Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas A. Wooton
  • Methods of producing oxazolidinone compounds
    Patent number: 6833453
    Abstract: Methods of synthesizing pharmacologically useful oxazolidinones are disclosed, and, in particular, a method of manufacturing a 5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-aminomethyl-oxazolidinone by condensing a carbamate with a tert-butylcarbamoyl protected derivative of glycidylamine or 3-amino-1-halopropanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: William R. Perrault, Robert C. Gadwood
  • Anti-bacterial vaccine compositions
    Patent number: 6790950
    Abstract: Gram negative bacterial virulence genes are identified, thereby allowing the identification of novel anti-bacterial agents that target these virulence genes and their products, and the provision of novel gram negative bacterial mutants useful in vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: David E. Lowery, Troy E. Fuller, Michael J. Kennedy
  • Alzheimer's disease secretase, APP substrates therefor, and uses therefor
    Patent number: 6753163
    Abstract: The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the &bgr; secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Gurney, Michael J. Bienkowski, Robert L. Heinrikson, Luis A. Parodi, Riqiang Yan
  • Alzheimer's disease secretase, APP substrates therefor, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6737510
    Abstract: The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the &bgr; secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Gurney, Michael J. Bienkowski, Robert L. Heinrikson, Luis A. Parodi, Riqiang Yan
  • Alzheimer's disease secretase, APP substrates therefor, and uses therefor
    Patent number: 6727074
    Abstract: The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the &bgr; secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Gurney, Michael J. Bienkowski, Robert L. Heinrikson, Luis A. Parodi, Riqiang Yan
  • Alzheimer's disease secretase, APP substrates therefor, and uses therefor
    Patent number: 6699671
    Abstract: The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the &bgr; secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Gurney, Michael J. Bienkowski, Robert L. Heinrikson, Luis A. Parodi, Riqiang Yan
  • Use of pramipexole as a neuroprotective agent
    Patent number: 6156777
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of pramipexole as a neuroprotective agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Edward Dallas Hall, Philip F. Von Voigtlander, Frank A. Rohde