Patents Examined by Brian-Yong S. Kwon
  • Patent number: 8216613
    Abstract: A pellet or pellets having an average particle size in the range from 300 to 1,100 ?m, comprising a pharmaceutically active substance embedded in a polymer matrix of one or more water-insoluble polymers, wherein the polymer matrix additionally contains 10 to 90% by weight of an anionic polymer and with the proviso that the pellets release no more than 10% of the active compound contained in the release test according to USP in artificial gastric juice at pH 1.2 after 120 min and release at least 50% of the active compound contained after altogether a further 300 min at pH 6.8 and/or pH 7.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Gryczke
  • Patent number: 7977308
    Abstract: Dipeptides and derivatives and analogs, such as Pal-KT have been developed. These dipeptides, derivatives and analogs may be used alone or in an additive, to produce cosmetics, topical pharmaceuticals and personal care products, particularly for skin care. Methods of making the dipeptides, derivatives, analogs and additives containing same are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sederma
    Inventor: Karl Lintner
  • Patent number: 7888503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dihydrobenzodiazepine derivatives, compositions and medicaments containing the same, as well as processes for the preparation and use of such compounds, compositions and medicaments. Such dihydrobenzodiazepine derivatives are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with inappropriate ROCK kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Alberti, David Kendall Jung
  • Patent number: 7880008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Wilson, Andreas Termin, Lev T. D. Fanning, Paul Krenitsky, Pramod Joshi
  • Patent number: 7871993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid crystalline Tigecycline, and crystalline forms thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Evgeny Tsiperman, Sigalit Levi, Judith Aronhime, Tamas Koltai
  • Patent number: 7868022
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2-amino-quinoline derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of ?-secretase, also known as ?-site cleaving enzyme and BACE, BACE1, Asp2 and memapsin2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Ellen Baxter, Allen B. Reitz, Umar Saibu Mohomed Maharoof, Yifang Huang, Christopher John Creighton, Charles H. Reynolds, Chi Luo, Brett A. Tounge, Tina Morgan Ross, Tianbao Lu
  • Patent number: 7851479
    Abstract: A pyrimidinedione derivative of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof exhibits excellent inhibitory activity against hepatitis C virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samjin Pharm. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Seok Kwon, Jae-Woong Lee, Sun-Hwan Lee, Young-Hee Lee, Jeong-Ho Joo, Sun-Gan Chung, Hyun-Tae Kim, Eui-Hwan Cho, Hyun-Nam Myung
  • Patent number: 7850953
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair used both for the permanent waving of human hair with an excellent waving effect as well as for the straightening of curled hair comprising at least one ubichinone of the formula where n is a number between 1 and 10 at a concentration of 0.0001 to 1% by weight calculated to total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbH
    Inventors: Jonathan Wood, Bernd Noecker, Sandra Schmelz, Britta Punsch, Joerg Schneider
  • Patent number: 7851492
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of ERG channel openers for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, and to the use of specific compounds for such treatment. In a separate aspect the invention provides novel compounds useful as ERG channel openers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Søren Peter Olesen, Morten Grunnet, Palle Christophersen, Dorte Strøbæk, Joachim Demnitz, Rie S. Hansen
  • Patent number: 7846943
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which have an inhibitory effect on hormone-sensitive lipase or endothelial lipase. The compounds of the invention are azolopyridin-2-one derivatives of the general formula I wherein the substituents are as defined herein. The compounds of formula I wherein R2 is hydrogen are distinguished by favorable effects on disorders of lipid metabolism. They beneficially influence the HDL to LDL ratio and increase in particular the HDL level and are suitable for the prevention and treatment of dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome and their diverse sequelae such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure, obesity and diabetes. The compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 together form a ring system are distinguished by favorable effects on metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Gerhard Zoller, Stefan Petry, Gunter Müller, Hubert Heuer, Norbert Tennagels
  • Patent number: 7829721
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), and to their use as caspase-10 inhibitors, especially for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Claude Lardy, Marc Lecomte, Catherine Vidal, Thierry Convard, Stéphane Yvon, Marie Noelle Denuault, Denis Descours
  • Patent number: 7829304
    Abstract: Ketoamine compounds and related methods for reactivation of tumor suppressor protein p53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Daniel H. Appella, Michael C. Myers
  • Patent number: 7812052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stable aqueous formulation of a platin derivative, particularly oxaliplatin. The selected stabilizing additive is effective even in very small concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Ebewe Pharma Ges.m.b.H. NFG KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Rametsteiner, Heinz Schnait
  • Patent number: 7807151
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compositions and methodologies for the utilization of probiotic organisms in therapeutic compositions. More specifically, the present invention relates to the utilization of one or more species or strains of lactic acid-producing bacteria, preferably strains of Bacillus coagulans, for the control of gastrointestinal tract pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant gastrointestinal tract pathogens, and their associated diseases by both a reduction in the rate of colonization and the severity of the deleterious physiological effects of the colonization of the antibiotic-resistant pathogen. In addition, the present invention relates to the utilization of therapeutic compounds comprised of lactic acid-producing bacteria and anti-microbial agents such as antibiotics, anti-fungal compounds, anti-yeast compounds, or anti-viral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Ganeden Biotech, Incorporated
    Inventor: Sean Farmer
  • Patent number: 7799832
    Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical combinations of retigabine and sodium channel inhibitors for treating pains which are accompanied by an increase in muscle tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America
    Inventors: Istvan Szelenyi, Kay Brune, Robert Hermann, Mathias Locher
  • Patent number: 7795263
    Abstract: Non-domesticated mammalian animals are anesthetized and immobilized by injecting an effective amount of an anesthetizing and immobilizing drug comprising pharmaceutically active ingredients of butorphanol tartrate, azaperone tartrate and medetomidine hydrochloride (BAM) into the animal from a dart. The BAM combination is preferably initially formed as lyophilized powder of the pharmaceutically active ingredients, and then reconstituted before injection as an injectable liquid in the environment of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Wildlife Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Lance, Lisa L. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 7786093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antistress agent comprising as an active ingredient a saccharide containing 3-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose as a structural unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide said antistress agent which is free from side effects as a medicine, and can be taken habitually and also can be ingested simply as a food or a beverage, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Health Wellness Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hirose, Shinji Murosaki, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Norio Yamamoto, Koutarou Muroyama, Takuya Sato
  • Patent number: 7786139
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The compounds have the general structure: wherein m, n, p, x, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A and B, are defined herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates or prodrugs thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Bergmann, Neil S. Cutshall, Rene Onrust, Hongkui Zeng, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Derek Johnston, Sándor Cseh, László Ürögdi, Ákos Papp
  • Patent number: 7781472
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising oxybutynin, or a free base thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and pilocarpine, or a free base thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient suffering from overactive bladder comprising administering to the patient the above pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: TheraVida, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Paborji
  • Patent number: 7776891
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are antagonists of VLA-4, and as such are useful in the inhibition or prevention of cell adhesion and cell-adhesion mediated pathologies. These compounds may be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions and are suitable for use in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Weichao Chen, Alec D. Lebsack, Benito Munoz, Shankar Venkatraman, Bowei Wang