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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jules Freedman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark W Dudley, Hamilton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61P / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5142312 ; 5142395 ; 514255 ; 514317 ; 514319 ; 514408 ; 544106 ; 544107 ; 544170 ; 544173 ; 544358 ; 544398 ; 544403 ; 546192 ; 546195 ; 546206 ; 546236 ; 548578 ; 548579 ; 548400 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel compounds such as certain aryloxy indanamines which are useful as anti-depressants and as inhibitors of synaptic norepinephrine and serotonin uptake. The present invention also provides an improvement in the treatment of depression which comprises inhibiting synaptic serotonin and epinepherine uptake.