Nitrogen Bonded Directly To Carbon Of Organic Radical (e.g., Amino Acids, Etc.) Patents (Class 562/433)
  • Patent number: 10155781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals, salts and crystalline forms of tenofovir alafenamide and methods for preparation, use and isolation of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing Shi, Zhuoyi Su, Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 9351940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nanoparticles for encapsulating compounds, the preparation and uses thereof, said nanoparticles being based on half (C1-C4) alkyl esters of poly (methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic anhydride) (PVM/MA) copolymers. Said nanoparticles can encapsulate or incorporate a product of interest for use in the agricultural, cosmetic, food or pharmaceutical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: BIONANOPLUS, S.L.
    Inventors: Hesham H. A. Salman, Izaskun Goñi Azcarate
  • Patent number: 9018414
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lampe, Michael Hahn, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Frank Wunder, Sherif El Sheikh, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Eva-Maria Becker-Pelster, Friederike Stoll, Andreas Knorr
  • Patent number: 9000044
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are defined in the detailed description and claims. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and using the compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of formula I are antagonists or partial agonists at the CRTH2 receptor and may be useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with that receptor such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Fariborz Firooznia, Tai-An Lin, Eric Mertz, Sung-Sau So, Achyutharao Sidduri, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Patent number: 8865933
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for obtaining optically pure amino acids, including optical resolution and optical conversion. This method significantly shortens the time taken for optical transformation, and enables the repeated use of an organic solution containing a enantioselective receptor, to thereby obtain optically pure amino acids in a simple and remarkably efficient manner, and to enable the very economical mass production of optically pure amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Aminologics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan-Mook Kim, Hojun Kim
  • Patent number: 8809578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound having excellent antioxidant activity, isolated from Ramalina terebrata, and more particularly to a novel compound, RAMALIN™, having excellent antioxidant activity, isolated from the Antarctic lichen Ramalina terebrata, a method for preparing the RAMALIN™, and a pharmaceutical composition, a functional food and a functional cosmetic composition, which contain the RAMALIN™ as an active ingredient. The RAMALIN™ according to the invention has significantly excellent antioxidant effects compared to commercially available antioxidants, and thus can be widely used in agents for treating oxidation-related diseases, anti-aging functional foods, functional cosmetic products for skin whitening and wrinkle reduction, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Joung Han Yim, Hong Kum Lee, Hari Datta Bhattarai, Paudel Babita, Il Chan Kim, Soon Gyu Hong, Doc Kyu Kim, Yoo Kyung Lee, Sung Gu Lee, Hyun Cheol Oh
  • Publication number: 20140203221
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite is disclosed. The method includes steps of (a) providing a powder in a first weight ratio, a graphene oxide in a second weight ratio, a first modifying agent having a first electric charge, and a second modifying agent having a second electric charge; (b) reacting the first modifying agent with the powder so that a surface of the powder has the first electric charge; (c) reacting the second modifying agent with the graphene oxide so that a surface of the graphene oxide has the second electric charge; and (d) mixing the powder having the first electric charge and the graphene oxide having the second electric charge to form a composite, wherein the first and the second electric charges are of opposite electrical polarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Bing Joe Hwang, Yun Sheng Ye, Wei Nien Su
  • Publication number: 20140142333
    Abstract: Aniline derivatives for anticancer treatment including a compound of the Formula 1, or a derivative thereof, as an active ingredient,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NEOMICS Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghoon KIM, Hee Sook Lee, Young Sun Oh, Dae Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8710261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds having the structure of Formula I: wherein n is an integer from 1 to 5; R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyloxy or alkynyloxy; R2 is alkenyl, allcynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, NR4R5, —NHC(?Y)R4, —NHC(?Y)NR5R?, —NHC(?O)OR4, —NHSO2R4, C(?Y)NR4R5, C(?O)OR6 [wherein Y is oxygen or sulphur], OR5, —O(C?O)NR4R5, O-acyl, S(O)mR4, —SO2N(R4)2, cyano, amidino or guanidino [wherein R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclylalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl and m is an integer 0-2; R5 is hydrogen or R4; Rx is R4 or —SO2N(R4)2 and R6 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclylalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl]; R3 is hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl, cycloalkylalkyl or aralkyl; A is OH, OR4, —OC(?O)NR4R5, O-acyl, NH2, NR4R5, —NHC(?Y)R4, —NHC(?Y)NR5Rx, —NHC(?O)OR4, —NHSO2R4, and to processes for t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Venkata P. Palle, Viswajanani Jitendra Sattigeri, Manoj Kumar Khera, Sreedhara Rao Voleti, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda G. Dastidar
  • Patent number: 8669209
    Abstract: Soluble granule formulations of amine salts of pyridine containing carboxylic acids with improved handling properties are provided by an improved process in which the pyridine containing carboxylic acid is partially neutralized with an amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC.
    Inventors: Franklin N. Keeney, Neil A. Foster, Martin C. Logan, Maria G. Perry
  • Patent number: 8653138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to calcium salts of compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X is selected from the group consisting of CH2, S, or O; D is O or S; R8 is hydrogen or alkyl; E is an optionally substituted phenylene group; Y is a monocyclic or bicyclic substituted or unsubstituted 6-9 membered ring system which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from N or S and which contains at least one aromatic ring; n is 0 or 1, and q is 0 or 1; with the proviso that compounds wherein X?CH2, q=0, Y=unsubstituted phenyl and E=unsubstituted phenylene are excluded; or a hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: 4SC MG
    Inventors: Aldo Ammendola, Julia Diederichs, Johann Leban, Daniel Vitt
  • Patent number: 8652495
    Abstract: Disclosed are oral care compositions, for example dentifrice compositions, comprising an oral care composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle, metal oxide particles having an average particle size of no greater than a dentin tubule and at least one amino acid capable of chelating the metal oxide. The composition may comprise a polymeric adherent material for adhering the metal oxide particles in the dentin tubule. The metal oxide particles have a median particle size of 5 microns or less, and may comprise zinc oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Venda Porter, Andre Morgan, Michael Prencipe
  • Publication number: 20140020808
    Abstract: A rubber composition obtained by kneading at least one selected from the group consisting of (A1), (B1), (C1) and (D1), a rubber component and a filler, and a method of improving the viscoelastic property of vulcanized rubber, comprising a first step of kneading at least one selected from the group consisting of (A1), (B1), (C1) and (D1), a rubber component, a filler and a sulfur component and a second step of thermally treating the kneaded material obtained in the previous step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yosuke Watanabe, Orhan Ozturk, Yasuo Uekita
  • Patent number: 8618164
    Abstract: The field involves compositions useful for pain relief, including diclofenac solution and gel formulations, in particular methods of use thereof, articles of manufacture and kits that provide novel preclinical, clinical and other information to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nuvo Research Inc.
    Inventors: Jagat Singh, Joseph Zev Shainhouse, Bradley S. Galer, Robert Dominic King-Smith, Lisa Marie Grierson, Maria Burian, Jonathan Wilkin, Edward T. Kisak, John M. Newsam
  • Patent number: 8609142
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BIND Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Troiano, Michael Figa, Abhimanyu Sabnis
  • Publication number: 20130331328
    Abstract: Small molecule inhibitors of AGBL2 are provided, as well as methods of using the inhibitors to treat or prevent cancer and neurologic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen W. Byers, Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Ziad Sahab
  • Patent number: 8603945
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulating disease resistance in plants and transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Colleen Marie Knoth, Thomas Eulgem, Thomas Girke
  • Publication number: 20130310555
    Abstract: Stereoselective and regioselective synthesis of compounds via nucleophilic ring opening reactions of aziridinium ions for use in stereoselective and regioselective synthesis of therapeutic and diagnostic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Hyun-Soon Chong
  • Patent number: 8546610
    Abstract: A method for preparing a phenylalanine derivative having a quinazoline-dione ring represented by the following formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising the following steps (a), (b) and (c): (a) reacting an acyl phenylalanine derivative represented by the following formula (2): with a carbonyl group-introducing reagent and a specific anthranilic acid derivative to thus form the corresponding carboxy-asymmetric urea derivative; (b) converting the carboxy-asymmetric urea derivative into the corresponding quinazoline-dione derivative in the presence of a carboxyl group-activating agent: (c) if desired, substituting an N-alkyl group for the hydrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom present in the quinazoline-dione ring of the quinazoline-dione derivative using an N-alkylation agent and then deprotecting the resulting product, when the substituent R3? which is a group corresponding to R3 is protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kataoka, Kotaro Okado, Tatsuhiro Yamada, Koichi Fujita, Tamotsu Suzuki, Tatsuya Okuzumi, Masayuki Sugiki, Akinori Tatara
  • Publication number: 20130225588
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are defined in the detailed description and claims. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and using the compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of formula I are antagonists or partial agonists at the CRTH2 receptor and may be useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with that receptor such as asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Patent number: 8501981
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, X, A, B, Z and Y1 to Y4 have the meanings indicated in the claims, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or a prodrug thereof. Because of their properties as inhibitors of chemokine receptors, especially as CXCR2 inhibitors, the compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof are suitable for the prevention and treatment of chemokine mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Stephanie Hachtel, Juergen Dedio, Elisabeth DeFossa, Sven Grueneberg, Holger Heitsch, William Bock, Charlie Chen, Raymond Kosley, Chung-Yi Kung, Marcel Patek, Rosy Sher, Stephen Shimshock, Aleksandra Weichsel
  • Patent number: 8492582
    Abstract: The invention relates to an N-acyl anthranilic acid derivative or it's salt having collagen production inhibitory action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yokotani, Arihiro Takatori, Yukie Tada, Minori Yanai, Hiroshi Kato, Yoichi Taniguchi, Chiharu Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20130172248
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-[4-(phenylaminooxalylamino)phenyl]hex-4-ynoic acids, and to physiologically compatible salts thereof. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each defined as specified, and to physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Elisabeth DEFOSSA, Viktoria DIETRICH, Thomas KLABUNDE, Stefanie KEIL, Siegfried STENGELIN, Guido HASCHKE, Andreas HERLING, Johanna KUHLMANN-GOTTKE, Stefan BARTOSCHEK, Simon GESSLER, Angela DUDDA, Guenter BILLEN, Thomas OLPP, Joerg RIEKE-ZAPP
  • Patent number: 8410309
    Abstract: Phenoxy carboxylic acid compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Kelly Kraft, Destardi Moye-Sherman, David Gschneidner, Maria Aurora P. Boyd, Puchun Liu, Pingwah Tang, Jun Liao, John Smart, John J. Freeman, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130065962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (III):
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INOXIA LIFESCIENCES GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Kubin, Paul Furtmuller, Gerhard Wolber, Daniela Schuster
  • Patent number: 8372885
    Abstract: The present application describes organic compounds of a general formula: and salts, and isomers thereof, wherein R, R2 and R3 are defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating a gram-negative bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Markus Rolf Dobler, Francois Lenoir, David Thomas Parker, Yunshan Peng, Grazia Piizzi, Sompong Wattanasin
  • Publication number: 20130012735
    Abstract: Sitagliptin intermediate compounds of formula (f) and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. Compounds of formula (f) are prepared by the following steps: compounds of formula (a) are subjected to electrophilic reaction with benzyl halides to form compounds of formula (b), which then react with compounds of formula (i) to form novel compounds of formula (e). Gignard agents formed from 2,4,5-trifluoro brmobenzene and magnesium metal react with compounds of formula (e) to afford compounds of formula (f), which are novel intermediates for the preparation of Sitagliptin intermediates of formula (g). Compounds of formula (f) are subjected to reduction by Pd/C, debenzylation, substitution of protecting group to form compounds of formula (g). Compounds of formula (a), (b), (i), (e), (f), and (g) have the following structures, in which R is protecting group of carboxyl and R2 is (substituted) hydrocarbyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG JIUZHOU PHARMACEAUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjun Gao, Min Li
  • Patent number: 8350076
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel phenyloin derivative compounds and the use of such compounds as sodium channel blockers. Such compositions have utility as anti-cancer agents and can be used to limit or prevent PCa growth and/or metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Milton L. Brown
  • Patent number: 8329720
    Abstract: A drug substance with a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an opioid wherein said organic acid is selected from Structure A: wherein R1-R4 are independently selected from H, alkyl or substituted alkyl of 1-6 carbons, adjacent groups may be taken together to form a cyclic alkyl, cyclic alkyl-aryl, or cyclic aryl moiety; R5 is selected from H, or an alkali earth cation; R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, alkyl of 1-6 carbons, an alkali earth cation, and aryl of 6 to 12 carbons, in a number sufficient to complete the valence bonding of X, and wherein X is selected from nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; and wherein the drug substance has a morphology selected from amorphous and crystalline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pisgah Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Riley King, Stephen G. D'Ambrosio, David W. Bristol, Michael L. English
  • Patent number: 8273794
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Gomez-Orellana, David Gschneidner, Andrea Leone-Bay, Destardi Moye-Sherman, Stephen V. Pusztay, Parshuram Rath, Pingwah Tang, John J. Weidner, Jianfeng Song
  • Patent number: 8269008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds capable of modulating the stability and/or activity of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) by inhibiting the activity of at least one HIF hydroxylase enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: FibroGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Arend, Heng Cheng, Lee A. Flippin, Danny Ng, Eric D. Turtle, Min Wu
  • Patent number: 8263659
    Abstract: A method is provided for preventing, inhibiting or treating diseases or disorders associated with metabolism dysfunction or which are dependent upon the expression of a T3 regulated gene, wherein a compound as described in the general formula I below is administered in a therapeutically effective amount:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Denis E. Ryono, Jon J. Hangeland, Todd J. Friends, Tamara Dejneka, Pratik Devasthale, Yolanda V. Caringal, Minsheng Zhang, Arthur M. P. Doweyko, Johan Malm, Andrei Sanin
  • Patent number: 8217078
    Abstract: The field involves compositions useful for pain relief, including diclofenac solution and gel formulations, in particular methods of use thereof, articles of manufacture and kits that provide novel preclinical, clinical and other information to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nuvo Research Inc.
    Inventors: Jagat Singh, Joseph Zev Shainhouse, Bradley S. Galer, Robert Dominic King-Smith, Lisa Marie Grierson, Maria Burian, Jonathan Wilkin, Edward T. Kisak, John M. Newsam
  • Publication number: 20120108551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that may alleviate symptoms of ocular stress, as well as methods of their production, use, and storage compositions. The compositions comprise at least one ocular epithelial cell associating group and at least one hydrophilic group. In one embodiment the at least one ocular epithelial cell associating group and at least one hydrophilic group are substituents on a conjugated polyaromatic core. The compositions may be used in ophthalmic compositions and ophthalmic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Frank F. Molock, JR., John C. Heaton
  • Patent number: 8119596
    Abstract: A composition for treating damaged tissue and promoting healthy tissue growth, healing and tissue regeneration, wherein said composition comprises an extracellular matrix compound, a surface-active lipid, one or more enantiomerically pure L-amino acids or glycine, a hydrophilic surfactant with a high HLB, as well as vitamins, minerals or trace elements. Not only does it maintain good health, but the components are non-intrusive, bio-safe, non-coalescent and can mimic normally occurring stem-cells within a body. When applied to diseased tissues, the subject compositions can stimulate, facilitate, and accelerate protein synthesis for the regeneration of diseased organs and tissues. The healing efficacy of these tissue components gives us further appreciation of the protective action of human tissue over and above and other than the immune protective system or perhaps an integral component part of the immune system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Immunopath Profile, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard S. Girsh
  • Publication number: 20120035139
    Abstract: Gamma-amino-butyric acid derivatives that are GABAB receptor ligands, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, and methods of using such derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Mark A. Gallop, Ge Peng, Thu Phan, Usha Dilip, David J. Wustrow
  • Publication number: 20120022228
    Abstract: A process for purifying at least one product from a substrate containing at least one product, includes subjecting the substrate to centrifugal partition chromatography in an ion exchange displacement mode to purify the at least one product from the substrate, the at least one product being an amphoteric product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, LONZA AG, UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
    Inventors: Matthieu GIRAUD, John MCGARRITY, Jean-Hugues RENAULT, Leslie BOUDESOCQUE
  • Patent number: 8071388
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the detection of biological targets, (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins) by nucleic acid-templated chemistry, for example, by generating fluorescent polymethine dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Yumei Huang, James M. Coull
  • Patent number: 8048308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating, in an aqueous medium, at least one actinide element from one or more lanthanide elements by using at least one molecule which sequesters the said actinide element to be separated and membrane filtration, the said process successively comprising: a) a step of bringing at least one molecule which sequesters the said actinide element in contact with the aqueous medium, the said molecule not being retained in the non-complexed state by the said membrane and being capable of forming a complex with the actinide element to be separated, comprising the said element and at least two of the said sequestering molecules, which complex is capable of being retained by the membrane; b) a step of passing the aqueous medium over the membrane in order to form a permeate on one side, comprising an aqueous effluent depleted of the said actinide element, and a retentate comprising the said complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gilles Bernier, Jean-Marc Adnet, Alain Favre-Reguillon, Gérard Le Buzit, Marc Lemaire, Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing, Antoine Sorin, Jacques Foos
  • Publication number: 20110251393
    Abstract: The invention provides a helicene derivative, axially chiral amino acid, amine or amino alcohol derivative, and azaperylene, such as compounds represented by Formulae (I), (I?), (II), (II?), and (III): and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takumi Furuta, Takeo Kawabata
  • Patent number: 8003704
    Abstract: Use is disclosed of (a) an AlDH-inhibitory amount of a Trp metabolite, or an analogue or derivative thereof or (b) a bioprecursor thereof, or (c) a potentiator of (a) and/or (b), in the preparation of a medicament for treating alcoholism and/or alcohol dependence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Abdulla Abu-Bakr Badawy
  • Patent number: 7999132
    Abstract: An anthranilic acid derivative represented by the general formula (X) [wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a carboxy-protecting group; R2 represents optionally substituted phenyl, a heterocyclic group, etc.; R3 represents optionally substituted phenyl, a monocyclic heterocyclic group, etc.; X1 represents carbonyl, etc.; X2 represents optionally substituted alkylene group, a bond, etc.; X3 represents oxygen, a bond, etc.; and X4 represents a group represented by the general formula —X5—X6— or —X6—X5— (wherein X5 means oxygen, a bond, etc.; and X6 means optionally substituted alkylene, a bond, etc.)] or a salt of the derivative. The derivative or salt has the inhibitory activity of MMP-13 production and is hence useful as a therapeutic agent for articular rheumatism, osteoarthritis, cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yokotani, Yoichi Taniguchi, Eiji Hara, Hitoshi Akitsu, Yukie Tada
  • Patent number: 7989657
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel anthranilic acid derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 to R14, m and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds are HM74A agonists and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Henrietta Dehmlow, Uwe Grether, Nicole A Kratochwil, Robert Narquizian, Constantinos Panousis, Jens-Uwe Peters
  • Patent number: 7985767
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula are disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk, Todd S. Gac
  • Patent number: 7981406
    Abstract: A composition includes ascorbate, zinc gluconate, and tropocollagen factors including L-proline, glycine and L-lysine. The composition contains the ascorbate, tropocollagen factors and zinc gluconate in concentrations effective to accelerate the production of collagen proteins within at least one collagen-containing tissue of an animal when administered to the animal. The at least one collagen-containing tissue includes at least one of cartilage tissue, tendon tissue, ligament tissue, vitreous humor tissue, connective tissue, hair tissue, bone tissue, and corneal tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin Meehan
  • Patent number: 7973079
    Abstract: Compounds that reduce serum retinol levels are used to treat ophthalmic conditions associated with the overproduction of waste products that accumulate during the course of the visual cycle. We describe methods, compounds, and compositions to treat, for example, the macular degenerations and dystrophies or to alleviate symptoms associated with such ophthalmic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Revision Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan L. Mata, Kim B. Phan, Tam V. Bui, Mustapha Haddach
  • Patent number: 7973063
    Abstract: Novel biaromatic compounds having the following structural formula (I): are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions suited for administration in human or veterinary medicine, in particular in dermatology as well as in the fields of cardiovascular diseases, immune diseases and/or diseases related to the metabolism of lipids, or, alternatively, into cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Jerome Aubert, Laurence Clary, Pascale Mauvais, Michel Rivier, Etienne Thoreau, Jean-Guy Boiteau
  • Patent number: 7956195
    Abstract: The present invention discloses processes for the preparation and isolation of the individual stereoisomers of 1-amino, 3-substituted phenylcyclopentane-carboxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gordon, Grier A. Wallace, Martin E. Hayes, Kirill A. Lukin, Lei Wang, Dilinie P. Fernando
  • Patent number: 7943797
    Abstract: The present invention consists on the synthesis of new products for the treatment of the iron chlorosis. These products may have improved properties regarding the currently known treatments. The new products are non-symmetrical ethylene diamino hydroxyphenyl acetic acid derivatives possessing only five coordination sites able to chelate metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Tradecorp, S.A.
    Inventors: Miguel A. Sierra, Mar Gomez-Gallego, Juan J. Lucena, Sonia Garcia-Marco, Rosa Escudero
  • Publication number: 20110111478
    Abstract: Methods and compounds useful for inhibiting a phospholipase A2 are provided, the methods comprising contacting the phospholipase A2 with a compound having the structure A, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 is H, F, NH2, or COOH; R2 is, H, linear saturated or unsaturated alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; each of R3 and R4 is independently H, linear saturated or unsaturated alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, or substituted phenyl; R5 is H, (C1-C6) alkyl such as methyl or ethyl; X is aryl or substituted aryl, such as phenyl or a substituted phenyl; and Y is O or S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Edward A. Dennis, George Kokotos, Violetta Constantinou-Kokotou, Samuel David