Patents

US 7705184 B2: Method of making amphetamine

Granted
2010-04-27
Filed
2009-05-15 application 12466457
Type
Utility · 15 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

A method in which a crude chlorinated product of a phenylpropanolamine, preferably prepared by reacting thionyl chloride with the phenylpropanolamine, is purified by contacting an aqueous solution of the crude product with carbon. The carbon-treated solution of the crude chlorinated product of a phenylpropanolamine is catalytically hydrogenated to the corresponding amphetamine derivative.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg100427.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. 9 patentsUS company or organizationCharles City, IAPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Greg S. BuengerCharles City, IA2PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Jason Scott DouglasCharles City, IA2PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Paul JassCharles City, IA4PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Erik T. MichalsonCharles City, IA1PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Matthew Wendell SchiesherCharles City, IA3PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C07CAcyclic or carbocyclic compoundsC07C211/27PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2025-04-11Security interest Security interest
Assignment and assumption of intellectual property security agreement
ARES AGENT SERVICES, L.P., AS FORMER AGENT signed 2025-04-11BLUE OWL CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS NEW AGENT NEW YORK, NY70821/302ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2025-03-06Release of security interest
Release of first lien security interest in patents
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA signed 2025-03-06AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
SNAPDRAGON CHEMISTRY, INC. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
70438/333ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2025-03-06Security interest Security interest
Security interest
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. signed 2025-03-06ARES AGENT SERVICES, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY70421/947ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2020-12-07Release of security interest
Release of second lien security interest in patents
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT signed 2020-12-07AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC. DURHAM, NC54630/307ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2019-12-04Release of security interest
Notice of release of security interest in patents
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2019-12-04CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. CHARLES CITY, IA51283/903ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2019-12-04Security interest Security interest
First lien patent security agreement
AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC. signed 2019-12-04
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. signed 2019-12-04
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT TORONTO51283/877ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2019-12-04Security interest Security interest
Second lien patent security agreement
AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC. signed 2019-12-04
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. signed 2019-12-04
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT TORONTO51196/80ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2019-01-03Security interest Security interest
Security interest
CAMBREX CHARLES CITY, INC. signed 2019-01-02WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC47895/53ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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