Patents by Inventor Andrea Pitt

Andrea Pitt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 1,3-propane diol esters and ethers and methods for their use in drug delivery
    Patent number: 6555700
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Scotia Holdings plc
    Inventors: David Frederick Horrobin, Mehar Manku, Austin McMordie, Philip Knowles, Peter Redden, Andrea Pitt, Paul Bradley, Paul Wakefield
  • Fatty acid esters as bioactive compounds
    Patent number: 6245811
    Abstract: Compounds of structure (I), and when for use in therapy: where R1 is an acyl group derived from a C16-30 fatty acid with two or more cis or trans double bonds and particularly an n-6 or n-3 series EFA or conjugated linoleic acid, or columbinic acid, or parinaric acid and R2 is as R1 the same or different, or any other nutrient, drug or other bioactive residue released as the active in the body and R3 is either hydrogen, fully hydrocarbon, or containing heteroatoms, preferably an alkyl group particularly a C1-C4 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Scotia Holdings PLC
    Inventors: David Frederick Horrobin, Mehar Manku, Austin McMordie, Philip Knowles, Peter Redden, Andrea Pitt
  • Nicotinic acid esters and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
    Patent number: 6015821
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods of use as a pharmaceutical, where the compounds have structure (I), where B is --C(.dbd.O)-- or --CH.sub.2 --O--, C is a direct bond or is a diol residue, a hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acid residue, or a dicarboxylic acid residue, and D is a fatty acid residue or a fatty alcohol residue, where the acid residues or alcohol residues for ester linkages with the corresponding alcohols or acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventors: David Frederick Horrobin, Mehar Manku, Austin McMordie, Philip Knowles, Peter Redden, Andrea Pitt
  • 1,3-Propane diol esters and ethers and methods for their use in drug delivery
    Patent number: RE40480
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Scarista Limited
    Inventors: Sherri Clarkson, Mehar Manku, Philip Knowles, Peter Redden, Andrea Pitt, Paul Bradley, Paul Wakefield, Austin McMordie, David B. Horrobin
  • 1,3-Propane diol esters and ethers and methods for their use in drug delivery
    Patent number: RE40546
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Scarista, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sherri Clarkson, Mehar Manku, Peter Redden, Paul Wakefield, Paul Bradley, Philip Knowles, Andrea Pitt, Austin McMordie, David Fredrick Horrobin
  • 1,3-propane diol esters and ethers and methods for their use in drug delivery
    Patent number: RE43632
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Scarista, Ltd.
    Inventors: David B. Horrobin, Sherri Clarkson, legal representative, Mehar Manku, Philip Knowles, Peter Redden, Andrea Pitt, Paul Bradley, Paul Wakefield, Austin McMordie