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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951955 | Antiviral agents This invention relates to compounds of formula I their salts, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their use in the treatment of picornavirus infect... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7683182 | Crystal forms of 2-(3-fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-vinyl-1,3-benzoxazol-5-ol The present invention is directed to monohydrate and anhydrate crystal forms of 2-(3-fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-vinyl-1,3-benzoxazol-5-ol, an estrogenic receptor modulator useful in the treatment of, for example, diseases related to abnormal levels of estrogen. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7429583 | Betamimetics for the treatment of respiratory complaints The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 wherein the groups n, m, B, X and R1 may have the meanings given in the claims and specification, processes for preparing them and their use as pharmaceutic... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427637 | Mitotic kinesin inhibitors The present invention relates to bicyclic 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 also related to compositions w... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423036 | Long-acting betamimetics for the treatment of respiratory complaints The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1, wherein n, A, R1, R2 and R3 may have the meanings specified in the description and claims, processes for preparing them and their use... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420060 | Benzopyran derivatives substituted with a thioxobenzoxazole derivative, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparations and pharmaceutical compositions containing them The present invention relates to benzopyran derivatives substituted with a thioxobenzoxazole derivative, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing the same and a pharmaceutical composition containing the above as an effective ingredient B... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7329770 | Esters as useful broad spectrum herbicidal compounds The instant invention relates to the discovery of certain novel herbicidal esters of agriculturally active acids. These esters present agronomical advantages over traditional herbicidal products by presenting multiple herbicidal mechanisms that ensure activity over ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7312338 | 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives The invention relates to new compounds, being 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives of formula I wherein W represents COOH group or its bioisosters, or —COO—C1-C4-alkyl group; Y represents NH, N—C1-C10-alkyl, O, or S; Z... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307076 | Beta agonists for the treatment of respiratory diseases The present invention relates to compounds of general formula 1 wherein the groups n, A, B, R1, R2 and R3 may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification, processes for pr... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304050 | Antibacterial agents Compounds of formula I and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Further disclosed are methods of making biologically active compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of formula I. Compounds of formula I a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7179896 | Method of making PNA oligomers This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oligomers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: | 02/20/2007 |
| 7141570 | N-aryl-2-oxazolidinone-5-carboxamides and their derivatives The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formula I described herein. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141588 | N-aryl-2-oxazolidinone-5-carboxamides and their derivatives The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formulae I, II, and III described herein. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125863 | Inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV Compounds according to formula (1), wherein R1 is H or CN, X1 is S, O, SO2 or CH2, X2 is CO, CH2 or a covalent bond, Het is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and n is 1–5 are new. The compounds of t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125893 | 6-alkenyl-, 6-alkinyl- and 6-epoxy-epothilone derivatives, process for their production, and their use in pharmaceutical preparations This invention describes the new 6-alkenyl- and 6-alkinyl-epothilone derivatives of general formula I in which R1a, R1b, R2a, R3a, R3b, R4, R... | 10/24/2006 |
| RE39265 | Heteroarylpiperidines, and their use as antipsychotics and analgetics Heteroarylpiperidines, pyrrolidines, and piperazines are useful as antipsychotic and analgesic agents. The compounds are especially useful for treating psychoses by administering to a mammal a psychoses-treating effective amount of one of the compounds. The compound... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094900 | N-Aryl-2-oxazolidinones and their derivatives The present invention provides antibacterial agents of formula I described herein. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7071221 | Heterocyclic oxime compounds Compounds of formula (I): wherein: X represents oxygen or sulphur or a group CH2 or ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045532 | ACE-2 modulating compounds and methods of use thereof ACE-2 inhibitors for the treatment of body weight and related disorders are disclosed. ACE-2 inhibitors include peptides and small molecules. Examples of small molecule ACE-2 inhibitors include compounds of formula (I): Z-Λ (I) Wherein Z is... | 05/16/2006 |
| RE39088 | Amide compounds and use of the same An amide compound of the formula (I): wherein R is amino and the like, A is alkylene and the like, X is O, S and the like, M is arylene and the like, R1, R2, R3 and R4 ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6998420 | Oxazolidinone compounds Methods of synthesizing pharmacologically useful oxazolidinones are disclosed, and, in particular, a method of manufacturing a 5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-aminomethyl-oxazolidinone by condensing a carbamate with a tert-butylcarbamoyl protected derivative of glycidylamin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969766 | PNA monomer and precursor This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oligomers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: | 11/29/2005 |
| 6958355 | Materials and methods for the treatment of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and atherosclerosis The subject invention provides pharmaceutical compounds useful in the treatment of Type II diabetes. These compounds are advantageous because they are readily metabolized by the metabolic drug detoxification systems. Particularly, thiazolidinedione analogs that have... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6919362 | Heterocyclic derivatives, preparation method and pharmaceutical compositions containing same Compounds of formula (I): wherein: X represents an oxygen or a sulphur or CH2 or R1 and R2 rep... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919329 | N-Aryl-2-oxazolidinone-5-carboxamides and their derivatives The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formulae I, II, and III described herein. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6869913 | Pyridazin-3-one derivatives, their use and intermediates for their production Novel pyridazin-3-one derivatives of formula [1] are provided, which are useful as active ingredients of herbicides, wherein R1 is haloalkyl; R2 and R3 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6844342 | Heterocyclic substituted 2-methyl-benzimidazole antiviral agents The present invention concerns antiviral compounds, their methods of preparation and their compositions, and use in the treatment of viral infections. More particularly, the invention provides heterocyclic substituted 2-methylbenzimidazole derivatives for the treatm... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6838415 | Substituted benzoylisoxazoles and the use thereof as herbicides The invention relates to novel substituted benzoylisoxazoles of the general formula (I), in which n represents the number 0, 1, 2 or 3, A represents a single bond or ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6794402 | Bicyclic cyclohexylamines and their use as NMDA receptor antagonists Described are bicycle-substituted cyclohexylamines of Formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The compounds are antagonists of NMDA receptor channel complexes useful for treating cerebral vascular ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6794392 | Cell differentiation inducer The novel benzamide derivative represented by formula (1) and the novel anilide derivative represented by formula (13) of this invention has differentiation-inducing effect, and are, therefore, useful a therapeutic or improving agent for malignant tumors, autoimmune... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6787561 | Benzimidazole compounds A benzimidazole compound or a salt thereof which has an inhibitory action of forming of macrophages and is useful as an active ingredient of an orally available medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of arteriosclerosis, which is represented by the f... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6710045 | Heterocyclic fluoroalkenyl thioethers and the use thereof as pesticides (IV) The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic fluoroalkenyl thioethers of the formula (I) in which m represents integers from 3 to 10, n represents 0, 1 or 2 and Het represents the following, i... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6683101 | Bicyclic cyclohexylamines and their use as NMDA receptor antagonists Described are heterocycle-substituted cyclohexylamines of formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the formula (I) are antagonists of NMDA receptor channel complexes useful for treating cerebral vascular disorders... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6632948 | Azetidine derivative and process for preparation thereof Novel optically active or racemic azethidine carboxylic acid derivatives (azethidine-2-carboxylic acid N-carboxyamino acid anhydrides) which are useful as drug intermediates and an industrially advantageous process for producing the same are provided. Nam... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6624186 | Ion channel modulating agents comprising novel benzimidazolone derivatives The present invention relates to ion channel modulating agents. More particularly, the present invention relates to a particular class of chemical compounds that has proven useful as modulators of SKCa, IKCa and BKCa chann... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6600048 | Herbicidal phenoxypropionic acid N-alkyl-N-2-fluorophenyl amide compounds The present invention relates to novel herbicidal phenoxypropionic acid N-alkyl-N-2-fluorophenyl amide compounds represented in the following formula (1), a method for preparing thereof, their use to control barnyard grass produced from rice and compositi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6593489 | Substituted cyclopentenes, their preparation and their use for chiral scaffolds 3,4-Disubstituted-1-cyclopentene compounds, in substantially enantiopure form, have the relative stereochemistry according to formula (1A) or (1B) ##STR1## including the opposite enantiomers thereof, wherein R1 is either COOX, wherein X is selected ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586452 | C1 to C4 side chain modified nodulisporic acid analogs The present invention relates to novel nodulosporic acid derivatives, which are acaricidal, antiparasitic, insecticidal and anthelmintic agents.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6548667 | Sulfonamide derivative as a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor The present invention provides a novel sulfonamide derivative of general formula (I) useful as an inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), its isomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for preparing the same. Since the sulfonami... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6544931 | Substituted heteroaryloxyacetanilides and their use as herbicides The invention relates to novel substituted heteroaryloxyacetanilides of the general formula (I), ##STR1## in which n, R, X, and Z are to intermediates for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.... | 04/08/2003 |