Patents by Inventor Phalguni Gupta

Phalguni Gupta 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).

  • Compound and method for suppressing retroviral replication
    Publication number: 20070122415
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides an antiretroviral peptide that suppresses replication of a retrovirus and the use thereof to inhibit retroviral replication within cells infected with a retrovirus. The method can be used in vivo to treat retroviral infection in human or veterinary subjects, and the inventive antiretroviral peptide can be formulated in pharmaceutical compositions to facilitate such method. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for extracting peptides localized to cell exosomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Phalguni Gupta, Ashwin Tumne
  • Method of treatment of human immunodeficiency virus
    Patent number: 4923895
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) inces administering to the individual patient intravenously a therapeutically effective dosage of oxyphenarshine (3 amino-4 hydroxyphenyl-arsineoxide hydrochloride). The dose emplyed may be up to about 1 milligram per kilogram of body weight administered 1 to 2 times weekly. The oxyphenarsine is preferably administered in such an amount as to achieve in said patient a blood serum concentration of about 0.12 to 6.0 micrograms per milliliter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Monto Ho, Phalguni Gupta