Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. Herman
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Patent number: 7745457Abstract: A compound of the structure is described. This compound and its use for preparing medicines useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Wyeth LLCInventors: Edmund Idris Graziani, Kevin Pong
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Patent number: 7691842Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for the treatment of bacterial infection or disease in a patient in need thereof, wherein one of A and B denotes hydrogen and the other an optionally substituted fused tricyclic heteroaryl group; and X is O.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Wyeth LLCInventors: Aranapakam Mudumbai Venkatesan, Tarek Suhayl Mansour, Takao Abe, Ado Mihira, Atul Agarwal, Hideki Ushirogochi, Yansong Gu, Satoshi Tamai, Fuk-Wah Sum
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Patent number: 7655673Abstract: The present invention relates to medical uses of 39-desmethoxyrapamycin.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Biotica Technology LimitedInventors: Mingqiang Zhang, Rose Mary Sheridan
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Patent number: 7648996Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 39-desmethoxyrapamycin derivatives, methods for their production, and uses thereof. In a further aspect the present invention provides for the use of these 39-desmethoxyrapamycin derivatives in the treatment of cancer and/or B-cell malignancies, the induction or maintenance of immunosuppression, the treatment of transplantation rejection, graft vs. host disease, autoimmune disorders, diseases of inflammation, vascular disease and fibrotic diseases, the stimulation of neuronal regeneration or the treatment of fungal infections.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Biotica Technology LimitedInventors: Christoph Hendrik Beckmann, Steven James Moss, Rose Mary Sheridan, Mingqiang Zhang, Barrie Wilkinson
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Patent number: 7645768Abstract: The present invention relates to production of polyketides and other natural products and to libraries of compounds and individual novel compounds. One important area is the isolation and potential use of novel FKBP-ligand analogues and host cells that produce these compounds. The invention is particularly concerned with methods for the efficient transformation of strains that produce FKBP analogues and recombinant cells in which cloned genes or gene cassettes are expressed to generate novel compounds such as polyketide (especially rapamycin) FKBP-ligand analogues, and to processes for their preparation, and to means employed therein (e.g. nucleic acids, vectors, gene cassettes and genetically modified strains).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: WyethInventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Sabine Gaisser, Hrvoje Petkovic, Steven Moss
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Patent number: 6926851Abstract: A method is provided for use of a concrete composition and an associated apparatus. The method provides for mixing of the concrete material, accelerant powder and, optionally, an associated substance to enable the controlled hardening of the concrete material in a monolithic structure. The apparatus can dispose a slip-plane film to facilitate a relatively continuous process.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.Inventors: Dominick Michael Colavito, Joseph Michael Schmidt, Michael Joseph Buscarini, James Charles Peter Rosso, Ronald Warren Schmidt, Richard Charles Griffin
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Patent number: 6922251Abstract: According to the invention, a method for identifying and determining die position of a metallurgical vessel for measuring its fireproof lining using electromagnetic radiation, an operator is defined in relation to a two or three dimensional structure with a known shape and size. Distance values and corresponding measuring angles are determined in the area of the structure and measured distance value and corresponding measuring angles are used to scale the operator. The dimension and resolution of the operator in the pixel coordinates system and the anticipated values of the operator are adapted to the measured polar coordinates. A result value is then formed from the differences between the anticipated values of the operator and the measured values and the location of the structure that is sought is determined from the position of the minimum result value.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Inventors: Stefan Kirchhoff, Christoff Carlhoff, Rolf Lamm
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Patent number: 6915966Abstract: An apparatus for the gunning of a material is provided having a nozzle with an inner passage having an inlet end into which a wetted material is to be introduced and an outlet end from which the material is to be sprayed. An outer passage is disposed around the inner passage and in fluid communication therewith and has an inlet end for introducing a gas to be passed through the outer passage and impinged on the wetted material passing through the inner passage. Also provided is an apparatus for the gunning of a material having a material delivery hose for providing a material. A water inlet in fluid communication with the material delivery hose provides water to wet the material and a nozzle outputs the wetted material. A mixing chamber is disposed intermediate and in fluid communication with the material delivery hose and the nozzle and has at least one inlet for introducing a mixing gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.Inventors: Bernard D. Gist, Erwin Anton Letzgus, Jr., Harold Harrison Gordon, William Joseph Peschler, John Anton Parkinson
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Patent number: 6811589Abstract: The process of the present invention is directed to a method for making zinc or zinc-aluminum alloy additions to galvanizing baths. The process involves addition of a wire of zinc or zinc-aluminum alloy introduced directly into a molten galvanizing bath to more rapidly achieve a desired zinc or zinc-aluminum chemistry thereby reducing the time required to make the bath addition.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Specialty Minerals Michigan Inc.Inventor: Paul Allan Kelly
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Patent number: 6613856Abstract: Novel polymers are provided having phosphonated and sulphonated substituent groups such that the polymer is multifunctional in its use. Optional amide substituents are used to reduce electrostatic charge density or for hydrogen bonding. An advantage of the polymer is the flexibility of using it for multiple purposes. A particular application is for bonding paper fillers and paper fiber together.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Minerals Technologies Inc.Inventors: Donald Kendall Drummond, Patrick Clinton Wernett
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Patent number: 6602385Abstract: A method of improving the brightness of calcium carbonate filled paper. The filled paper is dried and then bleached with an aqueous solution of a bleaching agent. The process may be used on all grades of paper that contain filler and is particularly useful in the bleaching of low brightness grade papers that are produced from mechanical pulp that contain calcium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1997Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Minerals Technologies Inc.Inventor: Donald Kendall Drummond
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Patent number: 6593400Abstract: The present invention relates to a product, a process for its preparation and the use of such in plastic film production. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antiblock talc, a process for the preparation of such and its use as an additive in the production of polyolefin film. Polyolefin films produced according to the process of the present invention are useful in a broad range of packaging and film covering applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Minerals Technologies Inc.Inventor: Donald Kendall Drummond
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Patent number: 6569793Abstract: A process is disclosed in which coarse silica, calcium oxides and magnesium oxides are treated in a ball mill together with grinding aids and cold-strength binders. This material is then agglomerated with water to produce a product that reacts at elevated temperatures, e.g. in a fluidized bed reactor, to produce synthetic silicates.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.Inventors: John Albert Hockman, Steven Andrew Ciccarelli