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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward S Inamine, Rahway, NJ (US);
Otto D Hensens, Red Bank, NJ (US);
David R Houck, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Ta J Lee, Lansdale, PA (US);
Robert L Smith, Lansdale, PA (US);
Wasyl Halczenko, Hatfield, PA (US);
George D Hartman, Lansdale, PA (US);
Gerald E Stokker, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514450 ; 549214 ; 549292 ; 544 584 ; 544 59 ; 544 60 ; 544148 ; 544149 ; 544164 ; 544172 ; 544360 ; 544372 ; 544374 ; 544382 ; 544384 ; 546186 ; 546187 ; 546189 ; 546244 ; 546245 ; 548517 ; 548518 ; 548531 ; 548557 ; 548558 ; 560 35 ; 560 56 ; 560 59 ; 560 60 ; 560116 ; 560119 ; 562444 ; 562466 ; 562467 ;
Abstract
Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are useful as anti-hypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1##