Polycyclo Ring System Having The Oxazole Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 548/217)
  • Publication number: 20130296377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher Michael ADAMS, Charles BABU, Michael Paul CAPPARELLI, Jian DING, Takeru EHARA, Keith JENDZA, Nan JI, Rajeshri Ganesh KARKI, Toshio KAWANAMI, Xue LIANG, Nello MAINOLFI, James J. POWERS, Michael H. SERRANO-WU, Chun ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8569331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzo[f]imidazo[1,2-d]pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]diazepine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted benzo[f]imidazo[1,2-d]pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]diazepine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Ashwell, Sudharshan Eathiraj, Anton Filikov, Steffi Koerner, Jean-Marc Lapierre, Yanbin Liu, Rocio Palma, David Vensel, Shin Iimura, Akiko Shiina, Kenichi Yoshida, Takanori Yamazaki, Akihisa Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8552037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases related to the action of melatonin, or a salt thereof and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Uchikawa, Tatsuki Koike, Yasutaka Hoashi, Takafumi Takai
  • Patent number: 8546584
    Abstract: A novel benzoxazole derivative having high excitation energy, particularly high triplet excitation energy is provided. A light-emitting element having high current efficiency is provided by application of the novel benzoxazole derivative for the light-emitting element. A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption are provided. The benzoxazole derivative is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, R11 to R14 and R21 to R27 separately represent any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and Z represents either a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Kawata, Hiroshi Kadoma, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20130252268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the visualization of acidic organelles based upon organelle enzyme activity. The organelle substrates of the invention are specific for enzyme activity of the organelle and label these organelles, such as lysosomes, rendering them visible and easily observed. Substrates of the present invention include substrates that produce a fluorescent signal. The fluorogenic acidic organelle enzyme substrates of this invention are designed to provide high fluorescence at low pH values and are derivatized to permit membrane permeation through both outer and organelle membranes of intact cells and can be used for staining cells at very low concentrations. They can be used for monitoring enzyme activity in cells at very low concentrations and are not toxic to living cells or tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Marker Gene Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Naleway, Daniel J. Coleman
  • Patent number: 8540521
    Abstract: Disclosed are benzoxazole-based compounds, kits, and methods of producing and using the described compounds in fluorescence-based detection of analytes (e.g., metal ions). Also disclosed are uses of benzoxazole-based compounds as ratiometric metal ion indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Gee, Vladimir Martin
  • Publication number: 20130245072
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, G1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CORP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Peter Renold, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Jagadish Pabba, Myriem El Qacemi, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20130245025
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Patent number: 8518980
    Abstract: There are disclosed compound of Formula (1): A1, A2, A3 and A4 which may be the same or different, represent N or CR1, X is a divalent group selected from O, S(O)n, C?W, NR4, NC(?O)R5 and CR6R7, W is O, S, NR20, Y is N or CR8, one of R4, R5, R6, R8, R9 and NR20 represents -L-R3, in which L is a single bond or a linker group, additionally, R1, R3-R9, which may be the same or different, independently represent hydrogen or a substituent and R20 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl optionally substituted by aryl, alkoxy optionally substituted by aryl, aryl, CN, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substitute alkanoyl, optionally substituted aroyl, NO2, NR30R31, in which R30 and R31, which may be the same or different, represent hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; additionally, one of R30 and R31 may represent optionally substituted alkanoyl or optionally substituted aroyl, n represents an integer from 0 to 2, in addition, when an adjacent pai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Summit Corporation PLC
    Inventors: Graham Michael Wynne, Stephen Paul Wren, Peter David Johnson, Paul Damien Price, Olivier De Moor, Gary Nugent, Richard Storer, Richard Joseph Pye, Colin Richard Dorgan
  • Patent number: 8513290
    Abstract: Analogs of largazole are described herein. Methods of treating cancer and blood disorders using largazole and largazole analogs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are additionally described herein. Methods for preparing largazole analogs are likewise described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Colorado State University Research Foundation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Robert M. Williams, James E. Bradner, Albert Bowers, Tenaya Newkirk, Olaf G. Wiest
  • Patent number: 8507539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Andrew John Harvey, Bernard Luke Flynn, Jorgen Alvar Mould, Dharam Paul, Gurmit Singh Gill, Justin Anthony Ripper, Rachel Christine Cooke, Julia Stephanie Crossman, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Nathan Wayne Kuchel, Rajinder Singh
  • Patent number: 8481532
    Abstract: Vicinal substituted cyclopropyl compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function, for example neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to, those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Ripka, Gideon Shapiro, Richard Chesworth
  • Publication number: 20130165485
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): where A, B, C, G, m, n, o, p, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Yves Cassayre, Peter Renold, Vladimir Bobosik, Myriem El Qacemi, Anne Jacqueline Dalencon, Werner Zambach, Christopher Richard Godfrey, Thomas Pitterna, Pierre Joseph Jung, Jagadish Pabba
  • Patent number: 8470776
    Abstract: The present invention provides conjugates of disorazoles and their derivatives with cell-binding molecules, such as peptides, proteins, hormones, blood proteins and antibodies. The present invention further provides novel disorazole derivatives and processes of manufacturing such conjugates and disorazole derivatives. These compounds can be used as medicaments for the treatment of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in mammals, in particular for the treatment of various tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Aeterna Zentaris GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Guenther, Olaf Schaefer, Michael Teifel, Klaus Paulini
  • Publication number: 20130158004
    Abstract: Azetidine derivatives of which the following is exemplary and their use in the treatment of obesity, diabetes or dyslipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Martin FLECK, Bernd NOSSE, Niklas HEINE, Gerald Juergen ROTH
  • Publication number: 20130157997
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R5, R5?, R6, m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20130143841
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide compounds and methods of making and using such compounds for prevention and treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria. In particular, embodiments are directed to anti-bacterial agents from benzo[d]heterocyclic scaffolds for prevention and treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
    Inventor: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
  • Patent number: 8455659
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing neuraminic acid derivatives is provided, also synthetic intermediates of the neuraminic acid derivatives and methods for their manufacture, and neuraminic acid derivatives having high purity. [Means for Solution] A synthetic intermediate compound represented by the formula (7) is provided: [wherein R3 represents alkyl; R4 and R5 each represents H, alkyl, phenyl, or together represent tetramethylene, pentamethylene, oxo].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Murakami, Makoto Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20130137687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A and R1 to R7 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Patent number: 8450304
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a CCR2 mediated syndrome, disorder or disease, for example, type II diabetes, obesity or asthma, by administering the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Heather Rae Hufnagel, Cuifen Hou, Dana L. Johnson, Zhihua Sui, Barry Fegely, David Breslin
  • Patent number: 8445522
    Abstract: Disclosed is a harmful arthropod control composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a fused heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1) [wherein A1 and A2 independently represent a nitrogen atom or the like; R1 and R4 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R2 and R3 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R5 and R6 independently represent a linear C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like (provided that both R5 and R6 cannot represent a hydrogen atom simultaneously); and n represents 0 or 1]. The harmful arthropod control composition has an excellent efficacy to control harmful arthropods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Iwakoshi, Ippei Uemura
  • Patent number: 8440667
    Abstract: Certain imidazopyrazines of Formula (I): and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are provided herein. Methods of treating patients responsive to the inhibition of Syk activity, which comprises administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity of Formula (I) effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are provided. Also provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of Syk kinase in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Mitchell, Kevin S. Currie, Peter A. Blomgren, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Jianjun Xu, Douglas G. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20130102629
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, R5?, m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20130085150
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, R5?m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Oswy Z. Pereira, John Maxwell, Youssef L. Bennani, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Laval Chan Chun Kong, Jagadeeswar T. Reddy, Simon Giroux, Kevin M. Cottrell, Mark A. Morris
  • Publication number: 20130085276
    Abstract: The use of a complex of the form Z—M—OR in the carboxylation of a substrate is described. The group Z is a two-electron donor ligand, M is a metal and OR is selected from the group consisting of OH, alkoxy and aryloxy. The substrate may be carboxylated at a C—H or N—H bond. The metal M may be copper, silver or gold. The two-electron donor ligand may be a phosphine, a carbene or a phosphite ligand. Also described are methods of manufacture of the complexes and methods for preparing isotopically labelled caboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Steven P. Nolan, Catherine Cazin
  • Publication number: 20130079374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases related to the action of melatonin, or a salt thereof and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITE
  • Patent number: 8404726
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (II) or a salt thereof is used as an activator of PPAR?. wherein Ga is O, CH2 or the like; Aa is thiazole, oxazole, or thiophene, which can have a substituent such as C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 alkoxy, halogen, C1-8 alkyl substituted with halogen or the like; Ba is a C1-8 alkylene or C2-8 alkenylene chain; and each of R1a and R2a independently is hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 alkoxy, halogen, C1-8 alkyl substituted with halogen or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Chemiphar Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Sakuma, Nobutaka Mochiduki, Rie Takahashi, Masatoshi Ushioda, Tomio Yamakawa, Seiichiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20130065902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-(heteroaryl-amino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-carbazole derivatives of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the description and their use as prostaglandin receptor modulators, most particularly as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators, in the treatment of various prostaglandin-mediated diseases and disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Heinz Fretz, Julien Hazemann, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, Romain Siegrist
  • Patent number: 8394794
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and (IV): as described herein, as well as salts thereof. The compounds have anti-cancer properties and/or chemosensitization properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Regents of The University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Chengguo Xing, Jignesh Doshi
  • Patent number: 8394799
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an HIF-1 inhibitor, a method for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. The HIF-1 inhibitor shows anticancer activity thanks to the inhibition activity against HIF-1, a transcription factor which plays an important role in the growth and metastasis of cancer, but not to general cytotoxicity. Thus, the HIF-inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used as a therapeutic for various cancers such as liver cancer; stomach cancer and breast cancer. Also, the compound having inhibition activity against HIF-1 is useful in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and arthritis, which are aggravated by HIF-1-mediated VEGF expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Jung Joon Lee, Jeong-Hyung Lee, Kyeong Lee, Young-Soo Hong, B. K. Shanthaveerappa, Yinlan Jin, Jin Hwan Kim, Xuejun Jin
  • Patent number: 8383830
    Abstract: Cyanine compounds having the general formula I for staining biological samples, wherein R1, R2, X, Y, A1 and A2 are as defined in the specification. These kinds of compounds may show good light illumination stability, have a maximum absorption peak around 640 nm that may not change as a function of ambient temperature, have rapidly increased fluorescence intensity upon binding to nucleic acids to form compound/nucleic acid complexes, and have a light spectrum in the near-infrared region, thereby effectively reducing interference from background fluorescence and increasing the accuracy of the detection when used as a staining agent for nucleic acids in a flow cytometer. The compounds provided can be used as a staining agent for erythroblasts in the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jianhui Shao, Bing Xu
  • Patent number: 8372991
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I): wherein A, J, Z, X, R1 and R4 are defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Calcimedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Patent number: 8367719
    Abstract: Aryl-substituted bridged or fused diamine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using the compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions for leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H or LTA4H) modulation and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4H activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, pruritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and prevention of myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Scott D. Bembenek, Wendy Eccles, James P. Edwards, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Alice Lee-Dutra, Kelly J. McClure, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Alejandro Santillán, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130018159
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymerizable ultraviolet light absorbers and yellow colorants and their use in ophthalmic lenses. In particular, this invention relates to polymerizable ultraviolet light absorbing methane compounds and yellow compounds of the methine and anthraquinone classes that block ultraviolet light and/or violet-blue light transmission through ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Clay Pearson, Max Allen Weaver, Jean Carroll Fleischer, Gregory Allan King
  • Patent number: 8354538
    Abstract: The present invention provides tetrahydropyrvinium (THP), derivatives thereof, benzoxazole compounds, and derivatives thereof. The present invention provides a method of using tetrahydropyrvinium (THP), derivatives thereof, benzoxazole compounds, and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Marc Diamond, Jeremy Jones, Adam Renslo
  • Patent number: 8343639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel organic semiconductor material which has a twisted quaterphenylene skeleton as a central unit and simultaneously possesses a skeleton having an electron-transporting property and a skeleton having a hole-transporting property at the terminals of the quaterphenylene skeleton. Specifically, the organic semiconductor material has a [1,1?:2?,1?:2?,1??]quaterphenyl-4-4??-diyl group, and one of the terminals of the [1,1?:2?,1?:2?,1??]quaterphenyl-4-4??-diyl group is bonded to a skeleton having an electron-transporting property such as a benzoxazole group or an oxadiazole group. A skeleton having a hole-transporting property such as diarylamino group is introduced at the other terminal. This structure allows the formation of a compound having a bipolar property, a high molecular weight, an excellent thermal stability, a large band gap, and high triplet excitation energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Sachiko Kawakami, Hiroko Nomura, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20120330009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, David James, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Przewloka, Junghyun Chae, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Chi-Wan Lee, Elena Kostik, Howard P. Ng, Kevin Foley, Zhenjian Du, James Barsoum
  • Patent number: 8338469
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for modulating channel activating proteases, and methods for, using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with a channel activating protease, including but not limited to prostasin, PRSS22, TMPRSS11 (e.g., TMPRSS11B, TMPRSS11E), TMPRSS2, TMPRSS3, TMPRSS4 (MTSP-2), matriptase (MTSP-1), CAP2, CAP3, trypsin, cathepsin A, or neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: David C. Tully, Amab K. Chatterjee, Agnes Vidal, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Zhiwei Wang, Badry Bursulaya, Glen Spraggon
  • Patent number: 8329917
    Abstract: To provide a novel heterocyclic compound having a bipolar property. To improve element characteristics of a light-emitting element by application of the novel heterocyclic compound to the light-emitting element. A heterocyclic compound represented by a general formula (G1) and a light-emitting element formed using the heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (G1) are provided. When the heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (G1) is used for the light-emitting element, the characteristics of the light-emitting element can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Nomura, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8314251
    Abstract: The present application relates to certain compounds and to methods for the preparation of certain compounds that can be used in the fields of chemistry and medicine. Specifically, described herein are methods for the preparation of various compounds and intermediates, and the compounds and intermediates themselves. More specifically, described herein are methods for synthesizing Salinosporamide A and its analogs that includes forming a compound of formula (VIII).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Taotao Ling, Samuel Danishefsky
  • Patent number: 8309578
    Abstract: Bicyclic pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases mediated by HSP90 protein, like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sergio Mantegani, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Francesco Casuscelli, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri, Carlo Visco, Elena Casale, Fabio Zuccotto
  • Publication number: 20120277325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine derivatives and their use in perfume compositions. The novel pyrimidine derivatives of the present invention are represented by the following formula: wherein m and n are integers that when m is 0, n is 1; when m is 1, n is 0 or 1; or when m is 2, n is 0; wherein (CH)m and (CH)n are each independently optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; and wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent H or a hydrocarbon group, or R1 and R2 together represent a fused ring or a ring system, with the proviso that when R1 is H, R2 is not H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Robert P. Belko, Paul D. Jones, Anthony T. Levorse, JR., Michael G. Monteleone, Anubhav P.S. Narula, Franc T. Schiet
  • Publication number: 20120270863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcarbonyl and heteroarylcarbonyl anthranilate compounds that may be useful as anti-fibrotic agents. The present invention also relates to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Fibrotech Therapeutics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Spencer John Williams, Steven Zammit, Darren James Kelly
  • Patent number: 8278459
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel diol compounds, novel cosmetic or dermatological sunscreen compositions containing these compounds and the use of the novel compounds as UV-filters. The compounds are particularly advantageous, because they adhere to the skin and therefore provide sunscreen protection for a prolonged period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Jürgen H. Vollhardt, Yevgen Blyumin, Alexander Poschalko
  • Publication number: 20120245209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds have been demonstrated as inhibitors of MEK and therefore may be useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases (e.g., cancer and inflammation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Dinesh Chikkanna, Mark Gary Bock, Clive McCarthy, Henrik Moebitz, Chetan Pandit, Ramulu Poddutorri
  • Publication number: 20120208827
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of benzimidazole derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of fatty acid synthase (FAS). Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of benzimidazoles in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Dock, Jason Hallman, Christopher Laudeman, Ronggang Liu, Aaron Miller, Michael Lee Moore, David Musso, Cynthia Parrish
  • Publication number: 20120201763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers, —savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Andrew P. Patron, Sara L. Adamski-Werner, Farid Bakir, Qing Chen, Vincent Darmohusodo, Stephen Terrence Hobson, Xiaodong Li, Ming Qi, Daniel H. Rogers, Marketa Rinnova, Guy Servant, Xiao-Qing Tang, Mark Zoller, Daivd Wallace, Amy Xing, Klaus Gubernator
  • Patent number: 8236837
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases related to the action of melatonin, or a salt thereof and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Uchikawa, Tatsuki Koike, Yasutaka Hoashi, Takafumi Takai
  • Patent number: 8227495
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides 2,4-disubstituted thiazoles of the general structure shown below that are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor (IC-GPCR2). Also, provided are compositions comprising these compounds as well as methods for using these compounds in a variety of applications including diabetes and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Metabolex Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Chen, Peng Cheng, L. Edward Clemens, Jeffrey D. Johnson, Jingyuan Ma, Alison Murphy, Imad Nashashibi, Christopher J. Rabbat, Jiangao Song, Maria E. Wilson, Yan Zhu, Zuchun Zhao
  • Patent number: 8222519
    Abstract: A merocyanine dye is provided. The merocyanine dye is represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A1 represents a divalent atomic group, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, A2 and A3 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a heterocyclic group having 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kimiatsu Nomura, Rui Shen, Hideyuki Suzuki