR8 or —COOH, R4 and R7 are independently H, lower alkyl or lower hydroxyalkyl; R5 is H, lower alkoxy, —CF3, —NH2 or —CN; R6 is —NO2, —NR14R19, —CF3 or R8 and R16 are independently H or acyl; R9 is H or lower alkyl; R10 is H, alkylsulfonyl or acyl; R11 and R12 a
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tuula Koskelainen, Leena Otsomaa, Arto Karjalainen, Pekka Kotovuori, Jukka Tenhunen, Sirpa Rasku, Pentti Nore, Eija Tiainen, Olli Tormakangas
  • Patent number: 6762304
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula: are disclosed. M1 and M2 are the same or different and are transition metal atoms or ions; Z2 and Z3, independently, are the atoms necessary to complete a 3-12 membered heterocyclic ring; Z1 is an alkylene or arylene group; Q1 and Q2 are the same or different and are electron withdrawing groups; L1 and L3, taken together, represent —O—CR13—O—; L2 and L4, taken together, represent —O—CR14—O—; and R13 and R14 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and aryl groups or R13 and R14 represent alkylene or arylene groups that are directly or indirectly bonded to one another. Methods for making such compounds are also disclosed, as are intermediates which can be used in their preparation. Also disclosed are methods for carrying out C—H insertion reactions using bis-transition metal catalysts, such as the above compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Huw M. L. Davies
  • Patent number: 6696575
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention includes a novel biodegradable conducting polymer for biomedical applications. The polymer combines mixed heteroaromatic conductive segments of pyrrole and thiophene with flexible aliphatic chains via degradable ester linkages. In addition to its utility for peripheral nerve regeneration, the polymer may be applied to other areas of tissue engineering, including spinal cord regeneration, wound healing, bone repair, muscle tissue stimulation, and other regenerative, restorative, reconstructive, therapeutic, prophylactic, and diagnostic functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Christine E. Schmidt, Tyrell J. Rivers
  • Patent number: 6576612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an administration schedule comprising the intravenous administration of a &agr;-halogen-acryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I) wherein R is a bromine or chlorine atom; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The above administration allows the treatment of a variety of tumors in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignees: Pharmacia Italia S.p.A., Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Camilla Fowst, Franzanne Vreeland, Maria Cristina Rosa Geroni
  • Publication number: 20030082406
    Abstract: A pyrromethene metal complex is used as a fluorescent dye to form a light emitting device. The light emitting device has a substance which brings about light emission between an anode and a cathode. By applying electrical energy, the device generates emission having an emission peak wavelength of 580 to 720 nm. The device contains at least one of: a diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole derivative and an organic fluorescent material having a fluorescent peak wavelength of 580 to 720 nm; and a light emitting device composition containing a pyrromethene metal complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Seiichiro Murase, Tsuyoshi Tominaga, Akira Kohama
  • Patent number: 6528659
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming chemical compounds and, in particular, chemical intermediates having one or more pyrrole sub-units and at least one protecting group bonded to an atom within a pyrrole sub-unit. The method further involves removal of the protecting group so as to provide a desired chemical compound having one or more pyrrole sub-units. The method can be employed in making porphyrin compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Eric G. Nickel, Lanny S. Liebeskind
  • Patent number: 6521619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclopropane-containing diaryl sulfide compounds that are useful for treating inflammatory and immune diseases, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: Icos Corporation, Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: James T. Link, Bryan K. Sorensen
  • Patent number: 6512001
    Abstract: New compounds have the formula: wherein R, R1, X and Y have the meanings described herein. Methods are set forth for synthesizing these compounds and using these compounds to treat diseases associated with amyloidosis, such as Alzheimer's disease, maturity onset diabetes mellitus, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, scrapie, and Kreuzfeld-Jacob disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelia Hertel, Torsten Hoffmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross
  • Patent number: 6508957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for using a maleimide of formula (I) with the proviso that R1 and R2 do not simultaneously stand for phenyl or a maleimide of formula Ia as UV fluorescent material for void detection and for the preparation of scintillators films, luminescent solar energy collectors, organic electroluminescent devices, printing inks, non-impact printing inks, electrophotographic toners, color filters, and colored high molecular organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Junji Otani, Kunihiko Kodama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Patrick Verhoustraeten, Sonia Megert, Adalbert Braig
  • Patent number: 6436235
    Abstract: N-substituted perfluoroalkylated pyrrolidines of the formula III where RF, B, Q and q are as defined herein are prepared from diallylamine, a perfluoroalkyl iodide and an amino-reactive compound selected from the group of carboxylic acids, anhydrides, acid chlorides, oxiranes, haloalkanes, isocyanates, ureas and (meth)acrylic compounds. These compounds are useful as specialty surfactants and as oil-proofing agents for paper and textiles. Polymers derived from the (meth)acrylamides are useful to impart water, oil and grease repellency to various substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Marlon Haniff, John Jennings, Karl Friedrich Mueller, Shobha Kantamneni