Use of catechol derivatives as proteinase inhibitors

US6509368B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Gruenenthal GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Seipp · Aachen, DE
• Oswald Zimmer · Würselen, DE
• Wolfgang Strassburger · Würselen, DE
• Johannes Schneider · Stolberg, DE
• Stephan Wnendt · Aachen, DE
• Norbert Ulbrich · Potsdam, DE
• Heide Hecker-Kia · Berlin, DE
• Bernd Zimmermann · Simmerath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P43/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Use of catechol derivatives of the general formula I wherein R1 to R5 are as defined according to claim 1, as protease inhibitors.