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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norton P. Peet, Cincinnati, OH (US);
J. O'Neal Johnston, Milford, OH (US);
Joseph P. Burkhart, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1352 ; A61K 3/1382 ; C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1352 ; A61K 3/1382 ; C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of using a certain compounds which are 2,19-methyleneoxy or 2,19 methylenethio bridged steroids, and related steroidal compounds as inhibitors of the enzyme steroid aromatase, 19-hydroxylase and as treatment for various estrogen dependent/mediated disorders including hormonal dependent breast cancer.