C07C 317/00
Sulfones
Official title: Sulfones; Sulfoxides
C07C317/00 (Sulfones) appears on 3,833 US grants and 2,927 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C07C- Granted patents
- 3,833
- Published applications
- 2,927
- Assignees
- 1,407
- Inventors
- 9,411
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 70 | 0 |
| 1977 | 58 | 0 |
| 1978 | 48 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 33 | 0 |
| 1985 | 47 | 0 |
| 1986 | 41 | 0 |
| 1987 | 42 | 0 |
| 1988 | 45 | 0 |
| 1989 | 72 | 0 |
| 1990 | 61 | 0 |
| 1991 | 77 | 0 |
| 1992 | 102 | 0 |
| 1993 | 80 | 0 |
| 1994 | 75 | 0 |
| 1995 | 89 | 0 |
| 1996 | 83 | 0 |
| 1997 | 112 | 0 |
| 1998 | 118 | 0 |
| 1999 | 85 | 0 |
| 2000 | 77 | 0 |
| 2001 | 89 | 32 |
| 2002 | 116 | 112 |
| 2003 | 102 | 172 |
| 2004 | 102 | 180 |
| 2005 | 74 | 142 |
| 2006 | 84 | 128 |
| 2007 | 85 | 118 |
| 2008 | 82 | 123 |
| 2009 | 82 | 149 |
| 2010 | 107 | 121 |
| 2011 | 99 | 131 |
| 2012 | 113 | 112 |
| 2013 | 114 | 102 |
| 2014 | 104 | 131 |
| 2015 | 112 | 134 |
| 2016 | 103 | 123 |
| 2017 | 110 | 116 |
| 2018 | 80 | 122 |
| 2019 | 101 | 98 |
| 2020 | 76 | 120 |
| 2021 | 89 | 80 |
| 2022 | 60 | 87 |
| 2023 | 45 | 88 |
| 2024 | 61 | 101 |
| 2025 | 56 | 69 |
| 2026 | 44 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C07C 317/44Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups and carboxyl groups bound to the1,461
- C07C 317/26Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups and nitrogen atoms, not being part1,264
- C07C 317/16Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to843
- C07C 317/14Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered328
- C07C 317/02Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms291
- C07C 317/24Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups and doubly-bound oxygen atoms bound to240
- C07C 317/12Sulfones: having sulfone or sulfoxide groups bound to carbon atoms of rings27
Recent patents
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- Small molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 viral replication and uses thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,715,896 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Synthetic pathway to belzutifan18 Aug 2026US 12,709,595 B2Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
- Sulfone compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their therapeutic applications11 Aug 2026US 12,703,679 B2Cura Therapeutics, LLC
- Method for producing organic lithium salt, composition containing said organic lithium salt, and polymer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308118 A1Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Indene compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their therapeutic applications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297012 A1NucMito Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.
- Therapeutic compounds1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297016 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Preparation method for 1-[2-chloro-3-(bromomethyl)-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethanone and the use of same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297023 A1Nutrichem Company Limited
- Usp30 inhibitors and uses thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297026 A1Vincere Biosciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Phenyl heterocycles as cox-2 inhibitors281US 5,474,995 AMerck Frosst Canada, Inc. · 1995
- Phenyl heterocycles as cox-2 inhibitors208US 5,550,142 AMerck Frosst Canada, Inc. · 1996
- Phenyl heterocycles as COX-2 inhibitors204US 5,536,752 AMerck Frosst Canada, Inc. · 1996
- Prostaglandin synthase inhibitors169US 5,593,994 AThe DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company · 1997
- Electrolyte materials containing highly dissociated metal ion salts168US 5,538,812 AMoltech Corporation · 1996