Patents by Inventor Richard J. Watts

Richard J. Watts 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).

  • NOVEL SCAFFOLD OF ADENYLYL CYCLASE INHIBITORS FOR CHRONIC PAIN AND OPIOID DEPENDENCE
    Publication number: 20240083877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treatment for chronic pain, opioid dependence, alcohol use disorder or autism using a class of pyrimidinone compounds, an adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) inhibitor. The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases in mammals using those compounds disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Val J. Watts, Richard M. van Rijn, Daniel Patrick Flaherty, Jatinder Kaur
  • DESTRUCTION OF DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPLS) USING A TIME-RELEASE FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20170354837
    Abstract: Formulations and methods for destroying dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) using in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) are provided. In particular, the invention provides slow release formulations comprising oxidants such as percarbonate and persulfate that efficiently destroy DNAPLs e.g. at sites requiring clean-up due to the presence of toxic DNAPL contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Richard J. WATTS
  • Oxidation of contaminants
    Patent number: 9616472
    Abstract: Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Richard J. Watts, Mushtaque Ahmad
  • OXIDATION OF CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20140116960
    Abstract: Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Richard J. Watts, Mushtaque Ahmad
  • Soil and/or groundwater remediation process
    Patent number: 5741427
    Abstract: A method of treating contaminants in soil and/or groundwater comprising adding a source of an oxidizing agent and a reaction product complex of a ligand donor and a metal catalyst to the in situ environment and the reaction product complex employed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Anesys Corp.
    Inventors: Richard J. Watts, Richard S. Greenberg