Patents by Inventor Fergal O'Gara

Fergal O'Gara 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).

  • Quinolinone or quinazolinone comprising antibiofilm compositions, compounds and methods and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 10882826
    Abstract: An antibiofilm composition comprising a compound of formula (A1), (A2) or (A3): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, halo, alkoxy, hydroxyl, amino, nitro, sulfoxy, thiol, carboxy, alkyl carboxy and amido; and X may be O or S, wherein the composition does not comprise a compound of formula (B1) or (B2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: University College Cork—National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Fergal O'Gara, Jerry F. Reen, Gerard McGlacken
  • Quinolinone or quinazolinone comprising antibiofilm compositions, compounds and methods and uses relating thereto
    Patent number: 10538492
    Abstract: An antibiofilm composition comprising a compound of formula (A1), (A2) or (A3): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, halo, alkoxy, hydroxyl, amino, nitro, sulfoxy, thiol, carboxy, alkyl carboxy and amido; and X may be O or S, wherein the composition does not comprise a compound of formula (B1) or (B2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: University of College Cork—National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Fergal O'Gara, Jerry F. Reen, Gerard McGlacken
  • QUINOLINONE OR QUINAZOLINONE COMPRISING ANTIBIOFILM COMPOSITIONS, COMPOUNDS AND METHODS AND USES RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20190375715
    Abstract: An antibiofilm composition comprising a compound of formula (A1), (A2) or (A3): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, halo, alkoxy, hydroxyl, amino, nitro, sulfoxy, thiol, carboxy, alkyl carboxy and amido; and X may be O or S, wherein the composition does not comprise a compound of formula (B1) or (B2):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Fergal O'Gara, Jerry F. Reen, Gerard McGlacken
  • QUINOLINONE OR QUINAZOLINONE COMPRISING ANTIBIOFILM COMPOSITIONS, COMPOUNDS AND METHODS AND USES RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20180201583
    Abstract: An antibiofilm composition comprising a compound of formula (A1), (A2) or (A3): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, halo, alkoxy, hydroxyl, amino, nitro, sulfoxy, thiol, carboxy, alkyl carboxy and amido; and X may be O or S, wherein the composition does not comprise a compound of formula (B1) or (B2):
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Fergal O'Gara, Jerry F. Reen, Gerard McGlacken
  • Dicarboxylic acid transport genes
    Patent number: 5077209
    Abstract: The invention relates to DNA fragments encoding genes which complement dicarboxylic acid transport mutants of Rhizobium species to plasmids encoding such DNA sequences and to bacterial hosts carrying the said plasmids. The invention further relates to a method of increasing dicarboxylic acid transport in Rhizobium species and to a method of increasing the nitrogen fixing ability of plants by infecting or inoculating the plants with bacterial hosts containing the above described DNA fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: National Development Corporation
    Inventor: Fergal O'Gara