US Patent Issued to Cephalon on Oct. 14 for "Substituted 4-benzyl and 4-benzoyl piperidine derivates" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,702, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cephalon LLC (West Chester, Pa.).

"Substituted 4-benzyl and 4-benzoyl piperidine derivates" was invented by Nadine C. Becknell (Coatesville, Pa.), Reddeppa Reddy Dandu (Downingtown, Pa.), Bruce D. Dorsey (Ambler, Pa.), Dimitar B. Gotchev (Hatboro, Pa.), Robert L. Hudkins (Chester Springs, Pa.), Linda Weinberg (King of Prussia, Pa.) and Craig A. Zificsak (Downingtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are 1,4-substituted piperidine compounds according to Formula I that have demonstrated activity as fatty acid synthase inhibitors. Also described herein are pharmaceutical composi...