Use of malononitrile compounds for protecting animals from parasites

US10857121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• MERIAL INC. · US
• BASF SE

Inventors

• Charles Q. Meng · Alpharetta, US
• Christian Miculka · Wien, AT
• Mark David Soll · Alpharetta, US
• Ralph Paulini · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Matthias Pohlman · Freinsheim, DE
• Sebastian Sörgel · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans · Raleigh, US
• Sarah Rachel Devereux · Raleigh, US
• Cecille Ebuenga Doyog · Legazpi, PH
• Anna Malveda Umali · Tiaong, PH
• Rhoel Suiza Cosare · Lubao, PH
• Christopher Palmer · Ipswich, GB
• Takeo Hokama · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: May 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides uses of aryl alkyl malononitrile compounds of formula (I), or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof, for controlling and preventing parasite infestations in animals. The invention also provides methods for controlling and preventing parasite infestation in animals comprising administering an effective amount of at least one aryl alkyl malononitrile compound of formulae (I), or a veterinarily acceptable salt thereof, to the animal.